Paul Clarke
Horsforth Trail
Horsforth, like Headingley, is a former village turned leafy suburb of Leeds; unlike Headingly, it hasn’t been overrun by students, and...
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EXPLORING YORKSHIRE BY RAIL
Paul Clarke
Jul 17, 20236 min read
Headingley Trail
Headingley is a large and leafy suburb of Leeds, which like most suburbs started out as a village and is mentioned in the Domesday Book...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 17, 20235 min read
Burley Park Trail
Burley is just a stone’s throw from Leeds City Centre, less than hour’s walk along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Like most suburbs, it...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20235 min read
Morley Trail
The market town of Morley may be located in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, but it has definitely retained its own identity and...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20235 min read
Cottingley and White Rose Trail
Having returned to Leeds, we now head along the Huddersfield Line, to stop off at a couple of stations before the line leaves the City of...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20234 min read
Micklefield Trail
Our final stop on the Selby Line (for now, at least) is Micklefield, a former mining village that is fast becoming another detached...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20235 min read
Garforth Trail
Next along the line from Cross gates is Garforth, a medium-sized town mentioned in the Domesday Book as Gereford and Gereforde (the name...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20235 min read
Cross Gates Trail
Cross Gates is a suburb of Leeds, but unlike many it isn’t an ancient village. Instead, it seems to have largely been a cross roads...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20238 min read
Leeds Trail
Where to begin with Leeds? Located near the site of a Roman ford across the River Aire (the name Leeds derives from a Brythonic word,...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20235 min read
Woodlesford Trail
Woodlesford is located about six miles from Leeds city centre. It has existed since at least the twelfth century, and was originally...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20231 min read
Part 3 - City of Leeds
The City of Leeds includes Leeds itself and sits in the top right-hand corner of West Yorkshire, with the City of Wakefield below it, the...
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Paul Clarke
Mar 5, 20234 min read
Outwood Trail
Outwood is a former pit village that remained tiny until the nineteen seventies, when urban sprawl caused by the building of new houses...
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Paul Clarke
Mar 5, 20234 min read
Normanton Trail
From Castleford, our next stop is at Normanton, a small town that feels rather more like a large village. In keeping with the other towns...
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Paul Clarke
Mar 5, 20234 min read
Glasshoughton Trail
Glasshoughton is just to the south of Castleford, of which it is effectively a suburb. Before that, it was a separate village called...
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Paul Clarke
Mar 4, 20235 min read
Castleford Trail
Castleford is the third town in a row on our tour of the City of Wakefield that is far more significance historically than it has today....
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Paul Clarke
Mar 3, 20236 min read
Knottingley Trail
Knottingley was once – like Pontefract – of far greater importance nationally than it is today. It has been inhabited since at least 1128...
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Paul Clarke
Mar 2, 20237 min read
Pontefract Trail
Our next stop is at Pontefract, a small town that was historically of considerably greater significance than it is now. Today, it is a...
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Paul Clarke
Mar 1, 20234 min read
Featherstone Trail
Featherstone is a town located between Wakefield and Pontefract, a pair of more famous neighbours both of which tourists are far more...
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Paul Clarke
Mar 1, 20234 min read
Streethouse Trail
Streethouse is a small former mining village surrounded by farmland some distance east of Wakefield. It is wholly unremarkable and not...
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Paul Clarke
Feb 12, 20234 min read
South Elmsall Trail
South Elmsall is a small town much like South Kirkby and like its neighbour it was in existence at the time of the Domesday Book. Like so...
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