Karen's Guidebook
Activity
A great place for activities on or off the water, only 10 minutes away
A fantastic place to visit to have fun on or around the lake. Paddle boarding, windsurfing, canoeing, rowing, boats for hire and much more. Or for just walking around the lake it’s fun for all the family and just a 10 min drive from the cottage
Hollingworth Lake Water Activity Centre
Lake BankA fantastic place to visit to have fun on or around the lake. Paddle boarding, windsurfing, canoeing, rowing, boats for hire and much more. Or for just walking around the lake it’s fun for all the family and just a 10 min drive from the cottage
Just 5 minute drive from the cottage and a chance to see some of the wonderful countryside
Calderbrook Alpacas
Todmorden RoadJust 5 minute drive from the cottage and a chance to see some of the wonderful countryside
Sightseeing
A beautiful market town. Eclectic selection of shops and a show case of local art and crafts. Boat trips on the canal. Walk to Hardcastle Craggs. It’s just 20 mins drive from the cottage or take the train from Todmorden (7 mins on train)
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Hebden Bridge
A beautiful market town. Eclectic selection of shops and a show case of local art and crafts. Boat trips on the canal. Walk to Hardcastle Craggs. It’s just 20 mins drive from the cottage or take the train from Todmorden (7 mins on train)
The home of the Bronte Sisters. A true step back in time with it’s cobbled Main Street and steam train rides through the valley on the route The Railway Children was filmed. A stunning 40 min drive from the cottage over the Moors (20 mins on from Hebden Bridge if you fancy doing both in the same day).
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Haworth
The home of the Bronte Sisters. A true step back in time with it’s cobbled Main Street and steam train rides through the valley on the route The Railway Children was filmed. A stunning 40 min drive from the cottage over the Moors (20 mins on from Hebden Bridge if you fancy doing both in the same day).
A stunning 18th Century cloth mill beautifully restored. Now houses history exhibits, shops, bars and restaurants and is an outdoor performance venue.
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The Wine Barrel
BlackledgeA stunning 18th Century cloth mill beautifully restored. Now houses history exhibits, shops, bars and restaurants and is an outdoor performance venue.
Grade II Listed,this historic house was the home of Gentleman Jack (Anne Lister) and sits 1 mile from Halifax in the public park in Shibden Valley.
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Shibden Hall
Lister's RoadGrade II Listed,this historic house was the home of Gentleman Jack (Anne Lister) and sits 1 mile from Halifax in the public park in Shibden Valley.
City Visit
Just a 20 min train ride away with it’s concert and festival venues, famous football stadium, beautiful canals, shops and restaurants galore and it’s roots firmly in the history of the industrial revolution, what’s not to like.
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Manchester
Just a 20 min train ride away with it’s concert and festival venues, famous football stadium, beautiful canals, shops and restaurants galore and it’s roots firmly in the history of the industrial revolution, what’s not to like.