Not sure where to walk? Now’s the time to use your daily exercise well by discovering some of the lovely countryside that surrounds Kirkheaton. On the website  [yettontogether.org] there are a variety of walks ranging from approx 2miles/3.25k to nearly 8miles/12.75k. You can print off simple instructions.

The picture above is of the trig point at the top of Kirkheaton .  Try this short walk [1.5 miles]to get up there. It’s got just  one short climb and you will be rewarded by a magnificent panoramic 360º views towards Dewsbury, Mirfield, Huddersfield and Emley mast.

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  1. Start at the Community Centre. With your back to the building turn left onto New Road. Cross and turn right for approx. 15m to Stoney Bank Lane. Turn down here and continue across the road and behind the houses. Cross the football field heading for the top right corner next to the changing rooms and go through the gate onto Bar Croft. Turn left and follow the road to reach  the main road (New Road)
  2. Cross and continue up to New Road until you see a footpath signpost just after Meadow Park. Turn right here and continue on the path behind the houses (sp) [If this path is overgrown retrace your steps to the road and turn left into Meadow Park]
  3. At the next road turn left and cross Grange Moor Road to a rough track. Go through the gateway [Hirstle’s Fabrications] and at the second gateway (sp) take the footpath diagonally up the hill to the ridge. This takes you to the trig point* where there is a magnificent 360 degree view of the surrounding countryside.
  4. Leave the trig point and go down to the left to a stile in the corner. Follow the path through the next fields and down to the road. Cross and take the footpath (sp) about 15 m to the right between the houses. At the next road turn right for about 10m and continue down between the houses. At the next road turn right and continue to the junction with Moorside Road. Turn left and walk down the road to its junction with Fields Rise. Turn right here to reach your starting point.
    *A trig point or triangulation station was used by mapmakers to work out the shape of the country in the 1930’s. The hill is known as ‘The Roundabout’ by many older Yettoners – presumably because of the 360 degrees view. In 1953 a torchlight procession and bonfire was held there on the evening of the Queen’s Coronation. Also dawn services used to be held there by priests who walked up from Battyeford. Local people from Upperheaton Chapel, Fields Chapel, Kirkheaton Church and possibly others attended.

Just click here to see the list of the other walks available so far

                                                                               Please report any difficulty regarding the directions to info@yettontogether.org

A view towards Castle Hill from Kirkheaton