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Urbis explores Urban culture and the cities of today and tomorrow through four floors of exhibitions about city life. Our exhibition programme features international large‐scale exhibitions offering unique insights into the dynamic culture of the modern city, with innovative explorations of design, architecture, graffiti, music and the…
Distance: 14.5 miles away

The Norman castle keep of Clitheroe has dominated the skyline for more than 800 years since being built around 1186 by Robert de Lacy to protect the administrative centre of his vast estates. It is said to be the second smallest keep in England, since the rooms are…
Distance: 14.2 miles away

Housed in a Victorian police station complete with original charge office and prison cells. Galleries house police vehicles and displays of uniforms and equipment. Plus there are also rooms devoted to crime and forensic science, forgery and international policing.Open: Tues: 10.30am ‐ 3.30pm & by appointmentCost: Free entry…
Distance: 14.7 miles away

The Museum of Transport, Manchester has one of the largest collections of transport of its kind in the country. The vehicles themselves represent the development of public road transport in Greater Manchester, from horse‐drawn vehicles to the first generation of accessible transport; and also includes the prototype…
Distance: 13.4 miles away

Welcome to the Museum of the Manchester Regiment. The Museum tells the story of the Regiment and its soldiers through 200 years of history, from 1758 until 1958. Follow the Regiment from the colonial wars of the Red Coats in the eighteenth centuries to the Citizens…
Distance: 14.9 miles away

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…
Distance: 14.4 miles away

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. The exhibition features Charlotte Bronte's newly restored going away dress.The Bronts…
Distance: 14.1 miles away

Situated in Haworth, once the home of the Bronte Sisters, the Bronte Weaving Shed offers spectacular shopping experience for the whole family ‐ giving you a genuine taste of the best that Yorkshire has to offer.Admire our impressive water wheel ‐ a reminder of how industry used to…
Distance: 14.2 miles away

Situated by the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, and housed in part of the old Victoria Mill, Saddleworth Museum is full of intriguing objects from the past. The Museum tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth's landscape and character. Visitors can find out about the…
Distance: 13.2 miles away

Discover a place full of history. From country to coast explore Lancashire 's rich and varied heritage in some of our county's finest museums. From grand country houses set in relaxing gardens, to an imposing castle; from atmospheric textile mills that transport you back to a time when…
Distance: 3.5 miles away