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United Kingdom
England
Yorkshire And The Humber
Calderdale
Todmorden

View of Stoodley Pike – Rodwell End Descent loop from Walsden

Routes
Mountain biking trails
United Kingdom
England
Yorkshire And The Humber
Calderdale
Todmorden

View of Stoodley Pike – Rodwell End Descent loop from Walsden

Moderate

4.4

(8)

31

riders

View of Stoodley Pike – Rodwell End Descent loop from Walsden

02:35

29.7km

600m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 13.2 km for 209 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

3.92 km

View of Mankinholes Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

The views from this part of the valley are spectacular - admittedly less so when it's raining - but this is Yorkshire, what do you expect? And the Shepherd's Rest …

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2

5.21 km

Descent to Stoodley Pike

Highlight • Viewpoint

Ride up on the smooth path the sheep have created for a faster smoother ride! Otherwise, quite technical and bumpy!!

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3

6.63 km

View of Stoodley Pike

Highlight • Monument

Great climb up towards Stoodley Pike a 37 meter monument built in 1856

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4

7.10 km

Lots of great walks to the Stoodley Pike monument to give great views across Calderdale and the South Pennines

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5

7.15 km

The view from here is spectacular all the way to the bottom of the valley - even if you haven't got an extraordinary cloud inversion like this one to enjoy. …

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13.3 km

Colden Clough LNR

Nature Reserve

7

23.7 km

Rodwell End Descent

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

A lovely, fast, flowing section of trail is interrupted by a track and a farm or two, and then suddenly steepens into something which requires quite a lot more concentration. …

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8

27.6 km

The Great Wall of Todmorden

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The Great Wall of Tod” this massive retaining wall holds the railway out of the canal using approximately 4 million blue bricks. As if that isn’t impressive enough the wall had to be constructed after the canal was built!

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9

28.3 km

Gauxholme Railway Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

What workmanship has gone into this bridge really amazing. This is just one side as the bridge is having some work done on it.
An extraordinary iron and steel bridge …

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B

29.7 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.1 km

7.25 km

7.00 km

2.12 km

1.71 km

428 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.61 km

6.53 km

5.96 km

4.56 km

2.48 km

1.51 km

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

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Wednesday 1 July

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12°C

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Max wind speed: 27.0 km/h

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Comments

June 27, 2021,Calderdale MTB TRAILS - Some like it Fast. 18 Miles of Hold on.
A lot of climbing, but wow some fast DH sections. Short and sweet. Please take care on some of the road sections, look out for Tractors and Cars on the thin roads.

While not the steepest single-track sections, some are fast. If you are a beginner please take your time and wear elbow and knee pads. Don't want any of …
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