Cliffe Castle in Bradford

Brilliant museum, park and cafe!

Wonderful free museum . Spent a pleasant couple of hours looking at the wide variety of displays. Staff very helpful. Nuce cafe. Small car park. Definitely worth a visit

The view was amazing! The castle was well maintained. The samurai heritage exhibit was great. My daughter enjoyed the egyptian exhibit.

The museum is really worth a visit so much to see and wide variety of exhibits. Cafe has lovely cakes to enjoy with choice of drinks.

Amazing place to visit, how on earth they can offer this for free I have no idea. Well recommended to visit, this is one place that definitely deserves your voluntary donations.

Great easter activities. Very informative with free items. Every child got a free book and entered competitions and got free herb seeds to plant. The museum was bigger than I expected with lots of different informative displays. The children's favourite was the crystal room and where the animals were displayed. They made bookmarks with help inside the activity room. It was a great day and we will be back. The grounds are big with lots of paths and a playground. There was also a cafe and toilets on site.

Had a lovely day Easter egg hunting in the grounds and inside building

Great experience friendly helpful staff

David Knowles, horrible man. Absolutely disgusting and wouldn't listen that I had a disability and needed my assistance dog. My disability is hidden (ulcerative colitis) and also mental health issues. The man tried to corner me on the stairs and threatened to ring the police all because I wanted to take myself and my family (which I haven't left the house in 4 months and been out due to my health. It states you do not need a ID or a assistance coat for my dog by law and it's purely discrimination. The man also attempted to grab me until i got confrontational back and then threatened to ring the police over myself wanting to just view the museum (we would have left within 20mins). This man needs to learn the laws and learn some knowledge. I will be complaining to the council due to his lack of knowledge and willingness to accept my disability. From the get go he wouldn't listen he just kept repeating dogs aren't allowed and you have to get out. I felt very vulnerable and it ruined my day with my family. The rest of the staff were kind and also we had no issues in the cafe area, we had no issues in the park, we had no issues in the plant area and also the animal area. I would avoid this lovely place if you have a disability as he was totally out of line and I feel extremely discriminated against. I shouldn't have to ask for proof of my health condition as this is private information and he isn't a doctor. David Knowles tone of voice was verbally abusive and invasive and shouldn't be in this role at this museum.

i didnt dis-like it but very cold and wet day so didnt get chance to look around the house as planned, we got as far as cafe , but will visit again soon.

Fantastic place with lots to do for both adults and children, my son loves it

Great museum. We took two 8 year olds and a 4 year old and they all loved it. You can even take your own picnic and eat it in the conservatory if the weather isn't great. Lovely lake with fountain. Well worth a visit.

From the moment we arrived for the afternoon tea we’d booked, we were fussed over and treated like they really cared. The tea was lovely and all homemade with really tasty sandwiches using quality ingredients. We will definitely return.

Really lovely museum in pretty grounds. Nice cafe serving good meals. Everyone is friendly. And the castle is free entry. Perfect afternoon out. Grounds and cafe is dog friendly. Definitely recommend.

Fantastic (house) museum which covers 3 large furnished Victorian rooms, natural history rooms ( I have never seen as many stuffed British animals exhibited)and archaeology. Up stairs is a display of Morris and Co stain glass among local history. We spent 2 hours in the museum and would of stayed longer but we didn't arrive until 1.45pm and it closed at 4.00pm There is also a small park with fountains and an aviary along with a cafe. Incredibly this is free to visit, although it relies on donations. The free car park is small but there is off road parking.

Always a fun educational day out for all the family

Free entrance. Friendly staff. Excellent museum. Lovely grounds and cafe.

Had a great day out. The weather was good so we walked around the grounds. The pavillion cafe was a nice place to eat too

Lovely museum, cafe and grounds. Well worth a visit for families

Great fun for kids to explore and learn, free admission and plenty on

My kids used the park and had so much fun.

Absolutely amazing day out, and it's totally free! There is so much to see inside the museum, with so many different subjects from old fashioned toys to rock formations. Lots of really interesting local history as well. I have been loads of times and still haven't seen everything. Great big playground with amazing views. The café is lovely, but often gets busy. Staff and volunteers are friendly and knowledgeable. The car park is quite small, so often gets busy at weekends or if there's an event on, but there are streets around to park on. The grounds are large and make for a really nice walk as well. I can't recommend it enough!

Very enjoyable. Varied collections. The taxidermy fauna and minerals/rocks sections were particularly good. A bit of a hidden gem!

So much to see and learn, and all for free

My dog snoopy loves this park. Great for kids. Lovely cafe

Lovely place to visit. The volunteers are very informative. My children were really engaged with all the exhibits.

A TARDIS. Seems bigger on the inside. Industrialists house, built to impress. Local museum for Keighley. Grounds for the sunny days.

Nice friendly atmosphere and all for free😉👍

An amazing place to visit, plenty of parking a must see.

Excellent museum. Well worth allowing a couple of hours to have a good look around.

Great setting and interesting displays; great for a bolt hole on a rainy day. Nice cafe & good food too.

Excellent free to enter just make a donation well worth a visit

Lovely 💕 welcome and food at Cliffe Castle pavilion cafe.

Well worth a visit, free entry and lots of well maintained exhibits.

Love the museum and art collectionsm

Great museum. Really lucky to have this in Keighley. Following the refurbishment, the grounds are amazing.

Love this place. Wonderful Museum, gardens, fountains, play area, small caged animals and birds to see and last but not least a cactus greenhouse with fabulous specimens. Something for everyone and free of charge. The cafe has a great menu too , very reasonably priced.

The staff are so friendly and helpful We went into the cafe

Great Free Museum So may interesting things The animals and skelitons are great for the kids. Avery great nice outside when better weather

Very interesting museum and history of area. Nice cafe in grounds for coffee

Nice location for a dog walk, some lovely fountains, was expecting more of a castle than was there, more of a tower. Parking on street s was easy and plenty full .

Went to the cafe - second time we've been. Nice food, lovely staff, great view of the grounds (only down side, and this is purely a pet hate of mine - those chairs are soooo noisy on the floor) didn't spoil my experience though and I would return

This place is a museum but we found out about it being a Christmas Market there's a car park at the top so no climbing up the hill like we did takes you through the history of the place nice grounds outside & lots of things going on for kids & adults

Well preserved house with fascinating range of local history and industrial exhibits, amazing range of geological exhiburs and fossils, and natural history exhibits. Nice cafe. Friendly staff. Just a tad challenging if the location on a slope is tricky for you but good wheelchair access.

Nice Victorian park and great parkrun!

The grounds are lovely and there is a nice cafe too. The museum is nice enough but it's not interactive for children so is more the traditional style of looking and reading about artifacts.

A wonderful place to visit. Educational with beautiful architecture, we spent hours enjoying the displays and enjoying the atmosphere

One of my favourite cafes in Keighley. With a beautiful aspect, next to the greenhouses and overlooking the park. Serves simple but well presented menu…soups, sandwiches, panini, baked potatoes, good range of cakes etc. The staff are friendly and efficient. At least half the menu is vegetarian, and it's worth going for the creamy garlic mushrooms alone!

That's one of the best council run museums in England. Very interesting displays. The earth science one in particular. It's free too

Amazing treasure trove of wonderful stuff, this is an amazing place to visit, it's free, and huge vast amounts of things to see, stunning rooms simply do not over look this gem!

Plenty of interest in the museum and an excellent cafe

Fantastic place. Free to get in. So much to see. Staff very helpful and friendly. Couldn't fault this place at all.

Great. Lovely walk around the park and gardens. Good cafe. Museum fab too.

Beautiful building. Extensive museum. Lovely gardens. Fabulous coffee and cake!

What an unexpected lovely place. I was walking past (free road parking) and saw the sign so thought I'd wander. Lovely building, grounds, conservatory, cafe, play area and cycle route... All free, donations welcome as it'll cost a bit to look after. So much to see, detailed rooms, balcony, staff to answer questions. Sadly I didn't have time to see the minerals section but was amazed at the variety of taxidermy. All set out as in their habitat.... Some of which may be the only way to see them as humans take over. Fetch a picnic, some cash and have a wander it's great!!

Met with friends had lunch in the Atrium. Food was lovely and had a nice walk around the gardens. Visited the castle.

Visited the cafe only on this occasion. Baked potato with chilli topping and side salad pot of tea total cost £12.00 ish very reasonable and delicious. Great staff.

What a fantastic place to visit! A great little museum which is like a rabbit warren, it just goes on forever! Really interesting displays and lots to look at. The grounds are beautiful to look around and the cafe was lovely. All of the staff we encountered across the whole site were friendly and helpful, a great way to spend a few hours on a sunny autumn afternoon.

Such a wonderful experience for the children. So much to learn.

Oh google, You really shouldn't have asked me how was my trip to cliffe castle on the 28th Oct 2023 😅 We drove many miles to go visit Cliffe Castle and the KWVR Upon arrival at cliff castle. I noticed that the car park was much busier than normal. I thought 'Well, that's a good sign' And then we parked up round the corner and walk down to the museum. Open arrival though, at the entrance of cliffe castle, the place where we checked a few times in advance, even called them and asked if it would be open on the day and told it would be, was closed. It said the building needed maintenance work and was closed to the public on a sign on the door 😪

Very interesting place, lots of different things to see and very helpful knowledgeable staff. Had a delicious mushroom soup in the cafe. Will visit again.

Revisited for the first time in years. Great little cafe in the glass houses, exhibitions still informative and interesting. Nice to see the fountains working in the grounds. Such a little gem of a place.

Lots of different artefacts to look at. The kids particularly enjoy the stuffed animals.

Visited whilst on holiday in the area. Great museum with lots to look at and no entrance fee.

Great day out, lots of interesting things to see and kids loved it. fantastic building with lots of history

Marvelous. Expensive furniture.

Good place to visit we happy ;))

Never been before , kids loved it, and it had a amazing cafe ❤️

Excellent museum and grounds. Very informative and friendly staff. Highly recommend a visit

The museum is very interesting. It has many artifacts including mummies, fossils and rocks. You can also see taxidermied animals like owls, rats and birds. Theres more then the nature however, you can find old bowls and dollhouses. There is also a little area near the enterance where you can find a victorian room. In the museum, when I went, there was a musical going on in the theater they have. You can go above the theater and walk around it on a little balcony with art on the walls. Overall this is an amazing museum for all ages!

We had lunch here, the food was excellent. Homemade soup, gorgeous bread, paninis and smoked salmon bagel. Cakes also excellent. A little gem of a place.

If the weather is good.... Then Cliffe Castle is an amazing walk and day out with the kids:)

Free entry, Museum with a lot of exhibits

Absolutely amazing museum and grounds and no entry fee , an absolute gem of Yorkshire

Lovely interesting place and free grounds lovely

Best thing about this castle is that the entry is free. It is well maintained and staff are very nice. There is a rock and mineral museum and a lot more to see. There are toilets inside the castle.

A must see if you're visiting the keighley area. Lots of history. Plenty of friendly staff to give you advice.

Interesting, Amazing and free 🤩

Splendid, quirky great atmosphere and cafe.

Free to get in and it's amazing.

Lovely little park and walk around the water features. Some animals to see which was a nice surprise but through the mesh they were very difficult to see.

A really interesting experience with such an eclectic mix of items, spent a really interesting coupke of hours. The ground are equally nice to walk around.

Plenty to see. Nice gardens. Worth the visit. The museum fantastic. Cafe lovely.

A nice place to chill out,I had 20 min walk round grounds, then quick warm up in museum, while puroosing canveses and displays, at side of park is small wood well worth a look, shame about the Peacocks...

Something for everyone here! Beautiful building in lovely grounds with great cafe. Stately home rooms to see plus many displays on seemingly all topics. Saw lots, learned lots but will be going back as one visit doesn't do it justice! Can't believe its free but well worth a donation.

Cliffe Castle is the best park for a dog walker in Keighley. You have formal gardens at the top, near the cafe and glasshouse bit. There's a museum and even a little zoo/aviary. Picnic benches overlook a green just above a kids playground. Then there's lots of dog friendly areas for walking lower down, some wooded bits and big expanses of grass. The cafe is dog friendly and has indoor and outdoor seating.

A lovely walk around the gardens, the guinea pigs and birds is an added bonus! Nice little park for the children to play in.

Great cafe .museum is free and worth the visit

Great museum with a whole host of exhibits. Highlight was the indoor beehive with an access way to the outside. Set in beautiful parkland the museum is free too :)

Amazing museum situated in a small Manor house/Castle. Free entry with donations accepted. Also has a beautiful park on the grounds. Free parking and coffee shop/cafe. Would highly recommend. 👍

What a lovely museum. It was so nice I am taking two minibuses full of clients there next week.

Been here a few times over the years as it's free. Also come for parkrun sometimes on a Saturday morning at 9. Today, I brought my two nieces (3 + 5) for a visit. We first of all explored the grounds, saw the fountains and the animals which they enjoyed. They then spent a massive chunk of time in the playground. The kids playground it great, plenty of equipment for different ages and lots of space. It was never too busy either, though that could be because of the weather! Finally we went around the museum. They liked the bees and soon found the Queen Bee. They also liked seeing the bones of the animals. Great place for a visit. We spent the whole morning here. We took some snacks for midmorning. There is a cafe here but we didn't use it. There's decent toilets and also a small shop here. Finally, try the musical stones as they're ace!

An amazing little museum full of local treasures, we had a great time. The park around it is also stunning and has a great kids play park. The cafe at the top was lovely too, would definitely recommend for a day out.

Lovely museum. Nice grounds with parkland and children's play park.

Nice place to spend evening. Good walking area.

Absolutely brilliant range of exhibits to wander around inside. Gardens immaculately kept. Good size cafe.

Very interesting castle with lots for all the family to see and do. Great play area for the kids. The best thing is that it's free to get in.

Really like this place. Great for the kids. Cafe is a bit pricey, but it's decent. Nice short hilly walks, decent views, and gardens.

Love this place, the gardens, cafe and the house are all superb. Free parking too, and the kids love the outdoor park.

A great museam with lots to see and set in a beautiful park.