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Ilkley Manor House

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Explore our museum, art gallery, & venue - a Grade I-listed manor atop Roman fort remains. Open for FREE on weekends, 11am-4pm. Find our events here: linktr.ee/ilkleymanorhouse

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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our roof repair works mean that we have to close the route between Riverside Gardens and Castle Yard for several weeks. We're staying open as usual at weekends throughout the works, with completion expected in November. Thanks for bearing with us while we look after this historic building.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Looking forward to the show tomorrow in the Courtyard! Perfect for a Bank Holiday Monday!
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Family Fun @ The Manor House Follow the Eagle Dress as a Roman, make a shield, march behind an eagle around Olicana fort Saturday 8th August 2pm #Romans #Olicana #KidsActivities #VisitIlkley
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🎪 It's nearly here! Our Summer Makers' Fair in the Manor House courtyard this weekend! 🧵🖼️ Browse beautiful handmade quilts, paintings, jewellery and more from talented local artisans, the perfect chance to treat yourself. Sat 25 & Sun 26 July 10am–4pm. FREE entry. #ShopLocal #HandmadeGifts #Ilkley
Images of beautiful handmade quilts, paintings, jewellery and more from talented local artisans
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"A beautiful reminder that play matters!," visitor feedback on our RE-Play exhibition, "I loved it. What struck me most was how completely playful it is...in my view, you should never stop playing. I love that it's adults doing really playful things, both within the art and in how the art is made."
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Visit this weekend to see RE-Play before it closes. A lively and playful exhibition celebrating creativity. Curated by Kathryn Fox and Andrea Chitan, from a strong group of contemporary artists. Free entry. Open this weekend, 11am to 4pm. #IlkleyManorHouse #REPlay #ContemporaryArt #Yorkshire
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Leeds Fine Artists is on display now at the Manor House. Over 30 Yorkshire artists, painting, print, sculpture and more. Free, weekends 11am to 4pm. Closes 31 May. #IlkleyManorHouse
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Our Spring Fair this Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Free. Visit Summerfield nursery & Three Pools nursery. Plants grown for the fair by our Manor House garden volunteers since February. There's music, lots of other stalls and Maypole dancing! #SpringFair #IlkleyManorHouse #Plants #GardenLovers #VisitIlkley
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
📣 Leeds Fine Artists opens at the Manor House this Saturday. One of the UK's oldest regional arts organisations, founded 1874. Painting, print, sculpture and more from Yorkshire artists. Free, weekends from 2 May, 11am to 4pm. ilkleymanorhouse.org#LeedsFineArtists #IlkleyManorHouse
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📣 🌸 Our Spring Fair returns for Year 3! 🌷🙌 Plant stall, children's planting, Maypole dancing with music and refreshments in the grounds. Saturday 9 May, 10am to 4pm. Free, no booking needed. #IlkleyManorHouse #SpringFair
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
VISITOR ENGAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR – ILKLEY MANOR HOUSE Support weekend opening and ad hoc events at the Manor House. Weekend working (10.30am–4.30pm) Job-share considered. Apply at admin@ilkleymanorhouse.org with covering letter and CV. Closing date: 1 May 2026
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
📣 Simon Kempston plays the Manor House on Friday 13 March. 🎤🎵 Intricate fingerstyle guitar, compelling tenor voice, poetic songs. 7:30pm. Tickets £15. Book: www.tickettailor.com/events/ilkle...
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
📣 Nature of Daylight is showing in our Solar Gallery this weekend. Painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics and more, all inspired by the lengthening days of spring. Free, weekends 11am–4pm in March #IlkleyManorHouse
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Head over to our Facebook and Instagram to see our artist showcases every day in the run up to Ilkley Open Art 2025! The theme is Connections and artists from across the world have submitted works in a variety of mediums, including metal, painting, embroidery, wood, and more.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Don't forget to get your tickets for Bard in the Yard 2025! Seats are selling quickly and we don't want you to miss out on this great collaborative show with #Ilkley Playhouse - buytickets.at/ilkleymanorh...
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Something magical is heading our way this #YorkshireDay… We’ve heard rumblings from Rombald the Giant, & now his rocks are on the move! From 1 Aug, discover Rombald’s Rocks at Ilkley Manor House, created by Keighley Creative & artist Leonie Briggs with artists & communities across Keighley.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Tickets are selling fast! The Bookshop Band writes and performs songs inspired by books, receiving praise from icons such as Margaret Atwood and Pete Townshend. They bring their unique creative charm to Ilkley Manor House on 11 July. Buy tickets here: buff.ly/8vuvxbP
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Family Fun: Make a Raindrop Mobile 🕑 2–3:30pm, Sat 12 July 🎟 FREE – no booking needed, just drop in! Inspired by The Great Ilkley Flood exhibition, children can learn about this important moment in Ilkley's past & create a raindrop mobile to take home. See all our family events here: buff.ly/PS5fk0D
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
🌟 Coffee morning talk: C.H. Wood's Aerial Photographs 🌟 ⏰ Arrive at 10:15am | Talk starts 10:30am 📅 Friday, 25 July Ticket info: 🎟 £5 | Available here: buff.ly/H3by7QU Join Olivia Johnson, Photo Archive Assistant at Bradford Museums and Galleries, to learn about photographer Charles Harold Wood.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We're delighted to be taking part in the inaugural Bradford Heritage Festival, taking place from 11 to 13 July 2025. This exciting new festival will showcase the rich history and heritage of the Bradford district. Click here to find out more: buff.ly/zET8rQT
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Family Fun: Make a Raindrop Mobile ⏰ 2–3:30pm 📅 Saturday, 12 July 🎟 FREE | No booking required — just turn up! Be inspired by this month's exhibition 'The Great Ilkley Flood of July 1900'. Young visitors can learn about this pivotal moment in Ilkley's history and make a raindrop mobile to take home.
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VisitBradford @visitbradford.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Experience Poetry and Image, the latest exhibition @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social Solar Gallery, running from 14th June to 31st August. Through unique perspectives, artists explore how the theme shapes their creative practice. www.visitbradford.com/whats-on/poe... #VisitBradford
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Oscar-nominated band performs book-inspired songs at Ilkley Manor House The Bookshop Band writes and performs songs inspired by books! They bring their unique creative charm to Ilkley Manor House on 11 July. Buy tickets here: buytickets.at/ilkleymanorh...
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/2521357... Buy tickets here: buytickets.at/ilkleymanorh...
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Iona Lane performs folklore-inspired new album at Ilkley Manor House
Iona Lane performs folklore-inspired new album at Ilkley Manor House
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Visit tickettailor.com/events/ilkleymanorhousetrust to see all our ticketed events. Iona Lane - 13 June The Bookshop Band- 11 July Bard in the Yard with Ilkley Playhouse - 24 & 25 Aug Sarah Mcquaid - 12 Sept Samuel Moore - 10 Oct Demian Dorelli - 14 Nov
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
☀️ ONE WEEK TO GO! This is getting exciting! Have you made your submission yet? Just a reminder: the deadline for submissions to the Ilkley Manor House & Ilkley Arts Open Exhibition 2025 is next Friday, 30 May. For all details and to send us your submissions, please visit the link in our bio!
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🌟 This month's coffee morning talk: Sir Rodney Brooke explores A History of Theatre in Leeds 🌟 ⏰ Arrive at 10:15am | Talk starts 10:30am 📅 Friday, 30 May 2025 Ticket info: 🎟 £5 | Available here: buff.ly/3Ci9EG7
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
⏰ Doors open 7pm | Performance starts 7:30pm 📅 22 May 🎟 £14 | Available here: buff.ly/o1XImh4 Spoken word poet and Elden Ring voice actor Jimmy Livingstone brings his sharp, quick-fire rhyming to Ilkley. Expect satirical and political wit, strong language, adult themes, and sinful laughter.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The wonderful art exhibition Judith Cain - 30 Years On continues this weekend! Visit the galleries upstairs on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 4pm to see how Judith's paintings and style have developed over the decades. Entry to Ilkley Manor House is FREE, no booking required!
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
🌟 From Lands Lane to Lillie Langtry: A History of Theatre in Leeds ⏰ Arrive 10:15am | Talk starts 10:30am 📅 Friday 30 May 🎟 £5 | Available here: buff.ly/3Ci9EG7 Sir Rodney Brooke, president of Ilkley Manor House Trust, explores the history of theatre in Leeds at this month's coffee morning talk!
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
THREE WEEKS TO GO! The deadline for submissions to the Ilkley Manor House and Ilkley Arts Open Exhibition 2025 is Saturday, 30 May! The exhibition will explore the theme of 'Connection'. For all details and to send us your submissions, please visit buff.ly/eZyJVAq
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Spoken word poet Jimmy Livingstone is making waves. After building a following in the South, he's finally heading north to Ilkley Manor House on 22 May! Expect strong language, adult themes, and sinful laughter. Buy tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/ilkle...
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🎉 Family Fun at Ilkley Manor House Join us from 2 to 3:30pm on the second Saturday of each month for free family activities, no booking required! 🌟 Next up: Saturday, 10 May - celebrate spring with maypole dancing & folk music! Read more here: www.ilkleymanorhouse.org/event/family...
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
🌞 Our Spring Fair 2025 is one week away! Visit the Ilkley Manor House courtyard on 26 April for plant stalls, the Yorkshire Peat Partnership exhibition, children's activities, live music, and refreshments! We're keeping our fingers crossed that the weather will be as beautiful as last year. 🤞
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Built on a crossing of the river Wharfe W #Yorkshire the #Roman fort of VERBEIA (or OLICANA) is today largely covered by #Ilkley The fort's 3rd c west wall runs under the Medieval and now wonderful museum (which you must all visit) of @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social 📷 Aug 2022 #RomanFortThursday
Remains of the stone west wall of Ilkley Roman fort in west Yorkshire running under the Medieval manor
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Enjoyed a particular event? Leave us a Facebook review now! Visit our Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/IlkleyManorH...
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Ilkley Manor House Spring Fair 2025 - Swap/buy/donate plants at the gardening team's stall - Specialist plants from Summerfield Nursery & hand-forged utensils by Tom Bromley - Chat to Climate Action Ilkley & the Yorkshire Peat Partnership - Kids' planting station - Live music from SoulJazz2, 12-2pm
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🩷 And now for something a little bit different... We wanted to get involved with this online doll trend, but weren't keen on using AI. So here is our version of the limited edition Ilkley Manor House toy pack using a template created by the brilliant @rosieart_ (check out her work on Instagram)!
An image of a pink toy package designed by rosieart_, a real artist and not AI, with four differently sized compartments. In the top right there is a yellow star inside which are the words "limited edition" and in the top right there are the words "Ilkley Manor House" in bold white font (the logo). In the largest compartment there is a mannequin dressed as a Roman soldier with a red tunic, silver armour, sandals, and a red and gold shield. In the other three compartments are Manor House artefacts: a bronze man with beard holding a duck, four shards of red glossy pottery with carving, and two arrowheads made of flint.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The ACE Bogs exhibition explores the intersection of art, science, & community engagement in peatland restoration. Artists Sarah Smout, Juliet Klottrup, & Naseem Darbey present creative responses to these landscapes. The exhibition runs until 27 April on weekends, 11am-4pm. Free entry.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
🌟 Just 2 weeks to go! Don't forget to put Saturday, 26 April in your diaries! Join us at the Ilkley Manor House Spring Fair 2025 from 10am to 4pm for a free, family-friendly day of plants, crafts, kids' activities, live music & more!
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Zoe Platt introduces you to cyanotypes, the original 'blue print', on Saturday, 3 May! In 45 minutes, you'll be guided through the process, learn about its history, and make two prints of your own. Book your preferred time slot here buff.ly/ZDHiLCY or in person at the House when we open on weekends.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Join us on 25 April to hear artist Lucia Smith’s story of her quest to paint all the Yorkshire Dales and what she discovered! Tickets are £5, buy now here: buff.ly/6z9etEm or in person at the House when we open on weekends. Arrive at 10:15am for a hot drink & biscuit; the talk starts at 10:30am.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Do you share our passion for Ilkley Manor House, local heritage, and the arts? By joining our Supporters ' scheme, you can help us look after the House & keep it open for everyone to enjoy. Membership is just £15/year. Sign up today: buff.ly/tXsuq9u Photo credit: Andreea Chitan-Woodier
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month, 2-3:30pm, for free, creative fun. Each session features a new theme—no booking required, just drop in and get stuck in! Still Life Collages–Saturday, 12 April Be inspired by the upcoming Judith Cain exhibition; create a still-life collage to take home.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
FAMILY FUN - 12 April, 2—3:30pm EXHIBITION: ACE Bogs - 12—27 April COFFEE MORNING: Tales of the Dales - 25 April, 10:15am - Tickets here: buff.ly/Ud6wmdZ SPRING FAIR 2025 - 26 April, 10am—4pm LHH: Leeds Road - 26 April, 2:45—4pm Solar Gallery: Landscape, Lace & Luminosity - until 27 April, 11am—4pm
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
🌸 Just 20 days to go! 🌿 Join us at the Ilkley Manor House Spring Fair on Saturday 26 April, 10am–4pm, for a free, family-friendly day of plants, crafts, kids' activities, live music & more!
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
There's a walking tour today, starting at Ilkley Manor House at 2:45pm! Join members of Ilkley Civic Society for this Local History Hub walk, following the west end of Leeds Road. This photo faces down Leeds Road towards the Fuggle and Golding Tap House.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Join us on 4 April to experience the heartfelt storytelling of The Breath. Guitarist Stuart McCallum & singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly's music blends alt-folk, Irish influences & cinematic soundscapes. Performance begins at 7:30pm. Tickets selling fast, buy yours now buytickets.at/ilkleymanorh...
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Join us for our March coffee morning talk! 📅 Date: 28 March ⏰ Time: Doors open 10:15 AM, talk starts 10:30 AM 🎟️ Tickets: £5 (includes a hot drink & biscuit) - buytickets.at/ilkleymanorh... Discover the story of Vedica, a tribeswoman of the Cornovii, with Archaeology PhD candidate Charlotte Bell.
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Ilkley Manor House @ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This #IWD2025 we celebrate Vedica, a Romano-British woman, whose story lives on through her tombstone on display in our heritage room. Want to learn more about Vedica? Attend our first coffee morning talk of the year on 28 March with PhD candidate Charlotte Bell - all details here buff.ly/UXINbS7
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