Best walks from Berry Brow

Berry Brow Station to Lockwood Station

While the train sweeps across the Holme Valley on the majestic Lockwood Viaduct, the walker's progress is humbler, first along the riverside and then climbing through Beaumont Park to Lockwood. From Berry Brow station the route crosses the railway and descends past shops along Waingate to the main road, then turns down Stockwell Hill to the lovely St Paul's Church in the hamlet of Armitage Bridge, worth a look inside for its magnificent organ and restoration following a fire. The walk crosses the River Holme on a footbridge and follows tarmac paths past allotments and fishing ponds, then a track past Armitage Bridge Cricket Club and Park Valley Mill, with nearby Brooke's Mill housing the North Light Gallery and an exhibition on the Brooke family and Huddersfield's wool textile industry. Crossing the Meltham Road, the route climbs steeply into Beaumont Park, an ornate Victorian park with cascades, grottos, steep cliffs and viewing areas for the listed 32-arch Lockwood Viaduct, up to 122 feet high. A descent through residential streets and beneath the railway brings the walker to Lockwood station.

2km.

A wooden footbridge near Armitage Bridge can be slippery when wet, and the climb into Beaumont Park is steep.

Highlights: Lockwood Viaduct (A listed 32-arch railway viaduct up to 122 feet high, arguably the most impressive of the viaducts between Huddersfield and Penistone) and Beaumont Park (An ornate Victorian park with cascades, grottos, steep cliffs and viewing areas for the Lockwood Viaduct).

Documented by Penistone Line Trail / Penistone Line Partnership.

Honley Station to Berry Brow Station

As the line continues on the hillside above the River Holme through the short Honley tunnel and the longer Robin Hood tunnel, the walking route climbs towards Castle Hill to enjoy fine views over Honley, Netherton and beyond. From Honley station the route passes a bus depot and turns up over the railway, then follows a footpath into Upper Park Wood Nature Reserve, climbing through fields with a bench offering magnificent views. Victoria Tower comes into view on Castle Hill, an Iron Age hill fort with over 4,000 years of human activity, the tower itself built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897 and reaching almost 997 feet above sea level. The walk follows Hey Lane past the cemetery with Castle Hill on the right, passing the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Stirley community farm, then descends an uneven farm track and Cold Hill Lane through Cold Hill hamlet, with views to the left. A final descent down Lady House Lane leads to a road junction, after which the route turns up Birch Road to Berry Brow station, which reopened on its current single platform in 1989.

2km.

This walk is quite steep and uneven in certain places. A very rural area with no facilities en route, so bring a picnic.

Highlights: Victoria Tower, Castle Hill (A tower built for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee atop an Iron Age hill fort, reaching almost 997 feet above sea level).

Documented by Penistone Line Trail / Penistone Line Partnership.