FAMILY PLACES TO GO IN AND AROUND

We've put together a huge list of suggestions for places to visit and explore during the school holidays, or at any other time. You’ll never be able to say you have nowhere to go again! Please let us know if we’ve missed off one of your local favourites.

Our list includes:  Local Attractions,  Parks & Estates,  Museums & Exhibitions  Railways, Tramways & Canals  Art Galleries & Sculpture Parks  Swimming Pools  Theatres & Cinemas  Nearby Villages & Towns  Moors & Woodlands  More Suggestions!

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

Mother Shipton's Cave BIlly Bob's Ice-Cream Parlour

Dan’s Den, Ilkley http://www.dansdenilkley.co.uk Clip ‘n’ Climb, Ilkley http://clipnclimbilkley.co.uk/ Create (Pottery) Café, Ilkley http://www.createcafe.co.uk/ Riverside Gardens, Ilkley http://www.bradforddistrictparks.org/sites/parks/parks.php?ID=75 Billy Bob’s Ice-cream Parlour, Bolton Abbey http://www.billybobsparlour.com Courthouse, Otley http://otleycourthouse.org.uk Skipton Castle http://www.skiptoncastle.co.uk/ Mother Shipton’s Cave, Knaresborough http://www.mothershipton.co.uk Tree Top Nets, Ripon https://www.treetopnets.co.uk/ripon

PARKS & ESTATES

Bolton Abbey Estate http://boltonabbey.com Hesketh Farm Park, Bolton Abbey http://www.heskethfarmpark.co.uk Ilkley Pre-school Playgroup – Helping Young Minds Grow www.ilkleypreschool.org.uk

RHS Harlow Carr Gardens https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/harlow-carr Brimham Rocks https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/brimham-rocks St Ives Estate http://www.bradforddistrictparks.org/sites/parks.php Stockeld Park, Wetherby www.stockeldpark.co.uk Estate, http://harewood.org/

MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS There are so many museums to visit in our area, and most of them have free admission. Many hold special exhibitions and fun activities over the school holidays. Please visit their websites to see ‘What’s On’.

Ilkley Toy Museum http://www.ilkleytoymuseum.co.uk , http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/venues National Media Museum, http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk Bradford Industrial Museum http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/venues Bronte Parsonage Museum https://www.bronte.org.uk Keighley Bus Museum http://www.kbmt.org.uk/ East Hall, Keighley www.nationaltrust.org.uk/east-riddlesden-hall Royal Armouries, Leeds https://royalarmouries.org/leeds/ Leeds Museum http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries National Railway Museum, York http://www.nrm.org.uk/ Eureka, Halifax https://www.eureka.org.uk/

MOORS & WOODLANDS

Middleton Woods, Ilkley https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/2067/mountcalverleyandmiddletonwoods.pdf Ilkley Pre-school Playgroup – Helping Young Minds Grow www.ilkleypreschool.org.uk

Ilkley Tarn, http://www.everytrail.com/guide/an-interesting-child-friendly-walk-on-ilkley-moor The Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley http://www.visitbradford.com/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=2182686 Hebers Ghyll, Ilkley http://www.walk4life.info/walk/hebers-ghyll-ilkley , Bradford http://www.bradforddistrictparks.org/sites/parks/parks.php?ID=41 Welly Walk, Bolton Abbey http://boltonabbey.com/whats-on/welly-walk/ Skipton Castle Woods, Skipton https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ Nidd Gorge, Bilton Banks https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ Northcliffe Woods, Shipley http://www.friendsofnorthcliffe.org.uk/ Denso Marston Nature Reserve, http://www.dm-naturereserve.org.uk/ Clumber Park, Worksop http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/clumber-park Hardcastle Craggs http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hardcastle-crags

RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS & CANALS

Bolton & Embsay Railway http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk Keighley and Railway http://kwvr.co.uk http://www.shipleyglentramway.co.uk 5 Rise Locks https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/bingley-to-saltaire

ART GALLERIES & SCULPTURE PARKS

Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/venues Yorkshire Sculpture Park www.ysp.co.uk

SWIMMING POOLS

Ilkley Lido http://www.ilkleylido.co.uk/ Ilkley Pre-school Playgroup – Helping Young Minds Grow www.ilkleypreschool.org.uk

Keighley Swimming Baths https://www.bradford.gov.uk/sport-and-activities

THEATRES & CINEMAS

Ilkley Cinema http://www.ilkleycinema.co.uk/ King’s Hall Ilkley http://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on Otley Courthouse, Otley http://otleycourthouse.org.uk

NEARBY VILLAGES & TOWNS

Addingham http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/addingham.html Bingley http://www.aboutbritain.com/towns/bingley.asp Grassington http://www.grassington.uk.com/ Harrogate http://www.visitharrogate.co.uk/ http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/tourist-info/ Knaresborough http://knaresborough.co.uk/visiting/ http://www.saltairevillage.info/ Shipley http://www.visitbradford.com/ Skipton http://www.welcometoskipton.com/

More Suggestions!

Give nature a home http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/ Go wild http://www.mywildlife.org.uk/30dayswild/ Skyride http://routes.goskyride.com/ Go for a walk https://www.livingstreets.org.uk Walk or ride along the canal https://canalrivertrust.org.uk Visit a forest http://www.forestry.gov.uk/visit Free Guided Walks by Bradford Council Visit https://www.bradford.gov.uk/sport-and- activities/walking/countryside-guided-walks/