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 Cleckheaton lies in Yorkshire, the largest of all
England's counties. In the northwest of the county lies the Yorkshire
Dales National Park, a lovely patchwork of limestone hills, gentle
valleys and the high peaks of Whernside, Pen-y-ghent and Ingleborough.
The classical Yorkshire Dales spread to the north from the market
and spa towns of Settle, Skipton, Ilkley and Harrogate in North
Yorkshire, with most of the larger southern dales such as Ribblesdale,
Malhamdale and Airedale, Wharfedale and Nidderdale running roughly
parallel from north to south, and the more northerly dales including
Wensleydale, Swaledale and Teesdale running generally from west
to east. The North York Moors is the county's other national
park, with bleak upland moors and a magnificent rugged coastline.
To the southeast of the region lie the Yorkshire Wolds, formed
from chalk hills that arc from the Humber estuary west of Kingston
upon Hull up to the North Sea coast between Bridlington and Scarborough. |
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 Oakwell Hall Country Park, Nutter Lane, Birstall,
Batley WF17 9LG Tel: 01924 326240 - Charlotte Brontë visited
Oakwell Hall in Batley, West Yorkshire in the 1830s and immortalised
the house as "Fieldhead" in her novel Shirley. The
house is set in over 100 acres of country park, and there are
a range of visitor facilities including visitor centre, shop,
cafe. oakwellhallcountrypark.co.uk. About 2 miles east of Cleckheaton. |
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Leeds
City Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA Tel. 0113 247 8248.
The gallery comprises one of the best collections of British
Art outside London, including works by Turner, Cotman, Cozens
and Girtin. Through the support of the Henry Moore Foundation,
the Gallery has bought many important sculptures and can boast
a modern sculpture collection second only to that of the Tate. About 8 miles northwest of Cleckheaton. |
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National Museum of Photography, Film &
Television, Bradford, West Yorkshire Tel: 01274 202030 The National
Museum of Photography, Film & Television was established
in 1983 and attracts over 750,000 visitors each year. The museum
has a collection of over three million items. www.nmpft.org.uk.
About 6 miles north of
Cleckheaton. |
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