8TH-23RD SEPTEMBER BROUGHT TO YOU BY www.walkandridefestival.co.uk SOUTH SKIPTON A629 ILKLEY PENNINES A65 MAP A6068 KEIGHLEY Motorways COLNE BINGLEY HAWORTH Major Roads A629 BURNLEY Main Roads A6033 BRADFORD Rail A646 HEBDEN BRIDGE A646 HALIFAX M65 DARWEN RAWTENSTALL TODMORDEN A6066 A666 A6033 A58 A675 RAMSBOTTOM A672 HUDDERSFIELD LITTLEBOROUGH M62 M61 M66 ROCHDALE M62 A640 A62 MARSDEN A616 BOLTON HOLMFIRTH OLDHAM A6024 FESTIVAL PENNINES TOTHESOUTH WELCOME WWW.WALKANDRIDEFESTIVAL.CO.UK ORGANISERS: THOSE OFTHE EVENT AND WEBSITE PROSPECTS’ THE PENNINE VISIT PLEASE INFORMATION, TRANSPORT AND TO EVENTS CHANGES TO BRING,ANY ONTHINGS ADVICE EVENTS, FOR FURTHER 2018. FESTIVAL &RIDE WALK DURING OF EVENTS BRIEFDETAILS GIVES GUIDE THIS POCKET 2018 WALK & RIDE &RIDE WALK THE SOUTH PENNINES THE SOUTH YOUR SAFETY AND ENJOYMENT OF OUR FESTIVAL IS PARAMOUNT. To help you and other participants enjoy events to the full, • Please be sensitive to residents, landowners and grazing animals. please bear the following in mind: • In exceptional circumstances, the leaders may feel it is necessary to cancel the event (e.g. inclement weather, ill health) or ask • Please come suitably equipped. We would recommend people not to participate (e.g. unsuitably equipped). Please sturdy footwear, waterproofs, hats/suncream, bus fare and accept the leader’s advice…they want to keep you all safe. drinks/snacks as a minimum. Check each event for specific • During the event try to always keep visual contact with the leader recommendations. or back-up. • Please let your event leader know of any medical conditions that • Leaders may introduce and give you a briefing about the event may affect your enjoyment of the activity. before setting off explaining terrain/obstacles etc. Please take • Leaders are responsible for guiding their whole party of which any advice the leaders provide. you are a part and, as such, you are subject to the leaders’ • If you would like to drop out of an event at any time decisions made for the good of the party as a whole. please let the leader or back-up know before leaving. • All events are undertaken at your own risk. You are responsible • You will be able to get to most events’ starting points for yourself, children, equipment or dogs (check event details by public transport. Please plan your journey to get to and, if dogs allowed, always keep on leads please). The the start in plenty of time. organisers and leaders cannot accept responsibility for loss or • If arriving by car, please park with damage to personal property and injury however caused. consideration to local residents. • Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times, be well-socialised with • Duration of events are only approximate other dogs and happy with families with young children. depending on the speed of the group. thursday 23/08/18, sunday 27/08/18 & thursday 30/08/18 saturday 08/09/18 1 2 3 Walk and Ride Boost! 4 National Navigation Award Start: Staups Lea Farm, Staups Lane, Nr Blackshaw Head, - Bronze Award PART 1 OL14 8RR Start: Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre, Rakewood Road, Duration: 4 miles 10:00-13:00 (Gentle) Littleborough OL15 0AQ Boost your enjoyment of the South Pennines Walk and Ride Duration: 4/5 Miles 09:30-17:00 (Moderate) Festival by coming along to this fantastic session where you Provides the candidates with the basic skills of map selection, will have the opportunity to learn more about getting out in the symbol interpretation, scale, orientation, use of handrails, distance Pennine hills. The session is aimed at a wide range of people estimation, compass skills, planning and safety procedures. from beginners and families to ‘Walk and Ride’s’ more seasoned Course spans over two days, second day on 09/09/18 veterans. The session will be on foot (although still relevant to Tel 01254 704898 Telephone for booking form - Joining cyclists) and will start the season gently stretching your legs instructions sent when booking form returned. around the beautiful Stansfield moor. The exact route of our walk Cost: £66 inc certificate and course registration will be gauged according to participants on the day but will not be arduous as focus will be on preparation for and participation in a day out in the South Pennines. Your leader Amy of Splat training is 5 Reaps, Hameldon and Gorple a qualified and experienced Mountain Leader and will be on hand Start: Clough Foot Carpark, Widdop to answer all manner of questions about what you should bring Duration: 9 Miles 10:00-17:00 (Severe) and what events will be most suitable for you. The day will be very relaxed and informal and start and finish at the Splat training Clough Foot to Reaps Cross, Hoar Side Moor, Black Hameldon classroom where tea and biscuits will be obligatory! We hope (refreshments stop) Hare Stones, Dicken Rocks and Gorple that you will find it a useful day whether you Reservoirs Cost: bus fare are a seasoned walk and rider or you have never stepped foot or pedal on moorland. 6 FLY! The South Pennines It’s all about boosting your fun! Kite Festival Kite-making workshop Contact [email protected] Start: Piece Hall, Halifax, HX1 1RE Duration: 10:30-15:00 Join us at The Piece Hall for the Halifax Heritage Festival celebrations. Learn about stories of years gone by in a special oral history exhibition and join one of the guided heritage tours. Families can get involved in creative workshops - have a go at making your own kite to fly today or at FLY! The South Pennines Kite Festival or make a vegetable creature before potato printing a scene to go with them. Booking may be required, visit thepiecehall.co.uk/whats-on Cost: vegetable workshop £3, Kite workshop donations welcome saturday 08/09/18 7 A Different Perspective Start: Meet at canal towpath, at the side of High Corn Mill just off Mill Bridge Nearest postcode BD23 1NJ. From town centre, head towards top of High St near Holy Trinity Church, turn left to Mill Bridge. There are some steps down to towpath that leads to woods Duration: 2 miles 10:30-12:30 (Gentle) Discover the woods through your senses on this family walk with fun, hands-on activities. Led by forest school leader Annie Berrington from Get Out More CIC. Free event but places must be booked in advance. Visit www.getoutmorecic.co.uk/events 8 Todmorden Open Studios Trail Start: Todmorden Tourist Information centre OL14 7BU Duration: Variable 7.5 miles in total - 11:00-17:00 (Gentle) 29TH SEPTEMBER 2018 Use our map and brochure to plan your own self guided walking trail around The Todmorden Open Studios event this weekend. Stroll around art exhibitions in the town centre or head for the hills 11:00-17:00 to visit outlying artists studios. See brochure for venues offering Hunter Hill disabled access. Not suitable for dogs also taking place on the 09/09/18 between Wainstalls and Mixenden Halifax 9 Photo Treasure Hunt Walk HX2 8 Start: Jumbles Car Park, off Bradshaw Road, Bolton BL2 4JS Bring your own water bottle, your own kites and teddy for parachute drop or Duration: 4 miles 13:00-15:30 (Moderate) make a kite on the day. Limited parking on site. Walk through History - fossilized tree, village stocks, Pill Box Keep an eye on our web pages and social media for transport options. and much more on the West Pennine Way to Turton Tower www.walkandridefestival.co.uk returning through the ancient village of Chapeltown. Suitable www.handmadeparade.co.uk for all ages, children must be accompanied by adult. Visit or follow us on Facebook @FLYKiteFestival www.westpennineway.org, contact Christine on 07854 260947 WWW.WALKANDRIDEFESTIVAL.CO.UK saturday 08/09/18 saturday 08/09/18 10 Castleshaw Roman Forts 13 ‘Through the Lens’ Start: Public Car Park Waterworks Road, next to Castleshaw Photographic Exhibition Outdoor Centre, Delph, Saddleworth OL3 5LZ Start: The ‘Hub@, Skipton Town Hall, High Street, Skipton, Duration: 1/2 Mile 14:00-15:45 (Gentle/Moderate) BD23 1AH Guided tour of site - setting of two roman forts on the Chester Duration: Running throughout the Walk & Ride Festival during - York military road. Including 2014-2017 excavation results. No opening hours 10:00-17:00 Monday-Sunday wheelchair access, rough ground, no toilets See description for event number 11 11 ‘Through the Lens’ 14 The Overgate Hospice Midnight Walk Photographic Exhibition Start: North Bridge Leisure Centre, North Bridge Street, Start: Marsden Mechanics, Peel Street, Marsden, Huddersfield, Halifax HX3 6TE HD7 6BW Duration: 7 or 13 miles - Midnight-02:00 up to 06:00 (Moderate) Duration: Running throughout the Walk & Ride Festival during This dog and family friendly walk takes in a 7 or 13 mile route opening hours around Calderdale, with refreshments en-route and a goodie bag A beautiful collection of photographs taken from this year’s at the finish line!Car sharing advised, parking available at ‘Through the Lens’ competition entries. The exhibition aims to show North Bridge (circular route) Register online at visitors the magic of the South Pennines, captured on camera. www.overgatehospice.org.uk or call 01422 387121 Cost: £15 Photographs to include our iconic landscape, its wildlife, its people and the events that take place here in the South Pennines. 12 ‘Through the Lens’ Photographic Exhibition Start: Hebden Bridge Visitor Information Centre, Butler’s Wharf, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8AF Duration: Running throughout the Walk & Ride Festival during opening hours 10:00-17:00 Monday-Sunday See description for event number 11 FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS, AND ALL EVENT UPDATES VISIT WWW.WALKANDRIDEFESTIVAL.CO.UK sunday 09/09/18 sunday 09/09/18 15 Shibden Valley Explorer 17 Men’s Memories Walk Start: Shidben Hall Upper Car Park, Pay and Display, on Shibden Start: The Old Library, Waterfoot, Rossendale.