ATTRACTIONS IN WF12 8PE
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4.6milesRed House Museum
Oxford Road, Cleckheaton, Gomersal, BD194JP
Imagine taking tea with Charlotte Bronte or watching your first ever TV programme on a screen only nine inches wide. Imagine novels and needlework, bunting and bikers.
5.7milesNewmillerdam Country Park
Barnsley Road, Newmillerdam, Wakefield, WF26QF
Newmillerdam Country Park - Amusement Park in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Contact venue on telephone number 01924303390 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractions/rides available at this park.
6.1milesTolson Memorial Museum
Ravensknowle Park, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, HD58DJ
The history book of a typical Yorkshire town, Tolson Museum draws a vivid and intriguing picture of Huddersfield and its people, from the prehistoric to the present. Each layer of Huddersfield's past is revealed in its exciting displays.
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7.3milesMiddleton Railway
Moor Road, Hunslet, LS102JQ
Having been established by an Act of Parliament in 1758, the Middleton Railway, Leeds, can claim to be the oldest Railway in the world. It also played host to the first commercially successful, revenue earning, steam locomotives which entered service there in 1812.
7.6milesCannon Hall Musuem Park and Gardens
Cawthorne, Barnsley, S754AT
Cannon Hall was the home of the Spencer-Stanhope family for over two hundred years and was remodelled by the architect John Carr from the 1760's. In 1957 it opened it's doors as a museum.
8.4milesBolling Hall
Bowling Hall Rd, Bradford, BD47LP
Tucked away in a leafy garden, less than a mile from the city centre, is one of Bradford's most precious jewels. .
8.9milesLeeds City Museum
Millennium Square, LS28BH
Leeds City Museum is an exciting day out for visitors of all ages. See fascinating , lively displays that tell the story of Leeds, the natural world, Ancient Egypt and Africa, to name but a few.
9.5milesNational Museum of Photography, Film, TV
NMPFT, Bradford, BD11NQ
Founded in 1983, the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television quickly became the most visited national museum outside London, attracting approximately 750,000 visitors each year.A part of the National Museum of Science and Industry, the decision to locate the Museum in Bradford was driven by the city's historic contribution to the development of cinema and film-making in the UK, and the desire to make the NMSI collection accessible to a wider audience.
9.7milesTemple Newsam House
Temple Newsam, LS150AE
Temple Newsam is one of the great historic estates in England. Set within over 1500 acres of parkland, woodland and farmland landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century, it is a magnificent Tudor-Jacobean mansion.
9.8milesThackray Museum
Beckett Street, LS97LN
The Museum was the inspiration of Paul Thackray, grandson of Charles F Thackray, founder of the medical company bearing his name in Leeds in 1902.With the aid of a £3 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the museum has been established in a former workhouse building adjacent to St James's Hospital.
9.8milesKirkstall Abbey
Abbey Road, Kirkstall, LS53EH
The fifth daughter abbey of Fountains, Kirkstall was founded in 1152 by Abbot Alexander. As it remains today, Kirkstall abbey is the most complete example of early Cistercian design and building in the the country.
9.8milesShibden Hall
Listers Road, Halifax, HX36XG
Set in 90 acres of rolling parkland with a range of attractions including woodland, walks, an orienteering course, children's rides, miniature railway, pitch and putt and a boating lake, Shibden is the perfect venue for a family day out. Please call to check the opening times of these facilities.
10.7milesBankfield Museum
Akroyd Park, Boothtown Road, Halifax, HX36HG
Set in a wonderful Victorian mill owners house, Bankfield has a growing reputation as a centre for textiles and contemporary craft.With its internationally important collection of textiles, weird and wonderful objects from around the world, plus commissions by leading makers and a varied programme of exhibitions and events, there is much to see and enjoy.
10.9milesHorsforth Village Museum
5 The Green, LS185JB
Horsforth, once described as the largest village in England, has somehow managed to retain some of its village identity and character in spite of being absorbed into the urban sprawl of Leeds. The museum aims to reflect this heritage through exhibitions drawn from all aspects of life in and around Horsforth village.
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11.4milesMonk Bretton Priory
Barnsley, S715QD
Barnsley is fortunate to have within its boundary the extensive remains of a Priory, originally founded under the Cluniac order, which offers much for the visitor to appreciate. The open space of the priory grounds and the views across the wooded countryside still convey the feeling of peace and tranquility as benefited monastery life.
12.9milesRSPB Fairburn Nature Reserve
Fairburn Ings, Visitor Centre, Newton Lane, Fairburn, Yorks, WF102BH
Easily accessible just off the A1, Fairburn is an ideal place to see wetland birds at close quarters throughout the year. Fairburn Ings is an ideal place to see waterbirds close-up throughout the year.
15.9milesHarewood House and Bird Garden
Harewood Estate, Harewood, LS179LQ
Harewood is a great family day out. Visit the Adventure Playground, explore the Gardens and Bird Gardens, take a boat trip across the lake or marvel at the collections in the House.
17milesKeighley and Worth Valley Railway
1m from Keighley on A629 Halifax Rd, BD228NJ
The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is a delightfully restored 5-mile branch line which joins the national railway network at Keighley in West Yorkshire, north east of England and runs up the Worth Valley to Haworth and Oxenhope. Steam train services operate every weekend throughout the year and daily in summer.
17.2milesEast Riddlesden Hall
Bradford Road, Riddlesden, Keighley, BD205EL
The house has distinctive architectural features and is set in mature grounds with beech trees and a large duck pond. The interior has a wonderful ambience, furnished with textiles, Yorkshire oak furniture and pewter, together with fine examples of 17th-century embroidery.
17.3milesBronte Parsonage Museum
Church Street, Haworth, Keighley, BD228DR
The Bront Parsonage Museum is now open. New features for 2007 include a exhibition on Charlotte Bront and her first biographer Elizabeth Gaskell to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'The Life of Charlotte Bront'.
17.7milesBrodsworth Hall and Gardens
Brodsworth, Doncaster, DN57XJ
Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson inherited the Brodsworth estate in 1859 and decided to commission a new mansion to replace the old 18th-century house. Designed in the Italianate style and decorated and furnished in the opulent fashion of the 1860s, it retains much of its original scheme to this day, making it one of England's most complete surviving Victorian country houses.
18.2milesCliffe Castle Museum
Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD206LH
Cliffe Castle Museum was originally the spectacular mansion of the local Victorian millionaire and textile manufacturer, H I Butterfield. It stands in attractive hillside grounds with greenhouses and garden centre, aviaries and a childrens play area.
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