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Packhorse Trail to Rake End – View of Stoodley Pike loop from Smithy Bridge

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Packhorse Trail to Rake End – View of Stoodley Pike loop from Smithy Bridge

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4.8

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Packhorse Trail to Rake End – View of Stoodley Pike loop from Smithy Bridge

02:42

37.6km

470m

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: April 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 20.5 km for 190 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.10 km

Eastern Summit, Rochdale Canal

Highlight • Historical Site

Well worth a look

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9.33 km

Packhorse Trail to Rake End

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

The climb from The Shepherd's Rest to the top of Rake End is challenging in all weathers, steep in places and very rewarding to get to the top of without …

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14.2 km

View of Stoodley Pike

Highlight • Monument

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

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14.6 km

Stoodley Pike Monument and Stone Path

Highlight • Viewpoint

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

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14.7 km

View of Stoodley Pike and Hebden Bridge Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

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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19.1 km

Beach

25.9 km

Todmorden Town Centre

Highlight • Rest Area

Had a great time here had coffee and cake within the old Co-operative building. There is some lovely art work on the wall at the canal. Loved going through the tunnel

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26.5 km

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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27.2 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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37.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.4 km

8.21 km

7.51 km

4.00 km

2.11 km

1.23 km

160 m

Surfaces

15.4 km

8.04 km

7.23 km

4.81 km

1.12 km

1.04 km

Elevation

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

15°C

10°C

71 %

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Max wind speed: 26.0 km/h

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Packhorse Trail to Rake End – View of Stoodley Pike loop from Smithy Bridge

Eastern Summit, Rochdale Canal

Packhorse Trail to Rake End

View of Stoodley Pike

Stoodley Pike Monument and Stone Path

View of Stoodley Pike and Hebden Bridge Valley

Todmorden Town Centre

The Great Wall of Todmorden

Gauxholme Railway Bridge

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