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This is a slightly longer route using more of the charming path through the Cragg Vale valley, which is waymarked as a Calderdale Way extension, and avoiding the higher moors. I have not walked HebCra one, so I can't comment on which is easier - the riverside parts of the path are quite rough and potentially slippery in places but the paths are all fairly well trodden and easy to follow. Not recommended for wheels of any kind
This is a slightly longer route using more of the charming path through the Cragg Vale valley, which is waymarked as a Calderdale Way extension, and avoiding the higher moors. I have not walked HebCra one, so I can't comment on which is easier - the riverside parts of the path are quite rough and potentially slippery in places but the paths are all fairly well trodden and easy to follow. Not recommended for wheels of any kind
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Hebden Bridge
Grid Ref
SD9922727282
Lat / Lon
53.74193° / -2.01320°
Easting / Northing
399,227E / 427,282N
What3Words
lifetimes.estimates.tomb
Cragg Vale
Grid Ref
SE0014023260
Lat / Lon
53.70578° / -1.99936°
Easting / Northing
400,140E / 423,260N
What3Words
jeeps.tourist.snacking
| Hebden Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SD9922727282 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.74193° / -2.01320° |
| Easting / Northing | 399,227E / 427,282N |
| What3Words | lifetimes.estimates.tomb |
| Cragg Vale | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SE0014023260 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.70578° / -1.99936° |
| Easting / Northing | 400,140E / 423,260N |
| What3Words | jeeps.tourist.snacking |
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review
Hugh Hudson
20 Mar 2025 (edited 07 Sep 2025)Walked from Hebden Bridge station to Cragg Vale (I omitted the walk in and out of the town* but have done that several times in the past). This is a lovely route, but it is a little rough in places and has some short fairly steep sections.
From the old packhorse bridge in Hebden Bridge, we head down Bridge Gate and across a small park to reach the canal, then cross another park and the Calder to reach the railway station. We head down to a bridge under the railway then follow Wood Top Lane (a farm lane) up to and through Wood Top farm, then take another lane left which maintains a fairly flat course before descending towards the edge of Mytholmroyd. From here we take a well signposted path uphill (with a few steps at the bottom) and continue using a good path past more farms before descending along another farm road into the valley.
It is possible to cut the corner slightly where we leave the farm road on the permissive path (signposted as the Calderdale Way extension) along the Cragg Vale valley. The first part up to Cragg Road is easy. We then descend left to find a path very near the river which has a lot of little ups and downs, stones, tree roots and mostly avoidable wet spots. At the next bridge we have to climb a few steps, then take the lane right to another marked footpath which starts along field edges. Further on it rises to avoid a steep bank, then follows a wall down to the old mill bridge.
We cross the bridge and follow the Calderdale Way extension along a track behind the buildings, then along Castle Gate down to a bridge where we take the path straight on through the fields into Cragg Vale, then follow the road past the church and up the hill to the meeting point (which seems to have been chosen for its convenience for the paths rather than any facilities or bus stops - there are bus stops not too far away in both directions).
Overall I found this route very enjoyable, but it is for reasonably agile walkers only.
[* Update 7 Sep - I walked the section from Hebden Bridge centre to the station yesterday after completing HebHaw two and had no problems following it, though there are steps down from the canal bridge which can be avoided using a ramped path to the right].
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