Cliffe Castle Support Group Wellbeing Walk: Step Back in Time

29 January 2025 1:00 pm – 29 January 2025 3:00 pm

About this event

29 January 2025 1:00 pm – 29 January 2025 3:00 pm

Cliffe Castle Museum

In this our fifth wellbeing walk, we will be stepping back in time in the formal gardens at Cliffe Castle Park. Retracing the past, investigating historical exercise and wellbeing which shaped this well loved green space we know today. We will be looking at how you can connect outdoor wellbeing activities and indoor exhibitions, enhancing and elevating your family or community group winter walks by utilizing park green space and the museum exhibits to their fullest.

Join us for a guided talk about the general history of Cliffe Castle Museum, private estate to public park with a Q&A.

Val Preston will be leading the walk with experience working in the wellbeing industry, qualified personal trainer and Tai Chi instructor Val will inspiring you to use all your senses on a slow walk, we will be looking at breathing for relaxation in both park and museum.

Please wear appropriate clothing for the day, (we will be outdoors for Some of the time) meet at the first glasshouse by the flag poll. Some of the walk will be on parkland paths, flat shoes please.

We hope to enable you to inspire walks with friends and family, enjoy your community walks in greenspace, explain and discover how mental health improves and overall wellbeing benefits when we develop and engage in outdoor sensory activity throughout the seasons.

All welcome, but we have limited places so booking is essential. Book via email – ccsgcomms@gmail.com

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Cliffe Castle Museum

Address

Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley West Yorkshire, BD20 6LH

Opening times

Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 4pm
Saturday – Sunday: 11am – 4pm

All Bank Holiday Opening Times: 11:00 – 4:00 except Bolling Hall
All sites closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday

There is a small amount of free parking on Spring Gardens Lane and within the museum car park. Please note this allows for 3 hours parking, with no return within 2 hours. These parking places are managed by Bradford Council Parking Services.

There are two Blue Badge parking spaces down the slope from the museum car park which are offered on a first come first served basis. The gates to these car park spaces close at 4.30pm”

By public transport

Approximately 12-25 minutes walk from the railway station, 6-15 minutes walk from the bus station. Buses (for example Bradford to Skipton) pass the lower main gates. The 903 bus service operates from Keighley Bus Station and serves Cliffe Castle on a limited basis.

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