Historical things to see
Echos of the Industrial Revolution enfold the landscape through pretty weaver's cottages, engineering masterpieces and towering textile mills.
You can learn tradition and legend at the Colne Valley Museum, here you will find out about the areas deep textile history. Nearby you can wander alongside the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and retrace ancient packhorse trails to the Standedge tunnel.
If its the canal history you are interested in then the Moonraker Floating tea room serves tasty treats in a converted narrow boat. If you want to see how they dined in the past then the Launds Inn Museum hosts a fascinating social history collection and is laid out as it would have been in its haye day.
- Bring the past to life by following heritage trails through the area.
- The Golcar Aqueduct is a Victorian engineering masterpiece which allows the canal to pass 40ft above.
- Features of the areas military history can be seen at Bullecourt Museum in Milnsbridge.
- If its vehicles you are interested in then the Golcar Transport Collection houses motor vehicles and buses from the 1920s onwards.
