Following the success of BAFTA-winning Last Tango in Halifax, the Mail on Sunday sent journalist Bridget McGrouther to Holdsworth House in Halifax – where several scenes for series two were filmed – to see what all the fuss was about. Here’s what she said: “My husband Simon and I jumped at the chance of a romantic […]
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“The Calderdale Way, West Yorkshire” The Calderdale Way is a 50-mile circular walking route around West Yorkshire, offering every type of view: windswept Brontë moorland, meandering canal towpaths and autumnal woodland, plus some of Yorkshire’s best little towns, with great names like Lumbutts and Mankinholes. It’s champion. Enjoy a good Yorkshire cream tea en route, […]
Last Tango in Halifax – filming of series 2
Photographs by Kyte Photography Courtesy of Red Production Company Holdsworth House has seen its share of celebrity guests over 50 years. Now the Jacobean manor is crowning its Jubilee year by gracing the small screen in the second series of the BAFTA-winning Last Tango in Halifax. Holdsworth House features in the final three episodes […]
Jamie Oliver Cooks Up A Storm
Halifax hotel Holdsworth House was thrilled when TV superchef Jamie Oliver visited to film for his book and Channel 4 series ‘Jamie’s Great Britain’. Culinary king Jamie and his 22-strong crew spent five nights at West Yorkshire’s leading hotel in 2011 and happily the sun shone all week long, showing Yorkshire at its beautiful best. Hre […]
John and Ringo Slept in My Bed…in 1964
It may be half a century since the Fab Four checked in at Holdsworth House but the event remains just as memorable today as back then. Between 1963 and 1965, The Beatles undertook six amazing UK tours and among the fans was Gail Moss, co-owner of Holdsworth House. The day The Beatles came to stay […]
