We are the Take a Hike Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
The route includes canal, river, disused railways, and some muddy paths.
If you think railways are flat, think again!!
Circular walk: Mirfield to Ravensthorpe, Liversedge, (half a mile from) Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, and back.
https://www.railwaypaths.org.uk/our-achievements/spen-valley-greenway/
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMMB7A_Rotate_Liversedge_UK
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wmMB70_Junk_Swaledale_Sheep_Cleckheaton_UK
http://www.forgottenrelics.org/bridges/heckmondwikes-bridges/
From Mirfield along canal and riverside paths to Ravensthorpe. Along pavements to Scout Hill, where we join the Spen Valley Greenway, which is a disused railway. Uphill to Liversedge; past Heckmondwike, past artwork including ‘Rotate’ by Trudi Entwistle - 40 giant steel hoops set in a circle, and Sally Matthew’s flock of Swaledale Sheep, constructed from recycled industrial scrap.
We leave the Greenway and head down to the A638. After crossing the road we head up to the Spen Ringway, another disused railway. We follow this to Heckmondwike Cutting.
From Heckmondwike we rejoin the Spen Valley Greenway and retrace our steps to Ravensthorpe. We follow the route of the Calder Valley Greenway along streets and through Holroyd Park. At Shepley Bridge, we rejoin the canal and retrace our steps to Mirfield.
Please bring a working torch. It will be dusk or dark when we finish the walk.
Please see the photos which show the meeting point location in relation to where cars can park and where the train station is. Street parking. The current train timetable (viewed 26/10/24) shows the 09.18 from Leeds arrives in Mirfield at 09.41. The 08.46 from Bradford Interchange arrives in Mirfield at 09.17. The 09.39 from Huddersfield arrives in Mirfield at 09.47. The walk will start at 10.00 prompt.
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/mirfield/
Possibility of drinks after the walk. https://www.navigationtavern.co.uk/
Street parking on Hopton New Road. Meet opposite some steps to the train station, where the side road leads to Holme Bank Mills.
