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Cragg Vale

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Cragg Vale claims the longest continuous road gradient in England — 968 feet of climbing over five and a half miles up out of the Calder Valley. That made it a natural choice for the 2014 Tour de France, and it still draws cyclists grinding steadily up towards the moor. Mytholmroyd sits at the bottom of the climb; its station is about 3km away.

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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.

2.6 km NW · 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.

2.7 km NW · spans 8 counties

Photo of Stoodley Pike Monument, a landmark near Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Stoodley Pike Monument

Landmark near Cragg Vale

A 121-foot peace monument of 1856 crowning the moor above the Calder Valley.

3.1 km W

Photo of Hebden Bridge, a village in West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Hebden Bridge

Village

Bohemian mill town in the Calder gorge, its double-decker houses stacked above the Rochdale Canal and independent shops.

4.2 km N · West Yorkshire

Photo of Heptonstall, a village in West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Heptonstall

Village

Hilltop weavers' village of gritstone cottages, a ruined medieval church beside its Georgian replacement and Sylvia Plath's grave.

5.9 km NW · West Yorkshire

Photo of Hardcastle Crags, a gorge near Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Hardcastle Crags

Gorge near Heptonstall

National Trust wooded gorge of the Hebden Water, threaded with paths past the old Gibson Mill.

7.3 km NW