Museums · Yorkshire & the Humber
Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum
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Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum is a children's museum, natural history education centre and nature centre established in 1989 at Bracken Hall on the edge of Baildon Moor, close to Shipley
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Saltaire · 1.2 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum, the nearest railway station is Saltaire, located 1.2 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is BD17 5EA. Please note that wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum is a children's museum, natural history education centre and nature centre established in 1989 at Bracken Hall on the edge of Baildon Moor, close to Shipley Glen in West Yorkshire, England. In 2013 the Bradford Council removed their funding of the museum. The Friends of Bracken Hall worked to gather support in order to reopen the museum, and whilst the centre was planned to re-open in late 2015, it was finally re-opened to the public in April 2016 with the help of Baildon Town Council.
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Official information
Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum offers visitors insights into local nature and history through various exhibitions and guided walks. The centre is located in Baildon, West Yorkshire, and features activities that explore the surrounding countryside.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: South Pennine Moors SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: BRADFORD PENNINE GATEWAY
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum is a children's museum, natural history education centre and nature centre established in 1989 at Bracken Hall on the edge of Baildon Moor, close to Shipley Glen in West Yorkshire, England. In 2013 the Bradford Council removed their funding of the museum. The Friends of Bracken Hall worked to gather support in order to reopen the museum, and whilst the centre was planned to re-open in late 2015, it was finally re-opened to the public in April 2016 with the help of Baildon Town Council.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Architecture
This c. 1890s Yorkshire gritstone building was once a bailiff's house, then a farm house, and it still has the original big, old, panelled front door. It is of the traditional rural, symmetrical, four-up, four-down domestic design which was common in the Georgian era and continued throughout the 19th century. This type of house has two rooms each side of the front door, stairs in the middle leading back from the front door, and two upstairs bedrooms each side of the stairwell, with a 19th-century dressing room above the front hall. The walls between front and back rooms are load-bearing, and supported by the two chimneys, which allow fireplaces in all eight main rooms. Bradford City Council…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.8472, -1.8011
- District
- Bradford
- Parish
- Baildon
- Postcode
- BD17 5EA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Shipley
- Established
- 1989
- Nearest railway station
- Saltaire — 1.2 km
- Official site
- www.friendsofbrackenhall.org.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum?
- Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode BD17 5EA), in the parish of Baildon.
- What is Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum?
- Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum is a children's museum, natural history education centre and nature centre established in 1989 at Bracken Hall on the edge of Baildon Moor, close to Shipley
- How do I get to Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Saltaire, about 1.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode BD17 5EA.
- When was Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum built?
- Built or established in 1989.
- Is Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum a protected site?
- Yes — Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum is part of the South Pennine Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the BRADFORD PENNINE GATEWAY National Nature Reserve.
- How do I get to Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Saltaire, about 1.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BD17 5EA.