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All the United Kingdom England Ripponden

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ripponden

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ripponden, England

Updated June 29, 2021

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Ripponden, England

Stott Hall Farm

The house in the middle of the motorway.
Windy Hill transmitter

Ripponden, England

Windy Hill

The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.
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Halifax, England

Warley Museum

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.
3 miles from Ripponden
The elaborate top of the tower.

Halifax, England

Wainhouse Tower

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.
3 miles from Ripponden
The Halifax gibbet

Halifax, England

The Halifax Gibbet

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.
4 miles from Ripponden
Piece Hall.

Halifax, England

Piece Hall

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.
4 miles from Ripponden
Stoodley Pike Monument

Todmorden, England

Stoodley Pike Monument

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.
4 miles from Ripponden
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