During our weekend visit to Halifax we parked the car very close to the minster and had a quick walk around the outside unfortunately we did not venture inside due to timing issues, we clashed with a service. However the building shows the ravages of...More

Halifax as a town is perplexing. In some ways it reminds me of Glasgow (where I grew up) where somewhere in the 1970's and 1980's the traffic engineerings took over. Also, it has to be said that some of the modern building developments are pretty...More

I'm not religious, but I love religious architecture, this is an absolute must and a pleasure to see, highly recommended and the guides are well worth waiting for.

Halifax has so many great attractions and this is one of them. This used to be a parish church, but is very worthy of it's minster status. You can do the Minster and the Industrial Museum in one visit to the area, as they are...More

I went to the Monster to remember a colleague who had died,she was taken back to her home town for her funeral but the Monster very kindly opened one of their chapels as a place to go and remember her and light a candle,a very...More

This is a pretty good old minister. It has some bells that people ring. The building looks very impressive.

Although I had been in Halifax several times I had never visited the Minster and I dare say it was a big mistake for it's a most interesting place and a beautiful gothic church.