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Clayton West branch line
The Clayton West branch line was a standard gauge passenger and freight railway near Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. The line was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, opening to traffic in September 1879. Many proposals were considered to extending the line eastwards towards Darton, and then connecting to Barnsley, but these never came to fruition. In 1963, both stations on the line, (Clayton West and Skelmanthorpe), were listed for closure under the Beeching cuts, but the branch survived as a passenger carrying railway until 1983. The branch also forwarded coal from two collieries adjacent to the line, which maintained a freight service on the branch up until closure.
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Cuckoo's Nest railway station
Cuckoos Nest railway station is a station/halt on the minimum gauge Whistlestop Valley in West Yorkshire, Northern England.
It also serves the village of Scissett. The station was opened on 19 October 1991 with an inaugural run from Clayton West. The halt lies just under 1-mile (1.6 km) west of Clayton West.
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Scissett
Scissett is a village in West Yorkshire, England. It is 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Huddersfield and 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Barnsley. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 1,324. Scissett is halfway between the villages of Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale on the A636 road to Wakefield.
River Dearne runs through the village, which was affected by the 2007 United Kingdom floods.
Scissett was originally in the Parish of High Hoyland, and the Wapentake of Staincross which more or less corresponds with the current Barnsley borough area.
Scissett grew up around the woollen industry in the 19th century as mill owners built houses in the area for their workers. The nearby coalfields also provided employment. These industries are now gone and some of the mills are now retail units.
The Scissett Baths (and leisure centre) is one of the main attractions for the surrounding area.
Scissett has first and middle schools to provide education for children ages 4 to 13.
Scissett Youth Band was founded in the village in 1978 but moved to Shelley Methodist Hall in 1991.
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Skelmanthorpe
Skelmanthorpe, known locally as Shat, is a village in the Denby Dale civil parish, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is 9 miles (14 km) from both Huddersfield and Barnsley. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 4,549.
The village sits on the south (right) bank of the first river-like flow, from three small headwaters (uniting in the northwest corner of the parish), of the Dearne.
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Skelmanthorpe railway station
Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station in West Yorkshire, England, that was previously part of the national rail network, and is now a station on the minimum-gauge Whistlestop Valley.