Paul Clarke
Ilkley Trail
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...
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EXPLORING YORKSHIRE BY RAIL
Paul Clarke
Aug 44 min read
Ben Rhydding Trail
Ben Rhydding is a village adjacent to Ilkley, located between Ilkley Moor and the River Wharfe. It was originally named Wheatley (a name...
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Paul Clarke
Aug 46 min read
Burley in Wharfedale Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Aug 44 min read
Menston Trail
Menston was originally a small farming community, which today has become a commuter village with modern housing estates for people...
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Paul Clarke
Aug 45 min read
Baildon Trail
The Wharfedale line runs from Bradford Forster Square to Ilkley, via several stations, the first of which are Frizinghall and Shipley,...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 285 min read
Steeton and Silsden Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 255 min read
Keighley Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 244 min read
Crossflatts Trail
Crossflatts is a small village on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal close to Bingley; largely residential, it boasts a pub, but few historic...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 234 min read
Bingley Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 214 min read
Saltaire Trail
The Victorian model village of Saltaire is one of Yorkshire’s most fascinating tourist destinations, at least for anyone interested in...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 215 min read
Shipley Trail
Located at a three-way junction of railway lines, Shipley is an historic market town located on the northern edge of Bradford. The name...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 215 min read
Frizinghall Trail
Located just one and three-quarter miles up the Airedale line from Bradford Forster Square, Frizinghall feels very much like an inner...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 213 min read
Apperley Bridge Trail
The small village of Apperley Bridge is located on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, roughly halfway between Leeds and...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 215 min read
Low Moor Trail
Low Moor is one of Bradford’s most southerly suburbs, technically a village that prior to 1790 was merely a hamlet. Change and...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 215 min read
Bradford Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 215 min read
Guiseley Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 20, 20235 min read
Pudsey Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 19, 20234 min read
Bramley Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 19, 20235 min read
Kirkstall Trail
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...
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Paul Clarke
Jul 18, 20235 min read
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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