Hardcastle Crags

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Hardcastle Crags is a wooded Pennine valley in West Yorkshire, England, owned by the National Trust. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies approximately 2 miles north of the town of Hebden Bridge and 10 miles west of the town of Halifax. ()

Coordinates: 53°45'54"N, 2°2'33"W

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Hardcastle Crags – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hebden Bridge Picture House, Brontë Waterfall, Todmorden Markets, Stoodley Pike.

2.1 miSE
Nightlife, Cinema
Hebden Bridge Picture House, Hebden Bridge
53 min walk • Hebden Bridge Picture House in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, is one of the last remaining council-owned cinemas in Britain. Together with the adjacent shops, it forms a Grade II listed building.
4 miN
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Brontë Waterfall, Haworth
103 min walk • The Brontë Waterfall is a small waterfall located about a mile south west of Stanbury, near Haworth, West Yorkshire, England. The area surrounding the waterfall is mainly moorland and farmland but is part of Brontë Country. It is an area of outstanding beauty and famous for its association with the Brontë sisters.
4.1 miSW
Shop, Shopping, Market
Todmorden Markets, Todmorden
106 min walk • Todmorden Markets consist of an indoor market held in the Public Market Hall and an outdoor open air market held to the front of the Public Market Hall in central Todmorden adjacent to the Town Hall.
3.5 miS
Memorial
Stoodley Pike, Hebden Bridge
89 min walk • Stoodley Pike is a 1,300-foot hill in the south Pennines in West Yorkshire in northern England. It is noted for the 121-foot Stoodley Pike Monument at its summit, which dominates the moors of the upper Calder Valley and the market town of Todmorden.
4.2 miSW
City hall
Todmorden Town Hall, Todmorden
107 min walk • Todmorden Town Hall is a municipal building in Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Todmorden Town Council, is a grade I listed building.
4.4 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Todmorden Unitarian Church, Todmorden
112 min walk • Todmorden Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church located in Honey Hole Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. Built in honour of John Fielden, a local mill owner and a social reformer, the church was completed in 1869.
4.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Boulsworth Hill
115 min walk • Boulsworth Hill is a large expanse of moorland, the highest point of the South Pennines of south-eastern Lancashire, England, separating the Borough of Pendle from Calderdale.
1.9 miSE
53°44'39"N • 2°0'49"W
Artsmill, Hebden Bridge
48 min walk • Bridge, Museum
1.7 miE
Church
Wainsgate Baptist Church
44 min walk • Wainsgate Baptist Church is a redundant chapel standing in an elevated position above the town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The chapel and its attached school are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The chapel is managed by the Historic Chapels Trust.
3.5 miN
Historical place, View point, Ruins
Top Withens, Haworth
89 min walk • Top Withens is a ruined farmhouse near Haworth, West Yorkshire, England, which is said to have been the inspiration for the location of the Earnshaw family house Wuthering Heights in the 1847 novel of the same name by Emily Brontë.
4.3 miSE
Town
Calderdale
109 min walk • The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The estimated population in mid-2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley.