Queensbury Tunnel, Halifax

#35 among attractions in Halifax

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Queensbury Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel that connects Holmfield and Queensbury in West Yorkshire, England. It was built by the Great Northern Railway and, at 2,287 m in length, was the longest on the company's network at the time of its opening in 1878. The line through the tunnel closed in 1956. ()

Coordinates: 53°46'26"N, 1°50'37"W

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Bradford West (Clayton and Fairweather Green)Halifax United Kingdom

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Queensbury Tunnel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Shibden Hall, Bankfield Museum, Dean Clough, Shroggs Park.

3 miS
600-year-old medieval manor and grounds
Shibden Hall, Halifax
78 min walk • Shibden Hall is a Grade II* listed historic house located in a public park at Shibden, West Yorkshire, England. The building has been extensively modified from its original design by generations of residents, although its Tudor half-timbered frontage remains its most recognisable feature.
3 miS
Museum, History museum
Bankfield Museum, Halifax
76 min walk • Bankfield Museum is a grade II listed historic house museum, incorporating a regimental museum and textiles gallery in Boothtown, Halifax, England. It is notable for its past ownership and development by Colonel Edward Akroyd, MP, and its grand interior.
3.3 miS
Museum, Shopping, Office
Dean Clough, Halifax
83 min walk • Dean Clough in Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, is a group of large factory buildings built in the 1840s–60s for Crossley's Carpets, becoming one of the world's largest carpet factories.
3.2 miSW
Park
Shroggs Park, Halifax
83 min walk • Shroggs Park is a park in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It covers 9.7 hectares and is Grade II listed with Historic England.
3.1 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
All Souls' Church, Halifax
79 min walk • All Souls Church, Halifax, is a redundant Anglican church in Haley Hill, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is open to visitors at limited times.
3.3 miS
Valley
Shibden Valley, Halifax
85 min walk • Shibden Valley is to the east of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, where the community of Shibden lies. The name of the Shibden valley comes from scepe dene meaning "sheep valley" or "Sheep Vale".
3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Judy Woods, Bradford
78 min walk • Judy Woods is a complex of woodlands in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Individual woodlands in the complex include Jagger Park Wood, Royds Hall Great Wood, Old Hanna Wood and Low Wood.
2.7 miNE
53°47'52"N • 1°47'35"W
Bradford Bazaar, Bradford
68 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.9 miSE
Church
Bethel Chapel, Bradford
49 min walk • The Bethel Chapel is an independent Methodist chapel in Halifax Road, Shelf, Yorkshire. Records compiled in 2007 show that 4,938 people have been buried in the graveyard there since it opened in 1852, including three Elizabeth Taylors and one Isaac Newton.
1.2 miNW
Bridge
Thornton Viaduct, Bradford
31 min walk • Thornton Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct crossing Pinch Beck valley at Thornton, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is 300 yards long and has 20 arches. It was built in an S-shape to allow a smooth access to Thornton station.
3.1 miE
Park
Harold Park, Bradford
79 min walk • Harold Park is a small urban park in Low Moor, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The park is open all day all year round. To the immediate north of Harold Park is Horsfall Stadium home to Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. and Albion Sports A.F.C. Park Dam is a short walking distance to the south.