The Old Woollen
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The Old Woollen
A 500-capacity venue in Farsley, presenting the finest music, comedy and performance. Run by Trouble at Mill Events and Sunny Bank Mills, twinned with Farsley Constitutional.
What's on near The Old Woollen
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YOU:MATTER at National Science and Media Museum
YOU:MATTER is a spectacular audio-visual experience that explores our place in the universe and the invisible links between us and the cosmos
From £2.00
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Turner Prize at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
The UK’s most important visual art prize is back for its 2025 edition, with four new artist nominations in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.
Free entry
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Saltaire Brewery Tour
The guided tour offers a behind-the-scenes look at the brewhouse and state-of-the-art packaging plant, giving visitors a full sense of what “real Yorkshire beer” means today.
From £15.00
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Northern Monk Brewery Tour
Northern Monk, one of Leeds’ best breweries, is kicking off the weekend with a brewery tour to kick start your Saturday afternoon.
From £20.00
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Leeds City Centre Walking Tour
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
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Plant Dreaming at Leeds Art Gallery
‘Plant Dreaming’ gathers the work of seven contemporary artists and their thoughts on plant knowledge and ecopolitics, at Leeds Art Gallery.
Free entry
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Northern Ballet’s The Nutcracker at Leeds Grand Theatre
Sure to awaken childlike imagination in us all, experience the sweetest of treats this Christmas with Northern Ballet’s The Nutcracker.
From £23.00
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Leeds Heritage Pub & Brewery Tour
Take a journey through 300 years of pub and brewing history in Leeds, with a heritage Pub and brewery tour.
From £35.00Where to go near The Old Woollen
Leeds
Sunny Bank Mills Gallery
Sunny Bank Mills Gallery is a light and airy art gallery inside a former cloth warehouse, in the heart of Farsley village.
Leeds
Truman Books
This independent bookstore and café in Farsley, Leeds, boasts a great selection of adult and children’s books.
The Constitutional
A club for working persons, presenting the finest comedy, theatre, spoken-word, music, quizzes and craft ales.
Leeds
Innkeepers Lodge
at the Calverley Arms
at the Calverley Arms
A 19th century inn on the outskirts of Leeds, repurposed into a modern hotel with plenty of charm.
Leeds
The Mill Gallery
The Mill Gallery is an artist-run space in Leeds, supporting emerging artists to develop and showcase their work authentically.
Leeds
Pudsey Market
Pudsey Market is a traditional style market in Pudsey, just outside the centre of Leeds. Featuring everything from second-hand books, fabrics and more.
Bradford
Bradford Industrial Museum
Bradford’s Industrial Museum transports you back to the cities former incarnation, as a powerhouse of the north. See working machinery, the living spaces of mill owners and workers as well as contemporary responses to the archive.
Bradford
Bab Tooma Syrian Restaurant
Bab Tooma serves authentic Middle Eastern and Syrian food. The restaurant is a local favourite for kebabs and grilled meats.
Leeds
Kirkstall Abbey
Founded in 1152, Kirkstall Abbey on the bank of the River Aire is one of the most complete examples of a medieval Cistercian monastery in Britain.
Leeds
Abbey House Museum
Housed in the medieval Kirkstall Abbey’s magnificent former gate house, Abbey House near Leeds is an award-winning museum of social history and childhood.
Leeds
Interplay Theatre
This unique theatre crafts immersive, sensory shows for families, engaging audiences through light, sound, smell, colour, and personal interaction.
Culture Guides
Exhibitions in the North
This season, exhibitions across the North West feel attuned to the world beneath the world – the forces and stories shaping how we see, feel and imagine.
Theatre in the North
Winter brings a huge haul of seasonal shows, as well as productions that resolutely veer away from the fairy lights.
Tours and Activities in the North
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
Family things to do in the North
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
Music in the North
Manchester’s closing out the year – and looking to the new one – with a run of gigs from some of the country’s best underground exports.
Cinema in the North
There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.
Food and Drink in the North
Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.