Scout Rock, Mytholmroyd

Name: Scout Rock
Address: Mytholmroyd, United Kingdom

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Scout Rock, is a rock face, once a quarry, cut into a hill called Hathershelf Scout and is on the south side of the Upper Calder Valley in the village of Mytholmroyd near Hebden Bridge, England. At its height, the cliff rises 130m above the village and the exposed rock face is visible from as far as Chiserley and Luddendenfoot. The majority of the rock face is now covered in vegetation. Hathershelf Forest is situated at the base of the cliff, and a large beacon stands around half way up the hill on the western side of the cliff face. ()

Coordinates: 53°43'34"N, 1°58'27"W

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Scout Rock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge Picture House, Stoodley Pike, Shroggs Park.

2.9 miSE
Canal
Rochdale Canal, Halifax
75 min walk • The Rochdale Canal is in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale through which it passes. The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width.
1.9 miNW
Nightlife, Cinema
Hebden Bridge Picture House, Hebden Bridge
48 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.
2.9 miW
Memorial
Stoodley Pike, Hebden Bridge
74 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 miE
Park
Shroggs Park, Halifax
103 min walk • Shroggs Park is a park in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It covers 9.7 hectares and is Grade II listed with Historic England.
3.9 miE
Tower
Wainhouse Tower, Halifax
99 min walk • Wainhouse Tower is a folly in the parish of King Cross, on the south west side of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, in England.
2.5 miE
Museum
Warley Town, Halifax
64 min walk • Warley Town is an area of Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Warley is a ward of Calderdale. The population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 12,215.
4.2 miE
Park
People's Park, Halifax
107 min walk • The People's Park is a park in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was given to the people of Halifax in 1857 by local carpet manufacturer Sir Francis Crossley. The park was originally designed by Joseph Paxton, but suffering neglect in the late 20th century until a major restoration project which started in 1995.
2 miNW
53°44'39"N • 2°0'49"W
Artsmill, Hebden Bridge
53 min walk • Bridge, Museum
3.9 miNW
Museum
Hardcastle Crags
99 min walk • 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.
2.4 miNW
Church
Wainsgate Baptist Church
61 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.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ryburn Reservoir
108 min walk • Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built in the valley to supply Wakefield with water and was completed in 1933.

Scout Rock, Mytholmroyd

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Scout Rock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)