The Lost DENHOLME Station - What Remains?
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- Join me in this series, as we explore the disused and lost Queensbury Lines. In this video, we are leaving behind Thornton Station, and heading towards the disused Denholme Station. We try and get inside Well Heads Tunnel and also Denholme Tunnel. This video also features @pwhitewick .
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I walked this route a few years ago due to my interest in local history and the train lines. Your videos really help to show the monumental effort involved in building these lines. Well done mate.
Thanks mate
You had me on the edge of my seat When you were sinking in the mud! Your video gets a 'Wow' from me!! I really love seeing these lost railway tunnels and lines.
Thanks Lindsey
Superb video! It's so sad to see ghost railways. I joined BRITISH RAIL in 1990 when I 17yrs old. I was a BOX BOY at ORPINGTON signal box. When I was a trainee JUNIOR RAILMAN I got to ride with drivers. It was MIXED TRACTION then, so I got to ride all over the south east in passenger trains and freight. I eventually became a SIGNAL MAN at LONDON BRIDGE ASC, did that for 14yrs before I was dismissed. LOVED being a signalman, superb, challenging, responsible job, but I LOVED it!
Thanks Gabrielle
Another fabulous video, really interesting with great drone footage. Thank you Darren.
Thanks Eliz
Superb. Amazing footage. Scenery beautiful. Paul and yourself were very brave in the previous video but my what an explore and adventure. Thanks Darren another brilliant vlog.
Thanks shirley
A great video and food for thought living locally. I did notice that as you were climbing out of the undergrowth after you've abandoned your attempt to get to Well Heads portal that it was momentarily visible through the undergrowth about 50 yards further up thus confirming the portal is still there.
Yeah apparently so. I wasn't bothered at that point.
I am so with you on not wanting to get stuck. I hit a patch of 'green' when I was exploring the Mellingriffith tramway north in a video. I just stopped and turned round. Great tunnels looking forward to seeing more
Thanks mate
Old OS maps show sidings on the south side of Thornton station that branched off the main line to the west of the station right where the footpath was where you were looking at the two levels of old bridges. I'm guessing that the sidings were on slightly higher ground than the station (as the main line had to descend a bit to continue to Thornton viaduct) and so this accounted for the two bridges, and with one higher than the other. This is a great series. Thanks for doing all the hard work of exploring so we don't have to!
Thanks Mike.
I'm always amazed on the craftsmanship on all the stonework. Getting a bit dirty is half the fun but that mud down in the cut in was a bit deep, I can just imagine the smell........
Thanks Mike
Been looking forward to this... Brilliant as always!
Thanks mate
Another Gem Darren, glad you wasn't too badly hurt during your adventure. Sinking alive actually petrifies me so it was heart in mouth stuff. I thought we were going to go through the video without a then and now pic, but you pulled it out of the bag at the end and didn't disappoint. Looking forward to the next installment.
It was a bit scary, put me off the rest of the trip.
Yet another fantastic video
Thanks mate
Marvellous Darren.
Thanks Richard
Another fantastic video of the trip into the past. Wonderful to see the areas, but just as sure you know, be careful. See you on the next, Darren. Cheers buddy! 🏴🙂👍🇺🇸
Thanks mate
Another brilliant video 😊 I'm glad I'm not the one who does your washing 🤣🤣
Yeah it wasn't pleasant
Lovely video, so nice to see my old stamping ground now I'm here in Wales.
Thanks Joy
another great vid thanks for sharing
Thanks mate
That was a right trek Darren, around that old portal area, with the jungle like conditions. Both yourself and Paul had a real hard time down there. Anyhow, it was interesting, and I look forward to seeing the follow up. Many thanks.
Thanks Ffranc
as iv'e lived in denholme from 1950 i can remember trains running on that line and i even went to blackpool when i was very young with my parents on a day trip, changing at keighley, the line closed to passenger traffic about 1955 and stayed open to goods until the late 50's or early 60's, as a kid in the late 50's or early 60's when the lines were still down we used to walk through the tunnels as far as thornton road bridge then on the road to thornton swimming baths and back the same way, in the 80's i walked most of the bradford to denholme line taking photo's along the way but not through the tunnels as they were blocked up and getting overgrown by then, by that time the big stone facing of the denholme entrance to the wellheads tunnel had long dissapeared ?and was being used as a tip and the cutting had been walled off, in the early 2000's i worked at the timber yard where the station was for a few years before it went bust, on the suject of the remaining goods shed, which was the office of the timber yard and the saw mill, it was said that before it was burnt down, sustrans were going to make it into some sort of a museum to the alpine railway as it was a listed building but the long winded plans of the footpath they had proposed were never implimented, though, i think they still wanted it to be implimented at some stage, before the developers got going the goods shed suddenly burst into flames at 3am one morning, blamed on kids of course, a fireman told me , we get alot of listed buildings that spontainiously combust when they get in the way of future developments, ah memories memories.
Es war sehr schön, das Video nochmals anzusehen.❤❤❤
Great video Darren. Ultimately for us steam and tunnel buffs a sad one. Those cuttings look dangerous, "flicking eye" injury sounded a little different to me!!!
In a serious point though, these sites should have properly been dismantled or filled in. The ones today to me seem even more dangerous for adventurers not to mention of course a brand new housing estate full of inquisitive kids.
Again as usual, the overriding feeling is melancholy, for the abandonment of infrastructure rather than mothballing, then the staggering maintenance costs of these embankments, bridges, tunnels which we are responsible for. I'd even go as far to say this housing development owner should perhaps have had to fill in, make safe via landscaping the tunnel openings rather than this in my opinion opportunistic real estate deal "around" an old railway line. Its not personal or indeed a one off as my greenway and Leeds new line are littered with them as you know. Its frustrating as when you look at the drone footage it's plain to see where the line went which only cements my mothball not obliterate (to a point) views. Lovely camera work. Would like to hear a bit of Gary in the tunnels for acoustic purposes too! 😂. Best wishes. Be careful. Ben 🚌🚍🇬🇧🇺🇦✊🚩🙏
Thanks Ben. I learnt my lesson
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Thanks for the reply Darren. Tell me more bout emmerdale then, I like to watch old episodes on itv3 so when should I look for you? Surely there's scope for an adventure me in Esholt? Maybe rope a cast member in to come with you on the adventure me adventure round the old village? Another wacky idea I had was for you to invite Mr Barlow on an adventure, I take it he knows "of you"?
Keep cool, been warm on the buses today. Ben 🚌🚍🇬🇧🇺🇦✊🚩🙏
Yes Darren, I found those features a couple of years ago. The access underpass near the new school. You can see the old school On James St, now a private house!
I did venture down the Well heads tunnel, 1st time was very boggy, but went back when it was a drought, and saw it. There is the remains of an old platelayers hut. Also totally bricked up with a massive graffito on the portal, but the masonry is superb, with rocks and trees at the top, very impressive, and worth the walk. Right now is actually a good time to do it! There exists an old picture of the portal c/w platelayers hut, be good for a fade!
I also did the walk you did, (sinking mud) but found it far too boggy, so settled for a walk round the lip of the cutting instead.
Another time I parked up at Doe park, and walked all the way round the reservoir, walked up to the accommodation bridge, across Denholme Beck.
I did enter Denholme tunnel, and was nearly hit in the face by a robin nesting in there! I got about halfway, but had to go back, because of the depth of the mud, and NO torch!
I made my way over the top and down the other side to Denholme Station, did you see the wall with the massive hole in it, supporting the top of the wall? - Very dangerous!
Then across the massive concrete plinth that was Denholme Station. Found an old circular saw blade, it was a wood yard for a number of years.
I was able to walk through Doe Park Tunnel, though boggy, contained lots of car and tractor wheels.
Eventually after a lot of bridges you come out at 2 farms, the last one Meal Farm, and you are at the quarry/Bunton's yard. and Willesden Stn (Harecroft).
I wonder what the housing developers will do now that these hoses are built, it does not seem the norm to allow children to play in these tunnels, yet people still bust them open. and that wall is very dangerous, wants building back up!
Edited for fly away letters, mostly the 'e' in 'the'. I also wanted to add that as you go down Station Road in Denholme, there is the old station approach coming down from the right, also very boggy at the bottom. . It has a smallholdingand allotments to the east, and Foster park/memorial garden to the West.
HOABL
Thanks mate. The swamp put me off a little
Hi Darren. Those cuttings were way to steep to go down. Just pleased you were able to enter the tunnel.
Thanks mate
That climb looked dangerous lol.. great video 👍
Thanks Sarah. It was scary
That was a real adventure with you guys. But everything went well. I'm looking forward to the next one.
Was great the Video
Thanks Darren
Thanks Christel
I've tramped around d that area and around the perimeter of the reservoir.
Interesting information Darren.
Thanks Harry
I had experience once when I was walking a swampy field which was a huge patch of green land next to Loughborough Brush to look at the locomotives, this was during the winter when it snowed but tried to walk to the fence, realised I couldn't so turned around and could feel my feet sinking into the mud, the whole foot was buried in the mud and didn't help I was wearing trainers at the time but managed to get out and my trousers up to the knees were covered in mud! (even know I only ankle deep) But during the summer that field would be dry as well. but that that experience I would agree that I wouldn't want to get stuck, great video and nice to see the Whitewicks.
Thanks mate.
Great video Darren wouldn't like that sinking feeling you both felt early on in the video scary stuff.
It was really scary
Great Video as always it's a shame we lost all this.....
Thanks Jonathan
Great video again Darren, I sympathise with you on the mud! I was in a similar situation during an explore of an industrial site in Wales, and ended up crawling out.
I did see the remains of the good shed at Denholme when I was there in January 2015, it has changed so much since then.
I’m looking forward to seeing the next video, thanks.
Yeah it was a bit scary
Great enjoyed the video, feel like I was with you. The staton Masters house is still there at Denholme, and a small bridge took passengers over to the platforms. I looked at that site 7 years ago long before the houses.
Yes the Alpine route is a very interesting one.🤩
Thanks Sue
wow darren the things you endure for this channel,and the whitewicks been scratching my head there lol
I know. Life and limb
Great video. I walked through the well head tunnel when I was a kid 30 years ago. It wasn’t as over grown in those days.
I bet. It was horrendous
That was fantastic. Being the cruel person I am was hoping one of you would land on your bum would have been quite a laugh, as long as you didn’t hurt yourself. Those bridges and tunnels were quite awesome, I so enjoyed that. Thanks for t,asking me along. Please stay safe and take care
Thanks Linda. I must be cruel too, I always laugh when people fall.
we must have missed this one when i lived in Queensbury.
I was 9 or 10 then I am 67 now.
we used to haunt the Queensbury tunnel then.
and i live in NSW Australia .
brilliant video daz,I live not far from here,and I cycle on here regular, im sure I read many years ago thornton fire clay works had its own private rail sidings,which would be were trent meats and naylor myers is situated now,so maybe the girders which were cut off at the side of the under pass bridge had something to do with it??...also Ive been told there is still a climpse of rail track in naylor myers builders merchants yard,but dont quote me?....
Could well be. It looked a lot more modern than the other bridge.
It will be interesting how the cycle route if ever built will be routed with buildings and boggy land.
Great video though as I know this area.
Yes that's true
Great stuff again Darren, love your streams
Thanks Paul
Thanks Darren,another great video.👍
Thanks ste
The trifecta! Looking forward to this
Thanks mate
Awesome, glad you went as a pair. A few years ago i hiked up Buckden pike in Winter by myself, it snowed heavily with deep snow drifts and visibility nil, waist deep in places just glad i went prepared, made it back down shattered…be careful out there, haha I’ll still do it again though cause I’m an outdoor adventurer 😂😂 Thanks for sharing this once again all interesting stuff 👌👍
Yeah I'm normally quite brave on my own, but learnt a lesson from this.
The extra bridge and old track bed served Thornton Fireclays. I remember it before it was lifted.
Thanks Godfrey
A great series of videos. Well done!
Many thanks!
Thanks for another "alpine adventure" That was another fine mess you nearly gotten yourself into!
Thanks William
Brilliant as always.
Thanks Alan
Things you do to check out tunnels. Great video.
I know. And nobody cares lol
Thanks Darren, that experience at Well Heads Tunnel must have been really frightening. I've seen RUclips videos of quicksand in Morecambe Bay and if you don't get help quickly then.....................................................................well it's not good to think about it.
Yes it was scary. Thanks
Rail maps online do indictate a spur line coming off the main line and going for a mile or so to what may have been a factory or quarry (doesn’t show original buildings). That maybe what that other bridge carried.
Yes apparently so. Must have been
brilliant daz
Thanks mate
Me and my mate walked through the wellheads tunnel back in the early 90s it’s a bit wet inside at the Thornton end
Awesome video. Some scary moments. I would have panicked too 😆
Panic set in, I couldn't stop thinking about it
@@AdventureMe well luckily you're safe to make more videos 🙂
Very nice serie of videos
Another interesting video, Darren
Thanks Michael
I'm trying to find more video's in your Queensbury to Keyghley series from a year ago. I've seen the first three. Can you direct me please. I'm finding these fascinating. Thank you
Look on my channel for the playlist.
Great video 😊
Cheers Daz,another excellent video in the bag. I'm glad you escaped the nicely disguised bog. It would have made an interesting video had you got stuck. "I'm a You tuber ,get me out of here ". Thanks again for a very detailed and informative video 🙂🙂🙂
Thanks Richard
Great vid mate
Thanks Steve
2:43 the other bridge took a line through to a works place just beyond thats now known as 'fire clay buisness park'. the line by look on it went back from the works to the sidings at the station, so i would presume a loco just took goods in waggons and popped them in sidings ready for shipping out via the mainline.
Thanks Rodney
And yes the old goods shed at the site of denholme station formed part of Taylor’s wood yard
The former Alexandra Hotel was dumped in the cutting and under the road bridge at the Thornton end of Well Head Tunnel.
I never knew that. Thanks for the info
Awesome
Thanks mate
Bro ! Your videos 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Glad you like them!
I would not fancy living in those new houses at the end of the video, not after seeing what the land is like!
Me neither
Was just about to start up the BBQ and found this, well, the burgers will be late....
Hope you enjoyed your BBQ
@@AdventureMe It was great, nothing like friends, family and real meat.....
Hello Darren how are you love your vidio how is your dog Barney take care stay safe especially in this heatwave from Lynn x
Thanks Lynn. He is OK. Too hot for him at the mo.
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Thanks mate
Really enjoy your adventures, makes you think how much money was spent to make some more money. Presumably it was coal and ore that was mined that came & went in the blink of an eye?
Yes they sure did.
Great, we can make another bike trail
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I think the plan is to reopen the whole of the former GN line to walkers and cyclists as soon as possible.the tunnels will be amazing.
I hope so. That would be amazing.
ye I noticed that bridge next to the bridge I was thinking coal drops
10:15 - Because...........men! We love challenges and danger!
We do. Learnt my lesson though
Please can you do the Darlington and Stockton old railway line plz
I will get there one day
@@AdventureMe when will that be lol x
@@lewiswaters9819 I have no idea at this stage. I'm already filmed up to the end of this year.
@@AdventureMe oh ok lol maybe next year sorry
Hi Darren much better than your London videos more interesting love your old railway one’s and where the old stations use to be looking forward to the next part
Thanks kevin. But they do much better views wise. So always worth my time.
Why did they not mothball all these stations and lines!! Surely they must of known they might need them again and we need them now more than ever!!
They are building more and more houses with less public transport, seems mental.
Shortsighted as usual
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