Hebhaw two

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Alternative route that better suits the slow ways methodology.

This route is easy to follow and uses well-signposted and waymarked footpaths. It should be passable in most weather conditions but will be muddy in places, particularly the final section following the Bridgehouse Beck into Haworth.

This walk has good public transport connections at both ends. Hebden Bridge has very frequent rail connections to Manchester, Leeds and Bradford. The hourly 'Brontë Bus' service connects Haworth to Hebden Bridge and Keighley.

Route description (Hebden to Haworth):
Walk through the centre of Hebden Bridge, crossing the river to follow Valley Road and then Victoria Road. Turn right and then left into Spring Grove at the end of which is a packhorse bridge across Hebden Beck. From here to Midgehole, the path is the well way-marked and well-used route towards Hardcastle Craggs.
At Midgehole (National Trust car park and public toilets), join a bridleway heading up Crimsworth Dean. This quickly becomes a farm track with a steady up-hill gradient. After about 1.5 miles this becomes part of the sign-posted Calder/Aire Link. Continue to follow this along a mixture of tracks and paths (rough and muddy in places) to reach Oxenhope church. Walk through the village to join minor road, Yale Lane. Turn left where it meets Dark Lane which leads down hill to Oxenhope station. From here the route forms part of the Worth Way following both Bridgehouse Beck and the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Alternative route that better suits the slow ways methodology.

This route is easy to follow and uses well-signposted and waymarked footpaths. It should be passable in most weather conditions but will be muddy in places, particularly the final section following the Bridgehouse Beck into Haworth.

This walk has good public transport connections at both ends. Hebden Bridge has very frequent rail connections to Manchester, Leeds and Bradford. The hourly 'Brontë Bus' service connects Haworth to Hebden Bridge and Keighley.

Route description (Hebden to Haworth):
Walk through the centre of Hebden Bridge, crossing the river to follow Valley Road and then Victoria Road. Turn right and then left into Spring Grove at the end of which is a packhorse bridge across Hebden Beck. From here to Midgehole, the path is the well way-marked and well-used route towards Hardcastle Craggs.
At Midgehole (National Trust car park and public toilets), join a bridleway heading up Crimsworth Dean. This quickly becomes a farm track with a steady up-hill gradient. After about 1.5 miles this becomes part of the sign-posted Calder/Aire Link. Continue to follow this along a mixture of tracks and paths (rough and muddy in places) to reach Oxenhope church. Walk through the village to join minor road, Yale Lane. Turn left where it meets Dark Lane which leads down hill to Oxenhope station. From here the route forms part of the Worth Way following both Bridgehouse Beck and the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway