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5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Halifax, England

Updated June 24, 2024
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The elaborate top of the tower.

Halifax, England

Wainhouse Tower

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.
Piece Hall.

Halifax, England

Piece Hall

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.
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Halifax, England

Warley Museum

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.
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The Halifax gibbet

Halifax, England

The Halifax Gibbet

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.
Shibden Hall.

Halifax, England

Shibden Hall

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).
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'Grandad’s Clock and Chair'

A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.
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Grave of Sylvia Plath

The poet’s tombstone keeps getting vandalized by her fans.
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