Armley Mills Industrial
Museum
Canal Rd, Armley, Leeds, LS12 2QF Tel: 0113 263 7861
Description:
Housed in what was once the world's largest woolen mill,
the museum illustrates the history of the 18c woolen industry. Other
features include a 1920s cinema, complete with silent films, plus
demonstrations of static engines & steam locomotives
Location:
2 miles west of Leeds centre off A65
Opening Times:
Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5
Disabled Access:
Yes
Admission Prices:
£2, children 50p
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Automobilia Transport
Museum
Billy Ln, Old Town, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8RY Tel:
01484 559086
Description:
Over 100 vintsge & classic vehicles on display &
for sale, plus other displays of motorcycles, bicycles, radios,
enamel signs, petrol pumps, garage equipment etc
Location:
On A62 Leeds Rd, 1/3 mile from Huddersfield centre
Opening Times:
Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 11-4
Disabled Access:
Yes. 'Hands-On' for partially sighted
Admission Prices:
£2, children £1
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Bagshaw Museum
Wilton Park, Batley, WF17 0AS Tel: 01924 326155
Description:
TEMPORARY CLOSURE We're sorry - from 1 September 2007 Bagshaw Museum will be closed for one year for structural work and gallery developments funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The museum is due to reopen in 2008.
Disabled Access:
Yes
Admission Prices:
Free
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Bankfield Museum
Boothtown Rd, Akroyd Park, Halifax, HX3 6HG Tel: 01422 354823
Description:
An impressive collection of costumes & textiles from
many periods & parts of the world, housed in a 19c
Renaissance-style building. Other features include a toy sction, the
museum of the Duke of Wellington's regiment, plus a continuing
program of temporary exhibitions, and events.
Location:
Halifax
Opening Times:
Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5, BH Mon 10-5
Disabled Access:
Yes
Admission Prices:
Unconfirmed
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Batley Art Gallery
Market Place, Batley, WF17 5DA Tel: 01924 326308
Description:
Temporary & permanent exhibitions of 20c &
contemporary art
Location:
Batley (SW of Leeds)
Opening Times:
Mon, Wed & Fri 10-6, Tue 10-1, Thu 10-5, Sat 10-4
Disabled Access:
Admission Prices:
Yes
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Bolling Hall
Bowling Hall Rd, Bradford, BD4 7LP Tel: 01274 723057
Description:
Mainly 17c manor house. Has a haunted room.
Location:
1 mile from Bradford centre off A650
Opening Times:
Apr-Sep Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5; Oct-Mar Sat 10-5 & Sun
12-5
Disabled Access:
Yes
Admission Prices:
Unconfirmed
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Bradford Industrial Museum
& Horses at Work
Moorside Rd, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP Tel: 01274 631756
Description:
The museum, part of which is Moorside Mills, an original
spinning mill, illustrates the story of the woolen industry in
Bradford. Features include the mill owner's house, the mill yard, and
shire horses pulling trams, hauling buses and giving rides.
Location:
North of Bradford off A658
Opening Times:
Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5
Disabled Access:
Yes
Admission Prices:
Unconfirmed
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Bramham Park
Wetherby, LS23 6ND Tel: 01937 844265
Description:
See the fine collections of furniture, porcelain and
paintings in this splendid Queen Anne mansion, and stroll in the
peaceful tranquility of 66 acres of 17c French styled formal gardens,
unique to the British Isles. Magnificient displays of flowers in
Spring & Summer, ornamental ponds, cascades & trees.
Location:
On A1 4 miles south of Wetherby
Opening Times:
Gardens open Easter, May Day & spring BH weekends
1.15-5.30; House & gardens 22 Jun-7 Sep, Sun, Tue, Wed & Thu
1.15-5.30
Disabled Access:
Yes
Admission Prices:
£4, children £2
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Bronte Parsonage Museum
Haworth, BD22 8DR Tel: 01535 642323
Description:
This house became home to the Bronte family shortly before
Maria's death, and remains furnished & decorated as it was in
their day, with displays of their personal treasures & belongings
Location:
On A6033, from the A629. From Bradford take the A650 to
Keighley, turn left onto A629, then A6033
Opening Times:
Apr-Sep daily 10-5; Oct-Mar daily 11-4.30
Disabled Access:
Yes
Admission Prices:
Unconfirmed
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