Getting here Events and festivals Eat well, drink well welcome to TRAIN: Excellent train connections from , , PACE EGG PLAY APRIL 3RD , for a town of its size supports , . Save petrol and arrive in Hebden at our grade Annual Performances of traditional Easter Play more cafes, pubs, and restaurants than 2 listed historical station complete with its independent café. many other much larger places – another ANNUAL DUCK RACE ARPIL 6TH ingredient for a great day out. TEN pubs hebden Buy a duck and see if it wins. CAR: Parking is well sign-posted as you enter the town within the Town Centre… ancient inns, (and located on the map inside). Look for the Long Stay signs. PIANO FESTIVAL APRIL 17TH – 19TH welcoming hostelries with log fires, a pub www.Hebdenbridgepianofestival.com with canal side seating, lively music venues, BUS: 10 minute service along the /Halifax. wine bars… not to mention the three social Hourly buses from and ; try the 500 OPENING OF THE APRIL 25TH bridge clubs in the town. FIFTEEN CAFES within service over the moors to Bronte’s , and Worth Valley HEBDEN BRIDGE LOOP the Town Centre… NO Starbucks, NO Costa… steam railway only 30 minutes away. Our network of little buses Combined with Walking with History event: just friendly local proprietors serving good from the station gets you up to the moors. www.hbwalkersaction.org.uk/pennine-way.html coffee, tea, cakes, breakfasts, snack lunches FOOT OR CYCLE: Walkers ARE welcome and the Pennine BURLESQUE FESTIVAL APRIL 30TH – MAY 3RD and more. There are cafes in ancient mills, Way passes above the town and the new Pennine Way loop www.hebdenbridgeburlesquefestival.co.uk by the canal, in the park, along the river, everywhere. PLENTIFUL RESTUARANTS passes through the town. The Calder Valley Cycle Way comes TOUR DE COMES MAY 3RD all reasonably priced but serving quality, through Hebden. Bikes can be hired at the train station. THROUGH HEBDEN often local ingredients: Italian (two), See www.bikeandgo.co.uk. www.letour.yorkshire.com Beer and Cider Festival at the Town Hall this weekend. Thai, Greek, Turkish, Vegetarian (two), COACH: Parking available in the town Indian, Fish and Chips, English… HEBDEN BRIDGE FOLK ROOTS FESTIVAL MAY 15TH – 17TH BOAT: Canal moorings available in the centre of Hebden. Replacing the award winning Blues Festival with numerous local bands. www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/others2015/ the white lion hotel is a renovated grade II hebdenbridgefolkroots THE BOOK CASE� listed coaching inn, set on a riverside PENNINE SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL MAY 25TH – 30TH location in central hebden bridge. Shop ‘independently’ 29 MARKET STREET� fine food served daily 12-9pm. www.penninespringmusic.co.uk 01422 845 353� In place of the usual chain stores that Staying here HANDMADE PARADE JUNE 7TH [email protected]� fine country pub dining dominate most towns the vast majority of cask marque accredited ales Now you’re here STAY OVER… don’t just be a day tripper. You’ll www.handmadeparade.co.uk/hebden-bridge-parade extensive wine list shops in Hebden are independent local outlets Local History, Walking Guides and Maps,� open log fires often selling local produce and art works. miss out on the entertainment, the bars and restaurants and the ARTS FESTIVAL JUNE 26TH – JULY 5TH Natural History and Landscape,� boutique hotel rooms quiet of a country morning. Then you can fit in that walk or pub www.hbaf.co.uk weddings & functions In Hebden Bridge you will find bookshops, lunch that you didn’t get round to yesterday or explore a little Modern Fiction, Children’s Books.� riverside courtyards OPEN STUDIOS JULY 3RD – 5TH record shops, comic shops, jewellery shops, further. Relax into a stop-over in Hebden. www.hebdebridgeopenstudios.org antique shops, outdoor clothes shops, kitchen shops, lots of dress shops, many A wide range of accommodation – hotels, B and Bs, inns, VINTAGE CAR RALLY AUGUST 1ST – 2ND hostels, self catering or camping - can be found at HEBDEN BRIDGE high quality charity shops, unusual gift www.hebdenbridge-vintageweekend.org.uk shops not to mention decent butchers, www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/accommodation or get help bakers, greengrocers and wholefood stores. from the Tourist Information Centre 01422 843831 email SOUTH PENNINE WALK SEPTEMBER 5TH – 20TH PICTURE HOUSE And art galleries. [email protected] AND RIDE FESTIVAL Opened in 1921, the much loved and thriving Picture House screens the best www.walkandridefestival.co.uk of arthouse and mainstream films with spacious seating and frequent specials including Elevenses, Parent & Baby screenings and family-friendly weekend BUY local bread, local meat, local cheese, FESTIVAL OCTOBER 23RD – 25TH and holiday Matinees. The film programme is enhanced by live events and local veg, local crafts, local art. Published by the Hebden Bridge Partnership www.hbpartnership.org.uk www.theelmettrust.org (DATES TBC) satellite broadcasts of theatre, ballet and opera, complemented with great Designed by Kreative Bomb www.kreativebomb.com value homemade cakes and hot drinks served in a proper china mug. bridge gate . hebden bridge . . hx7 8ex Printed by Lambert Printers www.lambertprinters.co.uk www.whitelionhotel.net . 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l ic o to that gives the town its H ri a a d R e with a difference. THE BUTTRESS Steep cobbled old packhorse trail to Lancashire b Roa o d e name, look across a stone- a n d d goes via Heptonstall. Climb up part of the way for fabulous views. W a tiled roofscape of old coaching inns and Victorian chapels, up to AND FROM HEBDEN IT’S SO EASY TO EXPLORE ter distinctive double-decker houses ascending steep valley sides, DOUBLE DECKER HOUSING These unusual tall houses cling A LITTLE FURTHER: and then to the woods and moors beyond - all within easy reach. to the hillsides; the other side of the top half opens onto a GO WALKING. See www.hbwalkersaction.org.uk or the TIC for There are water wheels, ‘wavy steps’ onto the Hebden Water Rooftop views Vibrant festivals suggested walks. different street. to the Moors where you can feed the ducks, cafes galore, interesting little ate G e dy RAILWAY STATION A gem! Don’t miss the historic exhibition estate in a beautiful wooded n n shops, art galleries, opportunities for many walks and bike rides, a Sa L valley with deep ravines, tumbling streams & waterfalls, an easy and hundreds of quirky stone steps – where do they lead? in the waiting room. Can you spot the white & red roses? d y 30 minute walk up the Hebden Water. At the heart is Gibson o d ngr d a WANT TO EXPLORE A SPECIAL PLACE; SOME FRESH AIR FUSTIAN KNIFE This sculpture in St George’s Square i a o Mill a former cotton mill now restored as visitor centre & cafe. Bu g o R n R Birc t a t y IN YOUR LUNGS; MAGNIFICENT VIEWS? commemorates the fustian industry which the town was ress H y le e h hc ll d internationally famous for. HEPTONSTALL Delightful historic village full of interest. a ig a li‡ There are 3-4 trains an hour from Manchester, Leeds and V e o S R e t P K Ge Museum open weekends April – Oct. Poet is buried e

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t pe t Hebden Bridge o Locks En S S Post O ce N S BOAT TRIP on the Canal from Stubbing Wharf. 30 min turn up e e H t Explore the home town of Poet Laureate e w t l m b Trades Club R & go cruises from 12pm weekends & school hols. Also afternoon eb ol oad Ted Hughes, just down the valley. Or walk through the woods H H The Little Theatre tea, Sunday lunch, Curry trips www.hebdenbridgecruises.com up to his old house at Lumb Bank above Hebden. She trains to Todmorden, lf R Hebden Bridge Burnley and Manchester oad P Lock Picture House ad Rochdale Canal MILLENNIUM CLOCK (Opposite Town Hall) Astrological style w Ro Ne R iv clock paid for by public subscription. er Calder Holmes C ald Park to Stoodley Pike er Popular Skateboard Park, CALDER HOLMES PARK d a P o B superb children’s playground, outdoor exercise machines R u n rn o l ti e a y P t MARINA The former canal basin built in 1893 now a great spot al S R ac o e ad to watch boats & the noisy geese & ducks (Duck food on sale at Ho us e P Visitor Centre 50p). Ro ad Hebden Bridge A6 to Mytholmroyd metres Pedestrian zone 1 Bridge Mill Station 46 and Halifax PICTURE HOUSE Entertaining the town since 1921 & retaining Path 2 White Lion many of its original features, the cinema hosts a mix of Art 0 50 100 150 N Steps 3 Book Case trains to Halifax, house and mainstream films. Gibson Mill Hebden Bridge Picture House Bradford and Leeds Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right 2014