The town of Slaithwaite is located in the Colne Valley, and probably has one of most mispronounced place names in Yorkshire. The town’s...

Batley is recorded in the Domesday Book  as Bateleia and is an ancient settlement, although most of its many notable buildings date from...

Dewsbury is a minster and market town on the River Calder, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Deusberie, which translates as...

The town of Mirfield forms part of the area’s Heavy Woollen District, having been a centre of the woollen industry from the fourteenth...

The market town of Huddersfield is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees and its largest settlement. It is...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

The market town of Morley may be located in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, but it has definitely retained its own identity and...

Next along the line from Cross gates is Garforth, a medium-sized town mentioned in the Domesday Book as Gereford and Gereforde (the name...

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,...

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...

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....

Knottingley was once – like Pontefract – of far greater importance nationally than it is today. It has been inhabited since at least 1128...

Our next stop is at Pontefract, a small town that was historically of considerably greater significance than it is now. Today, it is a...