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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Halifax

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Halifax, England

Updated March 29, 2018

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Wainhouse Tower

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

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Warley Museum

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

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Piece Hall

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

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The Halifax Gibbet

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

A museum devoted to the science of color.
6 miles from Halifax

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'Grandad’s Clock and Chair'

A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.
6 miles from Halifax

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Stott Hall Farm

The house in the middle of the motorway.
7 miles from Halifax
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