Explore fascinating stories from West Yorkshire.
Radio Leeds,·126 episodes
A blue plaque in Bradford marks the site of Esmé Church’s Northern Theatre School.
12 Nov 2025,·4 mins
The eerie tale of High Fernley Hall and its spectral rider in Judy Woods.
31 Oct 2025,·6 mins
Discover Phoebe Grey’s story. A kind maid lost to time at Temple Newsam.
30 Oct 2025,·4 mins
W.F. Harvey was a surgeon during WWI and what he saw inspired his fictional horror work.
29 Oct 2025,·6 mins
Explore the legend of Black Dick’s Tower and its haunting tale in West Yorkshire.
26 Oct 2025,·4 mins
Among the artifacts at Wakefield's Mental Health Museum is a special mirror.
22 Oct 2025,·4 mins
The Bingley Arms is said to date back to 953 AD.
01 Oct 2025,·6 mins
Louis Le Prince may have invented cinema but disappeared before he could prove it.
29 Sep 2025,·5 mins
Behind the scenes at a former Fire Station that is now a community hub.
19 Sep 2025,·4 mins
Jess Bayley has been to Wakefield to look around the Mental Health Museum.
18 Sep 2025,·3 mins
Inside a 200-year old blacksmith’s, that forged items for the canal.
16 Sep 2025,·4 mins
Inside Calderdale’s tallest structure, affectionately known as the ‘Tower of Spite’.
15 Sep 2025,·4 mins
Gayle Lofthouse speaks to Dr Tegwen Roberts about the project.
10 Sep 2025,·4 mins
Skulls and Stones Yard in Leeds was named after two brothers who died.
04 Sep 2025,·4 mins
From Keighley to Oxford, Asa Briggs chronicled Britain’s Victorian past.
20 Aug 2025,·7 mins
Low water levels at Baitings reservoir have revealed previously hidden structures.
12 Aug 2025,·4 mins
Rob Shersby who runs the Wakefield Ghost Walk chats to Gayle Lofthouse.
06 Aug 2025,·5 mins
Goit Stock Wood near Bingley known locally as the "hidden valley".
23 Jul 2025,·4 mins
From bike springs to NATO tech to Spirograph: Denys Fisher's inventive journey.
16 Jul 2025,·6 mins
It's 50 times sweeter than sugar, but why is Pontefract so synonymous with liquorice?
09 Jul 2025,·5 mins
Job Senior’s voice and walls still echo across Ilkley Moor, 200 years on.
02 Jul 2025,·5 mins
A new exhibition at the Royal Armouries Museum focuses on the weapons used in WW2.
27 Jun 2025,·7 mins
Cars feature from from Formula 1 World Champions Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher.
13 Jun 2025,·4 mins
James Deighton speaks to Chris Westwood about former Hunslet winger Graham Goodman.
01 Jun 2025,·3 mins
Sam Nixon chats to festival organiser Steve Ollerton about Ossett Beercart.
28 May 2025,·3 mins
Jess Bayley finds out about the Edgerton cemetery chapel which is falling into decay.
22 May 2025,·3 mins
Gayle Lofthouse chats to John Pitcher about the history of Shipley Glen Tramway.
16 May 2025,·3 mins
Jess Bayley finds out how a group of farmers started a supermarket chain.
13 May 2025,·3 mins
9 folklore stories have been used to create a treasure hunt in Todmorden.
07 May 2025,·5 mins
There is a 14th Century castle nestled within a forest on the Harewood Estate.
30 Apr 2025,·7 mins
