The Calder Valley Greenway Joins the Spen a Range of Interesting and Stimulating Activities Based Around Valley Greenway for a Distance to Scout Hill

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WEST YORKSHIRE ROUTE MAP Attractions along the route Dalton Bank Local Nature Reserve Travel to/from the route A mix of conifer plantations and native woodlands, the grassland Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield is alive with crickets and other insects in the summer and offers a Public transport information along the route is available from www.galpharmstadium.com good place to hunt for fungi in the autumn. www.wymetro.com and 0113 245 7676. Home of Huddersfield Town Football Club and Lower Spen Local Nature Reserve All local trains carry bicycles free of charge subject to available Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Club. The Spen River runs through this nature reserve and you might space. Reservations are recommended on First TransPennine Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield be lucky enough to see a kingfisher diving for minnows or other Express services, but are not required on Northern services. www.lbt-uk.org small fish. New ponds have been created and these are being left Online resources for route planning: A unique theatre in the heart of Pennine Yorkshire offering drama, to re-colonise naturally. www.cycletransport-westyorks.co.uk music, dance and comedy performances for people of all ages. Additional cycling opportunities Ponderosa Rural Therapeutic Centre Bike Shops www.ponderosa-centre.org At Dewsbury Moor, the Calder Valley Greenway joins the Spen A range of interesting and stimulating activities based around Valley Greenway for a distance to Scout Hill. Turning north, the Wheelspin Cycles, Viaduct Street, Huddersfield 01484 533338 the rare breeds, greenhouses, reptile room, birds, pets and Spen Valley Greenway continues north through Halfords Bike Hut, Bradford Road, Huddersfield 01484 426677 lakes. A great family day out. Heckmondwike, Liversedge and Cleckheaton. A new bridleway Sowerby Bros. Cycles, Princess Street, Mirfield 01924 496873 link at Low Moor skirts Victoria Park to Bierley, from which a Hargreaves Cycles, Battye Street, Dewsbury 01924 461283 Waterway network signed route leads to Bradford City Centre. Halfords Bike Hut, Railway Street, Dewsbury 01924 438778 www.penninewaterways.co.uk The Huddersfield Broad Canal runs from Aspley Basin to Colne The map shows proposed routes for future development Main Access Points Bridge. British Waterways permit cycling on the towpath; apply (subject to permissions and land availability): The traffic-free sections of the route are open to all non online www.waterscape.com/cycling/permit.html and follow the • Calder Valley Greenway to Brighouse, Horbury Bridge and motorised users (walkers, cyclists, pushchairs, wheelchairs etc.) Waterways Code. The Calder & Hebble Navigation runs for 21 Heckmondwike miles from Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge. It connects the Aire • Earlsheaton to Ossett Greenway Calder Valley Greenway 13 Ravenswharf Road and Calder Navigation at Wakefield with the Rochdale Canal at • Deighton to Dalton Greenway 1 Bradley Junction Industrial 14 Thornhill Road Sowerby Bridge and Huddersfield Broad Canal at Cooper Estate (off Leeds Rd.) • Fenay Greenway 15 Mill Street West Bridge. British Waterways permits cycling on some sections of 2 Ramp from Huddersfield towpath around Dewsbury (see map). Birkby Bradley Greenway Useful Contacts Broad Canal* Savile Town Canal Basin Kirklees Cycling Officer 3 Dalton Bank Road 1 Willow Lane* Savile Town Canal Basin is a working boatyard on the Dewsbury Kirklees Highways and Transportation Service 4 Bog Green Lane* 2 Halifax Old Road Cut. Visit the Leggers Inn or the Old Stables Coffee Shop, the Flint Street, Fartown, Huddersfield HD1 6LG ideal refreshment stop for cyclists and walkers. 5 Helm Lane/ Paul Lane 3 Cobcroft Road Tel 01484 225611 6 Helm Lane/ Wood Lane 4 Alder Street Dewsbury Museum Email: [email protected] www.pennineyorkshire.com 7 Woodend Road 5 Red Doles Road

Located in Crow Nest Park, next to the café, you can Kirklees ROSS Streetcare 6 Peace Pit Lane* 8 Church Lane/ experience things that have changed in the lives of children To report potholes, route signing or cycle parking problems. Huddersfield Rd. 7 Whitacre Street over the last century. There's also a busy programme of Tel 0800 731 8765 8 Deighton Road temporary exhibitions and events. Dewsbury Museum is a must Email: [email protected] 9 Bradbury Street entrance to Holroyd Park for anyone who's ever been a child. 9 Leeds Road 10 Sackville Street Huddersfield Tourist Information Centre * not suitable for wheelchairs Holroyd Park 3-5 Albion Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NW 11 Burgh Mill Lane Horseriders are able to use the Local amenity with multi-activity games area, playgrounds and Tel 01484 223200 Calder Valley Greenway from bowling. 12 Huddersfield Road, Email: [email protected] Scout Hill* access point 1 to point 11 and the Spen Valley Greenway. Huddersfield Railway Station Calder Valley and Birkby Bradley Greenways View of Dalton Bank Dewsbury Town Hall

Bradley Viaduct

When you are on the National Cycle Network you will see these signs, red for National route, blue for Regional route.