Bagshaw Museum
(2 Miles)*
Bagshaw Museum will be closed for structural work and gallery developments jointly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Kirklees Council. The museum is due to reopen in Spring 2009.
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Oakwell Hall
(3 Miles)*
This beautiful, Elizabethan manor house has delighted visitors for centuries. Built in 1583, the hall is now set out as it would have been in the 1690s, when it was the home of the Batt family.
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National Coalmining Museum for England
(4 Miles)*
A visit to Caphouse Colliery is great day out with a unique opportunity to travel 140 metres underground down one of Britain's oldest working mines.
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
(6 Miles)*
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture.
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Wakefield Art Gallery
(6 Miles)*
Significant early works by the highly acclaimed locally born sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, and important work by other major British modern artists, form the core of this collection.
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Wakefield Museum
(6 Miles)*
Explore the sights and sounds of the rainforest as you enter the world of Wakefield explorer and early conservationist Charles Waterton
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Wakefield Cathedral
(6 Miles)*
The ancient Parish Church of All Saints, Wakefield became the Cathedral Church of All Saints in 1888, when the Diocese of Wakefield was carved out of Ripon Diocese.
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Bolling Hall
(6 Miles)*
Tucked away in a leafy garden, less than a mile from the city centre. Bolling Hall is one of Bradford's most precious jewels.
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Kirklees Light Railway
(7 Miles)*
Ride on 'Yorkshire's Great Little Steam Train' through the lovely South Pennines on this old country branch line. A quarter mile long tunnel adds to the thrill of this nostalgic 50-minute return journey.
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Middleton Railway
(7 Miles)*
The Middleton Railway was established by the first British railway Act of Parliament in 1758 to carry coal from Middleton to Leeds and has operated continuously since that time. It can claim to be "the world's oldest working railway!"
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National Museum of Photography Film & Television
(7 Miles)*
Consistently the most visited museum outside London with an average of 750,000 people coming each year, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television has amazing interactive galleries to explore.
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Armley Mills
(7 Miles)*
Formerly one the largest woollen mills in the world, Armley now illustrates Leeds city's impressive industrial past.
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Shibden Hall
(8 Miles)*
Built in 1420, Shibden Hall with it's oak panelled interiors and atmospheric room settings is Halifax's Historic Home. The Folk Museum and Barn also offer you a world without electricity, where craftsmen worked in wood and iron.
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Thwaite Mills Water Mill
(8 Miles)*
At Thwaite Mills you will find a fully-restored working watermill in an attractive riverside setting.
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Henry Moore Institute
(8 Miles)*
The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds is a unique resource devoted exclusively to sculpture, with a programme comprising exhibitions, collections and research.
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