Halifax (England)
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Europe : Western Europe : United Kingdom : England : Yorkshire : West Yorkshire : Halifax
Halifax[1] is a former wool-trading town in West Yorkshire.
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- Halifax Parish Church, Causway, 01422 355436, [2]. 9AM-4PM daily. Medieval parish church dedicated to St. John the Baptist, founded in 1438.
- Halifax Piece Hall, Blackledge Road, [3]. Traditional wool-trading center of Halifax, now housing several score shops.
- Halifax Town Hall.
- Wainhouse Tower.
- Halifax Gibbet, Gibbet Street.
- Eureka!, Discovery Road, 01422 330069 (email: info@eureka.org.uk), [4]. 10AM-5PM every day (last entry 4PM). An interactive children's science museum. £6.50 (discounts for groups and children less than 5).
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- Halifax Traditions Festival, Town Centre. Annual, last weekend of September.
- Halifax Agricultural Show, Savile Park Moor. Late August. [5]
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- The HiFi Centre, 3-5 King Cross Street, ☎ 01422 385105, [6]. The Hifi Centre is the local Bose dealer, and offers many other 'High-End' audio brand names, from the address that has been a quality hi-fi outlet for more than fifty years, since it was Trevor Fawthrop's "Tape Recorder Centre". Trevor's original high standards of quality and service were maintained throughout the shop's ownership by Huddersfield HiFi, who moved out in May 2006 to consolidate their business at their main shop in Huddersfield. The current owners reopened in September 2006. edit
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