Walks Around Calderdale

Calderdale is a dale of many features: from the high moorlands in the west to the heart of the West Yorkshire urban agglomeration in the east. On the way are hilltop villages perched on the shoulder of the dale and dramatically steep valley sides, often densely wooded with rushing streams and maybe a long-lost mill by the waterside. The green pastures of the hills lie below the moors, the fields criss-crossed with drystone walls and paths, many of them ancient stone causeways. Down in the dale sit canal, railway and road, each providing a trans-Pennine link between the cities and towns of West Yorkshire and Lancashire.