Ilkley Civic Society will be hosting a ‘Heritage Open Days’ walk on Thursday this week, 18 September.
'Ilkley Victorian Railway Station and Villas' will start at Ilkley Railway Station at 2pm and pre-booking is recommended.
A spokesperson for Ilkley Civic Society said:
“We shall look at the Station built 1865, extended 1880s, then cross the road to Mill Ghyll which was planted with trees as a walkway up to Ilkley Moor.
“We shall then go up Riddings Road, along Albany Walk to the start of Parish Ghyll Drive. We shall return down Parish Ghyll Road. During the walk she shall visit the grounds of one of the earliest villas, built 1870.”

[Ferndale - one of the villas on the walk]
The walk will last 1hr 30mins and finish at Grove Garden.
Pre-booking recommended – localhistory@civicsociety.ilkley.org

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