20th February 2015 - Bride Stones Moor
Walk Details
Distance walked: 5.6 miles
Total ascent: 1124 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 3 hrs
Route description: Lydgate-Owlers Walk-Calderdale Way-Windy Harbour-Eastwood Road-Bride Stones Moor-Kebs Road-Mount Lane-Stony Lane-Hudson Moor-Orchan Rocks-Jumps Lane-Lydgate
The weather may not have been the best this afternoon but it still felt good to have a walk and get some fresh air and exercise. Not just good for the body but for the mind as well. I enjoy visiting the rocky top of Bride Stones Moor but perhaps Orchan Rocks was my favourite spot of the day as it brightened up for my arrival here.
I parked on Church Lane in Lydgate (it's off the main road) then walked to its end and onto the path of Owlers Walk. At its end I turned left and onto the Calderdale Way under the railway viaduct, uphill through Kitson Wood and across Whirlaw Common to Windy Harbour. I then followed the lane uphill to Eastwood Road. After a short walk west along the road I took the path onto Bride Stones Moor to reach the trig point on the Great Bride Stones. The walk continued as I took the path out to Kebs Road, a walk west along Kebs Road took me to the junction with Mount Lane and down Mount Lane and onto the bridleway of Stony Lane. I followed this across the hillside before turning right onto a bridleway down to Hartley Royd. Here I turned left onto a bridleway across Hudson Moor to reach the Orchan Rocks. I then made my way down the track of Jumps Lane back to Lydgate.
Total ascent: 1124 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 3 hrs
Route description: Lydgate-Owlers Walk-Calderdale Way-Windy Harbour-Eastwood Road-Bride Stones Moor-Kebs Road-Mount Lane-Stony Lane-Hudson Moor-Orchan Rocks-Jumps Lane-Lydgate
The weather may not have been the best this afternoon but it still felt good to have a walk and get some fresh air and exercise. Not just good for the body but for the mind as well. I enjoy visiting the rocky top of Bride Stones Moor but perhaps Orchan Rocks was my favourite spot of the day as it brightened up for my arrival here.
I parked on Church Lane in Lydgate (it's off the main road) then walked to its end and onto the path of Owlers Walk. At its end I turned left and onto the Calderdale Way under the railway viaduct, uphill through Kitson Wood and across Whirlaw Common to Windy Harbour. I then followed the lane uphill to Eastwood Road. After a short walk west along the road I took the path onto Bride Stones Moor to reach the trig point on the Great Bride Stones. The walk continued as I took the path out to Kebs Road, a walk west along Kebs Road took me to the junction with Mount Lane and down Mount Lane and onto the bridleway of Stony Lane. I followed this across the hillside before turning right onto a bridleway down to Hartley Royd. Here I turned left onto a bridleway across Hudson Moor to reach the Orchan Rocks. I then made my way down the track of Jumps Lane back to Lydgate.
Route map
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A view across Calderdale soon opens up as I leave Lydgate and..
..head up the track through Kitson Wood
On the Calderdale Way with the Whirlaw Stones ahead
Looking across the valley to Stoodley Pike and the moorland of Langfield Common
Approaching the Bride Stones
The stand out feature amongst the many rocky outcrops
The trig point atop Brides Stones Moor
and the view. Starting with looking north towards the distant top of Boulsworth Hill.
The moors to the north of Hebden Bridge
Stoodley Pike on the other side of Calderdale
Looking south down the Summit gorge
Heald Moor and Thieveley Pike on the other side of the Cliviger gorge
A narrow escape with a shower as I head down to Kebs Road
After a walk along Kebs Road and down Mount Lane I'm on the bridleway of Stony Lane that will take across the hillside and back to Lydgate. Before I go any further there's an item of interest on the other side of the wall on the left that I don't want to miss.
Mount Cross. A registered ancient monument that may date back to as long ago as the 7th century.
It's brightening up as I head across the moor to the Orchan Rocks..
The colourful hillside of Bride Stones Moor and Whirlaw Common from the top of Orchan Rocks
and a nice view of Todmorden and Calderdale
Looking back up at the Orchan Rocks
and heading down the track of Jumps Lane to Lydgate