FAMILY PLACES TO GO IN AND AROUND ILKLEY 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 Otley 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 Harewood House Estate, Leeds 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 Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/venues National Media Museum, Bradford 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 Riddlesden Hall, Keighley www.nationaltrust.org.uk/east-riddlesden-hall Royal Armouries, Leeds https://royalarmouries.org/leeds/ Leeds City 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, Ilkley Moor 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 Lister Park, 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, Baildon 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 Worth Valley Railway http://kwvr.co.uk Shipley Glen Tramway http://www.shipleyglentramway.co.uk Bingley 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/ Hebden Bridge http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/tourist-info/ Knaresborough http://knaresborough.co.uk/visiting/ Saltaire 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/ .