OPENING CELEBRATION ACCESS GUIDE
The CultureDale Opening Celebration will be taking place at venues across Halifax on Saturday 13th April, with a variety of fun and exciting activities to kick off the 2024 Calderdale Year of Culture!
If you have access needs, or even just unfamiliar with Halifax and unsure how to reach each venue, we have created the below access guide to help.
ABOUT THE EVENT
The CultureDale Opening Celebration is a town centre wide multiple venue live performance event.
It will be happening in 4 main venues across Halifax:
- Dean Clough outside True North restaurant
- The Piece Hall
- Albany Arcade, in Halifax Borough Market
- Around the streets of the town centre
It will happen on Saturday 13th April 2024. It is a free, open access event about celebrating 50 years of Calderdale and all the different people and Culture that is available in the area.
Timings:
- Activity will start at 10am across all venues.
- Activity at Dean Clough will finish at 2pm.
- Performances at Albany Arcade will finish at 4pm.
- Performances Around the Town Centre will finish at 4pm.
- Performances at The Piece Hall will finish at 8pm.
For more information about the activities happening at each venue, please see our Opening Celebration page here for the full schedule. A plain text version is available at the bottom of that page.
ABOUT THE LOCATIONS
DEAN CLOUGH
One of the locations of activity for the Opening Celebration is in the courtyard outside Dean Clough in front of True North and Baber Kahn.
The Address is: The Courtyard, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX.
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Dean Clough can be accessed by Bus, Bike, Train, Car and on Foot.
BUSES
The Nearest Bus stop is on Dean Clough Road, approximately 0.1 miles away from the event space.
You can reach this stop through the 502, 510, 512, 521, 522, 523, 524, and 526 buses.
Halifax Bus Station is also only a short walk (approximately 0.3 miles) away.
TRAINS
Halifax has one Train station.
This is located approximately 0.7 miles away from Dean Clough
The largest publicly accessible FREE car park is:
Dean Clough Car Park, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AQ.
The Nearest Blue Badge parking spaces are located at Dean Clough in the various car parks.
Find out more information on Dean Clough's website here.
RECEPTION
Dean Clough’s Main Reception is located in D Mill. Please contact the reception team if you have any queries about visiting the site.
Reception Opening Times:
- 8.00am to 7.00pm Monday to Friday
- 9.30am to 4.00pm Saturday
- 10.00am to 4.00pm Sunday
Telephone: 01422 250250
Email: reception@deanclough.com
ALBANY ARCADE
One of the locations of activity for the Opening Celebration is in the Albany Arcade in The Halifax Borough Market
The Address is: 19 Albion St, Halifax HX1 1DU.
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Albany Arcade can be accessed by Bus, Bike, Train, Car and on Foot.
BUSES
The Nearest Bus stop is on Market Street, approximately 50 feet away from the event space.
You can reach this stop through the 536 or 537 buses.
Halifax Bus Station is also only a short walk (approximately 0.3 miles) away.
TRAINS
Halifax has one Train station.
This is located approximately 0.3 miles away from Albany Arcade.
The largest publicly accessible FREE car park is:
Dean Clough Car Park, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AQ.
The Nearest Blue Badge parking spaces are located at the Pennine Centre Car Park:
- Deal Street, Halifax, HX1 1QP
THE PIECE HALL
One of the locations of activity for the Opening Celebration is The Piece Hall.
The Address is: The Piece Hall, Blackledge, Halifax, HX1 1RE.
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The Piece Hall can be accessed by Bus, Bike, Train, Car and on Foot.
BUSES
The Nearest Bus stop is on Market Street, approximately 100 yards away from the event space.
You can reach this stop through the HX1, HX2, and HX3 buses.
Halifax Bus Station is also only a short walk (approximately 0.3 miles) away.
TRAINS
Halifax has one Train station.
This is located approximately 0.1 miles away from The Piece Hall.
The largest publicly accessible FREE car park is:
Dean Clough Car Park, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AQ.
The Nearest Blue Badge parking spaces are located at the Woolshops Shopping Centre Car Park:
- Charles Street, Halifax, HX1 1SA
HALIFAX TOWN CENTRE
One of the locations of activity for the Opening Celebration is Halifax Town Centre.
The Address is: Halifax, HX1 1RU.
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The Town Centre can be accessed by Bus, Bike, Train, Car and on Foot.
BUSES
The Nearest Bus stop is on Market Street, approximately 100 yards away from the event space.
You can reach this stop through the HX1, HX2, and HX3 buses.
Halifax Bus Station is also only a short walk (approximately 0.3 miles) away.
TRAINS
Halifax has one Train station.
This is located approximately 0.3 miles away from Halifax Town Centre.
The largest publicly accessible FREE car park is:
Dean Clough Car Park, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AQ.
The Nearest Blue Badge parking spaces are located at the Woolshops Shopping Centre Car Park:
- Charles Street, Halifax, HX1 1SA
LOCATIONS
The opening celebration will take place in several spaces in the Town Centre. These are:
- The Woolshops, 30 Woolshops, Halifax, HX1 1RU.
- Westgate Arcade, Halifax, HX1 1PW.
- Southgate, Halifax, HX1 1DL.
- Northgate Courtyard, Northgate House, Northgate, Halifax, HX1 1UR.
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCESS CHAMPIONS
Look out for volunteers in Purple High-Vis, our Access Champions, they will have more information on the following information.
ACCESSIBLE TOILETS
The are accessible toilets all over Halifax, including:
- Dean Clough Reception
- Marks and Spencer
- Costa Coffee
- McDonalds
- Halifax Borough Market
- The Piece Hall
- Hatch Brunch House
- The Orange Box Young People's Centre
CHANGING PLACES TOILETS
These are located at Orange Box (1 Blackledge, Halifax, HX1 1AF) and Square Chapel Arts Centre (10 Square Rd, Halifax HX1 1QG).
A QUIET SPACE
Located in the Orange Box atrium (1 Blackledge, Halifax, HX1 1AF).
BSL INTERPRETATION
The stage in The Piece Hall will have a BSL Interpreter and Performer from 2pm – 8pm.
There is also a special performance by the Signing Choir at 6pm.
BIG SCREEN TO VIEW PERFORMERS ON STAGE
Next to the stage will be a big screen relaying what is happening onstage so everyone can see it from around The Piece Hall.
HIDDEN DISABILITIES SUNFLOWER LANYARDS
You are able to pick up a sunflower lanyard from the Marks and Spencer till point in the Woolshops. Wearing the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower discreetly indicates to people around you (including staff, volunteers and health professionals) that you may need additional support, help or a little more time, but they will not know what your individual need is, so if you are in need of something specific, please ask an event steward or access champion and they will do their best to help.
MOBILITY SUPPORT
Age UK Calderdale will be present in the Woolshops for people to hire mobility scooters and wheelchairs with a flat fee for the full day, from 10am - 3pm.
See them at: 4, 6 Woolshops, Halifax HX1 1RJ.
LIVE STREAMING
If you cannot attend the event in Halifax, we will be Live Streaming the event on our Facebook and Calderdale Council's YouTube account, this will also be sent out to care homes and other facilities around the borough, so everyone can be apart of the opening celebration.
THE EVENT WILL NOT HAVE
We are sorry we have not been able to overcome these barriers:
- Audio Description
- Hearing Loop
- Live Captioning
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