Sinkhole in Yorkshire becomes a ‘tourist attraction’ with five star reviews
Share:
A sinkhole in Yorkshire has turned up on Google Maps as an unlikely tourist attraction with a string of tongue-in-cheek five-star reviews. The hole appeared on the A646 Halifax Road, between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge in mid December after an underground pipe collapsed.
![[Sinkhole 'causing chaos' in Yorkshire town becomes tourist attraction]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235828960-fc16.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
As a result, a section of the road has been closed for weeks, causing chaos for drivers, according to local Youtuber Wandering Turnip, who spoke to frustrated locals. Now in an unexpected turn of events, the sinkhole has appeared on Google Maps as a tourist attraction called The Hole.
It comes with several rather amusing five-star reviews. One visitor Matt Paling wrote: ‘This is the best Hole this side of Hebden bridge! I mean I’ve been to Tod side and the view is nothing compared to Hebden. Five stars! Fantastic, needs a Costa or other chain coffee shop.’.
Jo Olive added: ‘Rumour has it it can be seen from space! Amazing hole! Good job hole!’. According to 24Barney The Hole is a great family day out. ‘Brought my kids. Absolutely loved it. Would come again,’ he posted. Hudson Ray said they would have called it ‘unmissable’ but ‘you can’t get anywhere near it in a car’.
For Keleman Tahin, meanwhile, losing two guineapigs down the hole didn’t put a damper on the visit. ‘We went to the hole for a nice day out and we brought my pet guinea pig called test subject. Test Subject decided to fall into the hole and was never seen again.
