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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bingley, England

Updated June 25, 2019

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Frances Griffiths with Fairies

Bingley, England

Cottingley Beck

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

The ruins in the wood.

Bingley, England

Milner Field Ruins

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.

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The two cablecars.

Baildon, England

Shipley Glen Tramway

This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.

1 mile from Bingley

High Royds Hospital

Menston, England

High Royds Hospital

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

4 miles from Bingley

Undercliffe Cemetery.

Bradford, England

Undercliffe Cemetery

A Victorian-era cemetery serves as a window into the city of Bradford’s past.

4 miles from Bingley

The Cow and Calf, prominent rock features on the moor.

Ilkley, England

Ilkley Moor

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

4 miles from Bingley

Grandad’s Clock and Chair

Bradford, England

'Grandad’s Clock and Chair'

A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.

5 miles from Bingley

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