Self guided Walks Around The Villages
In 2011 a grant from Awards 4 All was received to redesign, reprint and re-launch a series of out of print leaflets called “Walks around the Villages”.
The original series featured 10 leaflets each with 3 walks of between 3-8 miles from 10 villages/small towns within Calderdale. The grant allowed the group to bring the initial 10 up to date but also write and develop 5 more leaflets for other areas within Calderdale.
In 2016 a further 5 more leaflets were produced taking the total to 20. See below for a full list of titles.
The routes have been walked, mapped and then re-written with new drawings and mapped added to the leaflets. These have been available and are proving very popular with locals and visitors to the area.
The leaflets are available from local visitor centres, some local shops and on-line at the Heart of The Pennines website.
The original series featured 10 leaflets each with 3 walks of between 3-8 miles from 10 villages/small towns within Calderdale. The grant allowed the group to bring the initial 10 up to date but also write and develop 5 more leaflets for other areas within Calderdale.
In 2016 a further 5 more leaflets were produced taking the total to 20. See below for a full list of titles.
The routes have been walked, mapped and then re-written with new drawings and mapped added to the leaflets. These have been available and are proving very popular with locals and visitors to the area.
The leaflets are available from local visitor centres, some local shops and on-line at the Heart of The Pennines website.
The full list of walks
Blackshaw
Brighouse
Cromwell Bottom (Wheelchair & Pushchair Accessible Route)
Cragg Vale
Hebden Bridge
Jerusalem Farm
Midgley
Mixenden
Mytholmroyd
Norland & Greetland
Ogden Water
Ripponden
Shelf
Shibden
Southowram
Sowerby
Stainland
Todmorden
Walsden
Warley
Blackshaw
Brighouse
Cromwell Bottom (Wheelchair & Pushchair Accessible Route)
Cragg Vale
Hebden Bridge
Jerusalem Farm
Midgley
Mixenden
Mytholmroyd
Norland & Greetland
Ogden Water
Ripponden
Shelf
Shibden
Southowram
Sowerby
Stainland
Todmorden
Walsden
Warley
A testimonial
The lady in tourist information gave me your e-mail address hence this missive. Indulge me with a short story as follows;
One of my passions is walking. Although I have walked throughout Yorkshire over the years by July I was looking for a new area to explore in more detail and friends of mine mentioned one day Judy Woods (Shelf) near where they live. Whilst I always use an OS map, defined walks are invariably enhancing and soon, on line, I came across the Shelf sheet courtesy Calderdale Borough Council (FoCC).
It proved difficult to acquire, but eventually the Tourist Information at the library in the Piece Hall was contacted and a very helpful gentleman said they had one for £1 each. As I wanted to walk in two days time and was not planning to go to Halifax (my home is near Bingley),he kindly sent a copy to my home address and asked to deliver £1 when I was next in Halifax (which I duly did on coming to see the new refurbished Piece Hall).
The 3 walks were so good I came back for more sheets and within 12 months completed 20 sheets and all 60 walks (amongst others in Yorkshire).
The lady in tourist information gave me your e-mail address hence this missive. Indulge me with a short story as follows;
One of my passions is walking. Although I have walked throughout Yorkshire over the years by July I was looking for a new area to explore in more detail and friends of mine mentioned one day Judy Woods (Shelf) near where they live. Whilst I always use an OS map, defined walks are invariably enhancing and soon, on line, I came across the Shelf sheet courtesy Calderdale Borough Council (FoCC).
It proved difficult to acquire, but eventually the Tourist Information at the library in the Piece Hall was contacted and a very helpful gentleman said they had one for £1 each. As I wanted to walk in two days time and was not planning to go to Halifax (my home is near Bingley),he kindly sent a copy to my home address and asked to deliver £1 when I was next in Halifax (which I duly did on coming to see the new refurbished Piece Hall).
The 3 walks were so good I came back for more sheets and within 12 months completed 20 sheets and all 60 walks (amongst others in Yorkshire).
