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WMB107 hebden Bridge Yorkshire_Classic Route

Start/Finish: Hebden Bridge, SD993273 Total distance: 39.6km (24.6 miles) Time 3-5 hours Maps OS Landranger 103 Blackburn & Burnley, Explorer OL21 South Pennines Summary A proper mixed bag of UK moorland riding — some mud, some hardpack, and everything in between plus plenty of altitude gain. From the centre of Hebden, pick up the (busy) A6033 Keighley road to head north out of town. Take the signed left to Hardcastle crags and pick up the Crimsworth Dean bridleway at the car park. Turn sharp right and over the hill before descending to Walshaw. Bear right along the level track and head towards Gorple Reservoir. Cross the road, pick up the Pennine Bridleway and follow this over the dam and the following hill to Rodmer Clough. Bear right and climb through the buildings to Duke’s Cut, following the wide doubletrack for several miles over the moor. Turn right and follow the road for several miles before turning left towards Shore. Don’t drop down the road but take a left onto the Calderdale Way. Follow this undulating bridleway, with sections of packhorse trail, all the way along the hill, bearing right to descend just after the farm before continuing straight ahead up a short climb as the track descends towards Todmorden. At the golf course, turn right and then left on the road, before picking up bridleway again at Bean Pole Head. At Rodwell End, bear right and right again; the bridleway is unsigned and disappears between the two lefthand houses in the farmyard. From the car park on the A646, turn left and then right onto the Mankinholes road. Take the sharp right on the steep climb before picking up the Pennine Bridleway again to drop into the Top Brink pub. Return to the Pennine Bridleway as it links up with London Road and follow this back beneath the Pike to Erringden Grange, continuing straight as first a tarmac road and then a roughly cobbled descent turn left. Exit onto farm track, bear left and then right to pick up the steep cobbles that will return you to Hebden Bridge station.by ocoutts