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Eureka! The National Children's Museum: designed to inspire children to find out about themselves and the world around them all in a day's play! In fact, there's so much to see and do that you'll find yourself visiting again and again.
Xscape: is the ultimate entertainment destination where you can enjoy skiing, snowboarding, tobogganing, skateboarding, ice & rock climbing, bowling and much more.
National Media Museum: a fabulous free museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire devoted to film, photography, TV, radio and the web.
The National Coal Mining Museum for England: a great day out with an opportunity to travel 140 metres underground down one of Britain's oldest working mines.
Bronte Parsonage Museum: a beautifully preserved museum set between the unique village of Haworth, and the wild moorland beyond, this homely Georgian house still retains the atmosphere of the Brontes one of the world's most famous literary family.
Red House Museum: a delightful merchant clothier's house portraying 1830s middle-class home of the Taylor family. The Museum Includes period rooms, enchanting recreated gardens and exhibitions in restored outbuildings.
Oakwell Hall Country Park and Countryside Centre: This Elizabethan manor house has delighted visitors for centuries. The formal 17th century garden has recently been restored, with box hedging planted in geometric patters, inspired by the wood and plaster designs inside the Hall. Beyond the gardens are 100 acres of Green Flag award winning country park featuring a visitor centre, cafe, adventure playground and nature trail.
Colne Valley Museum: a Grade 2 listed building, housed in three of four cottages built in the 1840's by a family of independent cloth manufacturers, the Pearson's, whose relatives still live in Golcar today.
