Along Langfield Edge to Stoodley Pike
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"A classic South Pennine ridge walk to a much-loved landmark."
Walk directions
From the town hall in the centre of Todmorden, take the Rochdale road (A6033), cross the canal, turning left and immediately left again around the Golden Lion pub to walk up Longfield Road. Keep ahead as the main street veers away to new houses, but then swing right with Longfield Road up to Longfield Terrace at the end. Just before the row of houses, bear left on a track climbing between the fields behind. When the track forks, keep left to a farm, from where you will get the first glimpse of your destination – Stoodley Pike – on the horizon ahead. Continue along the farm track to a road. Go left, to find a pub, the Shepherd’s Rest Country Inn, in splendid isolation.
Opposite the pub, take a track leading through a gate, uphill, onto Langfield Common. Keep ahead past a waymark along a distinct and well-graded path that rises across the steep hillside below Langfield Edge. Levelling at the top, it is joined by another path to round the head of the clough. The way runs on above the edge, eventually intersecting a broader path, the Pennine Way. Go left towards the distant monument.
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Terrain
- Good paths and tracks, several stiles
Landscape
- Open moorland
Dog friendliness
- On leads as sheep grazing throughout
Parking
- Car parks in centre of Todmorden
Toilets en route
- Brook Street, Todmorden
About the walk
This walks starts at Todmorden – call it ‘Tod’ if you want to sound like a local – a border town, standing at the junction of three valley routes. Before the town was included in the old West Riding, the Yorkshire–Lancashire border divided the town in two. Todmorden’s splendid town hall, built in...
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About the area
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.
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The Green Route Apartment
- Total units: 1
- Washing machine
- Sky or freeview
- Linens provided
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The Green Route Apartment
Comfortable, tastefully furnished and close to the town centre in Todmorden, the Green Route Apartment is a perfect spot for exploring the town’s cobbled streets, the Calder Valley and ...
The Green Route Apartment
Comfortable, tastefully furnished and close to the town centre in Todmorden, the Green Route Apartment is a perfect spot for exploring the town’s cobbled streets, the Calder Valley and ...
Pennine Cottage
A Self-Catering Cottage offering spectacular panoramic views and set within an established sheep farm which has been in the same family for over 60years. There are three bedrooms consis...
Pennine Cottage
A Self-Catering Cottage offering spectacular panoramic views and set within an established sheep farm which has been in the same family for over 60years. There are three bedrooms consis...
Stormer Hill
Situated in Littleborough in the Upper Roch Valley of the Pennines, Stormer Hill is a luxury holiday apartment in the sensitively converted Bar House, which dates to 1838. There are exc...
Stormer Hill
Situated in Littleborough in the Upper Roch Valley of the Pennines, Stormer Hill is a luxury holiday apartment in the sensitively converted Bar House, which dates to 1838. There are exc...
Sands Farm Cottage
Sands Farm is a beautifully renovated stone-built cottage set in peaceful countryside, offering picturesque views over the valley. There are two bedrooms, one en suite and the other wit...
Hollingworth Lake Caravan Park
A popular park adjacent to Hollingworth Lake, at the foot of the Pennines, within easy reach of many local attractions. Backpackers walking the Pennine Way are welcome at this family-ru...
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