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901 BUS WALKS 7

Cragg Brook and over to Hebden Bridge

Main features of the walk
This linear walk takes you down a wooded stream and then over the shoulder on the top edge of the Calder Valley

Length and time
It’s about 8 km (approx 5 miles) and should take you about 3 hours (plus stops).

Gradients – how strenuous?
There are two quite steep up hill stretches, but both have steps.

Terrain – how uneven?
Most of the walk is through woodland on good paths which are often muddy in places. Some of the walk is on farm tracks and lanes.

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.
There are a number of stiles and quite a few steps.

Facilities on the walk
Refreshments may be obtained at the Hinchliffe Arms and the Robin Hood in Cragg Vale.

What to take?
You need a pair of reasonable walking shoes with ‘grippy’ soles as parts of the route can be muddy after rain.

DIRECTIONS

Detailed directions for Walk 7: Cragg Brook and over to Hebden Bridge

1. From the bus turning circle you walk up hill to the top end of the terrace called Green Bank and at the end turn right down through the garden and follow the path downhill to the river (ignore the path that goes off to the right) and cross the river at a stone footbridge (careful if the river is high)
2. Bear right and follow the way-marked path through the woods with the wall on your left. After the stile, take the path heading up. You might wonder about all the broken trees – this is the result of a mini-tornado in October 2014! Also look for the strange carved stone in the middle of the path – sadly, no-one knows quite what this is.
3. When this well defined path reaches a tarmac lane (about 20 minutes walk), turn right down hill until you reach a T junction. Make a short detour here and turn left for 100 metres until you reach the Arts and Crafts style gatehouse of Cragg Hall on your right. Retrace your steps to the Hinchliffe Arms the first stop for possible refreshments.
4. Coming out of the Hinchliffe, you turn left along the road, cross the stream on the stone road bridge and follow the tarmac lane which goes below the church and in between two houses. Go through a double gate on to a grassy riverside path, coming out on to a tarmac lane by New Bridge. Go ahead on the lane for 5 metres and take the permissive path off to the left down some steps to the river. This path runs close between the river and a goit (water channel) feeding a mill dam. Once past the mill dam, follow the path to the right, up some steps to rejoin the tarmac lane from New Bridge.
5. Turn left on this lane and at the end of Castlegate Mill (now private dwellings) take a half-left path through their garden which goes back down to the river (if you want to take a a refreshment break at the Robin Hood, carry straight on and you will see the pub 200 metres down the main road).
6. Turn left and cross the river at Paper Mill Bridge and immediately turn right through a gate on to a way-marked path which climbs up through Paper Mill Wood. Ignore the path going off to the left, taking care as the path is high above the river. When the path forks, keep to the route http://healthsavy.com/product/levitra/ nearest the river.
7. The path emerges from the woods, goes through two fields and comes out on to a tarmac lane. Turn right down to Spa Bridge (spot the date on the bridge 1827). Just before the bridge is the site of Cragg Spa, a small spring.
8. At the bridge, take the way-marked permissive path ahead which follows the river. When you reach the tarmac lane beside Clough Foot Bridge, turn left and after 30 metres take the way-marked footpath off to the right through a gate. The path crosses a stile and then you cross a stream on a wooden bridge. Climb the bank and follow the path ahead. You will shortly join a concrete track.

   Here you have two choices, if you want to get the 901 bus back to your start, turn right and rejoin the main road and the bus stops at Dauber Bridge.
   
   If you want to walk back to Hebden Bridge (another 4 km), turn left up the track.

9. Climb steadily uphill to a junction of paths and a sign board for Broadhead Clough, owned by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Go straight ahead (signed Erringden Moor), following the main path uphill as it zigzags through the clough. After climbing a steep flight of steps, turn left and follow the path until you reach a waymark post some way ahead.
10. Turn right here and follow the way marked path, through a gate, following the fence to your right and crossing a footbridge. The landscape gradually opens out with splendid views of Cragg Vale. The path then bends up to the left towards a series of marker posts that guide you through a gate, downhill again and past a farmhouse on your right.
11. Pass through a wooden gate along a green track until two metal gates are reached; take the gate to the left uphill towards a wooden stile. Do not cross this stile but turn sharp left and continue climbing diagonally uphill through another stile. Go through a gate, forking uphill to the right to a narrow gate stile in the stone wall ahead, above the woods.
12. Go straight ahead through 2 fields to a junction of paths. Go straight ahead here on an old grassy track. The track passes below an old farmhouse, past more houses to Great Jumps, comprising a farmhouse on the right, a collection of farm buildings and a converted barn to the left.
13. Just past here, the track continues right downhill but on a bend go straight ahead through a metal gate on a way marked foot path through a field. Follow the wall through the first field and then diagonally downhill through the second field to a stile in the corner. Cross the track and go straight ahead on the waymark footpath downhill diagonally through the field.
14. The path then crosses a series of fields through stone stiles and gaps downhill to a wooden stile, the remains of a causey paved path can be spotted partially hidden by grass. Climb over here into Crow Nest Wood and follow the path downhill to a junction of paths.
15. Cross the rutted path and turn sharp left downhill on a path that becomes a tarmac track. At it’s junction with the road ‘Park View’, turn left, over the bridge and take the footpath on your right down steps towards the canal. Turn right, then over the bridge into Hebden Bridge town centre.

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901 BUS WALKS 6

Barkisland to Stainland

Main features of the walk
This walk provides some delightful riverside paths, great views and industrial heritage. It can be combined with the Stainland to Sowood walk (page 21).

Length and time It’s about 5km (approx 3 miles) and should take you about 1½ hours (plus stops).

Stainland Deer Park

Gradients – how strenuous?
There is one fairly short steep section, otherwise it is on the flat or gentle inclines and descents.

Terrain – how uneven?
All of the walk is on good path, tracks and lanes. Some of the paths will be
muddy especially after rain.

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.
There are several stiles on the route.
Facilities on the walk
There are pubs at the start and end and a café about half way (closed Sundays).

What to take? You need a pair of reasonable walking shoes with ‘grippy’ soles. In the winter boots are preferable because of muddy paths. If you think you might want to add on the route from Stainland to Sowood, print it off from the HBWA website before you go.

DIRECTIONS

1. Ask the driver to put you off at the Barkisland cross roads, at the Stainland Road Stonelea stop.

2 Walk 400 metres down the road, passing the Post Office shop and the
crossroads. Just after the Griffin pub car park, turn left on to a track called
Stoney Croft Lane.

3 Just before you reach the stream, turn right through a gap in the wall and follow the path above the stream. After 150 metres, cross the fence over a way-marked stile and follow the streamside path. When you reach a field, head towards the right side of the house, coming out on to a tarmac road. Turn left for 500 metres.

4 Turn right on a tarmac road just after a terrace. Drop down this road and fork left in between Bowers Mill buildings. Watch out for the café (open until 2pm on weekdays and 12 noon on Saturday).

5 At the end of the mill, go through the way-marked gate on to a streamside path. Follow this path for about 800 metres until you reach a
junction with a road where you turn right by a mill.

6 After 75 metres, just after a terrace, bear left on a footpath going
uphill into a wood, keeping straight ahead.

7 At the top of the wood cross the golf course, following the yellow
top waymark posts. Climb up to an old quarry where you turn
left and follow the track along the edge. At the metal fence go
straight ahead on the (zolpidem) walled track. Passing some allotments, the
track comes out at the Duke of York pub in Stainland.

8 You now have a choice, you can stop at the Duke of York or turn
right for 150 metres to The Pub.
If you want to walk on to Sowood (3km), turn left down to the Church
where the walk starts.
If you want to get the bus back, pass The Pub and where the road
forks, bear right, to the main road. There are no bus stops, but wait
outside the Old Pharmacy (for Hebden Bridge) or on the grass verge
opposite (for Huddersfield).

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901 BUS WALKS 5

Ryburn Reservoir Circular

Main features of the walk
This circular walk has beautiful views of the Ripponden valley, following the Ryburn reservoir through wooded paths and across open fields. This area is home to the peregrine falcon, one of Britain’s most spectacular birds of prey. Herons can also be seen nesting in the woodland areas.

Length and time
It’s about 3km (approx 2 miles) and should take you about 1½ hours (with stops).

Ryburn Reservoir

Ryburne Reservoir

Gradients – how strenuous?
The walk is flat around the reservoir but with some steep steps and climbs uphill and down.

Terrain – how uneven?
This walk is on easy field and water-side paths. One or two spots are likely to be a bit muddy and slippery after rain
Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.
There are a few sets of steps, some of which are quite uneven. Several stiles.

Facilities on the walk
This walk has no facilities on it.
What to take?
You need a pair of reasonable walking shoes with ‘grippy’ soles as parts of the route can be muddy after rain (https://wellnessforlessmedicalcenter.com/xanax.html).

DIRECTIONS

1. From Hebden Bridge, ask the driver of the 901 to put you off at the
Nursery lane stop on the Rochdale Road. Turn back uphill and take
the next left down Swift Place, a tarmac road leading straight to
Ryburn dam. From Huddersfield get off at the Swift place stop, then
go left down Swift Place.

2 Take the track across the curved dam wall which gives you a great
view over the reservoir and the Ryburn Valley. Turn right at the far
end, past a patch of mixed woodland on your left, ignore a path on
your left and continue alongside the reservoir.

3 Do not cross the first bridge, but continue uphill for 100 metres, then
turn right through wooden fencing, along and down some steps to
cross over Hutch Brook on a foot bridge. Climb up the steps to a stile
and head towards a small plantation of trees.

4 Cross two more stiles, leading to a hamlet called Lower Wormald
where you cross the yard and pass between a house and a converted
barn. Follow the walled grassy path round to the right of the barn to
reach a gate.

5 Aim diagonally across the two fields and two stiles to enter a fenced
grassy path. Turn left here and follow this for 20 metres to a wicket
gate on your right. The path takes you downhill passing a ruined
farmhouse.

6 Turn right downhill (signposted ‘Beestone Hall and A58) by the side
of a stone wall towards some trees.
7 Go through a stile and over the footbridge crossing the river Ryburn.

8 From the footbridge turn right. The clear permissive path runs along
the water’s edge and through woodland back to the dam.

9 Turn left at the dam to follow the road back up to the Rochdale road
and the return bus.

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901 BUS WALKS 4
White House to Hebden Bridge along the Pennine Way

Main features of the walk
This high level walk on good paths gives wonderful views over Rochdale, Oldham and Manchester. You also pass one of the Stanza stones and Stoodley Pike.

Length and time
It’s about 15km (approx 9 miles) and should take you about 4½ hours (plus stops).

Gradients – how strenuous?
This walk is pretty flat until the end, when you drop down to Hebden Bridge.

Terrain – how uneven?
Most of this walk is on good tracks, with some sections on flagstones and some on well defined but uneven paths.

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.
There are a few gates.

Facilities on the walk
This walk has no facilities en route, just a pub at the start and loads of places to eat and drink at the end.
What to take?
You need boots or a pair of reasonable walking shoes with ‘grippy’ soles as parts of the route can be muddy after rain. This walk is very exposed so take wind proof rain gear (even if it is sunny when you start). We would not recommend that you do this walk when the forecast is threatening strong winds, heavy rain or mist.

DIRECTIONS

1 Ask the driver to put you off at the T junction at the very top of Cragg vale by Blackstone Edge reservoir. Turn right alongside the reservoir for 500 metres until the Whitehouse pub comes into view. Turn right through the metal gate signposted Pennine Way. Follow the track ahead along the edge of Blackstone Edge reservoir.

2 Just after you leave the reservoir, the track follows a drain and
after 1km you should look out for a way-mark post on your left
and opposite a little stone bridge over the drain on your right. Turn
immediately left on a small path that runs alongside the drain. After
150 metres, you will reach a huge weathered rock next to an old
quarry – look carefully for a poem which is part of the Stanza Stone
project.

3 Carry on along on path http://healthsavy.com/product/kamagra/ which will bring on to a track at a junction, just to the left of an electric pylon.

4 Turn left on to the track and immediately right rejoining the Pennine Way. Keep on this track for 3km as it winds around, keeping alongside Light Hazzles and Warland Reservoirs and the drain beyond.

5 Shortly after Stoodley Pike comes into view, the track ends and the path becomes a line of flag stones. When these finish, just keep ahead on the very well defined main path, ignore paths going off and keep heading towards Stoodley Pike 4km ahead. Stoodley Pike was originally built to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo; it was destroyed by lightning on the outbreak of the Crimea War and later rebuilt.

6 Keep on the Pennine Way which bears right from the pike, after 500 metres you go through a gap stile in a wall, and after 20 metres, turn left through another wall. After 500 metres heading downhill on a good stony path, you reach a junction with a lane (way-marked Pennine Bridleway) where you turn right. Go through a gate, past Swillington Farm, and head down to the end of Kilnshaw Lane for 1½km.

7 Reaching a cross roads, you go straight ahead, after 100 metres, the track turns left and after another 400 metres it does a sharp right (ignore paths going off to the left). Keep straight ahead on this track, passing some great old buildings which are called Old Chamber. 50 metres after the last building, go down to the left on a tarmac road.

8 After 500 metres you come to the hamlet of Wood Top, keep on the
concrete track that runs through it and continue on down hill, bending left into the woods.

9 After 500 metres you come out at some houses and the back of Hebden
Bridge Railway Station. Go through the tunnel under the railway line and immediately left up the slope to the front of the station.

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Whitehouse Reservoirs Circular

Main features of the walk
This circular route is easy to walk, passes one of the famous Stanza Stones and will give you some great views.

Length and time
It’s about 6km (approx 3½ miles) and should take you under 2 hours (plus stops and bus ride).

Blackstone Edge Reservoir

Gradients – how strenuous?
Totally flat, except for a couple of very mild inclines.

Terrain – how uneven?
All on reservoir tracks – some gravel and some hard core. Mostly dry underfoot.
(The walk is buggy friendly if you take a slight detour noted in the text)

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.
A gate at the beginning and end to prevent vehicles (and unfortunately wheel chairs as well).
Facilities on the walk
The White House pub does food, but check opening times.
What to take?
You need a pair of reasonable walking shoes and whatever the weather
when you start, always take a wind resistant waterproof jacket (and a hat!).

DIRECTIONS

1 Ask the driver to drop you off at the track just before the reservoir at
Blackstone Edge (some people call it the Pennine walk stop). Cross
the road if coming from Hebden Bridge direction. Go through the
access gates and follow the reservoir access road ahead, following
a channel which catches the water coming off the moors. On your
right, the sloping area of moor you are passing is Nigher hill, Middle
hill and Farther hill – we don’t know why it is called these names!

2 After about 20 minutes, you come to White Holme reservoir where
you can go left or right. Take the left hand track over the bridge and
follow it round along the edge of the reservoir (ignore the tracks that
go off to your left).

3: After about 15 minutes, you come to a fork near an electricity pylon.
This is the junction with the Pennine Way. Just before you reach this
T junction, turn left on an indistinct path with yellow waymark posts
which runs alongside a drain (the Pennine Way track is on the far side
of the drain from you).

4 After ten minutes you come to Light Hazzles small quarry where the
path becomes clearer. Very shortly after you reach a rock outcrop
on your left with a poem, fittingly titled RAIN, inscribed on it. (If you
have a buggy you should actually take the Pennine Way on the far
side of the drain…you will still see the Stanza stone but not close up).

5 Carry on the path from the Stanza stone which follows the drain
until you reach a little stone bridge. Cross this and turn left joining
the Pennine Way where you will see a panoramic view of Rochdale,
Oldham and Greater Manchester (assuming that the mist hasn’t
come down!). This is a well maintained reservoir access road passing
some spectacular rocky outcrops. The road eventually swings left
then right over a small bridge above the reservoir outlet.
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6 After about 40 minutes the track ends at the road with the White
House pub on your right. Presumably well watered and fed, allow for a 15 minute walk to get the next bus back. Turn left outside the pub and follow the footpath by the road heading slightly uphill to reach Blackstone Edge
Reservoir. Keep going on the road for 500 metres to the junction.

7 Turn left and after 600 metres you reach the place where you got off
the bus. Wave the next bus down.

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901 BUS WALKS 2

Cragg Vale to Todmorden along the Calderdale Way

Main features of the walk

This linear walk follows The Calderdale Way. It takes in the wooded valley of Cragg Vale before climbing out of the valley onto the open moors between Cragg Vale and the Calder Valley with far-reaching views of Stoodley Pike and beyond.

Length and time

It’s 9km (5½ miles) and should take you about 3 hours (plus stops).

Gradients – how strenuous?

The outward walk involves a steady climb out of the valley .

Terrain – how uneven?

Much of the high moorland is very uneven in places. Some of the walk is on farm tracks and lanes.

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.

There are a few sets of causey stones, some of which are quite uneven along with some stiles.

Facilities on the walk

This walk passes by the Hinchliffe Arms and the Top Brink Inn. There are many pubs and restaurants in Todmorden.

What to take?

This walk goes across high, exposed moorland so windproof/waterproof
clothing is essential. You need a pair of reasonable walking shoes with ‘grippy’ soles (boots would be better) as parts of the route can be muddy after rain.

DIRECTIONS

Ask the driver to put you off at the junction of Cragg Road and the road
down to the Hinchliffe Arms. From the bus stop go down hill, cross the road before turning sharp left down to St. John’s Church and the Hinchliffe Arms. From the pub follow the tarmac road uphill bearing left to go up Rudd Lane. Continue along the road for almost 2km to Withens Clough Reservoir. Pass the house called the Pastures and follow the track along to the right of the reservoir

2 Walk past the sign to “Stoodley Pike” and take the next path on the right, signed “Calderdale Way”. Turn left at the Yorkshire Water Permissive Bridleway sign and follow the well-made track up the hill through two metal gates until you reach a wooden gate.

3 Go right through the gate signed Calderdale Way and follow the track
uphill. Watch out on the right the for stone tramadol online bearing the inscription ‘Te deum laudamus’ – we praise thee O Lord; and go through another gate at the top of the slope. Carry straight on following the stone guideposts with Stoodley Pike on the right.

4 As you start to go downhill, go straight over the junction with the Pennine Way and carry on downhill along the causey stone paved path.

5 At the gate turn right to go into Mankinholes village. Go through the village passing the Youth Hostel and the bus stop.

6 Opposite the converted Methodist Sunday School turn left down the
Pennine Bridleway. At the Top Brink lnn, carry straight on down a cobbled path into Lumbutts village with its distinctive water tower.

7 On reaching the tarmac road, turn right and continue for 800 metres where you turn right at Croft Gate East signed Calderdale Way to Croft farm. Continue straight on through a metal gate onto a track. Follow this track for 100 metres and then cross the stile in the wall on the left. Keep the wall on your left to the next stile, then follow the way-marked path straight ahead, eventually reaching Longfield Farm.

8 Bear left through the farmyard and go left over a stile by electric pole 273, following a field path over a stile onto a track through the equestrian centre. Turn left on the drive, then right at the next T junction. Follow the track around the fields, dropping towards Todmorden in the valley below. At the bend is the Quaker burial ground. Continue down the lane to a tarmac road, passing the Unitarian Church on the left before entering Fielden Square Todmorden.

9 From Fielden Square, turn right on the main road and the bus terminus is straight ahead on the other side of the roundabout. There is a great choice of pubs and cafés in Todmorden at the end of your walk.

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Cragg Vale to Ripponden along the
Calderdale Way

This walk follows the Calderdale way (there are Calderdale way waymarks along the route) and takes you through upland pastures and moorland

Length and time
It’s about 8 km (approx 5 miles) and should take you about 3 hours (plus stops).

Gradients – how strenuous
The walk includes two uphill sections each followed by a downhill.

Terrain – how uneven
Some of the walk is on farm tracks and lanes, some is on footpaths.

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.
There are several stiles and gates.

Facilities
White House pub does food, but check opening times

Points of interest
Spectacular views of Lancashire and Greater Manchester, upland moors, occasional sightings of skylarks and curlews

DIRECTIONS (Click here for Printable Version)

Ask the driver to put you off at the 901 bus stop on Cragg Road opposite the
Hinchliffe Arms turning.

1. Walk 50 metres back down the road to the start of a terrace of houses and take the track, going off to the right behind the terrace. At the ornate gates take the narrow path going up to the right of the laurel hedge. After a short climb, turn left after the laurel hedge onto a stone paved path heading uphill. At the end of the wall cross the stream, turn right uphill towards a farmhouse. At the farmhouse, go over the stile, and turn sharp right uphill on to a track.

2. This track zigzags uphill for 500 metres, ending up at Bent Close Farm on the right. At the junction just after the farm, turn right along the road for 200 metres. At the cross roads, go straight over onto a tarmac bridleway. Continue past Catherine House Farm (with the chimney) and keep on the track, with the wall on your right. The track continues through a field, still with the stone wall on your right.

3 At the top of the hill, turn right on to a walled wide track. Continue straight ahead on this track for 1 km until you reach a crossroads of paths where you turn left, passing the brick air raid shelter. 150 metres past the air raid shelter, you reach a junction with several way-mark posts. Cross
the wall on your http://healthsavy.com/product/celebrex/ left, by the collapsed stone stile. The narrow
path heads diagonally across a patch of rough moor towards the
embankment of Flints Dam. Cross a stile on to the dam wall and
walk to the end, where crossing another wooden stile into a lane
down to Greave Road.

4 Turn left at the junction with a tarmac lane (known as Eccles
Parlour) and continue on the lane for 750 metres. At the first
junction, bear right downhill then bear right again after Hole
Head farm. After about 500 metres, you reach a T junction
where you turn right then immediately left down Gough
Lane. Continue straight ahead for 500 metres (ignoring paths
going off left and right). Keep an eye out as the lane bends
sharply to the right, take the path off to the left through a
wooden barrier. Follow this path down through the woods
for 500 metres. The path merges with a track and then meets
the road at the bottom of Mill Bank.

5 Turn right up the road for 200 metres and turn left on to a
track that joins sharply from the left. After 50 metres, take
the stone steps on the right through a way-marked gate.
Continue straight uphill through two stiles before coming
to a T junction where you turn right along a track. After 100
metres take the stone path on the left just before the houses.
At the end, turn left along the road and head downhill
towards Soyland village.

6 At the beginning of the village, at Lower Fold, turn left downhill on a grassy track until a gap stile on the right. Go through the stile and follow the path along the wall to the right. Go straight ahead at the gap stile and follow the walled track ahead emerging at driveway of a house on your right. Continue to the end of the terrace, go through a makeshift gate and walled path. The route is now straight ahead, through a field on a flagged path to a stile.

7 When the path reaches the road, turn left and head downhill into
Ripponden. Turn left again on the main road to reach the 901 bus stop at
Brigg Royd or stop of at one of the pubs and cafes in Ripponden.

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906 BUS WALKS 12
Blake Dean to Gibson Mill

Directions below

Main features of the walk
This is a short walk on tracks, meandering footpaths and
stone steps following Hebden water downstream.

Length and time
It’s about 3 km (approx 2 miles) and should take about an
hour  to Gibson Mill. The return will
take you a little less time.  So,
approximately 2 hours in total not including your stop off at the café.

Gradients – how strenuous?
There is a short steep climb uphill  on stone steps at the beginning and uneven
stony footpaths  some of the way.

Terrain – how uneven?
The
walk is all on a good paths but they are quite uneven in several places.

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.       
There is a wooden stile on route and four wooden
footbridges to cross

Facilities on the walk
At Gibson Mill there are toilets. The HBWA stone steps
photo mosaic can be seen at the Weaving Shed café which is open at weekends (if
you show your bus ticket you can have a free hot drink in the café) There are
also toilets at Midgehole (20p). There is usually a mobile signal on this walk.

What to take?
This walk is quite sheltered once you have dropped down
into the woodland. However parts of the path can be very muddy after rain and
the stones can be wet and slippery.  Good
boots are worth having.

Detailed directions for walk 12: Blake Dean to Gibson Mill

This walk starts at Blake Dean

The 906 bus will take you to Blakedean on the way to
Widdop. Ask to be put down before the bus takes a sharp left hand bend uphill
by the old Scout hut.

1. Walk ahead for about 10m and take the gate on the other
side of the road down steps towards the river. Cross the river over the wooden
footbridge, turning right to follow the path uphill partly on stone steps. Take
the grassy track ahead to follow the course of the river downstream high above
it.  Look down to the river to see the
stone built remains of the bridge of the
railway line that once ran up the valley.

 2.  Cross the wooden stile and follow a well worn
path as it meanders through heather and bracken towards some pine woods. In the
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field above the wood. Enter the field through a break in the low wall by a
large upright wall stone. Turn right and continue ahead passing a cottage on
your left. Here the path turns into a track that is easily followed downhill
until you reach a wooden railed bridge over a clough.

 3.  Here you can follow the track straight ahead, turning
right when it reaches a tarmac road that heads down to Gibson Mill.  We recommend though that you turn right on a
footpath downhill straight after the bridge. This path takes you back down the
river to cross it on a wooden footbridge. Turn left again on the opposite bank
and follow the footpath along the river.

 4. Cross
the river again over the next footbridge. Continue to follow the river
downstream and cross back over the river over the third footbridge. Follow the
footpath  again, past a mill pond until
Gibson Mill comes into view.

 The Return Leg

1. From
Gibson Mill you  can return to Blake Dean
by  taking the estate road just past the
Mill left uphill until you reach a fork in the road then take the track
off to the left to retrace you steps back to the bridge where you turned off
before.

 2.  Continue
uphill past the cottage and take the path again through the field above
the wood, down through the wood then back through heather and bracken to the
grassy track and the path back to Blake Dean across the river.

 Or
You can head to Midgehole from Gibson Mill, on the return
leg of the path in Walk One. (Midgehole to Gibson Mill and back) This
path takes you on footpaths up through the woods above the estate road ,
finally emerging at the top car park at Midgehole. Here you walk back downhill
to the 906 bus stop to take you back to Hebden Bridge. 

Or

You can head to Midgehole from Gibson Mill on the return
leg of Walk Two (Clough Hole car park to Gibson Mill and Midgehole) Take
the estate road right uphill and continue on this track to Midgehole and the
906 bus stop where you can take the bus back to Hebden Bridge. 

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906 BUS WALKS 11
Packhorse Inn to Heptonstall
via Pennine Way

Directions below

Main features of the walk
This is a moderately challenging walk following a well-paved section of the Pennine Way to Hebble Hole, and then along an old packhorse trail with fantastic views of the upland landscape, Colden Clough and the Calder Valley. At the end of the walk you have the opportunity to explore the fascinating historic Heptonstall village.

Length and time
It’s about 10 km (about 6 miles) and should take you about 3 hours (+ stops)

Gradients – how strenuous?
Much of the walk is fairly level but with some gentle up and down hill except for one short uphill stretch soon  after the start

Terrain – how uneven?
This walk is on clear paths and tracks with Pennine Way and Calderdale Way way-marking.  The last short section into Heptonstall is very uneven,

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.        
There are several stiles and gates.

Facilities on the walk
There is a pub at the beginning and pubs and a shop and café at Heptonstall

What to take?
It can be windy at this height and there is very little shelter until reaching Hebble Hole, so take warm/wind proof clothes even if it’s a sunny day. The walk is on good surfaces but parts of this walk can be very boggy so you need to wear boots.

Detailed directions for walk 11 Packhorse Inn to Heptonstall via Pennine Way

This walk starts at the 906 bus stop at the Packhorse Inn (where you might have lunch before you set off).

1. Carry on down the road away from Hebden Bridge for 150 metres and take the footpath on the left, going over the ladder stile by a signpost.
2. Follow the wall downhill, keeping the wall on your left, until you reach a stile, coming out on to the Pennine Way (although it is not signposted at this point). Cross the stile turning left and head down hill, ignoring the fork to the left which stays on higher ground, pass through a gate down to the side of Graining water.
3. Cross the two bridges and take the path heading up hill through the stone gate posts. The path heads up to the left of Gorple Cottages and crosses a track by a 4 way signpost. Go straight across, now on a track through a pair of metal gates. After 250 metres go straight ahead, through a gate immediately taking the path going off to the left signposted ‘Pennine Way to Heptonstall Moor’.
4. The path follows a fence for about 700 metres, going through the wall and then going back through it before bearing right away from the wall heading over the moors mainly on recycled flagstones from local mills (some of the gaps can be very boggy, but more flags are being laid). After 1½ km you reach a wall which you follow to the right for a few metres.
5. Take the well trodden right hand path which heads across the moor for ½ km until you reach a barn where the path turns right uphill following a wall. Ignore the tracks to left and right at the brow of the hill. Carry on down hill, bearing Left at the fork after a few metres, through a gate and then bearing left, follow the path between two broken stone walls coming out on to a tarmac lane where you turn right and immediately left. Here the sign post is to Hebble Hole.
6. The path comes out on to the main http://www.xanaxlowprice.com road where you cross over on to a concrete track, (if the weather is bad you can get a bus back to Hebden Bridge from here).
7. Before the gateway to the house, take the stile on your left, the path then bends to the right and crosses two stiles to the left of the house. The path then diagonally crosses the field to a metal gate and becomes a walled path heading down to a kissing gate.
8. You go down some steps and reaching a junction where you turn left up hill on an old paved packhorse path, you are now on the Calderdale Way; (the Pennine Way continues on down and you might want to take a short detour down to the clapper bridge at Hebble Hole).
9. Follow the packhorse path, ignoring a path on the left through a gap in the wall. Just after the packhorse path enters a wood, you go over a stile on your left. From here you follow the paved path for ½ km (watch out for the little kink after a stile). Keep straight ahead when it stops and when you reach a junction; turn up hill for 100 metres, turning right along a tarmac lane.
10. Go to the left of the house and soon after you will rejoin the packhorse path until it runs out at a 5 way junction where you go slightly to the right, going down a walled lane. After 200 metres, ignore the path going off to the right and when you reach a tarmac road, head up hill until you reach a sign post on your right. Take the path signposted Heptonstall. Keep on this path, keeping to the top edge of the woods (take it gently, this path is very uneven, but there are fantastic views.
11. The path eventually arrives at a housing estate where you turn sharp left along a walled path. Keep straight ahead, crossing a tarmac road, until you reach a junction where you bear left. Keep straight ahead, heading towards the right side of the church and follow the paved lane as it winds through the village.

Three places for refreshment.

• White Lion 01422 842197
• The Cross 01422 847563
• Towngate Tea Room 07989 321 931

12. To return to Hebden Bridge, you can get a bus from the bus shelter on Hepton Drive which is the road opposite Towngate Tea Room or you can walk down to Hebden Bridge either on the road or using some footpaths.

By road
The road down to Hebden Bridge does not have a pavement for half of its distance, so take care. Because of the curves in the road most of the locals ignore the usual advice and walk on the left hand side of the road. When you come to the T junction turn right and use the pavement to drop down to the traffic lights and then turn sharp left into Hebden Bridge.

By Road and path
About 2/3 of the way down the first stretch of road long after you pass the barn on the left hand side there is as set of steps marked with a green footpath sign. Follow these to the bottom, cross the road, turn right and walk until you come to the “Buttress”, (marked with a ‘no vehicles’ sign) which you follow down into Hebden Bridge. Take care it can be very slippery but it has a hand rail for most of the way

HEBDEN BRIDGE WALKERS ACTION

906 BUS WALKS 10
Widdop Reservoir Car Park (906 Terminus)
around Widdop Reservoir

Directions below

Main features of the walk
This is a short circular walk around Widdop Reservoir providing good views over the reservoir and surrounding upland moors.

Length and time
It’s about 4½ km (nearly 3 miles)and should take you about 1½ hours (+ stops)

Gradients – how strenuous
This walk is mainly on the flat with one fairly short steepish incline.

Terrain – how uneven
The walk is mainly on a good path and track, but it can be pretty wet with one part quite rough needing good walking boots.

Obstacles – stiles, steps etc.        
There are no stiles on the walk but there are two gates that open easily.

Facilities on the walk
There are no facilities on the route, but the walk ends at the starting point at Widdop Reservoir you can get the 906 back to Hebden Bridge (1½ hour between services) . However if you have time to wait, you may want to walk back along the road to the Packhorse Inn where you can also pick up the bus. There is usually no mobile signal on this walk.

What to take
It can be windy at this height and there is very little shelter, so take warm/wind proof clothes even if it’s a sunny day. Walking boots are advised.

Detailed directions for walk 10 around Widdop Reservoir from 906 Terminus

This walk starts at the 906 bus terminus at Widdop Reservoir car park.

1. From the car park you take a clear wide path towards the dam, passing through a gate, over a footbridge and up a few steps to the reservoir dam top.
2. Turn left and walk across the dam to the other side where you turn right. Go through the gate (signposted Pennine Bridleway) by the pump house and walk ahead with the reservoir on your right.
3. After 200 metres, ignore the footpath http://healthsavy.com/product/flagyl/ branching off uphill to the left and continue along the main track passing a conifer plantation to your left.
4. At the end of the plantation, ignore the smaller track going off to the right heading for the water and continue the well made track up quite a steep incline for 1km (there are good views of the reservoir back over your right shoulder).
5. The track rises and starts to zigzag and at the second bend you take a smaller path leading off to the right, signposted Widdop Dam
6. This section of the path, which follows a wall, slowly descending towards the far end of the reservoir, is rough and can be wet. There are several patches with rough stones to get through the wettest sections.
7. After about 1km, at a junction, turn right onto a path sign- posted Widdop Dam which descends to cross a footbridge.
8. After 50 metres, turn right on a track heading towards the reservoir and after 200 metres, the path goes between a wall and a drainage channel. Cross over the channel on a footbridge and turn left.
9. This is perhaps the most pleasant part of the walk. You have the drainage channel to the left and the reservoir to the right and even a few stunted trees trying to form an avenue.
10. After 500 metres you reach a track where you turn right, heading towards a cluster of houses. Just after the houses the track bears left over the channel, heading to a gate in a wall.

Go through gate and turn right along the road for 250 metres back to the 906 stop where you can catch the bus back to Hebden Bridge. If you have a long wait for the next bus, you have the option of walking about 1 km along the road to the Pack Horse Inn.