MAMIL Café Bar – Sowerby Bridge Canal Basin loop from Mirfield

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MAMIL Café Bar – Sowerby Bridge Canal Basin loop from Mirfield

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MAMIL Café Bar – Sowerby Bridge Canal Basin loop from Mirfield

02:13

38.9km

160m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 19.5 km for 248 m

After 20.5 km for 248 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

1.54 km

Birky and Mirfield Greenway Railway View

Highlight • Cycleway

8.86 km

MAMIL Café Bar

Highlight • Rest Area

Stop mid ride for coffee and cake, get your bike serviced, or chill in the sun by the canal - or even all three.

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10.2 km

Bailey's Confectionery Narrowboat

Highlight • Cafe

It was lovely to see Chris and Captain the dog down by the canal at Brighouse.
Chris is going to be moored along the canal up to Cromwells and Cromwells …

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15.8 km

Salter Hebble Guillotine Lock

Highlight • Bridge

This is where there is a diversion along the road to get back onto the canal. Salter Hebble

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19.7 km

Kirkham Turn

Lake

20.1 km

Sowerby Bridge Canal Basin

Highlight • Cycleway

Stopped at the cafe by the market, very tasty bacon and tomato butty yum

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24.5 km

Salterhebble Bottom Lock Tunnel

Highlight • Bridge

Love going through this tunnel it is really spooky.

It is the bottom of three locks that are close together here at Salterhebble. A guillotine lock is a lock where …

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28.9 km

Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

Cromwell Bottom is regarded as one of the most important wildlife sites in Calderdale. Nestled between the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation, the wetlands, woodlands and meadows …

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34.4 km

Nun Bank Wood

Forest

35.7 km

Stubbin's Plantation

Forest

38.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.9 km

8.28 km

5.98 km

4.21 km

1.78 km

1.76 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.6 km

12.4 km

7.04 km

1.59 km

1.23 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

16°C

6°C

78 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

May 12, 2024,Bradley to Sowerby Bridge ride, including the MAMIL CAFÉ 😜

It's a very pleasant and easy ride along the River Calder. When the weather is nice it can get busier on the paths because of the walkers but it wasn't too bad this time.
The MAMIL café /bar is worth a visit. You can bring your bike inside; the food is refilling and at reasonable price.
I wonder if there's …