Manchester Airport 1 hr 21
Salts Mill (11 min)
Imposing and elegant former mill housing art galleries, select shopping outlets, a cafe and a diner. Bingley Five-Rise Locks (8 min)
18th-century, canal lock staircase with 5 fixed chambers making a total rise of 18 metres. National Trust, East Riddlesden Hall (4 min)
Restored manor house with period furnishings and formal gardens, plus a tearoom. National Trust. Skipton Castle (24 min)
Almost intact medieval castle with a dungeon, kitchen and bedchamber. Family tickets available. Ilkley Moor (11 min)
Upland moorland & conservation area with a notable bird population, walking trails & tranquil views. Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (26 min)
Heritage steam railway between 2 restored stations, with special events and station refreshments. Brontë Parsonage Museum (21 min)
The Brontë family home, displaying personal items, manuscripts and letters by the literary sisters. Shibden Hall (30 min)
Timber-framed manor with period rooms, restored gardens, a mini-railway, a boating lake and woods. Cliffe Castle (10 min)
Victorian millionaire's former home, with furnished rooms, costumes, fossils and domestic artefacts. Kirkstall Abbey (29 min)
Atmospheric, well preserved 12th-century abbey ruins with a visitor centre and tree-filled parkland. Eureka! The National Children's Museum (32 min)
Interactive museum for kids aged 0-11, offering learning through play, with a nursery and a cafe. Bolton Priory (28 min)
Augustinian Priory church ruins, dating from the 12th century, in picturesque, riverside surrounds. Hardcastle Crags (36 min)
Scenic woodland valley with 15 miles of paths and and a visitor centre in a 19th-century mill. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (17 min)
Preserved railway station & train line offering a museum & rides on vintage steam locomotives. National Science and Media Museum (20 min)
Modern museum of TV, radio, film and photography, with IMAX cinema, themed exhibitions and cafe-bar. | 
