Walks Around Luddenden and Luddenden Foot
This walk visits the pretty villages of Luddenden and Luddenden Foot in Calderdale, Yorkshire.
Along the way you can enjoy pretty weirs on the Luddenden Brook and views of the River Calder. There's also the option of picking up the towpath of the Rochdale Canal at Luddenden Foot. You could follow the canal west to visit nearby Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge.
Please scroll down for the full list of walks near and around Luddenden and Luddenden Foot. The detailed maps below also show a range of footpaths, bridleways and cycle paths in the area.
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Walks near Luddenden and Luddenden Foot
- Mytholmroyd - This historic Yorkshire village is a lovely place to start a walk
- Hebden Bridge - This circular walk makes use of the Haworth-Hebden Bridge Walk, the Calderdale Way and the Rochdale Canal to take you on a tour of the countryside, woodland, moors and hills surrounding this attractive Yorkshire town.
The market town of Hebden Bridge sits on the River Calder and the Rochdale Canal in the Upper Calder Valley - Hebden Bridge Canal Walk - Enjoy a waterside walk from Hebden Bridge to Sowerby Bridge along a lovely section of the Rochdale Canal
- Hebdon Bridge to Heptonstall Walk - This circular walk takes you from Hebdon Bridge to the nearby village of Heptonstall before exploring the area to the west of the settlements
- Rochdale Canal - Follow the Rochdale canal from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge on this waterside route through Greater Manchester and Yorkshire
- Withens Clough Reservoir - Enjoy an easy circular walk around this attractive reservoir in the south Pennines
- Stoodley Pike - This circular walk takes you to the Stoodley Pike monument from Todmorden
- Hardcastle Crags - Explore this beautiful wooded valley in the South Pennines on this walk around Hardcastle Crags
- Haworth-Hebden Bridge Walk - This walking path takes you through some beautiful Yorkshire countryside from Haworth to Hebden Bridge
- Calderdale Way - The Calderdale Way is a walking circuit around the beautiful district of Calderdale in West Yorkshire
- Lumb Hole Falls - This walk visits a series of waterfalls just to the north of Hebden Bridge
- Cragg Vale - The small village of Cragg Vale is located near Mytholmroyd in the Calderdale area of the South Pennines
Pubs/Cafes
The Lord Nelson in Luddenden is an historic pub of some note. The Grade II listed inn dates to 1634 and still has its original beamed ceilings and mullion windows. The pub is where Branwell Brontë once drank and the pub itself is asserted to have established the first public library in one of the upstairs rooms.
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Luddenden. The village was a regular entrant in the Yorkshire in Bloom competition from 1998, and won an award every time they entered winning five gold and three silver medals up until 2013. The village was also an entrant in Britain in Bloom, and was the out right winner in the village category on one occasion receiving a gold medal. The village no longer enter competitions but still has a very active bloom team that keeps the village looking good.
Weir on Luddenden Brook
River Calder Luddenden Foot
Rochdale Canal in Luddenden Foot
War Memorial, Luddenden Foot Park. The settlement grew up around the confluence of Luddenden Brook and the River Calder and the existence of the woollen textile industry. The industrial growth facilitated by the opening of the Rochdale Canal in 1804 and the opening of the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1840. There were several mills including Boy Mill, Luddendenfoot Mill, Delph Mill and Denholme Mill. None of these mills remain in their original use.
Canal Bridge, Luddenden Foot
Luddenden and the Lord Nelson pub. The cobbled packhorse trail which runs through the village, down Old Lane from Midgley, crossing the river and on up Halifax Lane to Warley, was once the equivalent of the modern day M62, providing a major goods route through the Pennines when the main mode of transport was packhorses.
Luddenden