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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...
Paul Clarke
Aug 4, 20244 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Aug 4, 20246 min read
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Menston Trail
Menston was originally a small farming community, which today has become a commuter village with modern housing estates for people...
Paul Clarke
Aug 4, 20244 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 28, 20245 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 24, 20244 min read
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Saltaire Trail
The Victorian model village of Saltaire is one of Yorkshire’s most fascinating tourist destinations, at least for anyone interested in...
Paul Clarke
Jul 21, 20244 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 21, 20243 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 21, 20245 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 20, 20235 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 19, 20234 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 19, 20235 min read
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Horsforth Trail
Horsforth, like Headingley, is a former village turned leafy suburb of Leeds; unlike Headingly, it hasn’t been overrun by students, and...
Paul Clarke
Jul 18, 20235 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 17, 20236 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 17, 20235 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20234 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20235 min read
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Woodlesford Trail
Woodlesford is located about six miles from Leeds city centre. It has existed since at least the twelfth century, and was originally...
Paul Clarke
Jul 16, 20235 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Mar 5, 20234 min read
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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...
Paul Clarke
Mar 5, 20234 min read
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Featherstone Trail
Featherstone is a town located between Wakefield and Pontefract, a pair of more famous neighbours both of which tourists are far more...
Paul Clarke
Mar 1, 20234 min read
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