Days out in Calderdale & Huddersfield

EUREKA!

EUREKA! Is the National Children's Museum, a place where children play to learn and grown-ups learn to play. Everything at Eureka! has been designed to inspire children to find out about themselves and the world around them through 100s of hands-on exhibits.

Kingsgate Shopping Centre

The Kingsgate Shopping Centre is home to nearly 50 shops, including House of Fraser, Next, River Island, HMV and New Look.

Shibden Hall, Park and Gardens

The historic, half timbered Shibden Hall, set in majestic parkland dates back to 1420 and is home to a fine collection of 17th and 18th century furnishings once belonging to the Lister family. The 90 acres of beautiful parkland have extensive playground facilities, a boating lake, minature railway and a dry-stone walling display.

Piece Hall

The Piece Hall is a former 18th Century cloth market, where local traders sold their cloth by the 'piece'. Currently home to a collection of curio shops, a market every Thursday and Saturday, an art gallery and the Halifax Visitor Centre. Events are also held throughout the year.

Bankfield Museum

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.

Colne Valley Museum, Golcar

The Colne Valley Museum provides a look back at Victorian Huddersfield. Displays of textiles and former industries based in Huddersfield from the early Victorian days. There's often spinning, weaving and clog-making demonstrations.

Tolson Museum

Each intriguing layer of Huddersfield's past is revealed at the Tolson Museum. From the tools of the earliet settler - made for hunting in the primative forests - to the modern day collectors from local people. Learn how the boom in the textile industry changed peoples lives and brought prosperity to the town. Tolson leads you step-by-step through the centuries of Huddersfield's history.

Standedge Tunnel, Marsden

The former canal warehouse opposite the towpath at Tunnel End has been converted into a Visitor Centre, with displays telling the story of the canal and the tunnel. There is also a film about the canal showing continuously. Admission to the Visitor Centre is free. There are also boat trips from Tunnel End Cottages at the tunnel mouth which go about 500 metres into the tunnel.