West Yorkshire Travel Forum

This coming weekend will be the last chance to sign up for my meeting in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

You will get to see the Norland Scarecrow Festival and the Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival as well as a mystery trip thrown in.

VT Mum Stephanie and Dad Gerry will be there and also Hansi and LoriPori will grace the doorsteps of us humble, quiet and reserved Yorkshire folk.

If you would like to become a Virtual Attendee you will need to send me an email.

Remember this coming weekend is your last chance.

serched the internet but no luck yet?
When is the 2008 Norland Scarecrow?

Hi VT Members,

Perhaps someone can help me here. I am looking to travel from Huddersfield, Yorkshire to the Burnley Bus Station, Lancashire. Does anyone know what transport services could get me there. I plan to travel in October. If someone you kindly provide fares that would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Melly.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a day tour I can get from London that would goto Bronte Parsonage. Thank you in advance for your help.

My daughter, 23, is going to attend for a postgraduate course in University of Leeds. She has 3 options for accommodation:
1) Near University - 2) In the city centre - 3) In the suburbs.
Is there any advice about best choice regarding the trouble for moving, the dangers of moving especially at night or any other thing must take into consideration. Also, any other advice or suggestion about accommodation is highly appreciable. Thanks in advance

Hi,
Does the Leeds area have a backpackers hostel? If not, could anybody recommend a budget place to stay.

Thanks for your help.

i'm guessing its the bus station, how does one get the bus from leeds to harewood house on a weekday?

Hi there.....
Will be arriving Manchester on Sept 20th and wants to know whats the ticket price for a single journey from Manchester Aiport to Leeds Main Rail station please...

Ok I know it seems like a long way off yet, does anyone know if there are any plans for spectacular firework displays in the area for New Year's Eve?
Last year we went to the Lakes for a fabulous, romantic couple thing and the year before we took my boys out for dinner. This year we're looking for something a bit more traditional, hence firework display, a glass or two of mulled wine wouldn't go amiss (and maybe a whiskey or glass of fizz)!

Hi we are planning on coming to Leeds,Bradford area for business Sept 16-19. Am looking for some nice lodging in the area,I saw a place called residence 6. What is it like? Do you have any sighseeing reccomendations for the other people in our group to do? We are not sure if we should rent a car(driving sides or road is backward for us) or just use public transportations. Any one have any help or suggestions?? PS we are flying into Manchester arriving Sept.16am thanks for any help. Betsy

Is rufforth car boot on EVERY sunday???

We're planning a long weekend in Leeds and want to have a good night out. Can anyone tell me a few nightclubs?
We're into hard trance/hard trance/techno/rave and like to party all night so a place that is open till +-4am would do the trick for us.
Not to expensive, good atmosphere, good music, and people going out of their mind...

I heard that Evolution, Catecrasher are worth a visit?

Thanks

Live in Plymouth, Comeing to Leeds for weekend, where is the best bars and clubs any suggetions. Thanks Sarah xx

I do not have access to my credit card at the moment, and I need to find a place that has free wifi, or at least an internet cafe or some place where I can pay cash for internet use that I can use my laptop with.

I have been wandering downtown for hours and nobody knows of any internet cafes.

Hello--I have an extra day in Leeds and am wondering what the best day trip (via rail or bus) is from Leeds? I literally have ALL day. We will have spent time in London already.

Thanks in Advance for your advice!

Anne

We'll be taking the train from London to Leeds and need to rent a car. Are there any options close to the train station? We were told that the airport was the only place to go. Can we get a car at the train station?
Thanks for the help!
Laura Streng

I'm off to Leeds this summer and wondering if I can find a TJ Hughs store in Leeds. I've been searching the net, but can't seem to find a homepage or a store locator anywhere. I know there's one in Newcastle, but since I don't have a lot of time, it would be great to visit one in Leeds. Thanx a lot! Helene :)

How would one get to Fountain Abbey from Leeds using public transportation? I would be going in September. I also tried looking on the website for Dales Transport but was unable to locate the information.

I was searching the net for the above mentioned,and this is what I found:
Carnegie Weight Management
Fairfax Hall, Headingley Campus
Leeds Metropolitan University

from this site:
http://www.carnegieweightmanagement.com/index.asp

Does any one know any iformation about this camp?
any help will be appreciated.
marimar_72

Are there any camping grounds in Bolton?
Thanx

Hey I know I may be early but you all know booking early is important to get the cheap flights. Myself and mates wanna leave Dublin for a change this new years.
leeds is looking cheap flight wise.
Anyone tell me where a nice decent area to stay in and hows the night life for new years eve. any tips welcome. thanks you

I am going out in Leeds for my birthday, but haven't been before. So i was wondering if anyone could recommend where to go? We are going to end up at the Majestic, what is the dress code like and how old do you have to be?
Thanks x

I asked you about travel from Gatwick airport to Leeds (thanks for replies!) and now I have few questions about accomodation in this city.
Im looking for a quite cheap place(hotel,hostel or sth like that) with quite good standard(quite good standard for me: bathroom,tv maybe and clean place). I can't find good hotels via internet and when I find there is nothing about costs !
Could you tell me sth(mayby good sites) about accomodatnion in Leeds( Do you count everything per week? ), I'll be satisfacted if my weekly payment for hotel will be under 60 pounds per week. Thanks!

I will flight from Leeds airport in the very early morning (07:00 Am),
but I don't live in Leeds, I am woundering if I can stay in the airport over night?

I had found some posters about sleep in the leeds airport:
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/europe/leeds.htm

But I also got some respones saying that the airport will closed in mid-night.

anybody knows? Thanks a lot!

Hi,

I will spend a day in Leeds this summer (from 5 am to 16pm). Could anybody tell me if there are lockers or any other possibilities to leave my bag at the National Express station?

Thanks

My friend and I will be in England in 2 weeks and we want to visit Haworth. We will have a BritRail pass so we were planning to take the train from London to York to Keighley, but we are having problems figuring out how to get from Keighley to Haworth and then back again.

We went to Haworth 2 years ago and took the steam train from Keighley, but this time we will be going during the week and I don't think the train will be on its summer schedule yet.

Does anyone know the easiest/cheapest/fastest way to get from Keighley to Haworth (and then back at the end of the day)?

Thanks so much!

Meredith

I was supposed to go to London for a business trip next month (yaay), but now there has been a change of venue to Huddersfield. No offence to Hudders, but I can't help but feel cheated somewhat :(

There are only 3 tips on the place on VT, and when i entered a search for it in the Visitbritain site, nothing came up! Doesn't sound too promising.

But anyhoo, my Q is this, as i will have to book my flights today, where is the nearest airport to Huddersfield - Leeds or Manchester? Will be flying from Dublin. What is the nearest metropolis?

ta muchly,

Orla

Hi,

I am a guy from Singapore and moving to Berlin.

But I am having second thoughts because of the language barrier and wondering if I should consider Leeds, Newcastle, or Edinburgh (even Manchester!).

I heard there's quite a bit of drunken violence in Northern England at night, and was curious if I (as a visible foreigner) can expect any trouble?

Any thoughts on the quality of life in these cities would also be appreciated.

We want to fly from Paris to Leeds in September. Jet2 seems to have the lowest airfare and a reasonable departure time however I have never heard of them before. I am assuming they are a no-frills airline but have they been around for a while and will they still be around in September? Thanks for your comments.

Hello,
We will be flying into Leeds this September and need to rent a car for three days. We need to drop the car off in Edinburgh. The company I usually use seems a bit high on their quote, possibly because of the short term of the rental, and I was wondering if anyone could suggest a local company I could check with.

Thanks.