Cliffe Castle Museum

Rocks and Fossils

As budding rock star geologists, pupils will closely examine and identify a wide selection of rocks, including sorting, testing and grouping, before using their new knowledge to assist a builder and fossil finder Mary Anning!

Pupils will carry out a basic experiment to understand more about the properties of rocks, putting this immediately to use to help a builder decide which rocks to use on his building site.  Travelling back in time to ‘Marys Museum’ pupils will work with Mary Anning to undertake a dig and sort and identify some of the amazing Cliffe Castle Museum fossils. A busy workshop filled with rocks large and small and plenty of teamwork!

2-hour workshop – £127

Book This Workshop

If you are interested in booking this workshops for your pupils, please email learning@bradford.gov.uk

Cliffe Castle Museum

Address
Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley West Yorkshire, BD20 6LH

PLEASE NOTE:  Due to ongoing works, we currently have limited access to the conservatory area, and some areas of the exterior may be cordoned off.

We can still offered level access via the conservatory, and we have identified alternative spaces for those who require the acccessible parking areas – please contact us for additional information.

At present the conservatory is not available as use for picnic lunches.

Opening times

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

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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