What's on near Hilary and Flo
Take a journey through 300 years of pub and brewing history in Leeds, with a heritage Pub and brewery tour.
From £35.00
For the four artists in texture’s reopening show, redaction is not absence but method – a way of exploring what’s been officially ignored, coded or suppressed.
Free entry
Leeds is a city best explored on foot. With a local guide leading the way, this 90-minute walking tour offers an engaging introduction to a city.
From £12.00
A Doncaster-born composer transforms Leeds Art Gallery’s Central Court into a chapel built from sound, sculpture and inherited grief.
Free entry
Cloudwater is a jewel in Manchester’s local brewery crown. Join them for a brewery tour and tasting at the Unit 9 Taproom.
From £25.00
Michaela Yearwood-Dan’s first UK institutional exhibition layers painting, ceramics and sound to explore liberation across personal and institutional histories.
Free entry
Paintings, installations and 500 years of Sikh wisdom are brought together in the service of personal and collective healing.
Free entry
Epic architecture, hidden green spaces and ideas that changed the world. Explore the rich history of achievement at The University of Manchester.
From £20.00Where to go near Hilary and Flo
The flagship outlet of Thornbridge Brewery, The Greystones is a spacious, traditional, half-timbered community pub and music venue.
Independent bookshop based in Sheffield, specialising in children’s books, but also stocking a wide range of adult fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Official booksellers for the Off the Shelf literature festival in October/November and host of live lit events.
Just off the Hunter’s Bar roundabout close to Eccleshall Road, Endcliffe Park is a surprisingly peaceful haven close to Sheffield city centre.
This colourful plant based kitchen is not merely the vegan mecca of Sheffield, but a vibrant work of art, never compromising on taste.
A Sheffield boutique hotel and neighbourhood kitchen restaurant close to the city’s cultural attractions and green spaces, situated overlooking Endcliffe Park.
Specialist retailer in Sheffield stocking a wide selection of coffee beans and teas – plus all the equipment needed to perfect your brew.
A boutique hotel comprising 38 rooms in a handsome period mansion. A good base for exploring Sheffield, the Peak District, or Chatsworth House.
A scrumptious chocolate shop and cafe – with its own mini chocolate factory – right in the heart of Sheffield.
Set in stunning landscaped grounds, historic Kenwood Hall is only 5 mins from Sheffield city centre. Parts of the hotel date back to 1825 and now as a hotel, it provides a venue with great charm and historic character.
An intimate 84-seater performance space, the Lantern Theatre is the oldest theatre in Sheffield. What it lacks in size, it makes up for in charm.
Sheffield Botanical Gardens boasts a bear pit (yes, really), a huge, glass-roofed pavilion and acres of peaceful space.
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