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			EATING OUT You might think that being semi-rural your evening meal would be a problem - well don’t worry! The Sportsman Inn is but a stones throw away and they serve food from Tuesday to Sunday. Also close-by is the superb 16th century Shibden Mill Inn with a choice of bar meals or a la carte dining in the restaurant (booking is advisable). If walking bear in mind that although only a few minutes away the hill to Shibden Mill is very steep and somewhat challenging. A drive to the Inn is just a couple of minutes - but do be careful, it is steep, narrow, winding and cobbled (but well worth the trip).

		We also offer our guests an in-house information pack covering a varied choice of local eating establishments from Mongolian Wok (burn the ceiling stir fry) to French, Italian, Thai and Indian, among others. Hopefully, Karen and I may well decide to offer an evening meal - choice is always a good thing! However, it may have to wait until 2009 - but watch this space!

Lee Lane on the way to Shibden Mill Inn, just 30 yards from Ploughcroft Cottage



	ACTIVITIES & ENTERTAINMENT CYCLISTS, WALKERS & HORSE RIDING: Horse riding, walking and cycling along the many bridleways and footpaths are a feature of the area. Cyclists are welcome - we can accommodate your cycles and provide packed lunches for both cyclists and walkers if required.


	The beautiful Shibden valley


	THE ARTS: HALIFAX is rich in creativity and the arts. We supply an in-house information pack in support of any interest you might have. You might like to explore the following links before you arrive - there is so much to do and see.


	Square Chapel www.squarechapel.co.uk An amazing and historic building built in 1772 and almost demolished in the 1970s, lovingly restored in the 1990s and now used as a theatre and arts centre with something new and very diverse on every day. (If you do visit have a look at the front which is paved with old gravestones - fascinating!)

The Playhouse - our oldest theatre still offering regular plays -
www.users.ministryofsound.net/~steadals

Dean Clough Mills - a new venue in an old setting. Once the largest carpet factory in the world Dean Clough now houses art galleries, workshops, restaurants and is only a few minutes away from Ploughcroft Cottage - www.deanclough.com

You may also care to look at the world renowned Black Dyke Band whose home is just a few miles away in Queensbury - www.blackdykeband.co.uk and the Halifax Choral Society - www.halifaxchoralsociety.co.uk

Other events and entertainment programmes are listed on www.halifaxuk.co.uk/thingstodo/ and www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/index.html

For HERITAGE - museums etc., please follow the link at the top of the page.




	Ringby Lane view from Cottage


			Our major town theatre www.victoriatheatre.co.uk

YORKSHIRE HOSPITALITY

All this, and I fear more change
The moors grow wilder with wind and rain
the valleys lose their life within
No more cattle to be seen
the work and people have all changed too
What can we Yorkshire folk do?

Alas with change there comes a light
so special on Ilkley Moor
And for all those who visit this beautiful place
or Haworth or the Yorkshire Dales
or Ploughcroft Cottage with Karen & George
You’ll be treated special for sure!


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