Manchester Airport 59 min
Eureka! The National Children's Museum (23 min) Interactive museum for kids aged 0-11, offering learning through play, with a nursery and a cafe. National Coal Mining Museum for England (21 min) Coal mining museum with a restored colliery, underground tours, pit ponies, a cafe and gift shop. Salts Mill (30 min) Imposing and elegant former mill housing art galleries, select shopping outlets, a cafe and a diner. Oakwell Hall (9 min) Manorial hall re-creating a 17th-century household plus restored gardens and a country park. Leeds City Museum (24 min) Imposing home for natural and community history and the city collection of archeological items. Kirkstall Abbey (26 min) Atmospheric, well preserved 12th-century abbey ruins with a visitor centre and tree-filled parkland. Yorkshire Sculpture Park (30 min) This rural park contains sculptures by the likes of Henry Moore and hosts regular exhibitions. National Science and Media Museum (19 min) Modern museum of TV, radio, film and photography, with IMAX cinema, themed exhibitions and cafe-bar. Leeds Art Gallery (22 min) Large collection of 20th-century art with Craft Centre and Design Gallery for mixed media displays. Temple Newsam (31 min) Grand residence standing in parkland and filled with priceless art and antiques plus a working farm. Royal Armouries Museum (22 min) Modern building for displays including Henry VIII's armour, war histories and experimental weaponry. The Piece Hall Halifax (25 min) This sprawling 18th-century cloth hall now houses history exhibits, shops, bars & restaurants. The Hepworth Wakefield (29 min) Innovative and spacious modern gallery with 6 contemporary art exhibition rooms, a shop and a cafe. Roundhay Park (32 min) Spacious nature area with gardens, walking trails & lakes, plus 2 playgrounds & sports fields. Shibden Hall (19 min) Timber-framed manor with period rooms, restored gardens, a mini-railway, a boating lake and woods. |