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Back in the good old days of the Industrial Revolution, Bradford’s working people didn’t get many opportunities for a day out because they worked for six of them and on the seventh everything was closed. Fortunately, Bradford Metropolitan District now offers a wider range of stimulating activities some of which are free.
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There’s Bolling Hall in Bowling Hall Road, which combines both medieval and 17th Century architecture, open between 11am and 4pm Wednesday to Friday (Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday noon-5pm). Or, of you live in the north-western part of the district and don’t want to travel far, there’s Keighley’s Cliffe Castle Museum which was built in the 1830s. It’s open all year round from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm, and Sundays noon-5pm.
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For those with a taste for country matters Bracken Hall Countryside Centre in Glen Road, Baildon (above Saltaire) offers both static displays and interactive exhibits to do with the natural history, geology, local history and archaeology of Shipley Glen in the vicinity of Walker Wood (notable for its bluebells).
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If travelling is not a problem you could spend part of the day out at Ilkley’s Manor House Art Gallery and Museum, at Castle Yard, Ilkley. The Manor, which stands on part of the site of a Roman fortress, has building work dating from the 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries, and contains objects of local history, Roman remains, and works of art. It’s open all year Wednesday to Saturday from 11am to 5pm and from 1pm to 4pm on Sundays.
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| There are loads of other places to go, of course, but cinemas, theatres and some museums such as the Bronte Parsonage and East Riddlesden Hall will cost you money to get in. Hopefully, the list here will remind you of places you might have forgotten and which might help to make your day. |
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