Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Halifax - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
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in Halifax

Halifax, England

Warley Museum

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.

Halifax, England

Wainhouse Tower

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

Halifax, England

Piece Hall

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

Halifax, England

The Halifax Gibbet

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

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Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.

6 miles from Halifax

Bingley, England

Cottingley Beck

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

7 miles from Halifax

Todmorden, England

Stoodley Pike Monument

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

7 miles from Halifax

Unique
Food & Drink
in Halifax

British Burrito

England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.

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