The walking around Walshaw is quite simply breathtaking.
Right by the house are a number of enchanting walks, up on the moors, or down in the woods by the river. The scenery is varied and beautiful any time of year.
As well as a number of shorter walks, one of the highlights of staying at Walshaw is the walk over the moors to Wuthering Heights, and onto Haworth. This 3 1/2 hour walk is highly recommended.
The area around Walshaw has one of the best rights-of-way networks in Britain and several national way-marked trails pass through its dramatic and varied scenery.
So if you are looking for the perfect base for a walking holiday then Walshaw Lodge makes the ideal venue.
Hebden Bridge is itself one of the first Walkers are Welcome towns in the UK and is ideally suited to welcome your group for a walking holiday.
Britain’s first and best known National Trail, the Pennine Way, passes close by.
The Calderdale Way, a 50-mile (80 km) circular route around the Calder Valley, skirts the town. It is one of the most popular local routes either for walking in chunks or as a more serious two day hike.
Great Local Walks
Crimsworth Dean, Lumb Bridge and Hardcastle Crags from Heptonstall
Stoodley Pike from Hebden Bridge
Stoodley Pike and Withens Clough Reservoir from Lobb Mill
Haworth Moor and Brontë Bridge
