Higher Scoles Cottage is set in the heart of Brontë Country and commands stunning views of the…
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Built as a millionaire’s mansion, the house displays Victorian interiors, together with collections of local and natural history, ceramics, dolls, geological items and minerals. One popular feature is a model of a giant newt, which used to live in the area. There are also Victorian toys, local historical items and a working beehive, the bees coming in and out through a tube, which leads to a hole in the wall. There’s a play area for children in the grounds which are undergoing renovations.
Facilities – at a glance
Assist dogs allowed
Suitable for all child ages
Features
- Suitable for children of all ages
- Parking onsite
- Facilities: Access trail, bringing the exhibition to life downstairs
- Accessible toilets
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open all year, Tue-Fri 10-4, Sat-Sun & BH Mon 11-4 (last entry 3.30). Closed Good Fri, 25-26 Dec & 1 Jan
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About the area
Discover West Yorkshire
Everybody knows that Yorkshire has some special landscapes. The Dales and the Moors first spring to mind, but what about West Yorkshire? That’s Leeds and Bradford isn’t it? Back-to-back houses and blackened mills… Certainly if you had stood on any of the hills surrounding Hebden Bridge a hundred years ago, and gazed down into the valley, all you would have seen was the pall of smoke issuing from the chimneys of 33 textile mills. But thankfully, life changes very quickly in West Yorkshire. The textile trade went into terminal decline, the mills shut down forever and in a single generation Hebden Bridge became a place that people want to visit.
The surrounding countryside offers walking every bit as good as the more celebrated Yorkshire Dales; within minutes you can be tramping across the moors. And this close proximity of town and country is repeated all across West Yorkshire. There’s such diversity in the area that you can find yourself in quite unfamiliar surroundings, even close to places you may know very well. Take time to explore this rich county and you will be thrilled at what you find to shatter old myths and preconceptions.
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