Long Distance Paths - Path Details
Calderdale Way
| 80 km / 50 miles | ||
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| The Way, a circuit around Calderdale, was pioneered by local civic trusts and groups who came together under the umbrella of the Calderdale Way Association. The main and link routes to the valley bottom are designed so that they can be completed in short stages. The walk encircles Halifax, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden, following old packhorse ways across the open gritstone hillsides with sections of traditional stone causeway, passing through hillside villages and old mill towns on the banks of the River Calder. There are numerous link paths which connect the Calderdale Way to the valley floor. There are medieval settlements at Lumbutts and Mankinholes, and Withens Gate, where the Pennine Way crosses. A short diversion along the Pennine Way takes in the popular walk to the 100ft monument, Stoodley Pike. | ||
| Linked Paths: Brighouse Boundary Walk; Bronte Way; Great English Walk; Kirklees Way; Pennine Bridleway - Mary Towneley Loop; Pennine Bridleway National Trail; Pennine Way National Trail; Spen Way Heritage Trail; Todmorden Centenary Way; Yorkshire Water Way | ||
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All this information may be found in the UK Trailwalkers Handbook which is now available. LDWA members can obtain this book at a discount price of £12.95 (RRP £18.95). |
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| Attributes: | Challenging ; Moorland ; Industrial History | |
| Handbook / Chart ID: | 61 | |
| Path Abbreviation: | CALW | |
| Start and Finish: | SE069224 - Greetland, W Yorks |  |
| Open Date: | 1978 | |
| Waymark: | Letters CW/trefoil |
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| User Group: | Calderdale Way Association | |
| 16 Trenance Gardens, Greetland, HALIFAX, HX8 8NN | ||
| 01422 373832 | ||
| Ordnance Survey Maps (path is named on OS maps): | ||
| OS Landranger: | 103, 104, 110 | |
| OS Landranger Active: | 110 | |
| OS Explorer: | 21, 288 | |
| OS Explorer Active: | 21, 288 | |
| Publications, Badges and Certificates: | ||
| Paperback: | Calderdale Way (Hillside Publications - 2001) | |
| Paperback: | Calderdale Way Guide (Calderdale Way Association) | |
| Badge: | Badge for Calderdale Way (Hebden Bridge Visitor and Canal Centre) | |
| Paperback: | John Merrill Challenge Walk Reference Book (John Merrill Foundation - 2009) | |
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