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Bingley

West Yorkshire


Slow Ways linking Bingley and Baildon, Denholme, East Morton, Haworth, Keighley, Shipley, Thornton (Bradford)

England / West Yorkshire / Bingley

Bingley’s seven Slow Ways are 57% checked

Drawn: 7/7
reviewed: 6/7
verified: 2/7
and surveyed: 1/7

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Walk to Bingley from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Bingley—Baildon
Binbai one Pioneer me Distance 8km/5mi Ascent 63m Descent 134m
Bingley—Baildon
Binbai two Pioneer me Distance 6km/4mi Ascent 96m Descent 168m
Bingley—Shipley
Binshi one Enjoy me Distance 6km/3mi Ascent 47m Descent 35m
Denholme—Bingley
Denbin one Survey me Distance 8km/5mi Ascent 326m Descent 120m
East Morton—Bingley
Easbin one

Verify me Distance 4km/2mi Ascent 32m Descent 97m
Haworth—Bingley
Hawbin one

Double check Distance 10km/6mi Ascent 249m Descent 366m
Keighley—Bingley
Keibin one

Double check Distance 6km/4mi Ascent 182m Descent 205m
Keighley—Bingley
Keibin three Review me Distance 8km/5mi Ascent 36m Descent 59m
Keighley—Bingley
Keibin four Review me Distance 6km/4mi Ascent - Descent -
Keighley—Bingley
Keibin five Pioneer me Distance 8km/5mi Ascent 37m Descent 59m
Thornton (Bradford)—Bingley
Thobin one Review me Distance 9km/5mi Ascent 337m Descent 179m

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Collective progress

55% of Bingley’s seven route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

11/11

drawn

8/11

reviewed

3/11

surveyed

2/11

verified

14 people have contributed to Bingley’s Slow Ways

3 people have pledged to walk and review a route

3 people have surveyed a route in Bingley

56km out of 78km have been walked and reviewed

119km of reviews have been shared in Bingley

Latest Updates

Robert Scott took this photo on Hawbin one

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Keeping the wall on your right, Ryecroft Road at Harden was reached with a now urban walk down through Harden and up the the entrance of the St Ives Estate. Continuing on eventually following the footpath signs for Low Park, the tarmac road out of the estate towards Bingley is reached. The Slow Way route says to continue down the road to the Brown Cow pub and cross the Ireland Bridge into Bingley....

Robert Scott

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Starting off at the junction of Thornton Road & Kipping Lane, It is easy to find the start of West Lane by the Black Horse pub. West Lane continues up to the Back Lane junction, to the left of the house there is the start of the walk through the fields negotiating several stiles, stoops and gates down to Pitty Beck. This bit of road walking can be avoided by turning right down Allerton Road to an unsigned right of way on the left (just past the signed right of way on the right) which going through the stoop in the wall leads to the start of Bob Lane....

Robert Scott

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As noted in another review, you can improve the route by cutting onto the canal from the bridge by the station. I prefer to follow Morton Beck than the footpath running nearly parallel to this, but either one works....

Shez

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Keighley—Bingley

EmY added Keibin five, a new walk from Keighley to Bingley

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Bingley—Baildon

Slow Ways added Binbai two, a new walk from Bingley to Baildon

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There is a pub and a shop at Long Lee, towards Keighley, and there are benches at Long Lee Crick Club just before there. The final footpath down to the bridge under the railway had a bonus view of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway....

Mary Oz

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Mary Oz surveyed Keibin four

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Keighley—Bingley

Mary Oz added Keibin four, a new walk from Keighley to Bingley

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A more scenic route is to follow the route from Bingley and joining the Canal towpath, on the gap on gasoline ally, off park road rather than going through park road....

Sarah Njeri

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Bingley

Ross surveyed Bingley

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The remainder of the route is on rubble fill tow path or foot way back to the streets of Bingley. A very pleasant route that I have given 4 stars only because of stiles and steps on the route....

Ross

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Mary Oz surveyed Binshi one

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Mary Oz surveyed Keibin three

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The route leaves Bingley Station past a big supermarket on over a footbridge to access the canal towpath. Unfortunately, the bridge to leave the canal has a flight of steps before crossing the canal itself....

Mary Oz

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The first third of this route is along busy main roads, but the remainder is all along the canal, and makes up for this. The step-free footbridge from the Bingley Three Rise a bit further on, leads onto the main road into Bingley....

Mary Oz

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I walked this route with a group of 15, and found it quite an easy walk....

Sarah Njeri

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Sarah Njeri took this photo on Binshi one

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Easy, mostly flat walk, mostly along canal towpath...

Rambler

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Lovely walk varied scenery and environment , just one bit through the woods where we had some trouble finding the path....

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Easy to navigate along canal towpath...

DB

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Bingley

SteveWatkins surveyed Bingley

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Lovely walk predominantly by the Leeds-Liverpool Canal....

jskinner

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Turn immediate right through gate up cobbled path into Park Wood (sign to be erected here)....

Andy Mosby

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Turn immediate right through gate up cobbled path into Park Wood (sign to be erected here)....

Andy Mosby

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A couple of sections are on the road; there's no pavement on Old Allen Road, but walking down through Wilsden is on the main street which has pavement on both sides of the roads....

LuxLovegood

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Keighley—Bingley

Jane Timperley added Keibin three, a new walk from Keighley to Bingley

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Route is not suitable for wheels as there are steps and uneven paths and cobbles, kiss gates and steep inclines. I would recommend a route along the canal as an alternative. Great views on this route and enjoyable but hard to navigate in Keighley itself and when almost at Bingley due to the number of paths around....

Jane Timperley

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Upland route with spectacular views mostly on public footpaths. If you start at Denholme probably about 80% of route is downhill, starting Bingley 80% uphill, sometimes steep. Refreshments available approx halfway at Wilsden....

Howieland

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Bingley

wendyhales surveyed Bingley

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Straightforward, flat, easy to navigate walk along the canal towpath....

robliz

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Bingley—Baildon

Slow Ways added Binbai one, a new walk from Bingley to Baildon

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Bingley—Shipley

Slow Ways added Binshi one, a new walk from Bingley to Shipley

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Denholme—Bingley

Slow Ways added Denbin one, a new walk from Denholme to Bingley

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East Morton—Bingley

Slow Ways added Easbin one, a new walk from East Morton to Bingley

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Haworth—Bingley

Slow Ways added Hawbin one, a new walk from Haworth to Bingley

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Keighley—Bingley

Slow Ways added Keibin one, a new walk from Keighley to Bingley

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Thornton (Bradford)—Bingley

Slow Ways added Thobin one, a new walk from Thornton (Bradford) to Bingley

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Bingley, Tue 8 October

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Bingley’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

SE1078439164

Lat / Lon

53.84862° / -1.83757°

Easting / Northing

410,784E / 439,164N

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Facilities

Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Bingley's meeting point

Public toilet

Wheelchair accessible toilet

Supermarket or convenience shop

Restaurant, cafe or pub

Accommodation

Accommodation for under £50 a night

Campsite

Bothy

Free wifi

Mobility scooter hire

Off-road wheelchair hire

Disabled Parking

Train station

Bus stop

Ferry

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