Shibden Hall
(3 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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Eureka! The Museum For Children
(3 Miles)*
Eureka! The Museum for Children is Britain's leading interactive museum for children, opening up a fascinating world of hands-on exploration.
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Bankfield Museum
(4 Miles)*
A Museum since 1887, Bankfield is now home to an internationally important collection of textiles and costumes from around the world.
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Bolling Hall
(5 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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Oakwell Hall
(5 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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Bagshaw Museum
(5 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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National Museum of Photography Film & Television
(5 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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Bradford Industrial Museum & Horses At Work
(7 Miles)*
Think of industry in Bradford and you think of wool. Think of mills and you think of machinery, steam engines and horses, all of which can be found at Bradford Industrial Museum!
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National Coalmining Museum for England
(8 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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Kirklees Light Railway
(10 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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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
(10 Miles)*
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture.
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Armley Mills
(10 Miles)*
Formerly one the largest woollen mills in the world, Armley now illustrates Leeds city's impressive industrial past.
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Abbey House Museum
(10 Miles)*
Step back in time at the Abbey House Museum for an experience you will never forget. After your 1880's shopping trip you can find out more about Victorian Leeds, Chidhood in the 19th century and the history of nearby Kirkstall Abbey.
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Kirkstall Abbey
(10 Miles)*
In 1889 a Leeds man, Colonel John North, purchased the abbey and surrounding land and generously presented them to the City of Leeds
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Brontė Parsonage Museum
(10 Miles)*
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontė, were the authors of some of the greatest books in the English language. Haworth Parsonage was their much-loved home and Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were all written here.
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