Work to turn a listed building at one of the district’s most popular tourist attractions into a visitors’ centre has begun.
The Grade II-listed water tower at Keighley Station is next to the starting point of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway – a heritage rail line that passes through Haworth and Oakworth. Scaffolding has been installed around the tower on platform four at Keighley Station as part of the £100,000 project, funded by the Government-funded Keighley Towns Fund. A further £42,000 in additional funding will come from The Railway Heritage Trust.
Bradford Council’s portfolio holder for regeneration, transport and planning Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw said: “This historic water tower is believed to be the last functioning one of its kind nationally. “It is a really important structure, and we are delighted it will have a new lease of life for the future while maintaining the crucial purpose for which it was built.
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