Shipley Glen Cable Tramway
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Overview
Take a ride on the oldest working cable tramway in Great Britain – if you exclude cliff lifts. Dating from 1895, the line was built to serve the local beauty spot of Shipley Glen. At nearly a quarter-mile in length, the woodland ride provides a pleasant alternative to the steep path. Shipley lies on the edge of Bradford, and the Glen was a popular Edwardian pleasure garden. On busy days, as many as 2,000 people would take the tramway up to the Japanese gardens and boating lake. The attractions are now gone, but you can still ride on the tramway – which runs on Saturday afternoons April to end December and Sunday afternoons throughout the year, weather permitting. There is a souvenir shop at the top, while the bottom station houses a small museum and replica Edwardian shop.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Open Easter-26 Dec, Sat–Sun 12-4.30; 26 Dec-Easter, Sun 12-4
- Facilities
- Parking nearby
- Children
- Suitable for children of all ages
About the area
Everybody knows that Yorkshire has some special landscapes. The Dales and the Moors first spring to mind, but what about West Yorkshire? That’s Leeds and Bradford isn’t it? Back-to-back houses and blackened mills… Certainly if you had stood on any of the hills surrounding Hebden Bridge a hundred years ago, and gazed down into the valley, all you would have seen was the pall of smoke issuing from the chimneys of 33 textile mills.
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