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Here are a few ideas to
help you with your camp programme:
Local Attractions:
Baildon Moor - moors with views over
Shipley towards Bradford in the south & Keighley in the west.
Shipley Glen - a gritstone escarpment with numerous
boulders to keep cubs or scouts busy.
Glen Tramway - travel in unique cable hauled open
carriages in a woodland setting.
Bracken Hall Countryside Centre - Shipley Glen
Canal trips by waterbus on the Leeds & Liverpool
canal.
Sir Titus Salt's model village and mill at Saltaire.
Swimming Pools at Shipley &
Bingley.
Ten Pin Bowling - Shipley & Keighley.
Adventurous Activities:
Rock Climbing at Ilkley or Almscliff (Ilkley best for
beginners) These are premier climbing venues so expect lots of lycra clad
climbers.
Sailing and canoeing at Reva Reservoir Sailing Centre
- 10 minutes from the campsite.
Hiking & general map and compass navigation can be
found on Ilkley Moor.
Mountain Biking - Good network of bridleways for
mountain bikers with own equipment. Suggested biking routes starting from Shipley
Mountain bikes for Hire **** Small
selection of bikes are available for hire
Activities and places of interest within an hour's drive of
the camp site:
Yorkshire Dales offer infinite opportunities for adventure or leisure
pursuits.
Skipton is the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, and with a castle to
explore, well worth a visit.
Bingley 3 & 5 rise locks on the Leeds & Liverpool canal -
observe narrow boats negotiating the locks.
Worth Valley Steam Railway at Keighley - well worth a trip Click here
Rock Climbing and scrambling at Brimham Rocks (Diff to E8!).
Brimham Rocks
(NT) Pateley Bridge is a world of strange weather worn
rocks with names like Dancing Bear, Lover's Leap and Turtle Rock.
Caving can be found throughout the Yorkshire Dales - either by show cave
or own exploration.
Hiking expeditions to the Three
Peaks, Great Whernside, Buckden Pike can
all be done in a day.
Harewood House is a well-known stately home with large gardens, lake,
exotic animals plus adventure playground (14yrs old max).Click here
Eureka! Halifax is The Children's Museum - It's all about touching and
exploring the everyday things around us.
Jorvik Viking Centre, York - reconstructed Viking settlement with sights
and smells of a unique interpretation of history.
Temple Newsam House Farm, Leeds. Situated around Tudor/Jacobean house
and best of all it's free!
Royal Armouries, Leeds
St Leonards Farm Esholt
Feed the animals, straw
play barn, with its tunnels and swing ropes

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