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Visit Calderdale Place – things to do & explore

  

Calderdale places overview by Walkfo

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Calderdale history

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The Roman settlement of Cambodunum was probably located within Calderdale. A Roman fort has been excavated in Slack, which is in the neighbouring borough of Kirklees, but its identity is not yet certain.

You can visit Calderdale places and use Walkfo Calderdale to discover the history & things to do in Calderdale whilst walking with our free digital tour app. Walkfo Calderdale has 164 places on our Calderdale map with history, culture & travel facts that you explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Calderdale, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route – you choose where you want to go, when you want to go and Walkfo Calderdale will keep up.
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With millions of places including tourist walks, Calderdale travel destinations, National Trust locations converted to audio experiences, our Calderdale places AI guide will help you get the best from your visit to Calderdale & the surrounding areas. The Calderdale places app for iPhone & Android delivers hidden history, interesting culture and amazing facts in interactive audio stories in response to where you walk at National Heritage sites, tourist attractions, historic locations or city streets, with no predefined walk map requirements.

“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 164 audio facts unique to Calderdale places forming an interactive Calderdale map for you to explore.”

Walkfo’s Visit Calderdale Places Map
164 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Calderdale tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Calderdale

  

Best Calderdale places to visit

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Calderdale has many places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Calderdale’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Calderdale’s information audio spots:

Eureka! (museum) Eureka! The National Children’s Museum is an interactive educational museum for children in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, with a focus on learning through play. It is run as an educational charity and not-for-profit organisation. Eureka! is based on the North American model of children’s museums, aimed at families with children aged 0–11 and encourages hands-on inter-generational learning.

Borough Market, Halifax Borough Market is a Victorian covered market in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The market occupies a town centre site between Southgate, Albion Street and Market Street. The glass and wrought iron covered marketplace, surrounded by stone built shops and accommodation, was built between 1891 and 1896 and opened by the future King George V and Queen Mary. The design included three public houses on the Market Street side and fishmongers’ shops on Albion Street with the remaining exterior shops all being butchers’ shops. The award-winning market is open six days a week with some 125 market stalls.

Wellesley Barracks Wellesley Barracks is a military installation in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest military base in the UK and is located in the city of Halifax.

King Cross King Cross is an ecclesiastical parish created in 1845 in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. It is located along the top of a ridge above the town of Halifax. During the English Civil War, King Cross was a key outpost for the Parliamentarians.

St Mary’s Church, Halifax St Mary’s Church or St Marie’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Halifax, West Yorkshire. It was built from 1836 to 1839. It is situated on the corner of Gibbet Street and Clarence Street, next to Burdock Way.

High Sunderland Hall High Sunderland Hall was a manor house, built c. 1600 just outside Halifax, West Yorkshire. It was demolished in 1951 after falling into dereliction. The house is perhaps best known for having supposedly provided Emily Brontë with her description of Wuthering Heights.

Hebden Bridge Picture House Hebden Bridge Picture House is one of the last remaining council-owned cinemas in Britain. The Picture House, built between 1919-1921, is an independent cinema with daily evening screenings, weekend matinees and tea time screenings. It also screens live broadcasts of theatre, opera, ballet, music and arts documentaries via satellite.

Mytholmroyd Mytholmroyd is a large village in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. It lies 10 miles (16 km) east of Burnley and 7 miles (11 km) west of Halifax. The village has business parks and a high street in the centre with many independent shops.

Sowood, West Yorkshire Sowood is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west of Elland, 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north of Huddersfield. The village falls within the Greetland and Stainland ward of Calderdale Council.

Todmorden Markets Todmorden Markets consist of an indoor market held in the Public Market Hall and an outdoor open air market. The indoor market has over 40 market traders selling fresh produce, meat, dairy produce, bread, ironmongery, books, clothing, carpets and speciality and ethnic foods. The outdoor market is open 9.00am to 4.00pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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