Former Cleckheaton Central Railway Station Site on the Spen Valley Greenway

Taken on the Spen Valley Greenway between Low Moor and the M62. The Spen Valley Greenway is a cycling and pedestrian route linking Low Moor with Dewsbury through the Spen Valley along the former trackbed of a railway. The line passed through Low Moor, Cleckheaton, Liversedge, Heckmondwike before splitting towards Dewsbury and Mirfield and closed to passengers in 1965, before complete closure in the 1980's.
Cleckheaton Central Station was closed in 1965 and to date is the only UK railway station to have been stolen, a contractor was duped in to removing the stations structure by another contractor, who disappeared and to date has not been traced. The contractor was found not guilty at Wakefield Crown Court and found to have been left significantly out of pocket by the situation.
I took this picture whilst walking the route in December 2019 with a Nikon d3300. www.colingreenphotography.co.uk