Walk along part of the Hebble Trail Below Halifax

We had a spare afternoon and decided to go for a quick, short local walk. Andrea trains with the Halifax Harriers and sometimes runs along the section of the Hebble Trail between Halifax and Salterhebble. It's quite a hidden place, close to busy roads, but amazingly quite and tranqil. I've never walked along the track that follows the old canal up into Halifax. The canal was built in 1828, had 14 locks and closed in 1942. It's now filled in and a cycle path has been constructed in it's place. There's more information here about this remarkable almost forgotten canal!

Jack and Finlay by the Canal

We parked in the Halifax Registry Office car park and headed into the bottom of the valley, over the railway and down into Phoebe Lane Industrial Estate and made our way along the cycle path. Considering where the path runs it's surprising how peaceful and quiet everything is. We soon arrived at The Watermill pub, and continued onto the Canal Basin. There was a Barge coming through the locks so we stood and watched all the activity.

We headed back to the Watermill for a drink before retracing our path along the valley bottom and back to the car. It was only about 3 miles of walking, and we'd explored somewhere that I didn't even know existed!