Historic house · near Batley · West Yorkshire

Oakwell Hall

Oakwell Hall is a grade I listed historic house museum. Its location is 200 m northwest of Batley. It is run by Kirklees Council.

Photo: Oakwell Hall, Nigel Homer (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

200 m

northwest of Batley

Run by

Kirklees Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Historic house near Batley

Just outside Batley

Oakwell Hall is 200 m northwest of Batley. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Batley has 78 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Highs of 18–21°C mark June to September in Batley.

Jan7° / 1°56 mm

Feb8° / 2°52 mm

Mar10° / 3°51 mm

Apr13° / 4°49 mm

May16° / 7°48 mm

Jun19° / 10°65 mm

Jul21° / 12°62 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°69 mm

Dec7° / 2°70 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Batley, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Batley. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Batley’s full climate →

About

Oakwell Hall

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages. Our list has 75 more places within 15 km; first among them is National Science and Media Museum, at 7.9 km.

Batley’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: Kirklees Council
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: 200 m northwest of Batley
Official site: kirklees.gov.uk/beta/museums-and-galleries/oakwell-hall.aspx

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Oakwell Hall

The places near Oakwell Hall are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Oakwell Hall

The most populous of the 8 is Batley, at 44,494. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · 200 m southeast of it

Batley

44,494 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 400 m west of it

Gomersal and Birkenshaw

13,948 people · 16 places to visit

3 · 800 m northeast of it

Drighlington

5,280 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 1.8 km southwest of it

Cleckheaton

11,607 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Oakwell Hall is	People	Places to visit
Batley	200 m southeast of it	44,494	8
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	400 m west of it	13,948	16
Drighlington	800 m northeast of it	5,280	6
Cleckheaton	1.8 km southwest of it	11,607	8
Gildersome	2.1 km northeast of it	6,278	6
Heckmondwike	2.1 km south of it	13,368	6
Liversedge	2.6 km southwest of it	17,519	7
Morley	2.8 km east of it	32,562	21

Make a day of it

Also near Oakwell Hall

A visit can add 3 cathedrals, a museum and an abbey or priory, from 75 places within 15 km.

MuseumNational Science and Media Museum7.9 km away · 442K visitors a year (2015)2

CathedralBradford Cathedral7.9 km away 3

CathedralLeeds Cathedral11 km away 4

Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)9.9 km away 5

CastleSandal Castle15 km away 6

CathedralWakefield Cathedral13 km away 7

Historic houseRed House Museum1.3 km away 8

Art galleryLeeds Art Gallery11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Oakwell Hall

Where is Oakwell Hall?

Oakwell Hall is 200 m northwest of Batley, West Yorkshire.

What is Oakwell Hall?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

Who runs Oakwell Hall?

Kirklees Council.

When is the best time to visit Oakwell Hall?

June to September are the warmest months in Batley, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Oakwell Hall a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Oakwell Hall?

Within 15 km: National Science and Media Museum (7.9 km), Bradford Cathedral (7.9 km), Leeds Cathedral (11 km) and Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins) (9.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Oakwell Hall: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Science and Media Museum: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bradford Cathedral: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Cathedral: Jungpionier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kirkstall Abbey (Ruins): JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Sandal Castle: Abcdef123456 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wakefield Cathedral: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Red House Museum: Storye book, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Art Gallery: Frank Watkins, British (fl.1859–94) (ILN staff illustrator), by T.D. Nettleton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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