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Airport Manchester and Leeds/Bradford
Ferry Hull 150.00 km
Train station Hebden Bridge 3.00 km
Car Car not necessary

How to get there

From West - Rochdale, Burnley, J21 M62

From Rochdale and M62 take A6033 towards Todmorden.

From Burnley take A646 towards Todmorden.

From Todmorden take A646 towards Hebden Bridge for 4 miles. At traffic lights take left hand turn up hill towards Heptonstall.

From East - Halifax, J24 M62

Take A646 towards Burnley.

Go through Hebden Bridge, past Co-op to traffic lights. Take the Heptonstall Road - straight on at traffic lights then left around turning circle and turn right back towards traffic lights. Take left hand turn up hill towards Heptonstall.

From Heptonstall Road

Go up steep hill towards Heptonstall. At first brow of the hill bear right. Do not take the left turn towards Heptonstall village (signposted access only) as this is very steep, narrow and cobbled.

Continue to follow road round towards right, down then left up the hill. Follow road as it bends round to right towards Slack and Colden. Keep going straight on up the hill. Look for terraced houses on left hand side and then a bus shelter and post box on the right hand side.

Take right fork (Edge Lane) towards "May's Shop Aladdin's Cave". Follow single track road up past May's shop (which is on the left). Look for the house sign "Halstead Green Farm" on a wooden post on the grass verge on the left hand side. Turn left in front of the sign taking the track down to the house. There is another house sign on the post to the right of the gate. Go straight across the junction with another track and go the through the gate.

From Burnley - Rural Route

At Kettledrum Pub, Mereclough, take the turning to Heptonstall. Follow road along Long Causeway to Blackshaw Head. Bear left towards Colden and Hebden Bridge. Carry on down the hill, past New Delight pub, up the hill past Colden school (both left hand side). On brow of hill take sharp left Edge Lane. Go past "May's Shop Aladdin's Cave". Follow single track road past May's shop. Follow single track road up past May's shop (which is on the left). Look for the house sign "Halstead Green Farm" on a wooden post on the grass verge on the left hand side. Turn left in front of the sign taking the track down to the house. There is another house sign on the post to the right of the gate. Go straight across the junction with another track and go the through the gate.

Train and Bus:

Hebden Bridge is well connected with direct and frequent trains to Manchester Victoria and Leeds.

From Hebden Bridge train station and town centre there are regular bus services (half hourly peak times, hourly through the day) to Colden. Take Bus 596 to Colden and get off at the Edge Lane stop.

Halstead Green is about 1/4 mile along Edge Lane on the left hand side.

Getting around

There is a regular bus to and from Hebden Bridge station.