Hebden Bridge
A stone mill town in the Calder Valley with canals, narrowboats and art shops. Hiking trails lead to the Hardcastle Crags woodland and the hilltop village of Heptonstall.
Hebden Bridge was once a “corduroy town” in the 19th century. Stone textile mills and the tiered “top and bottom houses” line its steep slopes, and today the town is known for its bohemian, arts-and-crafts atmosphere and independent shops. You can watch narrowboats on the Rochdale Canal, cross a 15th-century packhorse bridge, or walk about an hour uphill to the old village of Heptonstall, where the poet Sylvia Plath is buried. You can also enter the National Trust’s Hardcastle Crags wooded valley. Direct trains from Leeds take about 50 minutes.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth
- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
- The Piece Hall
- Saltaire
- National Science and Media Museum
- Ilkley Moor & Cow and Calf Rocks
- National Coal Mining Museum for England
- Kirkstall Abbey