Closed until Easter 2011. Ordsall Hall dates back over 820 years. Throughout history it has been put to many uses – a family home, working men’s club and church hall. The most important period of its life is undoubtedly as the family seat of the Radclyffe family who resided here for over 300 of those […]
Oakwell Hall & Country Park
An attractive Elizabethan manor house, set out as a family home of the 1690s and surrounded by 110 acres of country park. The Visitor Centre includes a shop, café and the “Discover Oakwell” gallery. This beautiful Elizabethan manor house has delighted visitors for centuries. Visiting in the 19th Century, Charlotte Brontë featured it as ‘Fieldhead’ […]
Norton Priory
Norton Priory Museum & Gardens is a fantastic day out, with an award winning museum, excavated medieval ruins, the spectacular St Christopher statue, the lovely Walled Garden and the extensive woodland and sculpture trail. Norton Priory also manages Halton Castle, which is open on special days throughout the year. Winner of Sandford Award 1992, 1997, […]
Newark Millgate Folk Museum
A collection of over 70,000 items that contains Archaeology, Costume, Natural History, Art, Photographs, Social History, Civil War and Military items. A small selection of objects from all of these areas are on display at the Museums in Permanent and Temporary Exhibitions As well as exhibitions, the museum offers an exciting programme of events ranging […]
New Lanark
Award winning Visitor Centre. Beautifully restored 18th century cotton mill village nestled in the spectacular south Lanarkshire valley in southern Scotland, close to the Falls of Clyde and less than an hour from Edinburgh and Glasgow. Winner of Sandford Award 1999, 2004, 2009.