A route following the towpaths, wherever possible, of the Rochdale, Ashton, Huddersfield Narrow, Huddersfield Broad and Calder & Hebble Canals with detailed alternative walking routes included for those walker-prohibited sections such as the Standedge Tunnel. Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Rochdale, Ashton under Lyme, Stalybridge and Huddersfield are visited along the way.
Profile and trackfiles only cover the eastern route between Sowerby Bridge and Ashton-under-Lyme. The western section is due to be published in 2011.
Path Type: | Other Paths |
Attributes: |
Easy Canal |
Start and Finish: |
SE062236 -
Sowerby Bridge, W Yorkshire
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Web Sites: | Canal & River Trust - South Pennine Ring Pennine Waterways - South Pennine Ring |
Guidebook | South Pennine Ring : a seventy-mile circuit of canals (Hallamshire Press - 1998 ) |
Paperback | North West & the Pennines No. 5 (Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides) (HarperCollins - 2015 ) |
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OS Landranger | 103, 104, 109, 110 |
OS Landranger Active | 103, 104, 109, 110 |
OS Explorer | 1, 21, 277, 288 |
OS Explorer Active | 1, 21, 277, 288 |