The Atlas Obscura Guide To Bingley

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

Updated June 25, 2019

Unusual Attractions in Bingley

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.

Bingley, England

Milner Field Ruins

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

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Shipley Glen Tramway

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

1 mile from Bingley

Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.

4 miles from Bingley

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

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

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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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Bingley

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

Updated June 25, 2019

Unusual Attractions in Bingley

Bingley, England

Cottingley Beck

Bingley, England

Milner Field Ruins

Baildon, England

Shipley Glen Tramway

Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

Menston, England

High Royds Hospital

Ilkley, England

Ilkley Moor

Bradford, England

'Grandad’s Clock and Chair'

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