Great British Railway Journeys
Season 14 Episode 4 - Wakefield to Leeds
From Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. He pauses to admire the tall spire of Wakefield Cathedral and its resident peregrine falcons before heading to the banks of the River Calder. In a vast factory, he finds the headquarters of a shirt manufacturer, Double Two, a pioneering wartime business co-founded by a Jewish refugee from Austria. In Leeds, Michael heads for the Chapeltown area to investigate the origins of the Leeds West Indian Carnival in 1967 and try his hand on the steel drums. In the city's Harehills district, he admires the back-to-back houses once condemned as slums but now highly prized for their character and community.
Episodes in Season 14
Preston to Rawtenstall
28 min
Urmston to New Islington
29 min
Oldham to Wakefield
28 min
Wakefield to Leeds
28 min
Bradford to Hebden Bridge
28 min
Tilbury to Barbican
28 min
Waterloo to Regent's Park
29 min
Paddington to Ongar
29 min
Felixstowe to Norwich
29 min
Brandon to Cambridge
29 min
Derby to Hinckley
28 min
Coventry to Leamington Spa
28 min
Long Itchington to Moseley
28 min
Wolverhampton to Cheltenham
28 min
Tewkesbury to Filton
28 min
