Getting to the area (train bus & car)
traveling around (bus and taxi)
Bus walks
Cycling
Getting here
TRAIN. By far the easiest and relaxing way to get here. There are good mainline connections from all over the UK to Leeds, York, Manchester and Preston (and connections from the airports at Manchester and Leeds).
There are regular direct trains to the Heart of the Pennines from Lancashire and Merseyside and from West, North and South Yorkshire.
Our stations are Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Walsden, with roughly four trains an hour on weekdays and two an hour at weekends.
There are three timetables, so it is usually easier to use National Rail enquiries
08 York via Leeds, Preston to Blackpool North
36 Leeds to Manchester via Dewsbury and Bradford
45 Leeds to Hebden Bridge
BUS There are direct buses from Halifax, Rochdale, Burnley (590-594 & 589) and Bacup (65).
CAR. For sustainability’s sake we recommend public transport, but if you come by car, there are car parks in Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Luddenden and Hardcastle Crags, but they can get very busy at weekend and market days.
Traveling around while you are here
BUS. We’re well-served by buses which allows you to do linear walks by combining with buses. Plan your journey here.
Valley bottom buses (the Green Line) – a regular service runs along the valley bottom between Halifax through Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge to Todmorden, Walsden and Cornholme (and beyond).
483 bus takes you from Todmorden to Bacup and Rawtenstall – good for accessing the high moors there’s a route map here
900/901 buses start in Hebden Bridge and travel out on to the high moors over to Huddersfield there’s a timetable here
If you are a walking group and want transport on a weekday, Calderdale Community Transport will provide a mini bus. Contact them via their website
Bronte Bus will take you from Hebden Bridge to Haworth, ideal for walking between the two towns plan your journey here.
Or you can come by canal boat from Manchester or Leeds!
This Lithograph by A.F.Tait dated 1845 is from Views of the Manchester & Leeds Railway. It shows the railway and canal winding through the valley at Whiteley Arches, West of Hebden Bridge.
Photo from Hebden Bridge Local History Society
TAXIS
There are several taxi companies in the area:
Todmorden (01706) 810555, 818525, 814494
Hebden Bridge (01422) 844070, 845555, 07766494918
Mytholmroyd (01422) 885544, 524001
Bus walks.
Our local walkers’ Action groups have produced booklets of walks you can do using the networks of local buses. Bus walks make it easy to do linear walks and can get you up on to the tops without a big effort!
You can pick up the booklets from local outlets
Cycling.
Cycling here is excellent. The National Cycle Route 66 runs mostly along the Rochdale Canal towpath.
