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All the United Kingdom England West Yorkshire

The Atlas Obscura Guide To West Yorkshire

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in West Yorkshire, England

Updated June 25, 2019

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The ruins in the wood.

Bingley, England

Milner Field Ruins

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.
St Aidan’s Walking Dragline

West Yorkshire, England

St. Aidan's BE1150 Dragline

The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.

West Yorkshire, England

Huddersfield Sailing Club Race Control Tower

Collapsed television tower finds new life as a control tower for boat races.
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Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.
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Grandad’s Clock and Chair

Bradford, England

'Grandad’s Clock and Chair'

A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.
1 mile from West Yorkshire
Frances Griffiths with Fairies

Bingley, England

Cottingley Beck

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.
2 miles from West Yorkshire
The two cablecars.

Baildon, England

Shipley Glen Tramway

This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.
2 miles from West Yorkshire
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Elsie Wright photographed her cousin, Frances Griffths, surrounded by fairies in July 1917.

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In 1917, two young girls with a camera pranked the world.
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