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Yorkshire has many attractions which are group friendly offering group facilities and great discounts. Below are just a few of the top places to visit with your group which also offer guided tours.
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A beautifully natural area bustling with culture, cosmopolitan cities, market towns, restaurants and bars, West Yorkshire offers variety in its countless sites and attractions. Bradford's National Media Museum is one of the cities most popular attractions, with free entry and a devotion to radio, TV and film. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte wrote some of the greatest novels in the English language and a classical visit to the Bronte Parsonage Museum will fulfil your passion for literacy.
Make a visit to Harewood House, near Leeds where groups can experience a new exhibition, Work and Play - Life on the Yorkshire Country House Estate. The exhbition is now open in the Terrace Gallery at Harewood House until 2 November 2008. This offers a rare opportunity to see some of the famous artist JMW Turner's beautiful watercolours of Harewood, only infrequently on display. To mark the forthcoming 250th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the House the exhibition tells the story, through family photographs, paintings and maps of life on the estate over the years. For further information on this new exhibition, visit http://www.harewood.org/ and/or to make a group booking to Harewood, please call 0113 218 1013.
Visiting in September? The current 'China at Harewood' season is set to continue in style, with the announcement that the world-famous Chinese State Circus will be bringing their new, sensational two-hour show, 'The Olympic Nation Spectacular' to the grounds of Harewood House between 10-14 September. For further details and tickets, visit http://www.harewood.org/ or call the Harewood Box Office on 0113 218 1000/1.
Walk along the routes at the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, take a guided walk around the World Heritage Site of Saltaire (a Salts Walk) or spend time exploring the spectacular manor house and grounds at East Riddlesden Hall.
Sylish, compacts and value for money, Leeds is a must see destination for the best in victorian architecture, hidden gems and specatular events and festivals. Visit the Royal Armouries, Britains national collection of Arms and Armour from the Tower of London. Groups will also enjoy a visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield for a chance to enjoy exhibitions, fascinating sculptures and a walk through the gorgeous parkland.
Pennine Yorkshire
Allow the experienced guides at the National Coal Mining Museum take you round and discover the history of science and mining through interactive galleries, and discover for yourself what life was like.
Spend time marvelling at the rare breeds at Ponderosa, Heckmondwike, set in open parkland and home to various animals, including emu, meerkats, water buffalo, skunks and reptiles.
Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre is a great introduction to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, a waterway of startling contrasts, from tranquil countryside to dramatic mills. The canal reopened in 2001 following a 20 year restoration programme and the tunnel is the highest, longest and deepest canal tunnel in the country. Enjoy an atmospheric guided boat trip into the tunnel and wonder at the work that went into this major feat of engineering. Special prices are available for pre-booked groups of 15 people and over and the group leader will also get a free boat trip into the tunnel! Special prices are also available on school trips. The adjacent reservoir site offers opportunities for river and pond investigation work. Equipment may be borrowed from Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre, a £20 refundable deposit is charged.
Alternatively, visit Kirklees Light Railway, and enjoy a steam-pulled seven mile round trip from our main station area at Clayton West through the Yorkshire Countryside to our Station at Shelley n West through the Yorkshire Countryside to our Station at Shelley. Clayton West was once the end of the line on the branch, but it now acts as the starting point for the Kirklees Light Railway with a free car park, toilets, café area and much more. To book a group visit to the Kirklees Light Railway, contact Richard Smith on the following number: 01484 865727 or you can email Richard@kirkleeslightrailway.com for further information.
Relax and let a professional tour guide take you on a guided tour of Yorkshire. Many can accompany your group for full days, speak foreign languages and show you the best places to visit through their local knowledge. Below are a few suggested guides:
York & More
Multilingual tour guide service. Walking guided tours include all points of historical and architectural interest. In addition to guided tours in York, half day and whole day guided tours (using clients own coach) are also available, for touring the surrounding areas such as the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales. Guides are available in a wide number of languages.
Call 01904 415478
Travellers in Time
Entertaining, educational and informative quality guided walks to transport you back to Roman, Viking, Norman and Medieval York including Walls and Minster which also dovetail with National Curriculum stages 1 - 4 and beyond. Tours last approximately two hours and can be arranged at any time throughout the year and are tailor made to suit any private individual, family and group. Group trips are also available to the North Yorkshire Moors and Yorkshire Dales by chauffeur-driven luxury car. Choose your own vehicle. Call 01904 709755
Michael D. Barber, Registered Tour Guide
Operating informative guided tours of Leeds and personal welcome to Yorkshire with a professional Meet & Greet service. Michael Barber is a registered tour guide and offers half day tours of Leeds including basic walking tours, historical walks, tours of the town hall, civic hall and Municipal Buildings and also a tour about how Leeds grew from an Anglo Saxon hamlet in to Yorkshires leading industrial and commercial city. Walks on many other themes are available including a Sculpture Trail, Yards & Pubs, Parks & Gardens, Stately Homes plus many more. Tours by public transport are also avaialble to smaller groups as well as tours from Leeds to the surrounding beautiful and cultural areas of Yorkshire. For further information please call Michael Barber on 0113 2713421 or 07703 172753
For further information on local guides, please contact the local Tourist Information Centre.
Related links:
Blue Badge Guides
The Institute of Tourist Guiding
To request a Yorkshire Groups Guide for 2008, click here.
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