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The ruined farmhouse of Top Withens among purple heather on Haworth Moor, West Yorkshire

Walks in West Yorkshire

25 routes with stories of the places you pass, narrated and set to original music. Walk, run or ride them.

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West Yorkshire walks climb out of mill towns onto open moor. From Haworth you can cross to the Brontë Waterfall and Top Withens, from Ilkley you head up to the Cow and Calf Rocks, and from Hebden Bridge the paths drop into the woods of Hardcastle Crags. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal makes flat running from Saltaire to Bingley's Five Rise Locks, and Stoodley Pike stands above Todmorden.

Stories cover the Brontë sisters on Haworth Moor, Sir Titus Salt's model village at Saltaire, Gibson Mill, Kirkstall Abbey, the Piece Hall in Halifax and Shibden Hall.

Routes25
Towns19
Distance2.2 to 21 km
By bike25

Towns with several routes

Each has its own page, with the routes that start nearby.

All 25 routes in West Yorkshire

Addingham · Bingley · Bramhope · Chapel Allerton · Cragg vale · Cullingworth · Hebden Bridge · Holmfirth · Horsforth · Ilkley · Leeds · Marsden · Meltham · Pudsey · Saltaire · Shadwell · Swillington · Thorner · Wetherby

Shadwell, West Yorkshire

Run Roundhay Park in Shadwell, Leeds.

8.6 km · ≈ 38 min · ↑ 91 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Swillington, West Yorkshire

Run Temple Newsam and Skelton Park near Swillington.

13.8 km · ≈ 59 min · ↑ 118 m
Run · Cycle· One way
Marsden, West Yorkshire

Run the Standedge Trail from Marsden through open moorland.

14.8 km · ≈ 1 h 14 · ↑ 304 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Run the Leeds canal route through the city.

13.6 km · ≈ 55 min · ↑ 66 m
Run · Cycle· Out and back
Horsforth, West Yorkshire

Run Horsforth's Hall Park and Hunger Hills.

4.9 km · ≈ 1 h 16 · ↑ 106 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Bramhope, West Yorkshire

Run the Meanwood Valley Trail near Bramhope, Leeds.

6.2 km · ≈ 1 h 26 · ↑ 32 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

Run Hardcastle Crags from Heptonstall near Hebden Bridge.

11.2 km · ≈ 1 h 08 · ↑ 425 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Meltham, West Yorkshire

Run Wessenden Head past Digley Reservoir near Meltham.

15.3 km · ≈ 1 h 23 · ↑ 425 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire

Run Holme and Marsden Clough from Ramsden Reservoir.

14.4 km · ≈ 1 h 17 · ↑ 375 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Addingham, West Yorkshire

Run the Beamsley Beacon route from Addingham.

17.1 km · ≈ 1 h 28 · ↑ 398 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Thorner, West Yorkshire

Run the Bramham Park route from Kiddal Bridge in Thorner.

16.7 km · ≈ 1 h 05 · ↑ 37 m
Run · Cycle· One way
Chapel Allerton, West Yorkshire

Walk the Eccup Reservoir route from Chapel Allerton.

7.2 km · ≈ 1 h 41 · ↑ 53 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Bingley, West Yorkshire

Walk the Five Rise Locks route in Bingley.

7.9 km · ≈ 1 h 53 · ↑ 78 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Explore Leeds on a run past Woodhouse Moor.

7.7 km · ≈ 1 h 52 · ↑ 97 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Marsden, West Yorkshire

Run Marsden Moor from Marsden, open moorland.

10.5 km · ≈ 56 min · ↑ 279 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Cragg vale, West Yorkshire

Run up to Stoodley Pike from Hebden Bridge.

15.5 km · ≈ 1 h 22 · ↑ 390 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Pudsey, West Yorkshire

Run from Fullneck through Pudsey in Leeds.

9 km · ≈ 41 min · ↑ 115 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Cullingworth, West Yorkshire

Run a Cullingworth route through quiet village lanes.

9.3 km · ≈ 46 min · ↑ 190 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire

Run a Digley Reservoir route in Holmfirth.

9.1 km · ≈ 46 min · ↑ 192 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Run across the moors from Ilkley to Bingley.

11.1 km · ≈ 1 h 01 · ↑ 327 m
Run · Cycle· One way
Bramhope, West Yorkshire

Run around Eccup Reservoir from Bramhope.

6.2 km · ≈ 1 h 26 · ↑ 32 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Marsden, West Yorkshire

Cycle the Boundary Walk from Marsden through countryside.

21 km · ≈ 1 h 50 · ↑ 526 m
Cycle· One way
Marsden, West Yorkshire

Run the Standedge Trail from Marsden, scenic moorland.

17.5 km · ≈ 1 h 34 · ↑ 468 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Wetherby, West Yorkshire

Run the Wetherby to Follifoot route without a car.

16.3 km · ≈ 1 h 12 · ↑ 182 m
Run · Cycle· One way
Saltaire, West Yorkshire

Walk the model village of Saltaire.

2.2 km · ≈ 32 min · ↑ 30 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular

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