Thornton old quarry

Thornton old quarry is a park in Keighley, Bradford, England. Thornton old quarry is situated nearby to the pitch Thornton Cricket Club, as well as near Hill Top Public House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hill Top Public House and Thornton War Memorial.

Hill Top Public House

Pub

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hill Top Public House is situated 610 feet south of Thornton old quarry.

Thornton War Memorial

Monument

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Thornton War Memorial is a monument, which is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Thornton old quarry.

Thornton Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in Thornton, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in northern England. It opened in 1878, having been built for the Great Northern Railway, closed in 1966, and re-opened as part of a cycling route in 2008. Thornton Viaduct is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Thornton old quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thornton and Sandy Lane.

Thornton

Village

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Thornton is a village and former civil parish, within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies 6 miles to the west of the city centre of Bradford, and together with neighbouring Allerton, had a total resident population in 2001 of 15,004, increasing to 17,276 in 2011 and 18,520 in 2021.

Sandy Lane

Village

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandy Lane is a village and civil parish to the north of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,646. It is situated between Wilsden, Allerton and Nab Wood. Sandy Lane is situated 2 miles northeast of Thornton old quarry.

Allerton

Suburb

Photo: David Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Allerton is a village within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, now increasingly part of the Bradford conurbation. Allerton is situated 2 miles east of Thornton old quarry.

Thornton old quarry

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Keighley, Bradford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.79585° or 53° 47′ 45″ north

Longitude

-1.86108° or 1° 51′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C5WQ4WQ+8H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 614128515

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thornton Cricket Club and Hill Top Recreation Ground.

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