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Distance: 3.5 miles
Walking: Andrew
Weather: Misty to start, then sunny
OS Map: OL21 - South Pennines
Starting Point: Station Road, Oakworth
Photography: Andrew using Nikon D750 / Nikon 24 -70 mm f2.8
Just an aimless wander around Oakworth, really.
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| Station Road |
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| Cackleshaw |
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| Sykes Lane |
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| Common Bistort |
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| Keighley Road (formerly known as Lidget) |
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| Hall St |
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| Clough Lane |
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| It's rhododendron time |
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| Highfield Lane |
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| Back in Holden Park |
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| One of the many entrances to the network of man-made caves in Holden Park |
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| As mentioned in previous in previous posts, these grottoes were commissioned in the late 1800s by local mill owner / inventor / politician Sir Isaac Holden and stood at the back of his mansion, Oakworth House. They were originally housed in a huge glass house and featured mosaic floors, electric light, tropical plants and waterfalls. |
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| Aqueligia |
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| Sir Isaac Holden's summer house |
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| Looks like some moron has chucked an egg at Sir Isaac's bust |
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| Dockroyd Graveyard, final resting place of many of the great and good of Victorian and Edwardian Oakworth. |
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| The Sugden family vault is the largest memorial in the graveyard. The Sugdens were wealthy mill owners who ran, among others, Lower Providence Mill and Vale Mill. Robert Newsholme Sugden had our house built (as part of a stable block) in 1878 and he is commemorated on the memorial. |
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| The heart of any Yorkshire village, the fish & chip shop. |
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| The former Local Board School |
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| Oakworth Hall |
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| Providence Lane. The chimney is all that remains of Lower Providence Mill, which was demolished in 1984 |
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| An Oxenhope style gate at Lodge Farm |
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| Lodge Farm |
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| Haworth from Lodge Farm |
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| Lower Laithe Farm. I had my shorts on and the path from here to Mytholmes was very overgrown so I turned back. |
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| The Alphabet Steps |
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| Vale Mill |
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| Looking back down Station Road. I was asked not to take any photos at the station by the crew filming The Railway Children Return. They've been here for about 5 weeks and this is the last week of filming. |
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