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01 Apr 2025 - 01 Apr 2025

Old Courthouse Tour – Part of Anne Lister Festival 2025

Price: £7.50

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11.30am-1.30pm

Meet outside the main entrance to the Old Courthouse on Blackwall (entrance to Calderdale Music), HX1 2DL

Join Halifax Heritage Tours (HHT) on their fascinating guided tour of Halifax Old Borough Magistrates Court and Central Police Station, a spectacular Victorian building on Harrison Road. Built to replace the court and cells at the Town Hall and designed by local architects George Buckley & Sons, this characterful building opened on 29thOctober 1900.

Explore the newly converted courts, private chambers and assembly rooms to hear about both the workers and individuals brought to justice here. Admire the grandeur of the architectural features, including beautiful stained-glass windows, stone and wood carvings and witness the incredible, award-winning transformation of this building from a redundant Courthouse to the sympathetically converted home of Calderdale Music Trust: a state-of-the-art, dedicated music and performance space.

An opportunity to have an intimate tour of this most special Halifax building. NB: Any children under 18 booked on the tour must be accompanied by an adult with a ticket for the event and will remain the responsibility of that parent or guardian at all times.

You will find the full programme festival here.

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