Walk Length:<\/strong>\u00a05 or 7 miles . Allow 3 hours for the 5-mile walk and 4 hours for the 7-mile walk.<\/p>\n Grade:\u00a0<\/strong>The route is medium on tracks, some of which can be rough underfoot and steep, paths and roads with a short section on high moorland which can be wet underfoot. Stout foot ware and waterproof clothing is needed. Not suitable for mobility-impaired or young children. Not recommended in poor visibility.<\/p>\n Grid Reference:<\/strong>\u00a0GR SD95824 23333<\/p>\n Postcode:<\/strong> OL14 6JA<\/p>\n Public transport:\u00a0<\/strong>The T6 and T8 circular bus services are available from Todmorden which also has a train station.<\/p>\n Parking:<\/strong>\u00a0on roadside by Lumbutts Methodist Chapel.<\/p>\n The route starts in Lumbutts, and soon passes the first milestone and follows the London Road to the east, a contouring track that used to be the main road to Halifax before the turnpikes in the valley floor. Stoodley Pike is then visited followed by the Te Deum Stone and the magnificent Withens packhorse causey that returns us to Lumbutts. For the energetic, a 2-mile optional diversion takes us to another superb pre-turnpike milestone alongside another excellent stretch of packhorse causeway before retracing our steps to Lumbutts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee the walk in Google Maps\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload a PDF of the walk\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Start from Lumbutts Methodist Chapel and follow the road down the hill. Note the Lumbutts Mill Dams and the Water Mill Tower 1<\/strong>\u00a0on your left.<\/p>\n Turn right up the narrow cobbled lane , signposted Pennine Bridleway . At the top of the hill go straight across to another narrow path (Top Brink Inn to your right). Opposite Top Brink Cottage notice the first milestone\u00a02<\/strong>\u00a0inscribed HALIFAX 8 miles ROCHDALE 7 miles and BURNLEY 8 miles. Follow this narrow path (complete with causey stones) for \u00bc mile to emerge onto a road.<\/p>\n\n Turn right and head for Stoodley Pike\u00a08<\/strong>, 550 yards away and through another wall-stile. The original Stoodley Pike monument was built in 1815 to celebrate the defeat and abdication of Napolean in 1814. This structure collapsed during a storm in 1854, on the eve of the Crimean War and was replaced by the present structure in 1856 at a cost of \u00a3812. Head due south for \u00bc mile, still on the Pennine Way and take a path that branches left to shortly reach a ladder stile.<\/p>\n\n You are now at Withens Stoop\u00a013<\/strong>, a leaning 2-metre high guide stoop in a dramatic position overlooking the upper Calder Valley. Note the nearby wooden waymarkers that confirm this point as a crossroads of the Calderdale Way and the Pennine Way. Go straight ahead on a superb causeway\u00a014<\/strong>\u00a0that drops steeply in places back to Lumbutts Methodist Chapel and the start.<\/p>\n This completes the 5-mile walk. If you fancy a couple more miles, from Lumbutts Methodist Chapel turn left down the road and then first left down a track between dams that goes past Lee Farm and around the back of Lumbutts village for a distance of 500 yards. Turn left along a tarmac road. Follow this for \u00be mile to Heyhead Farm . Turn left for a further \u00be mile along a causeway\u00a015<\/strong>, then a rough walled lane and finally another superb causeway until you steadily rise to Rake End. Halfway along the walled lane at note another pre-turnpike milestone\u00a016<\/strong>\u00a0with the inscription HALIFAX 9 miles, BURNLEY 7 miles, ROCHDALE 6 miles. From Rake End\u00a017<\/strong>, simply re-trace your steps back to Lumbutts Methodist Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n While care has been taken to ensure the information above is accurate, the Milestone Society accepts no liability for any claim, loss, damage or injury (howsoever arising) incurred by those using the information provided. Please ensure that you wear suitable footwear and always carry a drink and a snack.<\/p>\n\tDescription<\/h3>\n
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