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pennineprospects ACCESS ZONES & Greater : includes East Lancashire (Preston–), West Pennine (Manchester –Clitheroe), Oldham (Manchester–Oldham–) and East Lancashire steam (Bury–) lines. & : includes (/Bradford–) and (Leeds/Bradford–) and steam Bus link Ilkley Burley–in–Wharfedale to (–) lines. & Rochdale: Caldervale (Leeds–Bradford–Halifax–Rochdale–Manchester & Preston–Halifax–York) line. Steeton & Skipton Keighley Guiseley & Oldham: (Manchester Victoria–Ashton– Huddersfield (Leeds) and Penistone (Huddersfield–Penistone– Barnsley–Sheffield) lines. Shipley Metro link Clitheroe Oxenhope Colne Heritage Line Nelson Metro Day Rover Ticket Whalley BRADFORD valid in this area BRADFORD LEEDS Langho Interchange Bramley Station closed Central Ramsgreave Church & New & Wilpshire Rishton Oswaldtwistle Huncoat Hapton Cottingley PRESTON Burnley Manchester Road Rose Grove Morley BLACKBURN HALIFAX Mytholmroyd Mill Hill Sowerby Ravensthorpe Darwen Bridge Lostock Hall PleasingtonCherry Tree Bamber Bridge Littleborough Mirfield Leyland Entwistle Smithy Bridge Deighton Milnrow Newhey Rawtenstall HUDDERSFIELD Chorley Bromley Cross Rochdale Shaw & Crompton Heywood Lockwood Ramsbottom Castleton Derker Berry Brow Adlington Hall i’ th’ Wood Honley Mills Hill OLDHAM Mumps Brockholes Bury Marsden Horwich Parkway Lockstock Moston OLDHAM Werneth Stocksmoor BOLTON Shepley Moses Gate Dean Hollinwood Greenfield Lane Failsworth Denby Farnworth Dale Kearsley Mossley Salford Clifton Central Ashton–under–Lyne Stalybridge MANCHESTER Victoria

KEY TO EVENTS Nature event Suitable for accompanied children – age restrictions may apply Walk Wheelchair accessible walk Social event Road cycle ride Event accessible by bus Evening event Mountainbike ride Skills course Strictly no dogs Horse ride Walking for Health Difficulty rating for the above: Easy (E), Dogs welcome on lead Moderate (M), Hard (H) or Strenuous (S) Pendle Walking Festival link No smoking Backpacking event Ramblers 75th anniversary Grid sq. I3 Location of event’s start point National Trust event Watershed Landscape event (see map pages 16/17)

Heritage event Year of Biodiversity event

02 THE WALK & RIDE FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 13 – 28 2008 Welcome to the southpennines Walk & Ride Festival The South Pennines is one of the best places in for fresh air and exercise – and this year’s Walk & Ride Festival offers plenty of opportunity for you to get your share! Last year’s festival attracted record numbers. Not only did many residents enjoy the South Pennines while leaving their cars at home but many others were attracted here from further afield. The programme for 2010 is even more diverse, featuring something for everyone – short, medium and long walks, cycle and mountain bike rides ranging from easy to challenging, several horse riding events and two walks which each last an entire weekend! Please note: walks and rides are led by experienced guides A number of themed walks are inspired by our successful from local authorities or relevant voluntary organisations Watershed Landscape programme which focuses on the within the South Pennines, to whom queries should be role our hills and reservoirs have played in the provision directed. Events are suitable for people of average fitness of water, from the earliest times, through the Industrial but the leader has the right to refuse to take someone on Revolution to the present. the grounds of health or unsuitable clothing or footwear. Other walks celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Ramblers Well–behaved dogs on leads are usually allowed (unless – we're delighted that Ramblers trustee Kate Ashbrook is stated) subject to the leaders’ discretion and any restrictions opening the festival in her capacity as patron of the Walkers (eg, access land or nature reserves) which might apply. Are Welcome movement – and we also join with events Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. across the globe to celebrate International Year of In the case of adverse weather conditions or other Biodiversity. unexpected circumstances, leaders reserve the right to Virtually every event is accessible by public transport and, change or cancel events. While they will take every care, with only a few exceptions, all are free and don’t need walkers and riders remain responsible for their own safety booking. Just turn up and join the fun. Enjoy! at all times, and are asked to stay with the group unless they have informed the leader.

Pam Warhurst, chair, Pennine Prospects

FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 11–26 2010 03 Enjoy the southpennines landscape The South Pennines area is a very special place. initiative led by Natural England and the police, to prevent Straddling the West –Lancashire border, rural crime such as illegal off-roading, fly tipping and other this distinctive landscape of high moorland and deep anti-social activities. wooded valleys provides a wonderful playground for those Several festival events highlight the area’s rich tapestry who enjoy fresh air and outdoor exercise, as well as forming of wildlife habitats and bear the symbol of the International part of the national watershed: rain falling here flows either Year of Biodiversity, declared by the United Nations to west to the Irish sea or east to the North Sea. promote the understanding of biodiversity’s importance The area’s beauty has long inspired novelists and poets, to a healthy environment. such as the famous Brontë sisters of Haworth and late poet This year is also the 75th anniversary of The Ramblers, laureate Ted Hughes, as well as artists such as sculptors the charity that campaigns to make walking available to Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. everyone through access improvements and encouraging The dramatic landscape is rich in social and industrial families and those who do not walk at all. Their many heritage while its moorlands, designated under European celebratory walks in the programme are highlighted with law as a Special Protection Area, have international a red anniversary balloon. importance for wildlife, particularly upland ground–nesting For more information about Pennine Prospects please birds such as twite and short–eared owl. contact Ann Atkins, Company Secretary, 4th Floor, Pennine Prospects was established in 2005, by a partnership Jacobs Well, Bradford BD1 5RW (01274 433536), www.pennineprospects.co.uk. of local authorities, government bodies, utility companies and others, to champion the regeneration, conservation and promotion of the area’s landscape and heritage, while improving access from surrounding towns and cities. The Walk and Ride festival is funded through Pennine Prospects by the South Pennines LEADER programme, which supports community projects. LEADER is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union and managed by Yorkshire Forward in the Yorkshire & Humber Region. This year’s Walk & Ride Festival will see the launch of Pennine Prospects’ Walk Cycle Ride website www.walkridesouthpennines.co.uk, a new online tool to help residents and visitors enjoy the South Pennines. Pennine Prospects aims to make the LEADER–funded site a comprehensive directory of walking, cycling and riding routes in the South Pennines. The natural resources of the South Pennines – particularly its role as a water gathering ground for both industry and the growing urban populations – played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries. As a result we have a striking network of upland reservoirs – a man–made lake district. Pennine Prospects Watershed Landscape project, grant aided by the Heritage Lottery Fund, works with partners to support related landscape restoration, access and heritage projects in the area. Many of the walks and rides in this festival programme incorporate aspects of the Watershed Landscape and the project will include the development of a network of Reservoir Trails for walkers. Countryside managers in the South Pennines are also helping with Moorwatch – www.moorwatch.com – an

04 A landscape for the future, a space for everyone... Enjoy the southpennines the sustainable way Away from its bustling towns and friendly villages, the South after 9.30am Mondays to Fridays. You can use your Day Pennines is a wild area of crag–rimmed, peaty moors sliced Rover as far as the boundary and pay the open by wooded cloughs and tumbling streams – it can excess to the next station – eg, to Littleborough or Cononley. offer as much remoteness and tranquillity as you desire! Buy Day Rovers in advance from staffed rail stations, Metro Thanks to its wonderful public transport network, however, Travel Centres and many post offices and tourist information it is remarkably accessible. centres within West Yorkshire. Adult bus–only Day Rovers can be bought from drivers. We hope that you’ll take the opportunity to leave your car at home this year and help minimise the festival’s carbon Northern Rail’s South Pennines Day Ranger (£18.50 for footprint by travelling to events by bus and train. Most adults, £9.25 for children, £12.20 for Railcard–qualifying events can be reached this way and many even start from travellers, with other discounts for Family & Friends Railcard rail stations and bus stops – icons with each event listing holders) is valid for travel on certain South Pennines lines, indicate the best way to get to the start by public transport. including the Caldervale, the Oldham Loop (partially closed), Huddersfield and Penistone lines. Its Lancashire Day Ranger To help you plan your day out, we’ve divided the South ticket is valid on certain South Pennines lines including the Pennines into four major rail Access Zones, corresponding East Lancashire, West Pennine and Caldervale (between to key lines across and through the Pennines. Rail icons in Manchester and Hebden Bridge) routes. Prices are £18 for the event listings are appropriately coloured to help you adults, £9 for children and £11.90 for those with Railcards. identify which line serves your event. Northern Rail’s East Lancashire Day Ranger will save you To plan journey times, pick up Northern Rail or Metro money on the , and the West Pennine pocket timetables from any staffed station, travel centre or line between Bolton and Clitheroe, as well as on certain tourist information centre in the South Pennines or main buses within East Lancashire and as far as Todmorden, catchment town and cities. Information on heritage lines Keighley and Skipton. It costs £10 for adults, £5 for children can usually be found in tourist information outlets and and £20 for families of up to four people including a leaflet racks. maximum of two adults. You can find information on all local South Pennines rail Prices were correct at time of going to press. services at www.northernrail.org. West Yorkshire bus and train information is available at www.wymetro.com, Greater photograph by John Manning Manchester bus times can be seen at www.gmpte.com, while Lancashire bus service details are available at www.transportforlancashire.com. For details of bus and rail services anywhere in the South Pennines call Traveline on 0871 200 2233 (calls from landlines cost 10p per minute; mobile phone rates might vary) or visit www.traveline.org.uk. For the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (www.kwvr.co.uk) call 01535 647777, for the East Lancashire Railway (east–lancs–rly.co.uk) 0161 764 7790. SAVE MONEY ON FARES Discount rail and bus tickets can you save money when travelling to Walk & Ride Festival events. People with rail cards and concessionary fare permits can make even greater savings with available cheap day return and single tickets. Best value for those travelling within West Yorkshire is the Metro Day Rover ticket – costing £5.30 for rail only, £5 for bus only, £6.20 for train and bus, £2.65 for concession and £8.80 for a family of two adults and up to three children, or one adult and four children. These tickets are valid on trains and/or buses all day Saturdays and Sundays, and

A landscape for the future, a space for everyone... 05 festivalevents Welcome to the 2010 South Pennines Walk & Ride Festival!

WELCOME to the 2010 South Pennines Walk & Ride Festival! Our launch, in Ilkley on September 11, is hosted by the town’s Walkers Are Welcome group – come and join us over a cup of tea in Riddings Hall, from 9.45am, browse different outdoor groups’ stalls and pick up local walking information. Ilkley, with its famous moorland backdrop, is an ideal centre for walking and many other activities. It has great facilities for outdoor enthusiasts as well as excellent bus and rail connections for those who’d prefer to leave their vehicles at home. We’re delighted that the festival will be officially opened by Kate Ashbrook, patron of the national Walkers Are Welcome Towns Network. Kate is one of the best–known defenders of the country’s rights of way network and common land, and is also Walkers in Ilkley: photograph by Steven Gillis at HD9 Imaging a trustee of The Ramblers – her presence in the South photograph by Andrew McCloy (courtesy of The Ramblers/ Launch event walks Pennines today is doubly (dogs welcome on leads unless appropriate as many festival The Open Spaces Society) events mark The Ramblers 75th anniversary. otherwise stated) A full programme of activities in and around Ilkley has been laid on for the day, in addition to those other Walk & Ride Decorative Features of Ilkley Buildings Festival events taking place elsewhere across the (self–guided) South Pennines. 10.30am–4pm, from Riddings Hall This morning will also see the launch of the new Walk Cycle Ride website – www.walkridesouthpennines.co.uk – Distance: 1 mile a wonderful new tool for anyone interested in outdoor Host: Ilkley Civic Society www.ilkley.org/civicsociety recreation in the South Pennines area. The site will grow over the coming months to provide an indispensible one–stop resource. Come and chat to those behind the E site, and find out how you can help! The opening ceremony will take place at 10am. Afterwards, From the Twelve Apostles to Riddings Hall will be open for browsing until 4pm. the Swastika Stone For more information, visit the Ilkley Walkers Are Welcome pages at www.visitilkley.com. Ilkley is located in grid 10.30am, from Ilkley Rail Station square I2 on the centre page map. Distance: 7 miles (4 hours) Symbols for all Ilkley Launch events: Guide: Colin Speakman (01943 430652), Ilkley Walkers are Welcome, www.visitilkley.com

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06 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Moor & Dale Dales Way Taster (return fare from Otley needed) 11am, from Riddings Hall 10.30am, outside Christ Church, The Grove, Distance: 7 miles (4 hours) Ilkley LS29 9LW Guide: Howard Lloyd (01943 601180, Distance: 7.5 miles [email protected]), Bradford Countryside Service, Guide: Jurjen Keessen (01943 850302), Otley Walkers are www.bradford.gov.uk/countryside Welcome, www.waw–otley.org.uk

M M ’s Woodlands Way Darwin in Ilkley 12pm from White Wells Road Car Park, Ilkley (SE117472) 10.45am, from bottom of Mill Ghyll, Ilkley, junction of Brook Street and The Grove Duration: 2 hours Guide: Tracy Gray, Friends of Ilkley Moor Project Officer Distance: 1 mile (1 hour) ([email protected], 0785 4447947), Guide: Ken Cooke (01943 602588), Ilkley Walkers are www.ilkleymoor.org Welcome, www.visitilkley.com Grid sq. H2 E E Ilkley Blue Plaque Walk A Ramble over Ilkley Moor 2pm from Ilkley Visitor Information Centre, Station Road, 11am, from Darwin Gardens Car Park, Wells Road, Ilkley Ilkley LS29 8HB Distance: 5.5 miles (4 hours) Distance: 1.5 miles (2 hours max) Guide: Martin Clive Bell (01943 817670), Ilkley Walkers are Guide: Helen Kidman (01943 609154), Ilkley Civic Society, Welcome, www.visitilkley.com www.ilkley.org/civicsociety

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Cow & Calf Rocks overlooking Ilkley: photoraph by Steven Gillis at HD9 Imaging

West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 07 Pennine and Bronte Ways Sat 11 Barden Marina & Beyond Sat 11 A linear walk along two fine South Pennines trails, Walk along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and with free outward transport provided. Booking sections of the Brontë and Pendle Ways – essential on 01282 661981 – the walk will go ahead refreshments available before, after and during whatever the weather and demand is expected to exceed the walk. Booking essential on 01772 534709. availability so please be sure to take your booked place Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks and help avoid having empty seats which could have gone Distance: 2.5 miles (2.5 hours) to others. Start/finish: Kingfisher Café, Barden Marina, Barden Lane, Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Burnley BB12 0DX (SD841350), 11am Distance: 12 miles Parking: free at Barden Mill Start/finish: Upper Ball Grove Car Park, Ball Grove Drive, Guide: Peter Short (01772 534709), Lancashire County Colne (SD908403), for free transport to Cowling, 9.30am Council, www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/countryside Guide: Mark Wakeman (07974 793009), Pendle Walking Festival, www.walkinginpendle.co.uk Grid sq. E4 E Grid sq. F3 H/S National Park on Your Doorstep Sat 11 Sat 11 Walk from the centre of Meltham to the moorland of the Peak National Park, looking at history Walking back to Colne from via Catlow and landscape. and Wycoller, with free outward transport. Booking Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink essential on 01282 661981 – the walk will go ahead Distance: 5 miles (3 hours) whatever the weather and demand is expected to exceed Start/finish: Meltham bus turnaround (SE100105), 1pm availability so please be sure to take your booked place Guide: Peter Schofield, National Park Ranger and help avoid having empty seats which could have been (07774 140872), www.peakdistrict.gov.uk allocated to others. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Grid sq. I7 Distance: 11 miles M Start/finish: Upper Ball Grove Car Park, Ball Grove Drive, Colne (SD908403) for free transport to Hurstwood, 10am Canal Walk & Boat Ride Sat 11 Guide: Ron Whalley (01282 613282), Pendle Walking Festival, www.walkinginpendle.co.uk Join us for a walk and ride along the Rochdale Canal. Booking essential for this free event on 01706 373421. Grid sq. F3 Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink H Distance: 3 miles (3 hours max) Start/finish: Canal Wharf Hollingworth Road, behind Littleborough Railway Station (SD938163), 1pm Parking: Littleborough Rail Station or Canal Street Wharf Guides: Ann Thomas, Blue Badge Guide, and Brian Holden, Rochdale Canal Society, c/o Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre (01706 373421)

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Saturday, September 4, to Sunday, September 12 Discover neighbouring Pendle’s beautiful countryside over nine days of more than 80 free guided walks for people of all abilities. For a free programme: contact 01282 661963, email [email protected] or visit www.walkinginpendle.co.uk

08 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Castleshaw Roman Forts Sat 11 Circular Sun 12 Saddleworth Historical Society members guide tours of A 13–mile hard walk taking in views of the Colne Valley the Roman sites, with views of the Roman Road between from Marsden to . the fortresses of Chester and York. Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink Things to bring: waterproofs, good footwear Distance: 13 miles (7 hours max) Distance: 0.5 miles (1 hour) Start/finish: Marsden Railway Station (SE047119), 10am Start/finish: meet at Castleshaw Fort (SD999097). Parking: visitor car park at railway station Turn off the A62, two miles north–east of Delph along Guide: National Trust (01484 847016), Marsden Moor Waterworks Road. Past Castleshaw centre. At bend follow Estate, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/marsdenmoor markers up the field to the fence at the top of the hill, 2pm Parking: free adjacent to Castleshaw centre, Grid sq. H7 on Waterworks Road H Guide: James Carr, Saddleworth Historical Society (01457 873612), www.saddleworth–historical–society.org.uk Chairman’s Crompton Sun 12 Grid sq. G7 Circuit Crawl M Walk the Four Cs on the Shaw & Crompton Parish Council to Delph + 2 mile walk or chairman’s traditional Crompton Circuit around the parish Brunn Clough +1.5mile walk boundary of Shaw & Crompton, a slightly shorter version to Greenfield + bus to Delph + 2 mile walk of the seven–yearly historic “Beating the Bounds”. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Distance: 11 miles (6 hours max) Family Fun on the Farm Sat 11 Start/finish: second car park at Dunwood Park, Small Brook Road, Shaw, Oldham (SD941099), 10am This award–winning farm offers a very popular Parking: free in car parks on or near Small Brook Road walk, finding out about the animals and enjoying Guide: Shaw & Crompton Parish Councillor Diane the idyllic surrounding countryside. Refreshments Williamson. For more details call parish clerk Dr Ray Hughes available. (01706 847590) Things to bring: good footwear Distance: 2 miles Grid sq. G7 Start/finish: Thornton Hall Farm, off Skipton Road, M/H Thornton–in–Craven (turning opposite St Mary’s Church) (SD904482), 2pm Guides: John and Sandra Harrison (01282 841148), Tracking the Boundary Sun 12 Thornton Hall Farm/Pendle Walking Festival, A walk over moors and hills, tracing the Wycoller www.walkinginpendle.co.uk boundary, with breathtaking scenery. Grid sq. F2 Things to bring: Walking gear, snacks, E lunch & drinks Distance: 10 miles (6 hours max) Start/finish: Aisled Barn, Wycoller BB8 8SY (SD933392), 10.30am Parking: free in Trawden Road (SD926395) or Haworth Road (SD937393) car parks (15 minute walk) Guide: Mark Chung (01772 534709), Lancashire County Council, www.lancashire.gov.uk

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West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 09 Pinhaw & Robert Wilson’s Grave Sun 12 Through the Lens Sun 12 Visit Pinhaw Beacon and nearby Robert Wilson’s Find out more about the latest wildlife recording Grave before crossing Elslack Moor, plantation equipment, direct from the manufacturers and reservoir to return from Thornton–in–Craven along part of the . Venue: Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre, Rakewood Road, Littleborough OL15 0AQ (SD939154) Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Parking: pay & display at start Distance: 10 miles Time: drop in from 11am (5 hours) Start/finish: White , Riley Street, (SD909466), Hosts: Pennine Photographic and Binocular Centre 10.30am (www.pennineonline.com) & Hollingworth Lake Visitor Guide: Keith Pickup (01282 844616), Pendle Walking Centre (01706 373421), www.visitrochdale.gov.uk Festival, www.walkinginpendle.co.uk Grid sq. F6 Grid sq. F2 H Cold Edge Sun 12

Denton & Middleton Sun 12 A canal–side ride to Luddenden Foot, followed by a moorland climb past Warley Moor Reservoir with stunning A walk on the north side of the Wharfe views from a quiet road (part of an all–day ride from through fields and woodland. Blackburn – contact leader for full details). Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, Things to bring: helmet, puncture kit, snack & drinks lunch & drinks Distance: 20 miles (3 hours) Distance: 6.5 miles Start/finish: park entrance, New Road, Hebden Bridge Start/finish: south side of The Old Bridge, Stockeld Road, (SD992272), 12.30pm Ilkley (SE112480), 10.30am Parking: railway station Parking: on–street Guide: Tony Stott (01254 232537, 07890 520077), Guide: Keith Brown (01943 604521), Ilkley Walkers are Blackburn & District Cycle Touring Club, Welcome, www.visitilkley.com www.blackburnanddistrictctc.org.uk Grid sq. I2 Grid sq. G5 E/M E

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Moorland and valley walk. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks Distance: 6 miles (4 hours max) Start/finish: Ogden Reservoir, near Newhey (SD952122), 1pm Parking: at start Guide: Derek Clutterbuck (01706 344630), The Ramblers Rochdale Group, www.rochdaleramblers.co.uk

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10 TravelineTraveline 08710871 200200 22332233 Towneley Heritage & Woodland Day Sun 12 Cause & Effect: Human Influence on the Landscape Sun 12 Free day of environmental activities including chainsaw sculpture, willow , woodland Examine prehistoric artefacts then walk on to crafts, Civil War re–enactment, birds of prey, Rombalds Moor to relate them to the landscape traditional music and dance and guided walks. from which they came. Hourly shuttle bus from from noon. Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drinks Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, Duration: 4 hours max bus/rail fare Start: Manor House Museum, Castle Yard, Ilkley LS29 9DT Distance: 2 miles (1 hour) (SE116478), 1.30pm Start/finish: Outside Towneley Hall Gift shop entrance Guide: Gavin Edwards of Manor House Museum (SD856307): 1pm & 3pm, Woodland Heritage & Wildlife; (01943 600066) for Ilkley Walkers are Welcome, 2pm, Boggarts & Legends www.visitilkley.com Parking: at festival or pay & display nearby Grid sq. I2 Guide: Keith Wilson, Forest of Burnley woodlands officer (01282 664636), www.burnley.gov.uk M Grid sq. E5 E/M Sporting Ilkley – Now & Then Sun 12 A linear walk around some of Ilkley’s Some Old, Some New Sun 12 sporting venues. Things to bring: comfortable shoes A new footpath from Halifax town centre to Distance: 1.5 miles (2 hours max) Hall and the valley. Start: outside Ilkley Railway Station, 2pm Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink, Finish: New Brook Street Bridge, Ilkley camera, binoculars Parking: free on–street nearby, central car park accessible Distance: 5.5 miles (up to 3 hours) via The Grove or Brook Street Start/finish: Halifax Railway Station entrance (SD098249), Guide: Helen Kidman (01943 609154), Ilkley Civic Society, 1.30pm www.ilkley.org/civicsociety Parking: free or pay & display nearby Grid sq. I2 Guide: Iain Cameron, Calderdale Countryside Service (07899 991414) E

Grid sq. H5 Fun with Fungi Sun 12 M 12+ Hunt for edible mushrooms in the ancient meadows and woodlands of Wycoller Country Fossil Detectives Sun 12 Park. Booking essential on 01772 534709 for Seeking out fossils on the Pennine watershed at Todmorden cooking session & tasting after the walk. Free event Moor, tracing evidence of former life on mining sites and but a small charge may be made to cover food costs. streams (some rough terrain). Booking essential. Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink Things to bring: walking gear, plus fungi identification Distance: 5 miles (3.5 hours max) book, magnifying glass and trug (optional) Start/finish: junction of Flower Scar Road and A681 Distance: 2 miles (2 hours) Todmorden Road, Sharneyford (near summit – SD 888245), Start/finish: Pepper Hill Barn Study Centre, Wycoller BB8 1.30pm 8SY (SD932393), 2pm Parking: roadside at start Parking: free in Trawden Road (SD926395) or Haworth Guide: Arthur Baldwin (01706 214219), Groundwork Pennine Road (SD937393) car parks Lancashire (01254 669060, valleyofstone.org.uk) Guide: Peter Short (01772 534709), Lancashire County Council, www.lanashire.gov.uk/environment/countryside Grid sq. F5 Grid sq. F3 M E

West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 11 Halls, Hushings & Ancient Villages Mon 13 Train, Lake & Track Trail Tue 14

From an old village to hushings and the county boundary Station–to–station walk, skirting the southern side of – with halls and reservoirs thrown in! Please book to confirm Hollingworth Lake towards the foothills of the Pennine attendance. Moors via Whittaker Wood down to Littleborough. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink, bus/rail fare camera Distance: 5 miles (3 hours) Distance: 7.6 miles (5.5 hours) Start: outside the station car park entrance, Smithy Bridge Start/finish: Hurstwood car park (SD882312), off the A646 Road, Smithy Bridge (SD925151), 10.30am Burnley–Todmorden road, then Salterforth Lane, Hurstwood Parking: station car park, Smithy Street; limited on–street Lane, into the village, 10am nearby Parking: £1 donation at start Finish: Littleborough Station, Station Road, Littleborough Guide: Norman Mitchell (01282 772409/07974 500808) (SD934162) Guide: Carey Robinson (01706 924365), Rochdale Borough Grid sq. F4 Council, www.rochdale.gov.uk E Smithy Bridge Grid sq. F6 Mostly the Meltham Way – M but more! Mon 13 Hopscotch & Hills Tue 14 Catchwaters, reservoirs, woods, views and local history. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Public art, history and hills on this short circular to Diggle Distance: 10.5 miles and back. Start: car park behind Carlile Institute, off Huddersfield Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink, bus/rail fare Road (B6108), Meltham (SE101106), 10.15am Distance: 6.5 miles (3.5 hours) Parking: free at start Start/finish: Greenfield Railway Station (SD991046), Guide: Margaret Hill (01484 423944), Kirklees Countryside 10.55am Volunteers Parking: nearby Guide: Clarke Rogerson (0161 749 8412, 07764 490495), Grid sq. I7 Peak and Northern Footpath Society M/H 14+ www.peakandnorthern.org.uk

Grid sq. G7 Panorama, Vistas & Views Mon 13 M The interesting countryside around Crompton, Newhey and Shaw. Including Crompton Moor and Dunwood Park. Rest with the Shepherds Tue 14 Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink, bus/rail fare Short walk up to the Shepherd’s Rest pub for lunch. Distance: 10 miles (4 hours) Start/finish: Newhey Railway Station (SD937116 – note, Things to bring: walking gear the station is closed due to Metrolink work), 11am Distance: 5 miles (4 hours) Parking: on–street Start/finish: Todmorden Railway Station (SD946242), 11am Guide: Martin Riley (01706 848408, 07908 081959), Parking: at station and nearby Peak and Northern Footpath Society, Guide: Alan Forster, Oldham Ramblers Association www.peakandnorthern.org.uk (0161 652 2355)

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12 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Barden Mill to Tue 14 Mean Fields, Nuns & St Chad Wed 15

Walk along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and sections of Visit medieval hamlets on the hillsides around Saddleworth the Brontë and Pendle Ways – refreshments available before Church and explore the development from farming and after the walk. communities into textile centres. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink, bus/rail fare Distance: 5.5 miles (2.5 hours) Distance: 5.5 miles Start: Kingfisher Café, Barden Marina, Barden Lane, Burnley Start/finish: Brownhill Countryside Centre, Wool Road, BB12 0DX (SD841350), 10am Dobcross, Saddleworth (SD997063), 10.30am (five hours) Parking: free at Barden Mill Parking: at the start or Wood Road Wharf. Guide: Norman Mitchell (01282 772409/07974 500808), Guide: Alan Schofield, (0161 338 6555), Oldham Parks Pendle Leisure Trust & Let’s Walk in Pendle, www.whi.org.uk and Countryside Service (www.oldham.gov.uk)

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A Walk in Oldham’s Lake District Wed 15 Hills, Holes, Puddles & Poles Wed 15

Circular walk from Denshaw, visiting 10 reservoirs built by Upland areas south of Oxenhope. Oldham Corporation in the 19th and 20th centuries to meet Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, the demands of the industrial revolution, changing the lunch & drinks, camera, binoculars Saddleworth landscape. Refreshments from 9.30am and Distance: 7 miles (4 hours) afterwards in the village hall (www.denshawvillagehall.co.uk). Start/finish: Oxenhope Railway Station (SE032353), 10.30am Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drinks Parking: at station and nearby Distance: 10 miles (5.5 hours max) Guide: Iain Cameron, Calderdale Countryside Service Start/finish: Denshaw Village Hall, Ripponden Road, (07899 991414) Denshaw (SD975108), 10am Grid sq. G4 Parking: at start Guide: David Shipp (01457 875171), chairman, Wednesday M/H Walkers (www.wednesdaywalkers.org). Touch of the Orient Wed 15 Grid sq. G7 Have fun following the Wycoller Valley orienteering course E – free but booking essential.

Cononley Mine & Earby Museum Wed 15 Things to bring: walking gear, snack, lunch & drinks (café in village), compass with map graduation plate A day of two halves: a morning examining the remains (spares available) of Cononley Lead Mine (steep ascent), and an afternoon Distance: 3 miles (3 hours) visit to the fascinating Museum of Dales Mining, at Earby, Start/finish: meet outside the café near packhorse bridge from 2.45pm. in Wycoller village (SD936393) Parking: free in Trawden Road (SD926395) or Haworth Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drinks, Road (SD937393) car parks (15 minute walk) entrance fee Guide: Norman Mitchell (01282 772409/07974 500808) Distance: 3 miles (6 hours) Start: Cononley Railway Station (SD993468), 10.30am Grid sq. F3 Finish: walk ends Cononley, 1.30pm; event finishes at Earby E before 4.30pm Parking: restricted in Cononley; please park in Skipton and take train to Cononley Guide: Alan Butterfield, Earby Mines Research Group (01535 634140), www.yorkshiredalesminingmuseum.com Note: for afternoon visit car sharing from Skipton or catch Pennine Burnley 215 bus from Skipton to Earby at 2.05pm

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West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 13 Biodiversity of Hirst Wood & & Beyond Thu 16 the Canal Wed 15 Walk in the Forest of Trawden to the South Pennines’ Walk along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal from highpoint. Please book ahead for this walk. Saltaire, via Hirst Wood, to Bingley. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink, camera bus/rail fare, binoculars Distance: 8.5 miles (6 hours) max Distance: 3 miles Start/finish: Coldwell Activity Centre, Back Lane, Burnley Start: railway bridge, Victoria Road, Saltaire (SE139381), BD10 3RD (SD901364) 2pm Parking: free at start Finish: Bingley Market, Jubilee Gardens, centre of Bingley Guide: Norman Mitchell (01282 772409/07974 500808) (SE108392) Parking: Victoria Road, Saltaire Grid sq. F4 Guide: Susan Stead, Bradford Urban Wildlife Group H (01274 774912) Grid sq. I3 Meet the Alpacas Thu 16

E A linear walk along the Ryburn Valley hillsides – meeting alpacas, turkeys, ducks and other Small Mammals Wed 15 creatures – on to Norland Moor and Norland Town to see historic buildings. Returning along the Join Calderdale’s countryside staff to learn about Calderdale Way. (and hopefully find) small mammals that inhabit Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks some of the area’s nature reserves. Distance: 8 miles (5.5 hours) Things to bring: walking gear, insect repellent, camera Start/finish: Mill Fold Car park, off Elland Road, Ripponden Start/finish: top car park, , Halifax HX3 6XG (SE039197), 10.30am (SE106257), 7pm Parking: free at start Parking: at start Guide: Judy Gannon (01422 823491, 07771 517790), Guides: Chris Sutcliffe and Robin Dalton, Calderdale The Ramblers, Calderdale Group, www.ramblers.co.uk Countryside Service Sowerby Bridge Grid sq. H6 & bus Grid sq. I5 M E

Clarion Call Thu 16 Pennine People and Places Thu 16

Nestling in the Hidden Valley is the last Clarion House, Join Rae Street of the Friends of Hollingworth Lake a haven for walkers and cyclists. Sadly it’s not open to discover more about Littleborough’s history. Thursdays so please bring snacks! Booking essential on 01706 373421. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks Distance: 5 miles (2.5 hours) Distance: 6 miles (4 hours max) Start/finish: Victoria Park car park, Carr Road, Nelson Start/finish: Littleborough Square, Station Road, (SD853381) 10am Littleborough (SD939164), 1pm Parking: free at start Parking: Littleborough Railway Station Guide: Ron Whalley (07712 861665), Pendle Leisure Trust Guide: Rae Street, Friends of Hollingworth Lake & Let’s Walk in Pendle, www.whi.org.uk (01706 373421)

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14 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Heaton Woods Thu 16 Coiners, Cragg & Clough Fri 17

Join Bradford Ramblers for an evening walk. Visit the Cragg Vale valley to take in woodlands, farmland and moorland, and Calderdale’s only Things to bring: walking gear, drink, torch (optional) Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve. Distance: 4 miles Start/finish: Park Drive, Heaton, Bradford, at its junction Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drink with Emm Lane (SE145355), 7pm Distance: 4.5 miles (4.5 hours) Guide: Barry Pollard and John Gardiner, Bradford Ramblers Start/finish: Mytholmroyd Library at the bottom of Cragg (www.ramblersyorkshire.org, 01274 567030) Road, Mytholmroyd, HX7 5HR (SE012257), 10.30am Parking: on–street and car parks nearby Grid sq. I4 Guide: Chris Sutcliffe, Calderdale Countryside Service E/M (07769 954956)

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Backpacking between Trawden and Cowling: hills, farmland, Jumble Hole Clough Fri 17 wild flowers, and Wycoller with its ruined hall – believed to be Jane Eyre’s Ferndean Manor – and café. Follow the canal from Hebden Bridge into Jumble Booking essential – please contact leader. Hole Clough, visit Blackshaw Head and Hebble Hole, then historic to see the graves Things to bring: full backpacking gear including pack, of Sylvia Plath and David Hartley. lightweight tent, insulation mat, two–season sleeping bag, Riverside return to Hebden Bridge. cook kit (stove, pans, mug, etc), water, drink & food (meals and snacks) & fuel for two days and two nights. Campsite Things to bring: walking gear, snack, lunch & drinks fees, bus/rail fare & meal money. Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Distance: 8 miles (5.5 hours) Outdoor Leisure map 21 (South Pennines). Contact leader Start/finish: Hebden Bridge Marina, outside the Canal & for advice if necessary. Visitor Centre (SD993271), 10.30am Distance: 10–11 miles each day Parking: pay & display at station and in town (some free) Start/finish: Friday evening, Middle Beardshaw Head Farm Guide: Judy Gannon (01422 823491, 07771 517790), (01282 65257), Trawden near Colne, Lancashire (SD904382) The Ramblers, Calderdale Group, www.ramblers.co.uk (£5 per tent). Second night at Winter House Farm, Cowling (SD965429) (£4 per person). Hebden Bridge Grid sq. G5 Parking: free at start M Guide: Christine Roche (01270 764175/07812 632733), Backpackers Club, www.backpackersclub.co.uk Fairy Fold & Old Bess Fri 17

Colne Grid sq. F3 A full day’s walk from Laycock via Newsholme Dean, skirting M Keighley Moor reservoir then on to Haworth past Ponden and Lower Laithe reservoirs. Views, Water & Woods Fri 17 Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drinks, bus/rail fare Distance: 9 miles (5.5 hours) A circular walk around the upper Colne Valley using little Start: Laycock, near Keighley (10.30am) used paths across varied terrain. Finish: Haworth (4pm) Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink Parking: in Keighley, walk to start Distance: 7 miles (5.5 hours) Guide: Andrew Czenkusz (01274 585212), Bradford CHA Start/finish: Marsden Railway Station, 10.15am Rambling & Social Club (www.bradfordwalking.org) Parking: free nearby to Keighley, Grid sq. H3 Guide: Terry Norris (01484 840294), Peak and Northern then Bus 710 Footpath Society, www.peakandnorthern.org.uk M

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16 Traveline 0871 200 2233 The south pennines Walk & Ride Festival 2010

This is the South Pennines, the wonderful area of wild, high moors and narrow wooded cloughs that straddles the Yorkshire/Lancashire border offering some of England’s finest walking, cycling and riding country.

The majority of events during the 16–day Walk & Ride festival take place within the shaded area on our map. To locate the approximate start point of each, simply refer to the grid square reference featured alongside its entry in the listings.

For the full key to event symbols, please refer to the legend on page 2. Please note that not all bus operators allow cycles to be carried. Some rail services also limit the number of cycles that can be carried. Please contact individual operators for more information.

Several railway stations on the Oldham Loop line – namely Dean Lane, Failsworth, Hollinwood, Oldham Werneth, Oldham Mumps, Derker, Shaw & Crompton, New Hey and Milnrow – will be closed until 2011 at the earliest to allow for the extension of the Metrolink tram network between central Manchester and Rochdale, via Oldham.

For information about alternative services please contact Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive on 0871 200 2233 or at www.gmpte.com/info.

West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 17 The Todmorden Centenary Way Saddleworth Villages & Part 1 Sat 18 Moorland Ride Sat 18 Day One of our annual circumnavigation of the borough of Cycle through the villages, then on to the high roads Todmorden on the South Pennine’s finest waymarked trail! of Marsden Moor. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, Things to bring: helmet, puncture kit, drink bus/rail fare Distance: 25 miles (3 hours) Distance: 12 miles Start/finish: Uppermill Museum, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Start/finish: Todmorden Town Hall (SD937241), 9.30am near Oldham (SD995055), 10.30am Parking: plentiful – some free – in town Parking: free in Carr Lane, Uppermill Guide: Mick Chatham (01706 379318) Leader: Barrie Thomas, Saddleworth Easy Riders (0161 620 1620) Grid sq. F5 H Grid sq. H7 M Via Romanus Sat 18 Lakes of the Little Don Sat 18 A tour, led by Roman soldiers, of the Roman road linking Chester with York. With themed stops, demonstrations, A walk from Langsett in the Peak National Park and explanations of Roman life. looking at Langsett, Midhope and Underbank reservoirs. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, bus/rail fare Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink Distance: 12 miles (6 hours) Distance: 10 miles (6.5 hours) Start/finish: entrance to National Trust car park, Marsden, Start/finish: Langsett Barn car park (SE211005), 10.30am 10am Parking: free at start Parking: at start Guide: Gordon Danks, Peak District National Park ranger Guide: Helveticus (07891 094350) (07977 901797), www.peakdistrict.gov.uk Grid sq. J9 Marsden Grid sq. H7 H H The Brontë Connection Sat 18 Power in the Landscape: Sat 18 the Hebden Valley Mills Explore the Brontë Way and landmarks associated with the famous novelists. Free event but booking essential. Explore the history of waterpower in the Hebden Valley, visiting sites ranging from medieval corn and fulling mills Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, to 19th century dye works. Optional bus return from camera & binoculars recommended. Hardcastle Crags to Hebden Bridge at 12.30, or continue Duration: 7 hours independently to Gibson Mill, to return by bus from Widdop Start/finish: Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth Road car park. BD22 8DR (SE029372), 10.30am Parking: pay & display in Haworth Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks, Guide: Peter Short (01772 534709), Lancashire County return bus fare Council, www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/countryside Duration: 2.5 hours Start: St George’s Square, Hebden Bridge, 10am Grid sq. H3 Parking: town centre pay & display M Finish: Hardcastle Crags (SE988292) Guide: Justine Wyatt (01422 842121), Alternative Technology Centre, Hebble End Mill, Hebden Bridge HX7 6HJ, www.alternativetechnology.org.uk

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18 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Flowerscar – Black Scout Sat 18 Forward to Langsett through Summer Wine Country Sun 19 Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink Distance: 10 miles (5 hours) Full–day cycle ride passing through Summer Wine Country Start/finish: Hare & Hounds car park, Burnley villages on country lanes, with a café stop in and Road, Todmorden (SD930250), 11am lunch at the café at Langsett. Parking: at start Things to bring: drinks, helmet, puncture repair kit Guide: David Kay, Rochdale Ramblers (01706 374633) Duration: 6 hours Grid sq. F5 Start/finish: Somerset Bridge, Aspley, Huddersfield HD5 9AD (SE151163), 9am M Guide: John Gleadow, Kirklees Countryside Access Officer (01484 234077, [email protected]), and UP at Dovestone Walk & Ride Day Sat 18 Huddersfield & District CTC

Finale of Oldham Community Health Fund’s U Project offers Huddersfield Grid sq. I6 two health walks, a Nordic walk and a cycle ride. H Booking essential for Nordic walking and bike ride. Things to bring: walking gear/helmet, snacks & drinks Duration: 2 hours Todmorden Centenary Way Part 2 Sun 19 Venue: Dovestone Sailing Club (top of main car park), Our annual circumnavigation of the borough of Todmorden Dovestone, Greenfield (SE014033), 1pm on the South Pennine’s finest waymarked trail continues! Parking: pay & display at venue Host: Alan Keane, www.u–project.co.uk, Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, [email protected], 07808 770341 bus/rail fare Distance: 12 miles Grid sq. H7 Start/finish: Todmorden Town Hall (SD937241), 9.30am M Parking: plentiful – some free – in town Greenfield Guide: Mick Chatham (01706 379318)

Grid sq. F5 Bronte Big K Mountain Bike H Challenge Sun 19 Charity bike ride with choice of three routes – Charlotte, & Rochdale Canal Sun 19 Emily or Anne – in aid of Sue Ryder Care’s Manorlands hospice (more than £10,000 raised last year!). Pre–booking Follow old transport routes, including towpaths, recommended. Entry fee (more on the day) includes packhorse trails and railways post–ride dinner at the Bay Horse. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, Things to bring: helmet, puncture kit, drinks lunch & drinks Distance: up to 31 miles Distance: 12–14 miles (6.5 hours max) Start/finish: Bay Horse, Oxenhope, near Keighley Start/finish: Littleborough Railway Station car park (SE032348), registration from 8.30am (SD938163), 9.30am Parking: in the village, or Oxenhope Station overspill Parking: at start, free car park Guide: Mike Minnett (0161 798 7371), The Ramblers, Bury Contact: Andrew Wood, Sue Ryder Care Manorlands Group, www.buryramblers.com Hospice, 01535 640430, www.suerydercare.org, Grid sq. F6 www.sportkeighley.com H E/M/H Oxenhope Grid sq. G4

West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 19 Holme Valley Reservoirs Sun 19 Hidden Luddenden Sun 19

Ramble above the Holme Valley. Join Calderdale Ramblers on an exploration the Luddenden Valley. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, Distance: 10 miles lunch & drinks Start/finish: Digley Reservoir dam car park (SE111073), Distance: 12 miles 10am Start/finish: Hebden Bridge Marina (SD993271), 10am Parking: nearby Parking: pay & display in town Guide: Valerie, Huddersfield Ramblers (01484 511595, Guide: Maureen Ludlam (01422 843990), Calderdale www.ramblers.org.uk) Ramblers

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Marks Bottom Sun 19 Walk Through the Pennines Sun 19

A circular walk from Holmfirth swimming baths. A long walk to Piethorne Reservoir, meeting the Pennine Way and returning along a Roman Road. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks bus/rail fare Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink Distance: 6 miles (3.5 hours) Distance: 10 miles (6 hours max) Start/finish: swimming baths car park, Holmfirth Start/finish: Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre, Rakewood (SE145081), 10am Road, Littleborough OL15 0AQ (SD939153), 10.30am Parking: nearby Parking: pay & display at start Guide: John Lieberg, Huddersfield Ramblers (01484 Guide: Rochdale countryside ranger Peter Hill 662866, www.ramblers.org.uk) (01706 373421)

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Grandpa’s Day Out Sun 19 Walking with Women’s Suffrage Sun 19

Visit beauty spots in the hills and valleys where families Walk in the footsteps of Lavena Saltonstall and went for a day out in the early 1900s. other local suffragettes, and visit the square where Emmeline Pankhurst addressed a packed Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink meeting in 1907. The route skirts the Upper Calder Distance: 10 miles (6 hours) Valley hillsides and can prove tough for the unsuspecting! Start: Brownhill Countryside Centre, Woolroad, Dobcross, Booking essential via Hebden Bridge TIC on 01422 843831. Saddleworth (SD997063), 10am Parking: at start or Wool Road Wharf Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Guide: Alan Schofield, (0161 338 6555), Oldham Parks Distance: 8 miles (6.5 hours) and Countryside Service (www.oldham.gov.uk) Start: Mytholmroyd Station (Manchester platform), New Road, Mytholmroyd (SE012258), 10.30am +1 mile Grid sq. G7 Parking: limited near station M Finish: Dusty Miller pub, Mytholmroyd (near station) Guide: Jill Liddington, Mytholmroyd Walkers’ Action Grid sq. G5 M

20 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Peers Clough Packhorses Over the Watershed Sun 19 Open Day Sun 19 A high level route over the eastern ridge of Rossendale’s Meet locally bred rare breed fell ponies: learn how to look Pennine watershed to the attractive scenery on the after a horse, get information on rides and try a self–guided Calderdale side. section of the of the Pennine Bridleway. Short pony rides available. Things to bring: walking gear, snack, lunch & drink Distance: 8 miles (5.5 hours max) Things to bring: outdoor clothing, good footwear Start/finish: outside Shawforth Chapel, off Market St Venue: Peers Clough Farm, Peers Clough Road, Lumb, (A671), Shawforth (SD892205), 12.30pm Rossendale BB4 9NG (SD835256), drop-in between Parking: on–street, near start 11am–4pm Guide: David Humphries, Groundwork Pennine Lancashire Parking: at venue (bumpy approach) (contact Arthur Baldwin, 01254 669060), Guide: Chris Thomas (01706 210552), Peers Clough valleyofstone.org.uk Packhorses, www.peerscloughpackhorses.co.uk Grid sq. F6 Grid sq. E5 H E Horse riding near White Copice Dove Stone Stroll Sun 19

A short walk with a National Park Ranger around Dove Stone Reservoir, looking at landscape and history. Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink Distance: 2.5 miles (2.5 hours) Start/finish: ranger briefing centre, Dove Stone Reservoir car park off the A635 Holmfirth Road, Greenfield (SE013034), 1pm Parking: pay & display at start Guide: Andy Valentine, Peak District National Park ranger (07774 140872), www.peakdistrict.gov.uk

Grid sq. H7 Wonderful Wessenden by Hoof, E Wheel or Foot Sun 19 Breathtaking scenery in the reservoir valleys above Marsden, More To It Than Jam! Sun 19 by horse (led), cycle or on foot (self–guided), returning via Meltham Moor and Deer Hill. Shorter options in the Discover the edible plants of Wycoller and learn suitable Wessenden Valley. Followed by a barbeque, for which recipes. Tasting session after (donation towards food costs a small charge (£5 adults, £3 children) will be made. welcomed). Free event but booking essential on 01772 534709. Booking preferred. Children under 16 must be accompanied Things to bring: walking gear, plant guide and hand lens by an adult. might be useful, along with a digital camera to record the Things to bring: horse and cycle riders should wear helmets different plants. and fluorescents etc. Walking gear and puncture repair Distance: 1–2 miles (2 hours) kit where applicable. Riders should ensure safe, Start/finish: Pepper Hill Barn Study Centre, Wycoller well–fitting tack Country Park, near Colne BB8 8SY (SD932393), 2pm Distance: 10 miles, with 2– or 3–mile options (up to 4 hours) Parking: free in Trawden Road (SD926395) or Haworth Start/finish: Old Goods Yard, Marsden HD7 6DH Road (SD937393) car parks (SE047117), 11am (long ride), 12noon (other options) Guide: Peter Short (01772 534709), Lancashire County Parking: free at start, with horsebox parking Council, www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/countryside Contact: Pat Jones (07974 001221), Pole Moor Riding Club, Grid sq. F3 www.polemoorridingclub.co.uk E Grid sq. H7 E/H M/H M/H

West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 21 Circles – With a Twist Mon 20 Ryburn Double Trigger Tue 21

From an Elizabethan poet’s home to ancient monuments, Can you be bribed with free cake to ascend to two trig castles and halls. Please book a place on 01282 772409 points? A testing hike of more than 20 miles, with 3,800ft or 07974 500808. of ascent over 10 hours. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, Things to bring: walking gear, two snacks, lunch & plenty camera to drink, Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL21 (South Distance: 10 miles (8 hours max) Pennines), and a moderate level of fitness Start/finish: Hurstwood car park (SD882312), off A646 Distance: 20.5 miles (10 hours maximum) Burnley–Todmorden road, 10am Start/finish: outside Sowerby Bridge Railway Station café Parking: £1 donation at start (SE062235), 8am Guide: Norman Mitchell (01282 772409/07974 500808) Guide: Carole Engel (01484 606850, [email protected]), Calderdale Long Distance Grid sq. F4 Walkers Association, www.ldwa.org.uk M 12+ Grid sq. H5 Ups & Downs, Across & Over Mon 20 S

A circular walk, east of Todmorden with views from both Walshaw Wander Tue 21 sides of the valley. Guided walk from Hardcastle Crags to the Walshaw Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink reservoirs. Booking essential on 01422 844518/841023 Distance: 8 miles max or by email to [email protected]. Start/finish: Stansfield Road car park, opposite the fish & chip hut near (SD937245), 10.20am Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Parking: free at start Distance: 8 miles Guide: Christine Newell (01706 817233) Start/finish: National Trust Clough Hole car park, Widdop Road (Hebden Bridge–Colne road) (SD969298), 10am Grid sq. F5 Parking: pay & display at start M Guide: Jeff Halden (01422 844518/841023), National Trust, www.nationaltrust.org.uk

In the Steps of Colonel Edward Grid sq. G4 Ackroyd Esq, MP Mon 20 H The history of Copley model village, North Dean Woods, the River Calder and Clay House. Moores & a Hidden Valley Tue 21 Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch and drinks, bus/rail fare Follow in the footsteps of the founder of Greenwich Distance: 6.5 miles (4 hours) Observatory, Jonas Moore. Start/finish: the Moorings car park, off Wharf Street, Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks Sowerby Bridge, by the Lock Keeper statue (SD063237), Distance: 4 miles (2.5 hours) 10.30am Start: Higham, layby at the top of the village, near the Parking: Moorings car park school, off the A6068, 10am (SD812367) Guide: Diane F. Hall, The Ramblers, Calderdale Group Guide: Norman Mitchell (01282 772409/07974 500808), (01422 823440) Pendle Leisure Trust & Let’s Walk in Pendle, www.whi.org.uk

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22 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Reservoirs, moors & monuments Around Blackshaw Wed 22 of the Wed 22 Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks An easy paced off–road cycle tour of (Lancashire’s Distance: 8 miles Lake District) through forests and valleys to Tockholes and Start/finish: Lobb Mill picnic site, off the A646, Darwen’s Jubilee Tower, with a café stop for lunch. near Todmorden, 10am Parking: at start Things to bring: helmet, puncture kit, snack & drink, Guide: Norman Overend, Calderdale Countryside Service lunch money, foul weather–wear Distance: 25 miles (6 hours) Grid sq. G5 Start/finish: , Rivington, near Horwich M (SD633144), 10am Parking: free at start Guide: Brian Parkinson (01254 772983), Rough Stuff West Pennine Wander Wed 22 Fellowship, www.rsf.org.uk The three peaks of Great Hill, Winter Hill and Darwen Hill, Horwich & plus the remains of Hollinshead Hall. 1.25 mile walk Grid sq. B6 M +1 mile 12+ Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Distance: 13 miles (6 hours) Walk the Wed 22 Start/finish: car park, Royal Arms, Tockholes BB3 0PA (SD666215), 10.30am Explore a section of the Burnley Way before returning along Parking: free – please use rear car park a new Greenway. Guide: Wayne Bowman (01282 661315)

Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, Grid sq. L6 bus/rail fare, camera. Please book this free walk. H 12+ Distance: 10 miles (7 hours max) Start/finish: Pool Leisure Centre, Park Road, Padiham (SD791337), 10am Seven Summer Wine Reservoirs Wed 22 Parking: at start and on–road nearby Guide: Norman Mitchell (01282 772409/07974 500808) A scenic circuit through the delightful Upper Holme Valley, with a little local history thrown in. Includes steep gradients Grid sq. D4 and rough access land. M Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Distance: 10 miles (5.5 hours) Cragg Vale Coiners Wed 22 Start/finish: opposite Holmbridge Church on A6024, 1.5 miles south–west of Holmfirth centre (SE121067),10.30am Explore the haunts of the infamous forgers. Parking: Digley Road, opposite church – please park carefully Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, Guide: Liz Colquhoun, Kirklees Countryside Volunteers lunch & drinks (01484 663817) Distance: 10 miles Start: Mytholmroyd Library, at the bottom of Cragg Road, Grid sq. I7 Mytholmroyd HX7 5HR (SE012257), 10am H Parking: free roadside nearby, car parks in Mytholmroyd Guide: Mick Chatham (01706 379318), Mytholmroyd Walkers Action Winter Hill or Bust! Wed 22

Grid sq. G5 A hill, a pike and a folly. Fitness essential. H 11+ Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, rail fare Distance: 11 miles (5 hours) Start/finish: Blackrod Station (SD624107), 11am Guide: David Bratt, Peak & Northern Footpaths Society (01925 762472)

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West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 23 Historic Marsden Wed 22 Bridestones Revisited Thur 23

Stroll around this picturesque Pennine textile village: A walk up and down the hills to the north of Todmorden, featuring medieval hunting, 18th–century houses, packhorse encompassing the dramatic weathered gritstone rocks on trails, turnpikes, handloom weavers, the plague, Luddites, Bridestones Moor. and the longest, highest canal tunnel. Things to bring: walking gear, lunch & drink Things to bring: wet weather gear Distance: 8–9 miles (5 hours) Distance: 2.5 miles (2.5 hours) Start/finish: Todmorden Town Hall (SD937241), 10.15am Start: Marsden Railway Station (SE047119), 1.15pm Parking: plentiful – free or pay & display – near start Parking: at start Guide: Sue Clough, Upper Calder Valley Walking Group Guide: Alan Schofield, National Trust, Marsden Moor (01706 814703) (01484 847016, www.nationaltrust.org.uk) Grid sq. F5 Grid sq. H7 M E Anne Lister’s Halifax Thur 23 In Search of Anglers Thur 23 Anne Lister of Shibden Hall (1791–1840) wrote a four–million A walk to the popular Walverden Reservoir. word diary, much of it in her own secret code – and often about her intimate relationships with other women. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks This walk climbs steeply from Halifax to Anne’s home, visits Distance: 5 miles (2.5 hours) some of her agricultural tenancies and coal mines, and Start/finish: Marsden Park Golf Club car park, Townhouse explores the landscape so very familiar to her. Road, Nelson BB9 8DG (SD879379), 10am Parking: free at start Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks Guide: Ron Whalley (07712 861665), Pendle Leisure Trust Distance: 3.5 miles (2.5 hours) & Let’s Walk in Pendle, www.whi.org.uk Start/finish: Halifax Piece Hall (north entrance near Woolshops car park), 6pm Grid sq. E3 Parking: pay & display at Woolshops and nearby rail station E Guide: Jill Liddington, Shibden Museum (01422 352246), www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/museums

Figure of Eight Around Halifax Grid sq. H5 Mytholmroyd Thur 23 M A half or a full-day’s walk, each walk distinct and returning to the start for lunch. One thing leads to another! Thur 23 Things to bring: walking gear, snack, An interactive presentation on the Huddersfield Narrow lunch & drinks Canal based on the canal company minute book. Distance: 5 miles morning, plus 5 miles afternoon Booking essential on 01457 871800. Start/finish: Mytholmroyd Library, Cragg Road, Mytholmroyd HX7 5HR (SE012257), 10am & 1pm Duration: 2 hours Parking: roadside near start, car parks in Mytholmroyd Start/finish: Huddersfield Canal Society, Guide: Mick Chatham (01706 379318), Transhipment Warehouse, Wool Road, Dobcross, Mytholmroyd Walkers Action Oldham OL3 5QR (SD995066), 7pm Parking: free in Wool Road car park 1 walk Grid sq. G5 Guide: Dr Bob Gough (01457 871800), Huddersfield M Canal Society, www.huddersfieldcanal.com

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24 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Looking Down on Lancashire Fri 24

Walk along the county divide and enjoy stunning views and local folklore. “Come armed to defend the realm,” says leader Chris! Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Distance: 7 miles (5 hours) Start/finish: car park below the White House pub, Blackstone Edge (SD967178), 10.30am Parking: free in lower car park below pub Guide: Chris Sutcliffe (07769 954956), Calderdale Countryside Service Spirit of the Brontës Backpack Fri 24 – Sun 26 Grid sq. G6 Enjoy a two–day, two–night exploration of the wild moors M/H surrounding Hebden Bridge and Haworth, once familiar to Emily, Charlotte and Anne Brontë. Pub grub available each Shibden Shuffle Fri 24 evening. Booking essential on 07926643270. From Shelf through woods and fields to Coley, Things to bring: full backpacking gear including backpack, Shibden Hall (former home of Anne Lister) lightweight tent, insulation mat, two–season sleeping bag, then through the Shibden Valley to Stone Chair cooking kit (stove, pans, mug, etc), drink & food (meals and Shelf. and snacks) & fuel for two days and two nights. Campsite fees, bus/rail fare & meal money. Contact leader for advice Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks if necessary. Distance: 7 miles (5 hours) Distance: 12.5 miles each day (25 in total) Start/finish: Bridle Stile car park, Shelf, off A6036 Start: Friday evening, Jerusalem Farm campsite, Luddenden Halifax – Bradford road (SE123282), 10.30am Dean (SE037278), 3 miles north–west of Mytholmroyd, Parking: free at start via Midgley (£5 per person per night). Saturday camp is at Guide: Judy Gannon (01422 823491, 07771 517790), Ponden House campsite (SD992369), 2.5 miles west of The Ramblers, Calderdale Group, www.ramblers.co.uk Haworth (£5 per person per night). Both sites have showers. Finish: Jerusalem Farm, Luddenden Dean Grid sq. I4 Parking: free at Jerusalem Farm E/M Guide: Tony Whewell (07926 643270, [email protected]), the Backpackers Club (www.backpackersclub.co.uk) Leap through Germany – and Spout! Fri 24 Visit Germany, Pendle’s prettiest waterfall, then follow the Grid sq. H5 Brontë Way. H/S & 1 mile & 4 mile Things to bring: walking gear, snack, lunch & drinks (café in village), camera Moorland & Distance: 5.6 miles (4 hours) Reservoir Circuit Fri 24 Start/finish: outside café near packhorse bridge, Wycoller A circular walk encompassing open fell, bridleway village centre, 10.30am and woodland with extensive reservoir views. Parking: free in Trawden Road (SD926395) or Haworth Road (SD937393) car parks (15 minute walk) Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink Guide: Norman Mitchell (01282 772409/07974 500808) Distance: 6 miles (3 hours) Start: Sailing Club, Clowbridge Grid sq. F3 (SD824280), 10am E Parking: at start; pay & display Guide: Stephen Kirby, countryside ranger, United Utilities (07917 621380, www.unitedutilities.com)

Rawtenstall E/M Grid sq. E5

West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 25 Walking for Fitness & Fun Fri 24 Holme from Holme Sat 25

Enjoy the diverse local landscape and hospitality Walk with a National Park ranger exploring the upper of the Hare and Hounds Inn, on the edge of Holme valley. Wadsworth Moor, for lunch. Booking essential. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink, lunch money Distance: 9 miles (6 hours) Distance: 5 miles (2 hours & lunch) Start/finish: The Square, Holme, near Holmfirth HD9 2QG Start/finish: Mytholmroyd Railway Station, New Road, by (SE107059), 10.30am the Manchester platform (SE012258), 10.30am Parking: due to extremely limited parking, please consider Parking: limited nearby, car parks in Mytholmroyd travelling by bus (951, 9.55am from Huddersfield) to this Guide: Jean Williams, Mytholmroyd Walkers Action. event. Out of courtesy to residents, do not park To book call 01422 843831 (Hebden Bridge TIC) in The Square Guide: Peak National Park Ranger Grid sq. G5 Grid sq. I8 E/M M Walks for Manorlands Sat 25 Bilberry Circular Sat 25 Charity walk with a choice of three self–guided routes, all within a two–mile radius of Harden. Annual event in aid of A six–mile medium walk along the old lanes around some Sue Ryder Care’s Manorland’s Hospice, in memory of Ruth of the lovely Upper Holme Valley. Jagger. Where possible, please inform organisers in advance Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink of your intention to take part. Walk is free but donations or Distance: 6 miles max (3 hours max) sponsorship welcome. Refreshments available after walk. Start/finish: Wessenden Head on the A635 (SE077073), Things to bring: walking gear, snack & drink, 1.30pm possibly lunch Parking: roadside Distance: 5, 10 or 16 miles Guide: National Trust (01484 847016), Marsden Moor Start/finish: Harden Cricket Club (SE090385), between Estate, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/marsdenmoor 9–10am (16 miles), 9am–12noon (10 miles), 9am–1.30pm (5 miles) Grid sq. H7 Host: Peter Bashforth, Sue Ryder Care Manorlands Hospice M (Stiles) (01535 273271, www.suerydercare.org) Parking: in and around cricket field Mapping Saddleworth Sat 25 E, M & H 5 miler Grid sq. H3 An open lecture by Mike Buckley on the Manuscript Maps of Saddleworth from 1625 and the launch of the new book Mapping Saddleworth Volume 2 – part of the South Pennine Local History Forum. Brighouse Boundary Walk Part 1 Sat 25 Booking advised. A challenging history trail around the old borough boundary, Venue: Saddleworth Museum, Uppermill (on the A670 looking at features and buildings from the past. – SD997056) Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, Parking: free at the swimming baths off Station Road bus/rail fare Start: 3pm (1.5 hours) Distance: 12 miles (6.5 hours) Booking: Alan Schofield (0161 338 6555), Saddleworth Start: Thornhill Beck Lane car park, near Wellholme Park Historical Society (SE147236), 10am (www.saddleworth–historical–society.org.uk) Parking: free at start Grid sq. G7 Guide: Peter G. Davies, footpaths officer, Brighouse Civic Trust M

+ 1 mile Grid sq. I5 M

26 Traveline 0871 200 2233 International Charity Canal Walks Sun 26 Challenge walks to Todmorden along the Rochdale Canal towpath, in aid of the Yorkshire and Lancashire air ambulances. Walk 1 is from Manchester, Walk 2 is from Sowerby Bridge, with intermediate check points at which walkers can join or finish the walk. Supported by St John Ambulance and Raynet. There is a £5 entry fee and walkers are invited to obtain sponsorship. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Distance: Walk 1 – 22 miles; Walk 2 – 13 miles Host: Todmorden Lions Information: Lions Rod Wainwright (01706 816802, [email protected]) or John Turner (01484 654003)

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Discovering Local Bridleways – Horse/Bike Fun Ride Sun 26 A fun circular ride for horse riders and cyclists covering Saddleworth villages and sections of the Pennine Bridleway. Choose from a medium (11 miles) or a long (15 miles) ride. Booking essential – contact Jennie for an entry form ([email protected] or 01457 872598). Cost £2 includes a rosette on your return. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Things to bring: helmet, snack & drink, horse or mountain bike! Duration: 2–3 hours or 3–4 hours Start/finish: Friezland Arena, off Manchester Road, Greenfield OL3 7JA (nearest postcode) (SD988039) Parking: at start Guide: Jennie Lancashire or Doug Murray (01457 872598), Oldham Parks & Countryside Service, www.oldham.gov.uk, [email protected] Grid sq.G7 M/H M/H 16+

West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 27 Walk the Medlock Valley Way Sun 26 Weaver’s Triangle to Gorple Stones Sun 26

Walk part of the Medlock Valley Way from Park Bridge to From Burnley by canal towpath, , Castlefield in Manchester – if you require return transport & Burnley Way to Gorple Stones, please book on 0161 620 8202. and back by Hurstwood. Things to bring: walking gear, snack, lunch & drinks Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drink Distance: 8 miles Distance: 13 miles max (6.5 hours max) Start: Park Bridge Heritage Centre, The Stables, Park Start/finish: Inn on the Wharfe, Burnley (SD839323), Bridge, Ashton under Lyne, Tameside OL6 8AQ (SD940025) 9.30am – time will be given when booking Parking: free at start Finish: Castlefield, Manchester Guide: John Clements (01706 835180), The Ramblers, Parking: at start Bury Group, www.buryramblers.com Guide: Oldham Parks & Countryside Service, Burnley Grid sq. E4 www.oldham.gov.uk/community/countyside_service.htm, Manchester Rd and Groundwork Manchester, M http://manchester.groundworknw.org.uk Booking: contact Ruth Dodds, Oldham Parks & Countryside Haworth & Sun 26 Service, on 0161 620 8202 Walking on the Haworth Moors. Grid sq. F8 Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, M lunch & drink Distance: 10 miles (5.5 hours) An Otley Stride Sun 26 Start/finish: Gas Street car park, off B6142, Mill Hey, Haworth (SE036372), 10am Moody moorlands, mellow meadows and magnificent Parking: Pay and display at start mullions. Guide: Harold, The Ramblers, Huddersfield Group Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks (0113 250 1271) Distance: 16.3 miles (7.5 hours) Grid sq. H3 Start/finish: , (SE203455), 9.30am M/H 12+ Parking: free in car park by library Guides: Stuart Fildes & Ruth Blackwell (01943 851166), Hebden Bridge: photograph courtesy of the Otley Walking Festival, www.chevintrek.co.uk West Yorkshire Tourism Partnership

Menston Grid sq. J2 M

Walk with the Friends of Dales Rail Sun 26

A choice of two walks – Walk 1, Hebden Bridge circular via Gibson Mill & Blake Dean; Walk 2 – Mytholmroyd to Hebden Bridge via Two Crows and Two Cocks. Both walks are timed to start with the arrival of the train which leaves Leeds at 9.02am. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks Distance: Walk 1 – 10 miles (7 hours); Walk 2 – 12 miles (7 hours) Start: Walk 1 – Hebden Bridge Railway Station (SD994268); Walk 2 – Mytholmroyd Railway Station SE012258) Guide: Friends of Dales Rail (0113 293 1924), www.friendsofdalesrail.org

Grid sq. G5 1 - E 2 - M

28 Traveline 0871 200 2233 Wayside Arts Walk to the Singing Ringing Tree Sun 26 Walk through Forest of Burnley woodlands and moorlands to enjoy the South Pennine views and wildlife from the famous Singing Ringing Tree Panopticon. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, bus/rail fare Distance: 8 miles (4 hours) Start/finish: outside Towneley Hall Gift shop entrance (SD 856307), 11am Parking: pay & display at start Guide: Keith Wilson, Forest of Burnley woodlands officer (01282 664636), www.burnley.gov.uk The Singing Ringing Tree, Burnley +1.5 miles Grid sq.F6 Brighouse Boundary Walk Part 2 Sun 26 H 10+

A challenging history trail looking at features and buildings (Burnley)+1.5 miles from the past. Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, lunch & drinks, Blackstone Edge Circuit Sun 26 bus/rail fare Distance: 12 miles (6.5 hours) A moderate–to–strenuous walk that includes Start: Thornhill Beck Lane car park, near Wellholme Park exposed moorland. (SE147236), 10am Things to bring: walking gear, snacks, Parking: free at start lunch & drinks Guide: Peter G. Davies, footpaths officer, Distance: 11 miles Brighouse Civic Trust Start: Ogden Lane car park, off A640 near Newhey Grid sq. I5 (SD952122), 11am Parking: free at start M Guide: David Tomkinson (01706 630081), The Ramblers, Rochdale, rochdaleramblers.co.uk

A Pennine Moorland Meander Newhey Closed Grid sq. G7 to Hebden Bridge Sun 26 H An easy paced off–road cycle tour along tracks, bridleways and packhorse trails over Chelburn Moor to Hebden Bridge, with a café stop for lunch. Wade Wood Fungi Sun 26 Things to bring: helmet, puncture kit, snack & drinks, Things to bring: walking gear, snacks & drinks foul weather gear, lunch money Duration: 2 hours Distance: 25 miles (6.5 hours) Start/finish: Jerusalem Farm, near Booth, Halifax Start/finish: Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre, Rakewood (SE037278), 1.30pm Road, Littleborough OL15 0AQ (SD939154), 10am Parking: at start Parking: pay & display at start Guide: Colin Duke, Calderdale Countryside Service Guides: Brian Parkinson & John Kemp (01254 772983), Grid sq. H5 of the Rough Stuff Fellowship, www.rsf.org.uk E/M Grid sq.F6 M/H 12+

West Yorkshire Metroline 0113 245 7676 29

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www.wymetro.com Other Events Several events with outdoor heritage themes take place around the same time as the Walk & Ride Festival. Calderdale Heritage Walks (all summer) – www.calderdaleheritagewalks.org.uk Heritage Open Days (September 9–12) – www.heritageopendays.org.uk Saltaire Festival (September 9–19) – www.saltairefestival.co.uk Pendle Festival (September 4–12) – www.walkinginpendle.co.uk Rural Rossendale Walking Festival (October 1–4) – www.ruralrossendale.co.uk Key Contacts Bradford MBC Countryside Service – www.bradford.gov.uk Calderdale MBC Countryside Service – www.calderdale.gov.uk Kirklees MBC Countryside Service – www.kirklees.gov.uk Oldham MBC – www.oldham.gov.uk Lancashire County Council Countryside Service – www.lancashire.gov.uk Rochdale MBC – www.rochdale.gov.uk Environment Agency – www.environment–agency.gov.uk The NFU – www.nfuonline.com National Trust – www.nationaltrust.org.uk Natural England – www.naturalengland.org.uk Northern Rail – www.northernrail.org United Utilities – www.unitedutilities.com – www.yorkshirewater.com Pennine Heritage – www.pennineheritage.org.uk South Pennines Association With Thanks... Pennine Prospects offers special thanks to all the individuals and organisations whose members are giving their time and expertise to host events for this festival The Backpackers Club • Blackburn & District Cycle Touring Club • Wayne Bowman Bradford CHA Rambling & Social Club • Bradford Urban Wildlife Group • Brighouse Civic Trust Calderdale Long Distance Walkers Association • Denshaw Community Association • Earby Mines Research Group Forest of Burnley • Friends of Dales Rail • Friends of Hollingworth Lake • Friends of Ilkley Moor Groundwork Pennine Lancashire • Hebden Bridge Alternative Technology Centre • “Helveticus” Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre • Huddersfield & District CTC • Huddersfield Canal Society • Ilkley Civic Society Kirklees Countryside Access Officer • Kirklees Countryside Volunteers • Let’s Walk in Pendle Manor House Museum (Ilkley) • Mick Chatham • Mytholmroyd Walkers’ Action National Trust (Hardcastle Crags & Marsden Moor Estates) • Norman Mitchell • Christine Newell Oldham U Project • Otley Walking Festival • Peak District National Park Peak and Northern Footpath Society • Peers Clough Packhorses • Pendle Leisure Trust • Pendle Walking Festival Pennine Photographic & Binocular Centre • Pole Moor Riding Club • The Ramblers (Bradford, Bury, Calderdale, Huddersfield, Oldham, Rochdale groups) • Rochdale Blue Badge Guides • Rochdale Canal Society Rough Stuff Fellowship • Saddleworth Easy Riders • Saddleworth Historical Society Shibden Museum (Halifax) • Sue Ryder Care Manorlands Hospice • Shaw & Crompton Parish Council Thornton Hall Farm • Todmorden Lions • United Utilities • Upper Calder Valley Walking Group Walkers Are Welcome (Ilkley), Walkers Are Welcome (Otley) • Wednesday Walkers • Mining Museum

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