Riding Wood
Riding Wood is a forest in Denby Dale, Kirklees, England. Riding Wood is situated nearby to the village Clayton West, as well as near the hamlet Toppitt.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cannon Hall and Clayton West railway station.
Cannon Hall
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cannon Hall is a country house museum located between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland some 5 miles west of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
Clayton West railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayton West railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network and now forms the eastern terminus of the Whistlestop Valley. It is situated in Clayton West, West Yorkshire, England.
Cuckoo’s Nest railway station
Railway station
Cuckoos Nest railway station is a station/halt on the minimum gauge Whistlestop Valley in West Yorkshire, Northern England. It also serves the village of Scissett.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clayton West and Darton.
Clayton West
Village
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayton West is a village in the civil parish of Denby Dale, in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 2,704 in 2008. It is 11 miles south-east of Huddersfield and 7 miles north-west of Barnsley.
Darton
Village
Photo: DaveGorman, Public domain.
Darton is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, on the border with West Yorkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 UK census, it had a population of 14,927, increasing to 21,345 for both Darton Wards at the 2011 Census.
Skelmanthorpe
Village
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skelmanthorpe, known locally as Shat, is a village in the Denby Dale civil parish, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England.
Riding Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Denby Dale, Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5874° or 53° 35′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.613° or 1° 36′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5WH9PP+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 58000907OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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