Flight Time / September 2016

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Clockwise from top left:

Colden Clough near Hebden;

Old Lane in Luddenden;

Heptonstall dancers

FLY Flybe has flights to Leeds Bradford from Belfast City and Newquay (from 28th October). Flybe’s franchise partner Loganair has flights to Leeds Bradford from Glasgow. Flybe has flights to Manchester from Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Belfast City, Bergerac, Chambéry (from 20th December), Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Hannover, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Knock, La Rochelle, Luxembourg, Lyon, Milan, Nantes, Newquay, Paris CDG, Rennes, Rotterdam The Hague, Southampton and Toulouse (from 30th October). Flybe’s franchise partner Loganair has flights to Manchester from Glasgow, Inverness and Norwich

Halifax is the main administrative centre of

Calderdale, a town with a population of 82,000. Most

people associate Halifax with the building society/

bank of the same name, and yes, despite the Lloyds

Banking Group/HBOS takeover in 2009, the Halifax

headquarters are still in use.

Halifax is equally as dramatic as the Calder Valley

towns around it, and also has its history in the woollen

textile industry. Mills and chimneys abound, and of

particular note is Dean Clough Mill. Formerly a

carpet factory, at one point the largest in the world,

Dean Clough has been revamped into a thriving and

modern centre of offices, shops, restaurants and art

and craft galleries.

At the opposite side of town, and perhaps

Calderdale’s most impressive building, is the Grade

1-listed Piece Hall, the only surviving cloth hall in

Britain. Built in 1779, this huge, colonnaded

marketplace shows just how big the textile industry

was back in the day. In recent years, the building

has become a little shabby around the edges and as

a result has been closed for some time for a

massive £19m revamp. It’s due to re-open later in

the year and will feature shops, cafés and galleries,

as well as events in the 66,000-square-feet

courtyard. Keep an eye on

www.thepiecehall.co.uk

see the latest updates.

As if this isn’t enough historic architecture, a

journey of around two miles south-west of Halifax

centre takes you to the King Cross area, where the

town’s most prominent building cannot be missed. At

275 feet, Wainhouse Tower is the tallest folly in the

world and is a truly-impressive sight from near or far.

Sadly, the tower only tends to open to the public on

bank holidays, when it’s possible to climb the 403

steps for superb views down the Calder Valley.

“The landscape is very diverse, and

you will find the rolling hills so

typical of Yorkshire, as well as steep

valleys and open moorland”