Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Ripponden and Elland.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Ripponden and Elland.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
This route has potentially been flagged (1 time) for reasons relating to safety.
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Information
Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Maybe (1)
Problems reported - Safety (1)
Downloads - 2
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Ripponden
Grid Ref
SE0404919898
Lat / Lon
53.67555° / -1.94018°
Easting / Northing
404,049E / 419,898N
What3Words
stay.configure.keeps
Elland
Grid Ref
SE1097920913
Lat / Lon
53.68458° / -1.83525°
Easting / Northing
410,979E / 420,913N
What3Words
option.skip.achieving
Ripell One's land is
| Ripponden | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SE0404919898 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.67555° / -1.94018° |
| Easting / Northing | 404,049E / 419,898N |
| What3Words | stay.configure.keeps |
| Elland | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SE1097920913 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.68458° / -1.83525° |
| Easting / Northing | 410,979E / 420,913N |
| What3Words | option.skip.achieving |
| Pasture | 50.4% |
| Urban | 41.3% |
| Woods | 8.3% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Jane Taylor
01 Apr 2022I set off to walk this route from Ripponden to Elland.
There is a climb up from the valley to a wooded escarpment with a narrow path. After about 500 metres through the woods my way was blocked by two horses standing by the stile, and there was no safe way around them, I’m not a horse whisperer! So I backtracked and walked on the road - which was pleasant enough, pavements throughout, and the small village of Barkisland - until I picked up the route again at Bowers Mill.
The part I missed was about 2.5 km of rural woods, fields and tracks, with some steepness. I can’t say what happens there, so I’m flagging this route as a ‘maybe’.
Good refreshments at Bowers Mill, then a lovely meadow stream-side path along the Black Brook all the way to Elland outskirts. The path had one awkward bridge crossing where the bridge was a series of uneven boulders (photo) which I had to scramble across carefully. There is also a part where the path goes past a few industrial units, so there may be vans and artics.
At Elland the last 1/4 of the route goes through a residential area with a classic Calderdale climb up and then down again. This is sometimes necessary, as here, to keep away from the industrial and traffic-y valley bottom.
Apart from having to backtrack and reroute I enjoyed this route, especially the unexpected mill complex at Bowers Mill and seeing how even a small valley supported big mills.
I’ve posted my alternative route as Ripell Two for anyone wanting a slightly shorter, easier version which I can vouch for! But this one is still worth another look by more reviewers.
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