Guidebook for Dewsbury

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Guidebook for Dewsbury

Food Scene

Nice, central café. French speaking on Monday afternoons!
Cloggs Coffee Shop
6 Tithe Barn St
Nice, central café. French speaking on Monday afternoons!
A nice Italian restaurant with a good atmosphere and friendly hosts.
Roberto's Italian Restaurant & Bar
A nice Italian restaurant with a good atmosphere and friendly hosts.
Italian restaurant
Salvia Restaurant
159 Huddersfield Rd
Italian restaurant
Café by the marina
The Old Stables Coffee House
Café by the marina
Good value Indian food
Ashiana Buffet Dewsbury
South Street
Good value Indian food
Nearest vegan restaurant. Short walk from Huddersfield bus or train station.
Goat Cafe
53 Trinity St
Nearest vegan restaurant. Short walk from Huddersfield bus or train station.

Shopping

An Aladdin's cave of every kind of fabric you could imagine!
Fabworks Mill Shop
Bradford Street
An Aladdin's cave of every kind of fabric you could imagine!
Bustling general market Wednesdays and Saturdays. Second hand market on Fridays. Car boot sale Sundays (6am - noon).
Dewsbury Market
32 Cloth Hall Street
Bustling general market Wednesdays and Saturdays. Second hand market on Fridays. Car boot sale Sundays (6am - noon).
Good value supermarket. Bargain cycling gear if you time it right!
Lidl
Commercial Road
Good value supermarket. Bargain cycling gear if you time it right!
Supermarket.
Sainsbury's Petrol Station
Supermarket.
Independent cycle shop
Hargreaves Cycles LTD
27 Bradford Rd
Independent cycle shop
Independent cycle shop
Sowerby Bros Cycles
7 Princess St
Independent cycle shop
Nearest place to hire a bike. £56 for the week. Easy access by train direct from Huddersfield and situated on the Trans Pennine Trail.
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Cycle Penistone C.I.C.
Saint Mary's Street
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Nearest place to hire a bike. £56 for the week. Easy access by train direct from Huddersfield and situated on the Trans Pennine Trail.
The closest supermarket from here. Large.
Asda Dewsbury Superstore
Mill Street West
The closest supermarket from here. Large.
Book shop
WHSmith
Book shop

Arts & Culture

Art galleries, café and shop set in acres of country park.
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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Art galleries, café and shop set in acres of country park.
Art gallery and permanent exhibition of David Hockney's work. Café, bookshop.
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Salts Mill
Victoria Road
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Art gallery and permanent exhibition of David Hockney's work. Café, bookshop.
Beautiful exhibition space next to the river Calder. Also nice café, children's playground and regular craft workshops for children.
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The Hepworth Wakefield
Gallery Walk
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Beautiful exhibition space next to the river Calder. Also nice café, children's playground and regular craft workshops for children.
Lunchtime chamber concerts 2nd Wednesday of the month October to April as part of the classical concert season. Variety of other entertainments.
Dewsbury Town Hall
Wakefield Old Road
Lunchtime chamber concerts 2nd Wednesday of the month October to April as part of the classical concert season. Variety of other entertainments.
Fascinating museum. Lots of exhibitions for children. Daily showings of IMAX films.
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Narodowe Muzeum Nauki i Mediów
Pictureville
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Fascinating museum. Lots of exhibitions for children. Daily showings of IMAX films.
Great collection of paintings and sculpture. 2 mins walk from station. Try the Tiled Hall Café (but don't ask for milk in your green tea!).
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Galeria Sztuki w Leeds
The Headrow
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Great collection of paintings and sculpture. 2 mins walk from station. Try the Tiled Hall Café (but don't ask for milk in your green tea!).
Recognised centre for the study of sculpture in the heart of Leeds. A research centre, library and sculpture archive, it also hosts a year-round programme of lectures.
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The Henry Moore Institute
74 The Headrow
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Recognised centre for the study of sculpture in the heart of Leeds. A research centre, library and sculpture archive, it also hosts a year-round programme of lectures.
In Moorside Mills, built in 1875, displaying textile machinery, steam power, engineering, print machinery and vehicles. Visit mill manager’s house and mill-workers' terraced houses.
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Bradford Industrial Museum
235 Moorside Rd
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In Moorside Mills, built in 1875, displaying textile machinery, steam power, engineering, print machinery and vehicles. Visit mill manager’s house and mill-workers' terraced houses.
Bradford's civic art gallery - mainly 19th and 20th century British art. Set in magnificent grounds of Lister Park, a boating lake and adventure playground. Cafe in the boat house open seasonally.
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Cartwright Hall
Lister Park
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Bradford's civic art gallery - mainly 19th and 20th century British art. Set in magnificent grounds of Lister Park, a boating lake and adventure playground. Cafe in the boat house open seasonally.
Specialist museum - infrequent opening so check online for times.
Dewsbury Bus Museum
7 - 11 Foundry St
Specialist museum - infrequent opening so check online for times.
Small local theatre
Dewsbury Arts Group
18 Cambridge Rd
Small local theatre

Entertainment & Activities

Great views across the valley, children's play area, miniature train, farm animals.
Charlottes Jersey Ice Cream Ltd
Whitley Road
Great views across the valley, children's play area, miniature train, farm animals.
Rare breed and exotic animals. Play gym. Huge outdoor sand pit. Café.
Zoo Ponderosa
Off Smithies Ln
Rare breed and exotic animals. Play gym. Huge outdoor sand pit. Café.
Indoor climbing centre - dozens of rooms.
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ROKT Climbing Gym
Mill Royd Street
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Indoor climbing centre - dozens of rooms.
Swimming pool and sports centre.
KAL - Dewsbury Sports Centre
Longcauseway
Swimming pool and sports centre.
Two monthly showings: one on a Friday and one on a Sunday. Check website for details.
New Picture House
30 Church St
Two monthly showings: one on a Friday and one on a Sunday. Check website for details.
Very good new sports centre; short walk from train station
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Huddersfield Leisure Centre
Spring Grove Street
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Very good new sports centre; short walk from train station

Drinks & Nightlife

In the station building. Excellent beer, company and home baked food.
West Riding Refreshment Rooms
Wellington Road
In the station building. Excellent beer, company and home baked food.
Very handy just across the road; good locally brewed beer; a secret beer garden round the back easily found, however, by following the large arrow!
Shepherds Boy
157 Huddersfield Rd
Very handy just across the road; good locally brewed beer; a secret beer garden round the back easily found, however, by following the large arrow!
Real ale pub next to the marina
The Leggers Inn
66 Mill St E
Real ale pub next to the marina
Great, welcoming atmosphere especially in the winter. Real ale. A short walk from the railway station.
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The Flowerpot
65 Calder Rd
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Great, welcoming atmosphere especially in the winter. Real ale. A short walk from the railway station.
Real ale pub close to the station
Navigation Tavern
6 Station Rd
Real ale pub close to the station

Everything Else

Interesting town museum in the middle of the park. Café next door.
Dewsbury Bus Museum
7 - 11 Foundry St
Interesting town museum in the middle of the park. Café next door.
Opposite the Town Hall.
Dewsbury Post Office
Wakefield Road
Opposite the Town Hall.

Sightseeing

Site of stone age and iron age settlements. Also site of a Norman motte and bailey castle. Admission into the Tower is on limited days of the year - great views from the top.
Castle Hill and Victoria Tower
Site of stone age and iron age settlements. Also site of a Norman motte and bailey castle. Admission into the Tower is on limited days of the year - great views from the top.
Fabulous park, recently refurbished. Children's play areas, paddling pool, miniature railway, café. Tennis courts. 5 minute walk from train station.
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Greenhead Park
Trinity Street
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Fabulous park, recently refurbished. Children's play areas, paddling pool, miniature railway, café. Tennis courts. 5 minute walk from train station.
Furnished as a family home in the 1690s; offers visitors real insight into a post-English Civil War household. Over 100 acres of country park, a visitor centre, gift shop a nature trail.
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Oakwell Country Park
Nova Lane
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Furnished as a family home in the 1690s; offers visitors real insight into a post-English Civil War household. Over 100 acres of country park, a visitor centre, gift shop a nature trail.
Delightful 1830s cloth merchant's home with fascinating Brontë connections. Charlotte Brontë visited often and featured Red House in her novel Shirley.
Red House Museum
281 Oxford Rd
Delightful 1830s cloth merchant's home with fascinating Brontë connections. Charlotte Brontë visited often and featured Red House in her novel Shirley.
Dewsbury Minster. Occasional guided tours up the tower. Café on site.
Dewsbury Minster - Mother Church of West Yorkshire
Vicarage Road
Dewsbury Minster. Occasional guided tours up the tower. Café on site.