Industrial West Yorkshire
Like other northern cities, Leeds has experienced a renaissance in recent years. This is the land of wool and cloth and the remains of mills and weavers cottages are dotted throughout the green hills and open moorland. The Bronte sisters made this area famous and their home at Haworth is now a museum. There are some charming old stone towns like Holmfirth and Hebden Bridge - home of Ted Hughes and burial place of Sylvia Plath - which bear testament to the old industrial past. Harewood House and the Worth Valley Railway are also popular.
The Calder Valley
Huddersfield & Surrounds
Haworth & Keighley
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Bradford & Surrounds
Leeds
Wakefield & Pontefract
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2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns' birth. Burns was a poet and a lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
The Burns Supper was started a few years after his death by a group of his friends; they held the supper to honour and remember Burns. The tradition caught on and the ritual of Burns Supper is now held all around the world.
His life and work will be celebrated throughout the year at many Burns-related events.
