manchester tourist guide regional sightseeing
Friday, 25th July 2003
West Yorkshire and the Dales HaworthThe largest town is Halifax with Eureka!, one of the finest children's museums in Britain, suitable for all ages from 2-14.
Leeds further to the east has a lively cultural life, a dynamic business community and is the home to Leeds United Football Club and a Test Cricket Ground plus Opera North and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Its well-appointed city centre is a favourite for shoppers, especially with its gorgeous arcades.
Bradford lies in the shadow cast by Leeds. Famous for being the Curry Capital of Britain, the Bradford Festival in summer is a huge cross-community celebration. The main tourist attraction is the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television incorporating an Imax 3D-cinema screen.
Between Bradford and Halifax is Saltaire, founded as a model industrial village by philanthropist millowner Sir Titus Salt, and now home to the David Hockney Gallery. Nearby Haworth, up on the moors, has become a Bronte family theme park.
North of Haworth and up through pretty Skipton with its gorgeous castle lie the Yorkshire Dales. The Dales are simply delightful, lush with the greenest of green valleys under rounded moorland hills of skylark and heather. The white limestone cliffs and the deep caves provide added attraction, as do the almost absurdly pretty villages. In two places the hills rise to peaks, at Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent - both of which make excellent walks. One way of seeing the area is via the famous Settle to Carlisle train, which swings through the Dales, past Dentdale and others on a series of dramatic viaducts and tunnels. Links within ManchesterOnline
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