Walk 1 From Dauber Bridge via Broadhead Clough HEBDEN 3.5 miles; 2 hours. Moderate difficulty, Once on the moor, take the path briefly to with a couple of steep climbs. Wet the left and then bear right towards the moorland. marker post above the path. Follow this until BRIDGE Walk or take the 901 bus to Dauber Bridge, you come to a boundary stone. Just beyond just under a mile up Cragg Road from this the path bears left. On the horizon to . Take the concrete track which your left is a line of electric poles beyond forks up to the right. Follow this track gently which is a long stone wall. The path gradually uphill, ignoring a turning on your right. makes its way towards them. Just before you The concrete eventually gives way to an reach the poles, the Pike monument comes unmetalled track and soon afterwards, into sight. Go straight on to reach a very wide just beyond a cattle grid, you arrive at a pathway flanked by walls on either side. This MYTHOLMROYD is the beginning of Dick Lane, soon flanked junction of paths. Across the junction is 4 the lower entrance to Broadhead Clough by a conifer plantation on your left. nature reserve. Follow the well-used track At the far end of Dick Lane, the wall on the up through the reserve (ignore a waymarked right bears to the right. The ground in this path on your right). This often-steep path area can be pretty wet but it is possible to takes you to the upper entrance of the pick out a dry route alongside the wall. Head reserve marked by a gate. Here the path turns for a marker post on the left hand side of the sharp right and climbs steeply out of the wall. Follow the path (now the ) woods and up on to the moor. up to the monument.

Walk 2 via The Hinchliffe pub 1 3.5 miles; 1 hour 45 mins. Moderate the large evergreen wood where you make a difficulty with some gentle climbs right turn upwards along a wide grassy path From the Hinchliffe pub, HX7 5TA clearly signposted as the Way. Tel:01422 883256 Towards the top of this you leave the CW taking a left turn marked “ Water 4 Get off the 901 bus just before Cragg Vale 1 Junior School on Cragg Road. – Permissive Bridleway”. This runs above the wood. You are soon back on the CW. The Cross over and walk down Church Bank Lane past the church to the Hinchliffe. You’re path then takes a sharp turn to the right already on the Calderdale Way (CW), which through a gated field. you will mostly follow for about 3 miles. At the far gate the path runs gradually then more steeply downhill until the Pennine Way From the pub, take the metalled road uphill (and Walk 3) comes in from the left. Here you to Withens Clough reservoir. The road continues along the side of the reservoir and turn right. The often rough and rocky path soon becomes a stony track. Ignore a path then runs along the top of the escarpment to signed to opposite an inlet in the monument. the reservoir and continue until shortly before Walk 3 via The White House pub 2 5 miles; 2 hours. Easy to moderate signs for the Pennine Way (PW) keeping the difficuty – no climbs. reservoir on your right. This route stays on the Take the 901 bus to , and PW all the way to Stoodley Pike so is easy to 2 walk in the opposite direction to the bus follow. After a little more than a mile, a slight route down towards the White House pub, detour will reward you with sight of the Rain OL15 0LG Tel: 01706 378456 Stone (see www.stanzastones.co.uk). Just after passing Blackstone Edge reservoir The path then passes Light Hazzles and on your right, leave the road through a Warland reservoirs – keep to the side of these small side gate by a locked gate. Follow the and continue as walk 2 to the monument. 3 Walk 4 From Mytholmroyd Station 4 miles; 3 hours. Moderate difficulty – right to . Here is the Honesty Return to Mytholmroyd (walk 4 in reverse) some uphill and one steep climb. Box hut, where you can buy food or drink for 4 miles; 2 hours. An easy wallk. turns off left. Go straight over for 100 yds From the station, follow the main Cragg your walk! Follow the path which soon heads From Stoodley Pike follow the Pennine Way until the track turns sharply left downhill. sharply left uphill, and continue until you Vale Road then turn right at the Fire Station downhill. The path goes through a gap in a Follow this track until the path turns sharply reach a T-junction. Gallery. Walk up the short, steep road and stone wall. A few yards after this there’s a right. Continue through the hamlet of Old turn left into Nest Lane. Turn right here and follow this long track 3 signpost pointing the Pennine Way through a Chamber. Just after the last building, turn left keeping straight on towards the monument, gap in another wall. Follow this rather stony down the road – tarmac at first but eventually Follow this lane for about ¾ mile. When the eventually joining the . Go path down to a T- junction. cobbled. tarmac ends keep right and continue until through the gate at farm and Turn right here. After a farm, continue to a At the bottom of this lane, turn right into you reach a left turn marked as Spencer Lane. soon a Pennine Way signpost directs you up crossroads. Here the Pennine Way turns off to Wood Hey Lane, and continue to the far end Follow this steep lane – cobbles at first but the track to the left - a steady incline. The From White House Pub the left, but you continue straight on along of Nest Lane. Then take the short steep road eventually tarmac. Turn right at the top and track goes through a gap in a wall where you this very long track until you reach a second on the right down to Cragg Road, then left to follow the track through the hamlet of Old turn right and you can see the monument cross roads where the Pennine Bridleway head back to the station. Chamber keeping straight on past a turning ahead. This is the quickest route to the Pike. Map © Crown copyright and database right 2014. Ordinance Survey Licence No: 10023069

own Council own T

Hebden Royd Hebden

inside the Scottish border. Scottish the inside

National Park, finishing at Kirk Yetholm, just just Yetholm, Kirk at finishing Park, National

the Yorkshire Dales and the Northumberland Northumberland the and Dales Yorkshire the

Peak District, north through the South , Pennines, South the through north District, Peak

(429 km) from , in the northern Derbyshire northern the in Edale, from km) (429

backbone of . The trail runs 267 miles miles 267 runs trail The England. of backbone

history, which takes the walker along the rugged rugged the along walker the takes which history,

The Pennine Way is a National Trail, steeped in in steeped Trail, National a is Way Pennine The

including Calderdale. including

www.mytholmroydwalkers.org

Way passes through the , Pennines, South the through passes Way

Pike. Altogether 33 miles (53 km) of the Pennine Pennine the of km) (53 miles 33 Altogether Pike.

Town Council and WYMetro for funding this project. this funding for WYMetro and Council Town

crosses the Calderdale Way very near Stoodley Stoodley near very Way Calderdale the crosses

Calderdale Council, and particularly to Royd Hebden to particularly and Council, Calderdale

Waymarked with an acorn, the Pennine Way Way Pennine the acorn, an with Waymarked

a Walkers are Welcome town. Thanks also due to to due also Thanks town. Welcome are Walkers a

The Pennine Way Pennine The

supporters who have helped to make Mytholmroyd Mytholmroyd make to helped have who supporters

Mytholmroyd Walkers’ Action would like to thank local local thank to like would Action Walkers’ Mytholmroyd

Acknowledgements

connect the Calderdale Way to the valley floor. valley the to Way Calderdale the connect

Calder. There are numerous link paths which which paths link numerous are There Calder. There are two pubs and three cafes in the town. the in cafes three and pubs two are There

and old mill towns on the banks of the River River the of banks the on towns mill old and

the health centre – on weekends only. weekends on – centre health the •

stone causeway, passing through hillside villages villages hillside through passing causeway, stone

the furniture showroom on the main road main the on showroom furniture the • gritstone hillsides with sections of traditional traditional of sections with hillsides gritstone

www.hbwalkersaction.org.uk following old packhorse ways across the open open the across ways packhorse old following (honesty box) (honesty

encircles Halifax, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden, Todmorden, and Bridge Hebden Halifax, encircles Mytholmroyd community centre, Caldene Avenue Avenue Caldene centre, community Mytholmroyd • £1 from Hebden Bridge Tourist Information Centre - - Centre Information Tourist Bridge Hebden from £1

and other groups. The 50 mile (80 km) walk walk km) (80 mile 50 The groups. other and

For those arriving by car, there are car parks at: parks car are there car, by arriving those For Three waymarked walks from Hebden Bridge Hebden from walks waymarked Three .

was pioneered in 1978 by local civic trusts trusts civic local by 1978 in pioneered was

For timetables – see www. wymetro.com www. see – timetables For return route and walk back to Mytholmroyd along the canal. the along Mytholmroyd to back walk and route return

This long distance path around Calderdale Calderdale around path distance long This

which includes a walk to Stoodley Pike. You could follow their their follow could You Pike. Stoodley to walk a includes which the 901 bus). 901 the

The Calderdale Way Way Calderdale The

Hebden Bridge Walkers’ Action have also published a leaflet leaflet a published also have Action Walkers’ Bridge Hebden on the main road outside the Dusty Miller (see panel - - panel (see Miller Dusty the outside road main the on

Manchester. There is also a regular bus service, stopping stopping service, bus regular a also is There . walks for more experienced walkers. experienced more for walks

Leeds and , through the valley to and and Rochdale to valley the through Bradford, and and wilder than at the valley bottom. In bad weather, these are are these weather, bad In bottom. valley the at than wilder and

www.heartofthepennines.org.uk

The Caldervale Line runs a regular train service from from service train regular a runs Line Caldervale The Take care – the weather at Stoodley Pike can be much colder colder much be can Pike Stoodley at weather the – care Take

see information, local For

Mytholmroyd is well-served by both rail and bus services. services. bus and rail both by well-served is Mytholmroyd

course it is downhill! is it course

www.walkersarewelcome.org.uk

Local facilities Local

The return walk (walk 4 in reverse) is relatively easy, and of of and easy, relatively is reverse) in 4 (walk walk return The

boast Walkers are Welcome status. status. Welcome are Walkers boast

1 and 2 involve the steepest climbs. steepest the involve 2 and 1

walkers in this way. Well over 100 towns now now towns 100 over Well way. this in walkers celebrated the local countryside in many of his poems. his of many in countryside local the celebrated

children as young as 8 years old could manage this one. Walks Walks one. this manage could old years 8 as young as children

which aims to make more towns welcoming to to welcoming towns more make to aims which birthplace of the late poet laureate who who Hughes Ted laureate poet late the of birthplace

journey up Cragg road. Walk 4 is the easiest of the walks and and walks the of easiest the is 4 Walk road. Cragg up journey

Walkers are Welcome is a national network network national a is Welcome are Walkers counterfeiters called the Cragg Coiners, and it is the the is it and Coiners, Cragg the called counterfeiters

more quickly to the start. Walks 2 and 3 start with a 901 bus bus 901 a with start 3 and 2 Walks start. the to quickly more

18th century it was home to a notorious gang of of gang notorious a to home was it century 18th

of public transport. public of

walkable from Mytholmroyd, but a short bus journey gets you you gets journey bus short a but Mytholmroyd, from walkable

Mytholmroyd has two claims to fame – in the the in – fame to claims two has Mytholmroyd

promoting local walks, and encouraging the use use the encouraging and walks, local promoting

combined in different ways to make a circular walk. Walk 1 is is 1 Walk walk. circular a make to ways different in combined

people walking by publishing walk leaflets, leaflets, walk publishing by walking people Clough, managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Trust. Wildlife Yorkshire the by managed Clough,

monument at Stoodley Pike and, one return walk. They can be be can They walk. return one and, Pike Stoodley at monument

are welcoming. In addition, we aim to get more more get to aim we addition, In welcoming. are the area’s only nature reserve to be found at Broadhead Broadhead at found be to reserve nature only area’s the

four different walks from Mytholmroyd to the striking peace peace striking the to Mytholmroyd from walks different four

wanting to walk in our beautiful countryside countryside beautiful our in walk to wanting towpath, through woodland and across the moors, with with moors, the across and woodland through towpath,

This leaflet, drawn up by Mytholmroyd Walkers’ Action, sets out out sets Action, Walkers’ Mytholmroyd by up drawn leaflet, This

that facilities for both local people and visitors visitors and people local both for facilities that transport links. Footpaths abound along the canal canal the along abound Footpaths links. transport

and bridleways are in good condition, and and condition, good in are bridleways and and with dramatic scenery, delightful walks and good good and walks delightful scenery, dramatic with and Pike: four walks four Pike:

This means we try to ensure that footpaths footpaths that ensure to try we means This Calder Valley just over a mile from Hebden Bridge, Bridge, Hebden from mile a over just Valley Calder

Mytholmroyd is a Walkers are Welcome town. town. Welcome are Walkers a is Mytholmroyd Mytholmroyd is a small town which lies in the Upper Upper the in lies which town small a is Mytholmroyd

Mytholmroyd to Stoodley Stoodley to Mytholmroyd Mytholmroyd Welcome are Walkers

Stoodley Pike: a history note The 901 bus Map and guide Stoodley Pike is a 1,300-foot (400 m) hill in the south £1 Pennines, noted for the 121 feet (37 m) Stoodley Pike For walks 1 to 3, take the 901 bus from either the Dusty monument at its summit, which dominates the moors Miller on Road or by Mytholmroyd railway station. above the . The monument was For bus times, see www.wymetro.com or pick up a leaflet designed in 1854 by local architect James Green, and Mytholmroyd to from libraries or tourist information. completed in 1856 at the end of the Crimean War. It can be seen for miles around, and has helped many a Walk 1 - Mytholmroyd to Dauber Stoodley Pike: walker find their way. Bridge (only 10 mins walk) The monument replaced an earlier structure, started in 1814 and commemorating the defeat of Napoleon and Get off at the bus stop on Cragg Road opposite Dauber the surrender of Paris. It was completed in 1815, after Bridge. Four stops from the Dusty Miller, three stops from four walks the Battle of Waterloo (Napoleonic Wars), but collapsed Mytholmroyd railway station. in 1854 after an earlier lightning strike, and decades of Walk 2 - Mytholmroyd to the weathering. Its replacement was built slightly further from the edge of the hill. There is evidence to suggest Hinchliffe pub that some sort of structure existed on the site even Get off at the bus stop on Blackstone Edge Road opposite before the earlier monument was built. Church Bank lane. This is four stops after the Robin Hood pub on your left. Or ring the bell when you see the sign for St John’s church and the Hinchliffe pub on your right. Follow the signs to the pub for the start of the walk. Walk 3 - Mytholmroyd to the White House pub Get off at the bus stop on Rochdale Road after traveing all the way up Cragg Vale. Ring the bell as the bus passes Blackstone Edge reservoir on your right. The bus turns left onto Rochdale Road just before the stop. Walk in the opposite direction, crossing Turvin Road and keeping the reservoir on your right – 13 minutes on the bus then 5 minutes walk.

To Hebden Bridge and Manchester

Bus stop To Halifax \ and Leeds Caldene Ave. P P A646 P Brearley Station River Calder Bus stop Cragg Road Cycle Path

P Parking P Health Centre parking, weekends only