We are the Take a Hike Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Suzanne M.
A 'proper walk' hampered (?) by drinking alcohol. Please dress for hiking and bring water and snacks and lunch/dinner if you are not buying something from a pub.
10 miles + 6 pubs + 3 breweries. The route is measured from Sunny Bank Mills to Kirkstall Brewery.
Pints, halves and soft drinks are available at each venue. Please drink sensibly.
The walk should take 4 1/2 hours to complete. The rest of the time will be spent at the various venues - I'll be drinking halves, so the time taken for me to finish my drink will be the time spent at each venue (I will spend longer at the Fleece for lunch and Kirkstall Bridge for dinner - which, when I reccied this route, was a baguette for lunch and loaded fries for dinner). We should be finished by 9.00pm.
The route is a mixture of roadside pavements, fields, and canal towpath. The busiest road crossing is the Farsley Ring Road, which takes place early in the walk, before we've had too much to drink! There is ascent from Farsley to Calverley, and from the canal towpath to Horsforth.
FOOD
https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/dining-shopping/eat-drink/ Farsley
https://thefleecefarsley.co.uk/menus/
There are many other places in Farsley where you can get something to eat.
https://kirkstallbridge.co.uk/#menus
BEER
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=180107 Fleece, Farsley
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=179645 Amity Brew Co, Farsley
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=179965 Thornhill, Calverley
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=180459 Railway, Calverley Bridge
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=180679 Horsforth Brewery
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=179745 Abbey Inn, Newlay Bridge
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=180193 Kirkstall Bridge Inn
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=180171 Cardigan Arms
https://leeds.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=180656 Kirkstall Brewery
For cider drinkers: Inch's was available at Fleece, Thornhill and Railway. Henry Westons was available at Kirkstall Bridge, Cardigan Arms and Kirkstall Brewery. Cans available at Amity and Horsforth Brewery.
Meet at the Fleece 12.15pm or Amity Brew Co at 1.00pm.
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Sunny Bank Mills is a 15 minute walk from Pudsey train station.
Buses 502 and 16 stop outside the venue.
Bus 72 stops at the top of Old Road (bus stop New Street 45012376), a 10 minute walk downhill to the venue.
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https://bustimes.org/services/502-halifax-ovenden-denholme-cullingworth-keighl-2
https://bustimes.org/services/16-pudsey-bus-station-whinmoor-shopping-centre
https://bustimes.org/services/72-leeds-thornbury-bramley-breadford Typo on the URL.
https://bustimes.org/stops/450012376
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There is a bus stop opposite Kirkstall Brewery.
https://bustimes.org/services/34-leeds-bus-station-otley-bus-station-2
https://bustimes.org/services/33-leeds-otley
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https://www.wymetro.com/tickets-and-passes/daysavers-and-family-tickets/daysavers-and-family-ticket-prices/
The Fleece, Farsley.
Amity Brew Co, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley.
Kirkstall Brewery Taproom.
