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Cragg Vale Climb

Friday 6th June 2025 10:00am

Starting from - Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve Free Car Park. https://maps.google.com/maps/place//, HD6 2RG

This A Yorkshire Heels on Wheels ride is open for anyone to join

  • 42 miles
  • Mountain Bike, Hybrid (off road tyres), eBike
  • 6 hr
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Organized by groups in the community, these rides are a great way to meet new people, explore your local area and to have fun riding your bike. You can find rides that are suitable for your level of experience and interests whilst enjoying being part of a social cycling community.

About the route

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HD6 4HW

Starting in Brighouse, we ride along the Rochdale canal through Sowerby Bridge to Mytholmroyd. We then take the road up Cragg Vale, which proudly claims to be the longest continuous gradient in England with 968 feet of climbing in 5.5 miles. It is not steep, just a classic long drag — a climb with an average gradient of just over 3%. We then take a swooping descent down Blackstone Edge with great views over Rochdale and greater Manchester. We cycle round Hollingworth Lake and take the canal to Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and then back to Brighouse.

A classic climb upto Cragg Vale and a great descent into Littleborough

Canal paths (some very bumpy in parts) and quiet roads up and down Cragg Vale.

Lunch at Hollingworth Lake in Littleborough, and tea in Hebden Bridge if we have time.

Helmets, spares and money for lunch.

We never leave anyone behind

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