Races

NEW START TO ROUTE - Bridle Stile, Shelf at the car park follow the path to the left hand side of the car park for about 100m. Cross the road and continue on the path for a short distance then take path on right where broken way marker sign is. Follow steps down and over beck. Keep on path, left of the fencing for 200m, then through open fence . About 20m take path right, down and over wooden bridge follow path bearing left, up to top, metal gate on left. Go right, follow the way marker sign ;Berry Bottoms; and keep on this path on top side of the woods all the way till you meet the steps; half way up . You are back on the Calderdale Way. Up the steps and continue on the CW. See leg 6 start changes map here. This section will be marked out on the day.

Continue for half a mile towards Dean House Farm

Pass an open barn on the left, then do not enter the farmyard, but take a stile on the left

Go down to the stream cutting the field corner towards a building among the trees; cross the footbridge near a small waterfall and go up the steps,

Keep to the right after the first stile, then stay on the upper path just inside the top of North Wood until a stream bed crosses where paths divide at an opening

Go diagonally up a field to a stile left of the nearest pylon; bear right along the wallside into a grassy lane past Middle Ox Heys which leads to the village street at Norwood Green

Turn left along the road for half a mile past the Old White Beare pub

Fork right at the war memorial, then left down a track past the swings, with Norwood Terrace on the left, and Upper Rookes Hall and a cricket field on the right

Cross a railway bridge, turn right to a field then left down a hedge-side and forwards over a slight ridge to the A58 Leeds-Halifax road near a lay-by

Note the fine view of Wyke Viaduct on the left

Cross the road to a stile beside a gate

Cross the hump-backed field, to a stile on the far side

Go through and follow the left hand hedge down this field to a wooden stile and round to the left until a stream is seen ahead and the path bears right to cross a footbridge, continuing forwards into a narrow ginnel between fences in a new housing estate

Emerge on Victoria Road and carry straight on down the road to the Punch Bowl Hotel in the centre of Bailiff Bridge

Turn left to the traffic lights and cross the road (A641) into Birkby Lane by the offices of Firths Carpets

Go up the hill and 50 yards before a rail bridge turn right into Birkhouse Road

Follow the road past the houses and bear left under an old railway bridge, continuing forwards along the lane

On the brow of the hill carry straight on as the road bends to the left

The unmade road leads up to Woolrow Farm on the skyline ahead

After the bungalow turn left over a stile; after a few yards turn right following wall and hedge down a series of fields to a stream at Hole Bottom

At the field corner is a footbridge leading up a short path to a metalled road (Thornhill Beck Lane)

Turn right down the road for 200 yards then left up some steps and straight up the hill to a stile

Turn right onto Thornhills Lane following the road as it turns sharp right and left near a large house

After 200 yards turn right at a signpost onto a field path running downhill towards the old railway embankment; note the fine view of Brighouse in front

At the bottom of the slope the path turns left alongside an old railway line

Cross the road (A643) and go down the short, steep street opposite (Alegar Street), then turn right onto Wakefield Road (A644), left into Grove Street and right along Mill Lane to The Barge pub

Turn left before Sainsbury's into Wharfe Street to the canal basin, now a centre for leisure cruising

Turn right along the canal towpath passing under several bridges as it goes through Brighouse

From Brighouse follow the canal towpath for half a mile to Ganney Lock (SE 140229), cross the bridge and continue on the left bank to a large factory overlooking Cromwell Lake

Turn right to cross the canal and Elland Road then left up Freeman's Wood, alongside a wall

Keep left when the track forks, staying next to the well, and climbing towards some power lines and a path junction

Turn left over a stile to descend 240 steps to a farm, Fort Montague, at Cromwell Bottom

At the bottom of the steps turn right along a grassy track climbing gently into Cromwell Wood; continue uphill on a steady gradient for ¾ mile until you meet a cross path and signpost

Turn left for Southowram down a paved track, over a stream and left again to a farm lane

Turn sharp right and quickly left through a stile; keep the wall on the right through two fields and past some stables to School Lane and on to the Methodist Sunday School at the end

Turn right towards Southowram bus terminus at Milking Hill and left into West Lane towards Siddal

Updated Route - From Southowram go down West Lane and Change Lane as normal but DO NOT FOLLOW THE SIGNPOST FOR THE CALDERDALE WAY(which goes left on track and then down through fields at Exley) but KEEP ON THE ROAD all the way down past the school on your left to the road junction.

It will be well marked out on the day.