While the local interest pages on our main website are being re-designed, here's a list of books we have stocked in the past. The prices may have changed, and some may no longer be available, but it's worth asking!
Town Trails - Walks - Canal Walks - Canal Guides - Bridleways - Cyclists
South Pennines Explorer Map OL21, £7.99
Double-sided
and covering from Gisburn to Marsden, with the Calder Valley central. A
walker's map with footpaths including the Pennine Way, CalderdaleWay and
RossendaleWay
Lamfold Version of above (13.95)
Plastic coated all-weather
version with write/wipe-off surface. The new one also has a plastic wallet.
"Discover Hebden Bridge" - Town Centre Trail, £2.00
From Hebden Bridge Local History Society and Hebden Bridge Walkers' Action,
a colourful new guide to a 45-minute walk around the town, giving details of
points of interest and photographs of the same scenes in times gone by. The
trail is accessible by wheelchair.
A Pennine Saunter Around Hebden Bridge by Glyn Lee, £2.50
Takes you on a historic walk through Hebden Bridge, Hardcastle Crags,
Crimsworth Dean, Pecket Well and Old Town
Heptonstall Trail -Pennine Heritage & HB Local History
Society, £1.95
A walk around Heptonstall with information on
historical points of interest, with map and photos old and new.
Mytholmroyd Heritage Walk - Mike Darke, £4.99
Five
walks with lots of history, photos and sketchmaps. Revised version of booklet
first published 1987.
Hebden Bridge Treasure Hunt on Foot, £2.99
New edition
in booklet form of this walk around town visiting places of interest,
historical and otherwise.
Gone Walkabout - Anna Carlisle, £6.95
The
bestselling book of local walks now out in a substantially rewritten and
updated edition, with new maps. The walks are designed for the moderately and
supremely fit, and are graded for distance and difficulty.
Three Waymarked Walks from Hebden Bridge, 50p
A colourful
folded leaflet with instructions and maps for visiting Hardcastle Crags
avoiding the road, Heptonstall and Stoodley Pike.
A Laureate's Landscape: walks around Ted Hughes's Mytholmroyd - John
Billingsley, £4.50
Engrossing and informative illustrated booklet
that takes us around the area in which the ex-Poet Laureate grew up and which
inspired some of his most memorable work. The relevant poems are referred to
(but not quoted! - the copyright is closely guarded) in the text. Local
historian John Billingsley has led many Ted Hughes walks around Mytholmroyd,
and here is a permanent memento - or a good substitute if you are unable to
take part.
The Ted Hughes Trail in Crimsworth Dean - the Elmet Trust, Donald
Crossley, Nick Wilding & Lesley Alston, £2.50
This colour
illustrated booklet with sketchmap takes you on a circular walk from Midgehole
visiting places significant in some of Ted Hughes' poems, many of them from
Elmet.
There and Back with Geoff Boswell: Pennine Walks between Hebden
Bridge and Todmorden, £3.50
16 walks - half in each direction,
from 5.5 to 14 miles, with full directions, descriptions, and colour
photographs by the author.
South Pennines and Bronte Moors - Andrew Bibby,
£8.99
Forest of Bowland with Pendle Hill and West Pennine Moors -
Andrew Bibby, £7.99
The Pennine Divide: Walking the Moors
Between Greater Manchester and Yorkshire - Andrew Bibby,
£7.99
Three Freedom to Roam guides. Produced in association with the
Ramblers' Association, they offer an introduction to the area: its landscape,
history and natural history; 12 free-range rambles, graded for difficulty; a
full-page 4-colour OS map for each walk; plus points of interest, practical
info and a guide to public rights of access.
Calderdale Way Guide-Calderdale Way Association, £4.99
The updated official guide to this 50-mile circular walk throughsome of
Calderdale's best scenery. Handy format, spiral bound, maps, full route
details, points of interest, history, photos.
Calderdale Way (Walking Country) - Paul Hannon,
£4.99
48-page booklet with guide, outline maps, sketches, points of
interest.
Walking Country: Calderdale - Paul Hannan, £5.99
25
local walks (different from the above). Compact format. Full details, maps and
line drawings.
Walks around Calderdale - Dorian Speakman, £2.99
From
Dalesman, a pocket-sized guide to ten local walks, ranging from Ogden Water and
Mirfield to Walsden, and including Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Mytholmroyd,
Cragg Vale and Todmorden areas.
Walking Country: Bronte Way - Paul Hannon, £4.50
A
45-mile linear walk between Oakwell Hall and Gawthorpe Hall via Shelf, Haworth
and Wycoller.
Walking Country: Bronte Country - Paul Hannon, £5.50
22
walks around Haworth including the moors and surrounding villages.
The Bronte Way -Marje Wilson, £4.50
Eleven circular
walks associated with the lives and novels of the Brontes. Descriptions,
outline maps, illustrations.
South Pennine Walks - Jack Keighley, £5.99
Spiral-bound
handwritten and illustrated with hand-drawn maps, 30 circular walks, from 4 to
8.5 miles.
The Yorkshire Water Way 2 - South Pennines and Peak District - Mark
Reid (£3.99)
A 62-mile walk between Ilkley and Langsett, via
Haworth, Hebden Bridge and Marsden. Instructions, line drawings and sketch
maps.
Bronte Ways Video/DVD, Part 1 - Ray Riches & Peter Thornton,
£12.99 ea.
A walk on the Bronte Way from Oakwell Hall ("Shirley
country") to Haworth, with live interviews and spectacular scenery. 52 mins.
Part 2 will explore Haworth and "Wuthering Heights" country more fully, then
proceed to Gawthorpe Hall via Wycoller Village ("Jane Eyre")
Bronte Ways Video/DVD, Part 2 - Ray Riches & Peter Thornton,
£12.99 ea.
A walk on the Bronte Way from Haworth via Top Withins
("Wuthering Heights") and Wycoller Village ("Jane Eyre") to Gawthorpe Hall
(home of Charlotte Bronte's friends the Kay-Shuttleworths).
Footpaths for Fitness: West Yorkshire - Peter Young, £7.99
20 graded circular routes, ranging from just over a mile to 8 miles in
length, and including the Hebden bridge area.
All-Terrain Pushchair Walks: West Yorkshire - Rebecca Terry and
Rebecca Chippendale, £7.95
Pushchair-friendly routes in the
spectacular country side around Keighley, Bradford, Leeds, Halifax,
Huddersfield and Wakefield. There's woodland, moorland, canals, parks, and
walks with a train journey in the middle - visiting Ilkley Moor, Hardcastle
Crags, Hebden Bridge and the River Wharfe.
Ramblers' Association Book of Kiddiwalks, £5.99
Thirty
short Family Rambles in and near West Yorkshire, including five around
Calderdale. This revised edition contains some of the old favourites but also a
selection of new walks. Kiddiwalks are short circular walks from 1.5 to 4 miles
with lots of interest for small children.
Drive and Stroll in West Yorkshire - Ron Freethy, £7.99
20 short walks, incorporating eating places, that you can drive to, with
b&w photos.
Pocket Pub Walks in West Yorkshire - Keith Wadd,
£4.99
From the chairman of the West Riding Ramblers' Association, 15
walks, max 7-8 miles, encompassing Ilkley Moor in the north to Holme in the
south, and Lumbutts and Hebden Bridge in the west to Fairburn Ings in the east.
Instructions, sketch maps, photos, recommended pubs, convenient size.
Birdwatching Walks in the Yorkshire Dales - Brendan Threlfall,
£7.95
Well designed walks is set in gorgeous countryside where there
is also every chance of seeing some of the birds which abound in the area. Both
novice and experienced birders can enjoy the dippers at Aysgarth, or great
spotted woodpeckers in Grass Woods, as well as the rarer black grouse, wood
warbler, pied flycatcher and nightjar, to name but a few. With helpful guide
maps, interesting bird and habitat information, travel hints and a bird
reference section.
All-Terrain Pushchair Walks: Yorkshire Dales - Rebecca Terry,
£7.95
30 tried and tested pushchair walks - including routes by river
sides, high-level moorland rambles, and strolls around the many country
estates, castles and abbeys. All the walks are graded - from simple low-level
strolls to more ambitious moorland stomps. Each comes with a simple at-a-glance
key making walk selection easy; there's a map and route description for each
walk and information on refreshments and changing facilities.
Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm - Keith Carter (£11.99)
Second edition of this Trailblazer publication. Includes itineraries for
all walkers, whether walking the route in its entirety over one or two weeks or
sampling the highlights on day walks.
Circular Walks along the Pennine Way by Kevin Donkin,
£12.99
A series of fifty circular walks along and around the route.
All of them can be accomplished in a day; all of them finish where they
started. Completing the Pennine Way in one go will inevitably mean missing some
of the best views, as the weather will certainly descend sooner or later to
obscure the landscape.
Waterside Walks in West Yorkshire - Peter Young (£7.99)
Ranges over the whole of West Yorkshire, including rivers, canals, lakes and
reservoirs, and has Todmorden, Hardcastle Crags and Ryburn as the most local,
as well as Bronte Country.
A Walk on t'Cut: a Transpennine Journey on the Rochdale Canal -
Ray Riches and P J Thornton.(video £12.99; DVD or US-compatible
video £14.99)
A walk along the Rochdale Canal from the centre of
Manchester to Sowerby Bridge, showing the changing landscapes, industrial
features, boats and wildlife, with interviews and aerial views.
A Walk on T'Long Cut : a journey on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal from
Leeds to West Marton - Ray Riches and P J Thornton;VHS £12.99
Focuses on the Aire Valley section of the longet man-made waterway in
Britain. Includes the Bingley Five Rise Locks, Skipton, East Riddleston Hall,
Kirkstall Abbey and Salts Mill, plus interviews.
Canal Companion: Pennine Waters, £8.95
Includes
the RochdaleCanal as well as the Leeds and Liverpool, Aire and Calder
Navigation, Calder and Hebble Navigationand Huddersfield Broad Canal. Detailed
large scale maps and useful info on local places to eat, shop and local
transport plus runningcommentary and colour photos. Can also be used by
walkers. Landscape format.
South Pennine Ring: A Walkers' and Boaters' Guide to the Rochdale and
Huddersfield Canals - John Lower, £7.50
Spiral bound; covers a
seventy-mile circuit including the Rochdale, Huddersfield Narrow and
Huddersfield Broad Canals and connecting parts of the Ashton Canal and Calder
and Hebble Navigation. A detailedmap on the right-hand page faces
instructionsand notes on the left. Colour photos. New edition due late Jan.
2010.
Nicholson Guide to Waterways 5: North-West & the Pennines,
£14.99
The well-known regional waterways guide, spiral bound, and
has Ordnance Survey maps with locks etc. over-printed, points of interest of
history, photos and sketchmaps.
South Pennine Ring map, £4.95
Canal cruising map from
Geoprojects showing the Huddersfield and Rochdale Canals and connecting
waterways, with information for boaters including locks, bridges and warnings
of difficult places, recommended craft dimensions, useful phone numbers, a
history of the canals, local places of interest and cross-sections.
Over the Hills and Back for Tea - Christine Delves and Mary
Atkinson, £4.99
From the South Pennine Packhorse Trails
Trust, a guide documenting a maze of ancient tracks and highways within 30
miles of Hebden Bridge and Haworth.
Seen on the Packhorse Tracks by Titus Thornber, £15.00
From the South Pennine Packhorse Trails Trust. With colour and b&w
illustrations, it tells the history of the packhorse tracks and how they coped
with different kinds of terrain, and examines the features still visible today
- bridges, causeways, guidestoops and marker posts.
Mary Towneley Loop Guide, 2e, £5.50
Full colour photos
and relevant local information within this comprehensive pocket sized book of
the Loop ensure it is an appropriate guide for horse riders, cyclists and
walkers alike. Second edition has a couple of minor alterations.
Looping the Loop DVD and video - Peter Thornton and Ray Riches,
£12.99
A journey on the Mary Towneley Loop in the South Pennines, a
48-mile circular spur off the Pennine Bridleway. Using ancient packhorse trails
and bridleways, it visits hidden villages and hamlets, taking you through
spectacular scenery, across wild moorland and into green wooded valleys. 78
mins.
Pennine Bridleway: Derbyshire to the South Pennines, £12.99
Britain's first purpose-built long-distance bridleway, from Buxton to the
east of Hebden Bridge, where it splits to form the Mary Towneley Loop.
Bridleways in the South Pennines No 1 Marsden & Delph to Haworth
& Oxenhope, £9.99
South Pennines Packhorse Trails Trust.
Colour strip-maps along a 32-mile linear route including The Buttress. Spiral-
bound to fold back compactlyand designedto be used on horseback, with info
about gates and surfaces, etc.
Calderdale Biking Guide Paul Hannon, £2.99
Pocket book
of six "interesting, legal and practical rides" around the area. Sketch maps.
line drawings and instructions.
Mountain Bike Guide - South Pennines of West Yorkshire and Lancashire
- Stephen Hall, £16.50
Introduces you to the wilderness and urban
trail networks of Kirklees & Calderdale, Airedale & Wharfedale and
Lancashire. Contains 26 well-researched and legal routes, most with short,
medium and long modular options. Colour photos, Ordnance Survey mapping,
gradient profiles, clear route descriptions and informative text. Includes a
number of local areas.
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