Halifax, England
Grim Up Yorkshire's Toffee Capital
"Where the mints are soft and the wind is not"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing the Piece Hall's Georgian colonnade rampant over a coiled strip of Mackintosh's toffee, flanked by two exhausted cyclists mid-Pennine-climb, all beneath a banner reading 'Steep But Charming'.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Visited Halifax for the Piece Hall and honestly quite blown away by that bit - stunning Georgian courtyard, lovely cafes. Then I walked ten minutes in any direction and remembered I was still in West Yorkshire on a wet Tuesday. The Eureka! museum kept the kids happy for hours but the hills nearly finished me off, this place is basically vertical. Would come back for the toffee and the architecture, would not come back for the bus station."— Barbara Fenwick-Ogden, Solihull
Property Listing
Nestled in the dramatic folds of the Pennines, this characterful property offers bracing gradients as standard and complimentary thigh workouts every time you pop to the shops. Minutes from the architecturally stunning Piece Hall and a lingering, comforting smell of toffee on certain days, this is Yorkshire living with genuine soul, just bring good boots.
Twinned With
Bergen — Both are handsome towns built into steep hillsides that get an absolutely relentless amount of rain.
Supporting Evidence
Halifax is home to the Piece Hall, a magnificent 18th-century cloth trading hall, and also to Mackintosh's, the original makers of Quality Street toffees.