Best walks from Brighouse
MapJump on a train, get off at Brighouse Station and lose yourself in a beautiful hike for the day.
Huddersfield Station to Brighouse Station
An undulating walk with a fair amount of climbing and descending over fields, woodland and housing-estate pavements, with a long, relentless downhill into Rastrick. Includes a few steps, one stile and rough ground and tree roots; some paths through Upper Fell Greave are hard to follow. Ends along the Aire and Calder Navigation. There are benches at the square by the Brighouse bus station meeting point.
Tough: steep ascents. 8km.
Several roads to cross, including a dual carriageway (Fixby Road, which has central refuges). A path on the right of way line up the hill is barely evident and must be improvised.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Brighouse Station to Mirfield Station
Easy: 8km, moderate ascents.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Brighouse Station to Bradford Interchange Station
A varied route through south Bradford, a village and across countryside into Brighouse. The southern end is good; the rest is rather relentless. A riverside path gets very muddy in winter and there are some stiles. Passes through the village of Wyke.
12km. Moderate ascents.
The area north of Rooley Avenue is fenced off, blocking the route as plotted, with safety concerns at the road crossing (a pelican crossing lies further east). One stile is a bit unsturdy; the riverside path gets very muddy in winter.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Halifax Station to Brighouse Station
some cracking views from the tops. A walk with some pleasant sections (Cromwell Wood and the canalside Calder Valley Greenway) but many awkward parts: several staircases, overgrown and dingy sections, very narrow squeezes and stretches across fields where the path is hard to determine.
Tough: steep ascents. 7km.
Several main roads must be crossed without crossings, including Church Street/South Parade in Halifax. A bridge from Lilly Lane leads to a long uneven staircase into a narrow tunnel with broken glass that felt unsafe; an overgrown, dingy path along Hebble Brook is a graffiti hotspot and can be impassable after rain.