Idle Swing Bridge

Idle Swing Bridge is a bridge in Bradford, England. Idle Swing Bridge is situated nearby to the forest Dawson Wood, as well as near the bridge Apperley Viaduct.

Photo: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Apperley Bridge railway station and Apperley Viaducts.

Apperley Bridge railway station

Railway station

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Apperley Bridge station is situated in Bradford on the line between Leeds and Shipley, West Yorkshire, England. It serves the district of Apperley Bridge in the north-east of the city. Apperley Bridge railway station is situated 2,400 feet east of Idle Swing Bridge.

Apperley Viaducts

Bridge

The Apperley Viaducts are two adjacent railway viaducts straddling the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. The open viaduct dates back to 1900, carrying the current double track Airedale line railway, whereas the redundant adjacent viaduct dates back to 1867, and was built to replace the original bridge at this point which collapsed in November 1866 due to severe flooding. Apperley Viaducts is situated 1,600 feet east of Idle Swing Bridge.

Immanuel College

School

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Immanuel College is a mixed Church of England secondary school and sixth form located in Idle, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was officially opened in October 2001. Immanuel College is situated 2,000 feet west of Idle Swing Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thackley and Apperley Bridge.

Thackley

Quarter

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thackley is a small suburb near Bradford, West Yorkshire in England. The village is loosely bordered by the village of Idle to the south, to the west by the West Royd area of Shipley and elsewhere by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Apperley Bridge

Hamlet

Apperley Bridge is a village in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England in the Idle and Thackley Ward. Apperley Bridge is north-east of Bradford on the boundary with the City of Leeds bounded in the east by Carr Beck and to the south by Greengates.

Idle

Suburb

Photo: Billcowgill, CC BY 3.0.

Idle is a residential suburban area in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in the north-east of the city. Historically it was a separate village, and before that it was the Manor of Idle.

Idle Swing Bridge

Type: Bridge
Description: swing bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Esholt, Bradford, Yorkshire, UK
Categories: swing bridge and transportation
Location: Bradford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.84396° or 53° 50′ 38″ north

Longitude

-1.71782° or 1° 43′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C5WR7VJ+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1106546649

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q117357002

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dawson Wood and Apperley Viaduct.

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