Local Attractions Skipton Castle Skipton Castle is one of the best preserved castles in England More Details: http://www.skiptoncastle.co.uk Canal Cruises In Skipton. You can take a short pleasure cruise along the Leeds Liverpool canal, embarking from the wharf at Coach Street. More Details: http://www.penninecruisers.com Craven Museum In the Town Hall building, at the top of Skipton High Street. Exhibits on prehistoric and Roman Craven. Victorian homes. Toys. Farming. Leadmining. Rocks and minerals. Free Admission More Details: http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/Craven/Visitors/Craven+Museum+and+Gallery Embsay Steam Railway, Near Skipton A volunteer-run steam railway. Trains run every Sunday. Special events. Thomas the tank engine makes regular appearances here. The line connects you to Bolton Abbey Estate. Follow the link for more details. More Details: http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk Bolton Abbey Estate Bolton Priory was built by the Augustinian Canons and ruined by Henry VIII. Now a beautiful, well kept country estate and open to the public. Over 80 miles of riverside, woodland and moorland paths, picnic areas, tea rooms and restaurants, gift shops and fabulous scenery.. More Details: http://www.boltonabbey.com Cliffe Castle Museum Built in the 1830's. Victorian furnished rooms, and exhibits of both natural science and local history. Temporary exhibits. More Details: http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/cliffecastle/index.htm Keighley & Worth Valley Railway The KWVR Runs old steam and deisel trains daily through the summer, and connects from Keighley to Haworth and Oxenhope. More Details: http://www.kwvr.co.uk Ilkley Moor Once a Roman fort town, The town was a fashionable spa resort in Victorian times. The famous Ilkley Moor, and the Cow and Calf rocks... More Details: http://www.ilkleymoor.org East Riddlesden Hall Merchants house and tithe barn. Duck pond, garden, grass maze, ghosts. Costumed tours. More Details: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-eastriddlesdenhall Malham Probably the single most impressive natural feature in the whole of the Yorkshire Dales - Malham Cove. More Details: http://www.malhamdale.org.uk Parcevall Hall Gardens Set in a beautiful area with excellent views. 16 acres of Woodland garden, with pools and streams. Open to the Public through the summer. Picnic area. Free parking. More Details: http://www.parcevallhallgardens.co.uk Kilnsey Crag, Kilnsey Trout farm Impressive crag leans right out above the road. Trout Farm. Fly fishing, pony trekking and a childrens adventure playground area. More Details: http://www.kilnseypark.co.uk Stump Cross Caverns On the B6265 between Grassington and Pately Bridge. Discovered in 1860. Natural caves open to the public... More Details: http://www.stumpcrosscaverns.co.uk Haworth & Brontë Parsonage Beautifully preserved, the original Haworth parsonage is now an excellent museum for Brontë fans. Nearby is Top Withins Farm, the inspiration for Wuthering Heights. The outstanding Brontë Society website, at www.bronte.info has tons of information on the parsonage, the museum, and the Brontës in general... More Details: http://www.haworth-village.org.uk Settle Carlisle Railway The town of Settle is 15 miles away, but you can actually connect onto the most spectacular train line in England from Skipton Station. More Details: http://www.settle-carlisle.co.uk Wycoller Ruined old Manor house and hamlet, near Colne. Believed to have inspired Rochester's home, Ferndean Manor in Jane Eyre. Like all good ruins, it is haunted. Nice place, has pretty bridges over the beck, a small museum and some tea rooms. More Details: http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/tourist/nearby_attractions/wycoller.htm Saltaire Built by Victorian wool baron Sir Titus Salt, Saltaire was a complete industrial village for his workers. The Mill now holds the 1853 gallery, with the worlds largest collection of David Hockney paintings. More Details: http://www.saltairevillage.info Bradford Industrial Museum Moorside Mills, in Eccleshill on the outskirts of Bradford, is a living museum giving an insight into the way we onced lived and worked, and it's free. More Details: http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/industrialmuseum Ingleborough Cave Ingleborough Mountain, one of the famous Three Peaks of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, is renowned for its caves and potholes. The area contains a labyrinth of underground passages and watercourses hollowed out of the limestone rock over thousands of years More Details: http://www.ingleboroughcave.co.uk Brimham Rocks Brimham Rocks is a large area of strange rock formations, huge millstone grit boulders that have naturally eroded into freaky shapes. Site owned and run by the National Trust. More Details: http://www.brimhamrocks.co.uk Harewood House This stunning house and gardens, winner of the Visitor Attraction of the Year 2002, is well worth the the visit, with its outstanding collections, lake, and landscape. Enough to keep any family occupied and happy for the day. More Details: http://www.harewood.org Pendle Hill and the Pendle Witches Famous for the Pendle witch trials of the 17th century, when 19 local women were hung for, well, being witches. Brooding landscape. Good walking country, even if it is in Lancashire... More Details: http://www.pendle.net   Home - Accommodation - Tariffs & Booking - Gallery - Location - Local Attractions - Links - Visitors Comments - Contact us