Ilkley is a spa town located on banks of the River Wharfe and the north edge of Ilkley Moor, which is famous as the setting of the song...

Ben Rhydding is a village adjacent to Ilkley, located between Ilkley Moor and the River Wharfe. It was originally named Wheatley (a name...

Burley in Wharfedale is close to the south bank of the River Wharfe, and is an old village that is named in the Domesday Book under...

Menston was originally a small farming community, which today has become a commuter village with modern housing estates for people...

The Wharfedale line runs from Bradford Forster Square to Ilkley, via several stations, the first of which are Frizinghall and Shipley,...

Our final stop on the Airedale Line in the City of Bradford is at Steeton & Silsden, which serves both those places but is closer to the...

It is perhaps an exaggeration to say that Keighley lies in the heart of Brontë country (a term used to describe an area of the south...

Crossflatts is a small village on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal close to Bingley; largely residential, it boasts a pub, but few historic...

Bingley is a market town one stop along the line from Saltaire. It has plenty of history and has been around since the time of the...

The Victorian model village of Saltaire is one of Yorkshire’s most fascinating tourist destinations, at least for anyone interested in...

Located at a three-way junction of railway lines, Shipley is an historic market town located on the northern edge of Bradford. The name...

Located just one and three-quarter miles up the Airedale line from Bradford Forster Square, Frizinghall feels very much like an inner...

The small village of Apperley Bridge is located on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, roughly halfway between Leeds and...

Low Moor is one of Bradford’s most southerly suburbs, technically a village that prior to 1790 was merely a hamlet. Change and...

One of the most striking things a visitor to Bradford might notice is that in stark contrast to many large English cities, it doesn’t...

Guiseley is another town-turned-suburb, although it is still more-or-less surrounded by green belt. It is in the City of Leeds, although...

Pudsey is the penultimate stop on our tour of the City of Leeds, and a market town that, in spite of merging into adjacent suburbs of...

Our next stop in the City of Leeds is at Bramley, another medieval village turned suburb. It is named in the Domesday Book as Brameleia...

The Leeds-Bradford line splits into two as it runs between the two cities for which it is named; we first take the northernmost branch to...

Horsforth, like Headingley, is a former village turned leafy suburb of Leeds; unlike Headingly, it hasn’t been overrun by students, and...