Big Days Out

Great Places To Visit

Clarke Hall Educational Museum

14 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Clarke Hall is a late 17th century gentleman farmer’s house, primarily used by schools as an educational resource. Clarke Hall is known locally and nationally for its interpretative educational work with schools who use it every day in term time. The Hall holds special living history Open Days and other events specifically for the wider […]

Filed Under: Yorkshire Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Cannon Hall Museum And Country Park

12 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Cannon Hall was home to the Spencer-Stanhope family. In 1957 the Hall opened as a museum, and is home to a collection of art including ceramics, glass, furniture and Old Master paintings, including Mrs Tuder by John Constable and Wheelback Chairs by George Hepplewhite. The Hall also houses ‘Charge’, the Regimental Museum of the 13th/18th […]

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Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

11 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Step back in time and enjoy a train ride through Brontë country. Most services are operated by steam trains, but the railway also serves the local community, with trains running between Oxenhope and Keighley so many people using the morning diesel railcar services to do their shopping. Step off the train at Haworth to visit […]

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Brontë Parsonage Museum

11 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Set in stunning countryside to the north of Halifax, a great way to visit the parsonage is as part of a trip on the KWVR. Quite a walk up the hill from the station but Haworth is amply supplied with tourist pubs and tea rooms. Winner of Sandford Award 1993, 2000, 2005.

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Brodsworth Hall

11 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

At Brodsworth Hall and Gardens near Doncaster you’ll discover the story of a house and the memories of a home that evolved through the ages. Conserved as it was found in the 1980s, the Hall’s interior offers a time capsule of family life, from High Victoriana to the retro additions of the mid 20th-century. You […]

Filed Under: Yorkshire Tagged With: English Heritage, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

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