Steam Memories

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