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Location Map from
Multimap:
Local attractions:
Marsden
is within easy reach of many buildings with fine architecture,
museums, art galleries, Halifax Piece Hall, Yorkshire Sculpture
Park, and historic Churches and Chapels.
For the
more energetic there is excellent walking on Marsden Moor and
the surrounding countryside, golf, cycling, pony trekking,
carriage driving, fishing are all within easy reach - and
there’s lots more! You could walk part of the Pennine Way which
passes above Marsden.
For those
wanting retail therapy there is quality shopping not far away in
Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Manchester and York. Don’t forget
the famous Yorkshire local markets and mill shops.
Tourist Information Centres:
Travel Information:
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Trains: |
Tel:
08457 484950
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Buses: |
Tel:
0113 2457676
www.wymetro.com
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Activity Information:
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Carriage Driving: |
Learn
to carriage drive or just go along for the ride. Tel. 01924
235120
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Cycling: |
W
Yorks Cycleway, Spen Valley Greenway, National Pennine
Cycleway,
Kirklees Eastern Riding Route. Kirklees Information
Point. Tel: 01484 221963
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Fishing:
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Kirklees Information Point. Tel: 01484 221963
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Golf: |
Marsden Golf Club. Tel: 01484 844253
Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield. 32 bay floodlit driving
range. Tel: 01484 452564
Bradley Park Gold Course, Huddersfield. 18 hole. Tel: 01484
223772
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Haworth: |
Home
of the Brontes. The Bronte Parsonage Museum has a new
exhibition about Charlotte Bronte
and her first biographer, Elizabeth Gaskell. Tel: 01535
647131
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Holmfirth: |
For 30
years
the
setting for ‘Last of the Summer Wine’. Why not visit the
famous Wrinkled Stocking Tea Room
or Sid’s Café? Excellent bookshops!
http://www.wrinkledstocking.co.uk/thewrinkledstock.html
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Inland
Waterways: |
British Waterways: Tel: 01977 554351
Narrowboat Hire: Tel: 01924 491872
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Kirklees Light Railway: |
Park Mill Way,
Clayton West, Huddersfield, HD8 9XJ
Tel: 01484 865727
Get directions and map
http://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/content/home.php
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Pony
Trekking: |
Low Fold
Equestrian Centre offers 3 hour hacks to experienced riders.
Tel: 07976 843187 / 01484 608960 / 01484 604477
Generally:
http://www.touristnetuk.com/Ne/westyorks/activities/riding/index.asp
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Standedge Tunnel: |
A wonder
of the
inland waterway. Approx. 3 hour trips through the tunnel
Wednesdays & Fridays. Tel: 01484 844298
www.standedge.co.uk
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Walking: |
The
National Trust - Marsden Moor Estate Office. Tel: 01484
847016
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-marsdenmoorestate.htm
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