This Geocache is in Engine Fields, Yeadon near to a little bridge over the brook in Engine Field which is off of the old railway.
I started working in Yeadon in 2022 close to the old Kirk Lane Mill. I’m predominantly a runner and quickly saw from maps that there was evidently an old train line nearby - Wikipedia confirmed it with the below information:
“Yeadon had a rail connection from Guiseley that opened in 1894. The line was closed in 1964. It is now a nature path and most of its length can still be walked, from the Old Engine Fields, off Henshaw Lane, past Guiseley retail park where it joined the Guiseley Branch Line. The line continued over Henshaw Lane where an old bridge can still be seen. Immediately after the bridge was the railway station, near the Station Inn in the (now) council storage yard. The line terminated opposite Trinity Church (previously Benton Congregational Church) in Rawdon. Yeadon Station was mostly used for goods, and the line served several large mills directly along its route (Leafield Mill, Kirk Lane Mill, Westfield Mill, Green Lane Mill, a soap works and a dye works). The only passenger trains were special services. The first train to leave Yeadon Station in 1905 held 500 people. The following year, trains took passengers from Yeadon to Blackpool.”
I love going for a walk through Engine Fields on a lunchtime and I'm fascinated by old defunct railway lines (and the path they leave behind) so this felt like the perfect location for my first ever Geocache hide.
With this being my first time hiding a cache, if there’s anything I’ve done wrong (or could do better) please PM me. Please also message me if maintenance is required