Date/Time
Date(s) - Saturday 05/09/2026
10.30 - 17.00
Location
Dewsbury Station
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Dewsbury’s Railways, by invitation of the Railway Ramblers’ Club. Meet outside Dewsbury station at 10.30 – check train times as they can change with the Trans-Pennine Upgrade. Maps Landranger 104 & 110, Explorer 288.
A 6 mile walk, mainly on hard, flat surfaces viewing the sites of all four railway companies to arrive in Dewsbury: LNW, Midland, L&Y, and GN. We take in the route of the Midland Railway’s ill-fated West Riding Line to Savile Town, and their massive goods shed, also several stretches of the L&Y’s Dewsbury Market Street Station branch, plus Great Northern routes. We cross Headfield Viaduct which gave the GN access to the L&Y’s main line plus, with additional running powers, the Spen Valley towns and Low Moor, finally gaining the trackbed of the GN’s Ossett-Dewsbury line for a short deviation to walk out and back through the 179yd (lit) Earlsheaton tunnel, then follow the GN trackbed almost to the town centre where the old Central Station frontage survives as a supporting structure for the modern Ring Road. Returning to Dewsbury Station, we see the impressive 8-arch stone viaduct which carries the ex-LNWR line to Leeds, and nearby warehouse buildings erected on surplus land sold off by the LNWR. We also walk a short stretch of the Calder & Hebble Navigation’s Dewsbury branch to Savile Town Wharf where we eat at The Leggers Inn or eat a packed lunch. Many interesting architectural structures to see, and lots of history. Booking is not required.
Note that this is not an RCHS event and, as such, RCHS members attending are not covered by the Society’s insurance policy, including its public liability section.
Headfield Viaduct. Tony Jervis, RCHS Online Media Archive (ref. 298,862E)