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Wednesday 20 July 2011

Around the
Queensbury Triangle
3
(Allow 2 hours)
1/2 mile (5.25km) circular walk
Bus : 576 Bradford via Queensbury to Halifax
Due to the very nature of the countryside, this walk
with hilly, rough terrain, is not suitable for the less
mobile and pushchairs. Stout shoes or Wellington
boots are recommended along with wind and
waterproof clothing. A light snack with a drink is
also advisable.
The walk starts on Queensbury High Street by walking
down the narrow, cobbled road between the High Street
newsagents and house number 2. Continue forward
along the now paved footpath between the derelict land
and the cemetery, as far as the entrance gate into the
school grounds at the corner of the dry-stone wall on
your left.
Here turn left off the paved path crossing the derelict
land by following the school perimeter wall/fence on the
right. After a short distance bear right along the narrow
footpath between the dry-stone walls behind the school,
walk along the path for the length of the first red brick
school building. Here look out for the gap stile in the
stonewall on the left and go through it into a field, walk
straight forward following the wall on the left to a partially
blocked gap at the bottom of some steps.
Squeeze past the blockage and go up the steps, following
the path behind the houses to emerge onto an un-made
road (Vale Grove). Walk straight forward down Vale
Grove to join the main Queensbury to Brighouse road,
here cross over, turn right and walk along for a short
distance before turning left down Park Lane.
Continue along Park Lane to the first un-made track on
the right (New House Lane) which is opposite the
entrance gate to Park House Nursing Home. Here turn
right to walk down New House Lane, continuing straight
forward where the well-defined track bears off to the
right. Follow the now grass track as it bears left, keeping
the perimeter wall of Foster Park (Littlemoor) on your
left. Where the perimeter wall and grass track ends
overlooking open fields turn right into the first field on
the right, to follow the path by keeping the dry-stone
wall on your left. Walk parallel with the overhead
electricity cables to eventually emerge through a gap
into a wide, unmade road.
Here turn left up a slight incline to the road junction by
the farm building at Bobby Green and continue straight
forward for a short distance to the stile in the dry-stone
wall on the left. Climb over the stile into the field and
walk more or less in a straight line across four fields
and over four more stiles before reaching Stocks Lane.
Turn left up Stocks Lane to its junction with the main
Bradford to Halifax Road. Turn left along the main road
for a short distance, before crossing over to walk down
Sheep Hill Lane. On reaching the bottom of the lane
cross the surfaced road (Back Lane) to go through the
stile opposite. Follow the footpath as it bears left downhill,
over stiles and across the fields onto the road (Baldwin
Lane), which can be seen ahead.
Cross over the road onto the pavement and turn right
towards Clayton village. On entering the outskirts of
the village cross the bottom of Broomfield Place and
Brook Lane. Take the next left off the main road, which
is signposted 'The Brontë Way'. Follow this narrow,
unmade path through the gate, bearing right to walk
between the fields and gardens for a short distance to
the junction of paths at the corner of the houses on the
right. Continue straight forward through the stile into
the field, keeping the dry-stone wall on your left and
walk down the field to the stile in the left hand corner.
Go through the stile to find a second one to your
immediate left, go through the second stile and follow
the path straight forward across the steep incline towards
the broken down wall. Cross over the wall and continue
straight forward towards the small tree ahead, on nearing
the tree the path bears to the right diagonally downhill
to a stile in the dry stone wall. Once through the stile
the path is well defined along the hillside, crossing
several stiles before reaching the surfaced road (Brow
Lane) in the valley bottom (note as you walk down the
elaborate chimney of the former Clayton fireclay
brickworks).
On reaching the road turn right to walk uphill under the
now disused railway bridge, to a row of cottages
(Hollingwell Hill). Turn left in front of the cottages to
walk down Bridle Stile Lane before starting a very steep
uphill climb to the junction with Thornton Road on the
skyline above. On reaching Thornton Road continue
uphill to the junction with the main Queensbury-Denholme
road at 'Small Page', crossing over to walk straight
forward along Chapel Street to High Street, your starting
point.
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Countryside & Rights of Way
Points of Interest Along the Way
Foster Park (Littlemoor)
Former site of Littlemoor Castle built 1890. The parkland,
which surrounded the building, was donated to
Queensbury Urban District Council for public use in 1937
by Frances A Foster, wife of Herbert Anderton Foster
who was a descendant of John Foster, founder of Black
Dyke Mills.
Clayton Fireclay Brickworks
Founded by Mr Julius Whitehead in 1880 the works
closed in 1970. The works buildings have long gone
but the elaborate chimney, showing examples of the
products made in the works can still be seen. The
company produced sanitary wear, glazed bricks and
chimney pots.
Queensbury Triangle
A now disused railway line which connected Keighley
via Cullingworth, Denholme and Thornton to Bradford
Exchange Station and Halifax. The line closed in the
1950's after being axed by Doctor Beeching.
Our walk passes close to the Queensbury Junction
Triangle, the site of Queensbury Station and the entrance
to the Halifax Tunnel.

Many thanks to Bradford Metropolitan Dist Council for the above

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