Artisan market will host around 40 food and craft stalls

parkland and gardens. The museum contains a stunning collection of objets d’art, furniture, paintings and ceramics and has a programme of events all year round. It’s £3 to park all day at the venue. Open Tuesday to Sunday 11am until 4pm. Combine a visit to the museum with a trip to the neighbouring, Cannon Hall Farm, home to a multitude of animals. of 1,000 acres, a rare bird garden, farm, courtyard cafe and adventure playground. The Humboldt penguins are a particular draw at feeding times. At weekends and on bank holidays it’s possible to take boat trips around the lake. Grounds are open daily between 10am and 6pm, the house is open from 11am until 4pm. Ticket prices vary dependant on what you want to explore. But freedom tickets for everywhere are £8.50 for children and £16.50 for adults. Bank Holidays from noon until 4pm, also Tuesday to Thursday in Kirklees school holidays.

It is furnished as a family home from the 1690s and offers visitors a real insight into a post-English Civil War household. The Visitor Centre is open 10am to 5pm daily (Bank Holidays open at 11am) and the cafe from 10am to 4.30pm daily. Oakwell has a gift, shop, toilets and the Oaktree Cafe serves hot and cold food.

There’s a play area and acres of grounds to ramble. There is a small admission charge to the hall, but it’s free to roam the parkland. YORKSHIRE’S food and craft producers will be showcasing their wares at the first Brighouse Artisan Market of the year on Sunday, April 29.

Organised by the Brighouse Business Initiative, the event is designed to promote the town as a venue for shoppers and will feature around 40 stalls selling everything from cheese and Yorkshire wine to handcrafted jewellery and knitwear.

The spring market began back in 2011 as a two-day event but, after substantial increases in costs, it has been decided to stage it on a single day.

Stalls will be open for business from 10am until 4pm.

Most stall holders have been drawn from a 30-mile radius of Brighouse, making it a truly local event. However, that doesn’t mean the market won’t have an international flavour. Hungry visitors will be able to choose from a range of cuisines, including Polish and Mongolian, at a number of hot and cold food stands.

Anne Colley, chairman of the BBI, says the new-look market is the smallest of the town’s business events but always popular. It coincides with the annual St George’s Day parade, which will take place in the town from 3.15pm.

“We want to see people visiting the town for the market and then coming back,” said Anne. “We have a lot of independent shops in Brighouse and a nice, level shopping area that’s easy to walk around. The town also has a lot of car parking.”

Convenient parking for the market, which takes place in Commercial Street, Market Street, West Park Street, Park Street, King Street and Bradford Road, will be available in Bethel Street and outside the Central Methodist Church on Commercial Street.

The BBI also hosts a 1940s weekend in the early summer and a Christmas market in November. These will continue as two-day events.