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Hidden West Yorkshire Episodes

    Shibden Hall and the real "Gentleman Jack"

    Historian Angela Clare on the real life and story of Halifax's Anne Lister.

    The legend of Elland's headless horseman

    Author Paul Weatherhead tells the tale of "Old Leathery Coit".

    The mystery of the bloody footprint

    Mandy Tyas from Oakwell Hall explains the story of Captain William Blatt.

    The enormous arches made of bread

    Antony Ramm from The Secret Library explains why Leeds and Rothwell made these structures.

    The true story of Halifax's "Tower of spite”

    Steve Crabtree talks about the history of one of West Yorkshire's most iconic landmarks.

    The history of British wrestling and Yorkshire

    Gaz Thompson speaks to Gayle Lofthouse about how wrestling in the UK boomed.

    The Leeds hill where you can see York Minster

    The long history of Rawdon Billing and its spectacular views across 3 counties.

    The 330 million year old oddity in Bradford park

    Lister Park is home to one of the oldest fossilised trees in the world.

    The Halifax man who changed the way we drive

    Percy Shaw invented the ‘cat’s eye’ in 1934 in Boothtown, Halifax.

    The curious memorial of Ethel Preston

    Ann Lightman of Friends Of Lawnswood Cemetery tells us Ethel's story.

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