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Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.

Pennine BridlewayPhoto David Roberts / Pexels

Places to explore near Smithy Bridge StationSmithy Bridge

18 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

1.5 km E · spans 6 counties

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

4.6 km NE · spans 8 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Rochdale Canal, a 32-mile canal running from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge, England.

Rochdale Canal

Canal

The first canal across the Pennines — 91 broad locks between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, reopened whole in 2002.

0.1 km E · Greater Manchester & West Yorkshire

Photo of Hollingworth Country Park, a country park near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Hollingworth Country Park

Country park near Rochdale

A country park in Greater Manchester.

0.7 km E

Photo of Hollingworth Lake, a reservoir near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Hollingworth Lake

Reservoir near Rochdale

Near Littleborough, this canal-feeder reservoir became a Victorian resort, the so-called Weighver's Seaport of the Pennine mill towns.

1.2 km E

Photo: Blackstone Edge, a 474m hill near Ripponden, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Blackstone Edge

County top near Ripponden

A hill in Greater Manchester.

4.8 km E

Photo of Tandle Hill Country Park, a country park near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Tandle Hill Country Park

Country park near Rochdale

A country park in Greater Manchester.

6.6 km S

Photo: Way Stone Edge, a 482m hill near Marsden, West Yorkshire, northern England.

Way Stone Edge

County top near Marsden

A hill in West Yorkshire.

7.4 km E

Photo along the Calderdale Way, a 50-mile long-distance path in northern England.

Calderdale Way

Long-distance path

The original recreational-route circuit of 1978 — a fifty-mile loop of Calderdale's moor edges, packhorse ways and mill towns.

8.2 km N · West Yorkshire

Photo of Shepherd's Rest Inn, a pub near Todmorden, West Yorkshire, northern England.

Shepherd's Rest Inn

Pub near Todmorden

Refurbished moor-edge inn at Lumbutts looking over Calderdale, a stop on the walk to Stoodley Pike.

8.2 km N

Photo of Top Brink Inn, a pub near Todmorden, West Yorkshire, northern England.

Top Brink Inn

Pub near Todmorden

Hillside pub above the Calder at Lumbutts with wide valley views, a favourite with walkers.

8.9 km N

Everything else within 10 km (7) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.