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Five things to do in Calderdale

1. The Piece Hall

A grade I listed, 66,000 square foot Italian-style plaza surrounded by 300 chambers, this monumental structure is the UK’s only surviving 18th-century cloth trading hall (weavers referred to their woven measures of cloth as ‘pieces’).

After years of neglect, a £19-million renovation restored the hall to its former glory. It is now home to independent bars, shops

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