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to the Moors Post Oce to Hardcastle Colne Crags to Church The Old Grammar From the old and Keighley M65 Haworth is a small (ruin) School Museum Cricket stone bridge that Ground A6033 A629 It’s all online! nestled in Hebden A646 A6036 gives the town A Bridge 21 Things to See and Do L e 6 the heart of the its name, look e 0 Halifax 3 A629 If you’ve got the paper version of this guide search online W 3 A6033 across a roofscape A58 … with a difference. o M62 one of Simon Jenkins’ 100 Best ~ at the community owned o (‘Hebden Bridge guide 2019 pdf’) and download the electronic THE RAILWAY STATION WHAT’S ON? PICTURE HOUSE d Huddersfield of old coaching M66 British Stations. Fully accessible with new passenger lift (after and entertaining the town since 1921. Retaining many of its R M1 version, where all these links are live. Gives you access to so o inns and Victorian chapels, up to the distinctive a Easter). Its café has recently been judged the best in the country! original features, the cinema hosts a mix of art house and d Oldham much more information. double-decker houses ascending steep valley sides, and the moors K Opening hours bit.ly/2EYHbWK mainstream filmswww.hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk H e M60 A628 e ig and then to the woods and moors beyond. There are p h t l ~ at the TRADES CLUB voted one of the best small music o e Main Hebden Bridge websites n y cafes, restaurants and pubs galore, little independent THE VISITOR CENTRE 2016 Award-winner and the best s Selected road and rail lines only t

venues in the North www.thetradesclub.com ~ or at the a R Not to scale l V l shops, art galleries ~ in the evening our historic Picture ic o to place for information and recommendations about where to H r a ia d hebdenbridge.org LITTLE THEATRE http://hblt.co.uk R e b R House and the famous Trades Club music venue ~ wavy o d go and what’s on whilst you’re here. Plenty of walking and e o a n a d d W heartofthepennines.org.uk steps onto the Hebden Water where you can feed the cycling leaflets. Open every day 10am-5pm Winner of the Best Small Outdoor Market award a 01422 843831 MARKETS: ter ducks, opportunities for many walks and bike rides, and [email protected]. in 2015; located next to St George’s Square 4 days a week: food/ bit.ly/2FR3ly9 on ‘Visit ’ hundreds of quirky stone steps - where do they lead? general market - Thursday; bric-a-brac - Friday; local produce Search Instagram @hellohebdenbridge TOWN CENTRE TRAIL. Wander back in time around the town, ~ HEBDEN BRIDGE ~ NO.7 (WITH ) Arts Festival St Georges Square and arts & crafts - Saturday; local foods – Sundays ~ CALDER with historic and present day views of Hebden Bridge side- to the Moors Search Twitter HebdenbridgeOrg IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S COOL LIST OF HOLMES PARK Popular Skateboard Park, superb children’s ate G by-side. Visitors Centre £2.00 ~ DOUBLE DECKER HOUSING e dy 19 GLOBAL DESTINATIONS! ~ playground, outdoor exercise equipment and café. n n a Sa These unusual tall houses cling to the hillsides; the other side of L What’s on - when you’re visiting

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online: all the links are in 01422 843831 and Burnley ep to download list of all this year’s festivals B bit.ly/2Ih20TW Climb up part of the way for fabulous views. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hardcastlecrags A6 H St George’s P 46 oad Sq our Online! panel ~ Starting hebdenbridge@ytbtic. R yd te ro a t & events B ng S C with the visually stunning co.uk HX7 8AD In St George’s Square you’ll find ourFUSTIAN KNIFE sculpture HEPTONSTALL Delightful historic village full of interest ri gi G o Lane dg an e m orth e H g n Wadsw d w Library m commemorating the fustian industry which the town was including the world’s oldest octagonal Methodist chapel. L W P i o hebdenbridge.org an et e r r P e e ket Stre s B C A r s Mar t t c Eat & Drink 5 E S l i internationally famous for. It’s also a giant sundial set just Museum open weekends April-October. Poet is nd b a d e e l

n t p r 1 t Hebden Bridge o Locks E S S to ‘Hebden Bridge’ time ~ next to it WATER POWER OLD & buried in new graveyard. Delicious tea room. N S e e e H t hebdenbridge.org/food-drink w t l m 3 b l Post R NEW there’s a water wheel turning inside Hebden Bridge Mill eb o oad H UP TO THE MOORS Save yourself the effort and catch a bus H Oce (Innovation) – a mill has stood on this site since the 14th century Picture Sh Visitor Walking & Cycling up to the ‘Tops’ where you’re free to roam the moors. Or walk to trains to Todmorden, elf R House Centre – and an Archimedes screw in the river outside, generating Burnley and Manchester oad P Lock Stoodley Pike, the obelisk dominating the southern horizon. ad electricity ~ and across the river the which always w Ro TOWN HALL Ne hebdenbridge.org/walking R iv has an art exhibition, and waterfront cafe terrace. er Calder Holmes Explore the birthplace of Poet Laureate Ted C ald Park heartofthepennines.org.uk/path Hughes, just down the valley. You can even stay in the house to Stoodley Pike er ROCHDALE CANAL Watch boats at the marina (the former d a where he was born: www.theelmettrust.org/teds-house o P R B canal basin, next to the Visitor Centre) or going through the u Accommodation n rn o l ti e lock on the aqueduct crossing the River Calder; look over the Newly restored architectural jewel, this a y HALIFAX PIECE HALL P t al S R side for the curious carved head ~ Or take a boat trip on the ac o sole-surviving 18h century cloth hall is a now a wonderful piazza Pedestrian zone e a hebdenbridge.co.uk/accommodation 1 Antiques Centre H d Path ou Canal from Stubbing Wharf Pub a few minutes walk away. with a full programme of events www.thepiecehall.co.uk 2 Hebden Bridge hostel se P R bit.ly/2CoHzyc Steps 3 Croft Mill oa www.hebdenbridgecruises.com Advance booking only Calderdale Industrial Museum and Square Chapel Arts Centre d A to Mytholmroyd 4 Shoulder of Mutton Hebden Bridge 6 metres Station 46 and Halifax hebdenbridge.org/accomodation 07966 808717. are next door. 5 Book Case 0 50 100 150 N For more about Calderdale: www.visitcalderdale.com trains to Halifax, Bradford and Leeds Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right 2014 Festivals and Events Croft Mill Serviced Apartments Eat well, drink well Getting here Phone 01422 846 836 email [email protected] Walkers and cyclists welcome to TRAIN: Excellent rail services from Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Hebden Bridge is a town jam-packed with festivals and events Hebden Bridge supports more cafes, pubs, and Burnley make this the best way to get to Hebden Bridge. Station throughout the year ~ The Hebden Bridge Arts Festival and are welcome in restaurants than many other much larger places – fully accessible with new passenger lift (after Easter). Handmade Parade at the end of June, and Vintage Car Rally in another ingredient for a great day out. And they’re August are very wellknown, but there’s so much more to experience Hebden Bridge independent. No Starbucks, No Costa… just friendly BUS: From the station our network of little buses gets you easily hebden ~ To find out everything that’s on when you’re planning to visit local proprietors serving good coffee, tea, cakes, up to the hilltop settlements and the moors; the 500 service takes check online at hebdenbridge.org/events and hebdenbridge.org/ breakfasts, snack lunches and more. There are cafes you over the moors to Brontes’ Haworth and Worth Valley steam festivals ~ You can download a list of all this year’s festivals & In 2019 the Tour de Yorkshire returns to Calderdale, but not in old mills, by the canal, in the park, along the river, railway, only 30 minutes away. In Hebden there’s a 12 minute events at bit.ly/2Ih20TW Hebden Bridge, on 6th May - stage start in Halifax. The first visit everywhere. Many restaurants too, all reasonably service along the /Halifax (Mon-Sat). in 2015 came the year after the race stage through the town of the priced but serving quality, often local ingredients: bridge ONLINE TRAVEL INFORMATION: www.yorkshiretravel.net Tour De France itself! Hebden became the first ever ‘Walkers are Italian, Thai, Greek, Turkish, Vegetarian, Indian, Welcome’ town, so muddy boots are accepted here. Many guides Fish and Chips, English. And no fewer than 14 pubs/ FOOT OR CYCLE: The Calder Valley Cycle Way comes through for walkers and cyclists are available at the Visitor Centre. micro-pubs, with a vast selection of real ales from Hebden; the loop connects to the town. Bikes can independent brewers. be hired at the railway station: see www.bikeandgo.co.uk. WALK: There’s a full list of walks at www.hbwalkersaction.org. Croft Mill serviced apartments provide 4 star B&B and hotel levels and CAR: Parking is well sign-posted (locations on this leaflet map). uk/self-guided-walks/ www.heartofthepennines.org.uk/ of comfort and style, they are finished to the highest standard and The Pennine Way passes above the town, with Please note: in 2019 there will be roadworks on the A646 in have separate living space, luxury bedrooms and bathrooms with path-network Shop ‘independently’ Mytholmroyd, which may cause delays at peak times. the added freedom of your own separate living accommodation. now a Loop connecting to it. You can walk in the National Trust’s Hardcastle Crags; or for something more leisurely catch one of In 2016 Hebden Bridge won a ‘Great British High From £119 /night (vat included) COACH: Parking available in the layby adjacent to the marina our little buses up to the tops and then walk down. bit.ly/2Dtwboj Street’ award. Why? Because in place of the usual Long term rates from £60/night (vat included) (3 hour maximum stay). for pictures of all those quirky stone steps. chain stores that dominate most towns the vast majority of shops in the town are independent local BOAT: 24hr canal moorings available. CYCLE: We’re really on the cyclists’ map, including National outlets often selling local produce and art works. ACCESSIBILITY: lots of information available at Come and browse� Route 66 and the cycle paths along the valley. And if you fancy a There are bookshops, record shops, comic shops, hebdenbridge.org/accessibility including a step free access map our wide selection of� challenge why not up , ’s longest continuous jewellery shops, antique shops, outdoor clothes shops, fiction and� road climb: 5½ miles at an average gradient of 3%; or ‘Up the kitchen shops, dress shops, quality charity shops, non-fiction titles,� Buttress’ – just a little bit steeper. unusual gift shops, not to mention decent butchers, Staying here children’s,� Best value in town bakers and wholefood stores. Buy local bread, local stationery and� meat, local cheese. Market days are food/general literary gifts.� market - Thursday; bric-a-brac - Friday; local produce Don’t just be a day tripper. You can stay over and enjoy the and arts & crafts - Saturday; local foods – Sundays evening’s entertainment, the bars and restaurants and the quiet 29 Market St� of a country morning. Fit in that walk or pub lunch you didn’t Hebden Bridge� www.bookcase.co.uk� get round to yesterday or explore a little further. Full list of Across the Tops Enjoy the arts and crafts accommodation – hotels, B&Bs, inns, hostels, self catering “Excellent value, friendly & comfortable – a jewel in the Pennines” or camping – at hebdenbridge.co.uk/accommodation FIND AND FOLLOW You’ll find art and creativity all around Hebden US ONLINE bit.ly/2CoHzyc and hebdenbridge.org/accomodation – or get Bridge, especially at ArtsMill www.artsmill.org Visit Hebden Bridge Picture House - a help from the Visitor Centre 01422 843831 hebdenbridge@ recently-restored independent, not-for-profit Northlight www.northlightstudio.co.uk and cinema. We screen hand-picked new releases ytbtic.co.uk alongside arthouse and world cinema, Private & shared rooms Snug www.snug-gallery.com There are always 2019 Guide published by the Hebden Bridge Partnership thought-provoking documentaries, family matinees and your favourite classics. Look out from £20 per bed in a 4-bed dorm to exhibitions in the Town Hall, and the Visitor Centre. www.hbpartnership.org.uk with financial assistance from Calderdale Council for special events, Q&A sessions and regular £60 for an ensuite double (inc. light breakfast) Hebble End Works on the canal has around 10 artisan Text by Anthony Rae. Designed by Kreative Bomb www.kreativebomb.com live cinema broadcasts of theatre, music, Map by Simon Platt opera and ballet. 10 minutes walk from town in the crafts shops bit.ly/2FYeVFj Our single screen cinema dates from 1921 yet offers new seating, spacious leg Photography - Special thanks to Rory Prior www.lightpriority.net for front room, excellent value, and great cinema technology coupled with friendly grounds of the historic Birchcliffe Chapel cover picture and additional photography. Festival: Craig Shaw Photography. personal service. Pick up a programme at the cinema or visit hbph.co.uk 2016 Handmade Parade: Graham Wynne. Stoodley Pike: Andrew Smith/The Open 7 days Entry from Accessible Licensed Bar 01422 843183 Smithery B&B a week only £5.50 for all & Kiosk www.hebdenbridgehostel.co.uk you’ll need Printed by Print Bureau printbureau.co.uk + All the online links