Great Northern Railway Trail
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Great Northern Railway Trail To Haworth To Keighley 29 B64 To Harden and Bingley When you are on Harden & Bingley the National Cycle Caravan Park Network you will Advisory route see these signs. for pedestrians B 61 44 Cullingworth Goit Stock Waterfalls 1 4 Cullingworth Viaduct 29 64 B Advisory route ay w for pedestrians dle Bri Calder Aire Link A6 29 Hewenden Viaduct (Grade II listed) B 2 61 To 44 Wilsden Hebden Hewenden Bridge Reservoir Harecroft R OAD STATION Advisory route for cyclist Advisory route for pedestrians B6144 Denholme The Great Northern Railway Trail) Doe Park Reservoir 5 Water Sports Centre Advisory route Advisory route for pedestrians for cyclist A 6 2 9 Egypt Wellhead Tunnel A view of Hewenden viaduct Br ontë Way Advisory route for pedestrians Advisory route for cyclist Brontë Wa B6145 y A644 Thornton Brontë’s Birthplace 3 6 Advisory route for pedestrians Thornton Viaduct B 6145 Buse to Bradfors d y ADLEY LANE a HE W ë t n o r B A 6 4 4 NE LA IN K C O C Advisory route for pedestrians Clayton To Bradford A 64 7 Queensbury Great Northern Trail 4 4 On-road / Traffic-free 6 A Advisory route D Linking routes A for pedestrians O R E Proposed routes S U O H Bridleways G I R B Footpaths Access point Pelican crossing Pegasus crossing 4 4 Local attraction 6 A Caravan park Public house Café 0 Miles 0.5 1 1.5 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2012 Cartography © CycleCity Guides. All rights 0 Kilometres 1 2 reserved. Licence number 100019304. The Great Northern Railway Trail This leaflet has been produced by Sustrans Attractions along the route Additional Cycling and Walking Travel to/from the route with the support of The Great Northern Opportunities Two sections of the Great Northern Railway Trail Railway Trail Forum and the City of 1 Cullingworth Viaduct - historically important The trail provides an excellent opportunity run along the 5 mile (8 km) long Cullingworth to Bradford Metropolitan District Council to the character of Cullingworth, the nine-arched The 17 mile (27km) Calder Aire bridleway link, for pupils walking or cycling to school in the Queensbury disused railway track. Built in the stone viaduct 137 metres long dates from 1882. running east to west between Bingley and Thornton and Cullingworth areas. The route second half of the 19th century, the railway was It spans Manywells Beck, Haworth Road (B6144) Hebden Bridge, crosses the Great Northern runs directly adjacent to Cullingworth Primary, used to carry freight and passengers through More maps and and Manywells Brow (B6429). Railway Trail between the Cullingworth and Thornton Primary, and close to Parkside School, the rolling Pennine landscape across the three Great Northern guides for this area 2 Hewenden Viaduct - a Grade II listed viaduct Hewenden Viaducts. Suitable for mountain Cullingworth. famous viaducts of Thornton, Hewenden and crossing Hewenden Beck on 16 masonry piers. biking. Cullingworth, Denholme and Queensbury are Cullingworth. Other maps and Railway Trail Approximately 312 metres long, the viaduct The Brontë Way, a 43 mile (69km) public footpath all served by buses from major towns nearby guides for this area are provides magnificent views over the surrounding The line connected small but important mill trail, runs east to west over Thornton Moor and including Bradford, Halifax and also from available from www. countryside from its location 270 metres above towns in the Halifax, Bradford and Keighley sustransshop.co.uk ROUTE MAP beyond, crossing the Great Northern Railway Trail Haworth. sea level. triangle, and became known as the Alpine to the west of Thornton. 3 also Grade II listed dating route because of its stunning scenery and the View 25,000 miles of cycle routes including 13,600 miles of Cullingworth to Queensbury Thornton Viaduct - sequence of tunnels and viaducts. National Cycle Network on the Sustrans online, interactive from 1878. Has a rare S-shaped curve stretching Visit www.bronte-country.com Further information mapping. Alternatively, access our online mapping from for 275 metres and offers spectacular views over Visit www.sustrans.org.uk for more details. The natural beauty of the area can easily your pocket with the Complete National Cycle Network app. the Pinch Beck Valley. For more information on places to stay and be enjoyed and appreciated from the route, Download from: www.sustrans.org.uk 4 Goit Stock Waterfalls - reached via the things to do in the area visit especially from the viaducts. The Trail is of local Area covered by this map Sustrans and the National Cycle Network Calder Aire Link Bridleway and various footpaths. 66 www.visitbradford.com importance for nature conservation and many The Great Northern Railway Trail forms part of the National 5 Doe Park Reservoir and Water Sports 68 69 birds, butterflies and other wildlife make their Cycle Network, more than 13,600 miles of traffic-free paths, Shipley Tadcaster 65For more information on the Great Northern Trail located on the outskirts of Denholme. Colne home along the route. quiet lanes and on-road walking and cycling routes around Centre - visit www.thegreatnortherntrail.co.uk the UK. The GNT will eventually encircle the 20 acre Selby The route also provides an opportunity to reservoir currently used for fishing and other Bradford Leeds The Network is coordinated by Sustrans, the charity that’s Liversedge 69 explore countryside important to the Brontë enabling people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for watersports including boating and wind surfing. Blackburn Accrington more of the journeys we make every day. Our work makes it heritage. The Brontë sisters were born in 6 The Bronte Birthplace - No. 74 Market 6 Thornton and lived in nearby Haworth, both very possible for people to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper Wakefield journeys, with better places and spaces to move through and Street in the village of Thornton, was the 66 Huddersfield 67 close to the Trail. live in. birthplace of Emily, Charlotte, Anne and Branwell Bury Rochdale 68 Barnsley Brontë and was the family home for five years. Until the route is fully complete, the map shows interim links between the sections plus other It’s time we all began making smarter travel choices. footpaths and bridleways connecting to the Trail. Make your move and support Sustrans today. www.sustrans.org.uk Photo credits: Sustrans. Cover: Hewenden Viaduct. All photos © Sustrans Registered charity number 326550 (England and Wales) SCO39263 (Scotland) Thornton Viaduct Goit Stock falls, near Cullingworth WEST YORKSHIRE.