Manchester Airport 1 hr 8
Bingley Five-Rise Locks (39 min) 18th-century, canal lock staircase with 5 fixed chambers making a total rise of 18 metres. Shibden Hall (27 min) Timber-framed manor with period rooms, restored gardens, a mini-railway, a boating lake and woods. Hardcastle Crags (13 min) Scenic woodland valley with 15 miles of paths and and a visitor centre in a 19th-century mill. National Science and Media Museum (43 min) Modern museum of TV, radio, film and photography, with IMAX cinema, themed exhibitions and cafe-bar. National Trust, East Riddlesden Hall (39 min) Restored manor house with period furnishings and formal gardens, plus a tearoom. National Trust. National Trust - Marsden Moor Estate (50 min) Trails across an expanse of moors & craggy peaks, home to birds like red grouse & golden plovers. Cliffe Castle (35 min) Victorian millionaire's former home, with furnished rooms, costumes, fossils and domestic artefacts. Eureka! The National Children's Museum (28 min) Interactive museum for kids aged 0-11, offering learning through play, with a nursery and a cafe. Towneley Hall. (18 min) Victorian and pre-Raphaelite art, local history, furniture and pottery in a stately home museum. Bronte Waterfall (30 min) Picturesque waterfall amidst greenery with a flow that varies depending on weather conditions. The Piece Hall Halifax (26 min) This sprawling 18th-century cloth hall now houses history exhibits, shops, bars & restaurants. Hollingworth Lake (37 min) 130-acre recreational lake for swimming, boating & fishing, with an educational visitor center. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (25 min) Preserved railway station & train line offering a museum & rides on vintage steam locomotives. Top Withins (31 min) Historic, isolated farmhouse said to have been the inspiration for Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Brontë Parsonage Museum (27 min) The Brontë family home, displaying personal items, manuscripts and letters by the literary sisters. |