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Shibden Hall

Location, opening times and contact

March to November

December to February

Accessibility

Restricted access for wheelchair users (historic house), audio guide for visually impaired visitors. Further information is available from Disabled Go: Shibden Hall|

Please contact, prior to visit, if you have special needs and staff will be glad to help.

• Adults: £3.50
• Children 5-16 years / Senior Citizens / Passport to Leisure: £2.50
• Family (2 adults, 2 children): £10.00
• Group of 10 or more: £2.50 per person
• Evening visits (minimum number 20): £7.00 per person.

Set in 90 acres of rolling parkland with a range of attractions including woodland, walks, an orienteering course, children’s rides, miniature railway, pitch and putt and a boating lake, Shibden is the perfect venue for a family day out. Please call to check the opening times of these facilities. See Shibden Park .

How to get there

• Address
• Shibden Hall
  Lister’s Road
  Halifax HX3 6XG
• Public transport
• Route Planner: Shibden Hall and Park|

• Grid reference: SE 106257
• Area: 32 Hectares
• Type of park: Urban Park.

Shibden Estate is located on the A58 Leeds / Bradford Road (Godley Lane), to the east of Halifax town centre.

Shibden Estate is accessible by bus numbers 681, 682, 548, 549, 509, 534, 227, 508, 226 from the Halifax, Bradford, Brighouse, Huddersfield and Leeds bus stations.

For information about the bus (and train) network in West Yorkshire visit Metro|.

It is approximately 20 minutes walk (uphill) from Halifax town centre bus station and 25 minutes from the train station. It is also a 20-minute car ride from the M62 motorway.

Car parking

From Thursday 21 April 2011, a car parking fee will be introduced at Shibden Park.

• Weekends, bank holidays and Calderdale school holiday periods: £2
• Monday to Friday (outside school holidays): £1.

The fee will be payable on entry to the park and will be effective from 9am - 6pm daily. This is a temporary fixed rate while the Council consults on a Pay and Display system.

Regular park visitors are able to apply for a season ticket. For more information contact shibden.hall@calderdale.gov.uk. Tickets will be available for purchase at Shibden Hall (01422 352246) and Shibden Mereside (01422 382959).

Blue badge holders will continue to benefit from free parking.

Contact

• E-mail
• shibden.hall@calderdale.gov.uk
• Telephone
• 01422 352246 / 321455
• Fax
• 01422 348440.

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