Tourist attractions Halifax

Former second hand clothes shop, this Georgian house (1779) hides some fine architecture behind its white façade. There is a Renaissance square with a sloping colonnade, and the galleries that once rang with the sound of merchants today contain spe..

The transept tower (1509-1528) dominates the harsh ruins of this Cistercian abbey which was created by the monks of Fountains Abbey in 1152.

Eureka is a modern centre for children with multicoloured interactive exhibitions for the under-12s.

The Town Hall was built in 1862 by Charles Barry and has a 51m spire, making it one of the finest great 19C buildings in Halifax.

Built in 1867 in Italian style, the Wool Exchange was the centre of the world's wool trade. Brokers still meet here once a week. The statues at the entrance are those of St Blaize, the patron saint of wool combers and Edward III who did much to encou..

Part of the Science Museum, this museum houses Britain's largest cinema projector and a curved screen, 16 m high and 20 m wide, designed to show the Canadian IMAX projection system. The exhibition illustrates the history of photography, the cinema an..

The fascinating little Colour Museum is housed in the headquarters of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. The only museum of its kind in Great Britain, it puts on interactive exhibitions to explain the theory and use of colour.

The battlemented exterior does not give the impression of a building, part of which dates back to the 1440s; the west tower with battlements and pinnacles dates from 1493. The church, which is dedicated to St Peter, was raised to cathedral status in ..

This merchants' district, Little Germany , was named after the booming mid-19C export trade with Germany. It has been cleaned and restored to enhance the high Victorian architecture. Many of the buildings were designed by Eli Mines (1830-1899) and i..

This is a reconstructed Edwardian railway station (early 20C). Steam trains set out from here across the scenic moors to some neighbouring towns, notably Ingrow , where there is a railway museum.

The old institute, Victoria Hall , houses the Reed Organ and Harmonium Museum: the harmonica invented in China 2,800 BC evolved into a popular 19C instrument. This very comprehensive collection includes church and chapel organs, with replacement key..

The parsonage, where the Reverend Patrick Brontë and his family lived, still contains the memorabilia of a family of exceptional talent. Furniture, books and drawings remind visitors that Charlotte (1818-1855), Emily (1818-1848) and Anne (1820-1849),..

The 1853 Gallery contains work by David Hockney on three floors of the old and impressive weaving workshop that also contains a bookshop, furniture store and clothes shop, as well as the Salts Diner.

Haworth was originally a weaving village with over 1 200 handlooms in action at its peak in the 1840s. Here Victorian looms produced "Brontë Tweed" and visitors can try their hand at operating them. There is also an exhibition about Timmy F..

The National Coal Mining Museum for England stands on the site of Caphouse Colliery, which, until its closure in the 1980s, contributed to Britain's industrial might. There is an array of machinery around the pithead buildings as well as displays evo..