Tourist attractions Skipton

Robert of Clifford fortified it in the early 14C. The fine Conduit Court was built by the 10th count but the current castle owes much to the restoration undertaken by Lady Anne Clifford (1589-1676) after the ravages of the civil war. She added a pa..

Bolton Priory was founded by the Augustinians in around 1154 in a setting of great beauty on a bend in the River Wharfe. On the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1534, the lead was stripped from all the roofs except for the nave of the church and t..

The church was enlarged in the 15C; its fine roof dates back to 1488 and the rood screen from 1533. After the Dissolution of the monasteries, the members of the Clifford family were buried not in Bolton Priory , where they were previously buried, but..

This small museum is devoted to local history, archaeology, costume and life.

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 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),..

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 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.