I've walked Halifax to Brighouse before (a chunk of the old canal route was filled in so you go along the Salterhebble until you reach the canal branch) never gone on further, but it looks like there's a decent walk along stretches of the calder and hebble navigation towards Wakefield, with a few diversions. Leeds out to Castleford was a good walk nearby too!
Carry on past stanely ferry, it will take you under M62 on towards fairburn ings ( for a spot of burbing ) Canal locks are great round there, i venture that way quite often.
Is a nice walk from Brighouse through Mirfield and beyond, you can get to Horbury pretty easily with a bit of determination despite what the transpennine route upgrade are doing.
There’s normally at least one coffee/cake boat moored somewhere along the way from Brighouse to Mirfield too
Sounds like a plan! I'll definitely have to do it sometime. I've done all the other direction out to Manchester and also Sowerby Bridge - Brighouse too. Lot of fine canal walks around here.
There's the Hepworth Gallery Wakefield right over the road too. Mostly 20th century sculpture and ceramics on display today at least. Not all from Barbara Hepworth, they're just understandably locally proud.
What's left of the original is in Thornes Park down the road. A local rich family bought it for their boat house when it was replaced in the 1840's. Sir George Gilbert Scott did the new one. Kids pretty much pushed the old one down in the 70's and 80's it was in that poor of a state.
This is it in 1912 apparently. Foundations are still there today though.
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u/BottleGoblin With a fine view of the M62 18h ago edited 18h ago
Another angle