Marsden Moor Estate (NT)

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MARSDEN, WEST YORKSHIRE

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Discover the beautiful countryside and rugged scenery of Marsden Moor, which covers over 5,000 acres. Explore a landscape steeped in history, from prehistoric man to historic trans-Pennine transport routes. While you’re here you may spot some of the moorland plants and birds that make this area internationally important. Whether you prefer to explore the landscape on foot, by bike or through the lens of a camera there are plenty of things to see and do.

Marsden Moor Estate (NT)
Marsden Moor Estate Office and Exhibition Room, Station Road, MARSDEN, HD7 6DH

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About the area

Discover West Yorkshire

Everybody knows that Yorkshire has some special landscapes. The Dales and the Moors first spring to mind, but what about West Yorkshire? That’s Leeds and Bradford isn’t it? Back-to-back houses and blackened mills… Certainly if you had stood on any of the hills surrounding Hebden Bridge a hundred years ago, and gazed down into the valley, all you would have seen was the pall of smoke issuing from the chimneys of 33 textile mills. But thankfully, life changes very quickly in West Yorkshire. The textile trade went into terminal decline, the mills shut down forever and in a single generation Hebden Bridge became a place that people want to visit.

The surrounding countryside offers walking every bit as good as the more celebrated Yorkshire Dales; within minutes you can be tramping across the moors. And this close proximity of town and country is repeated all across West Yorkshire. There’s such diversity in the area that you can find yourself in quite unfamiliar surroundings, even close to places you may know very well. Take time to explore this rich county and you will be thrilled at what you find to shatter old myths and preconceptions. 

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