The Top 17 Natural Monuments around Calderdale
Calderdale’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 17
beautiful natural monuments around Calderdale. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Calderdale. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 2, 2025
Stoodley Pike Monument is a stone obelisk monument erected in 1856 to mark the end of the Crimean War. It sits atop a 1,300-foot (396 m) hill and commands attention …
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At over 1,400 feet above sea-level the Bride-stones on the windswept moors to the east of Todmorden and the Calder Valley, there is a ½ mile long escarpment of Millstone …
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Very close to the junction of Mount Lane and Delf Lane.
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Norland Moor Local Nature Reserve is a popular open space to the south of Sowerby Bridge. It covers approximately 250 acres (100 ha) and rises to 932 feet (284 m) …
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Coming up the eastern side of Stoodley Pike is the easier option to get to the top of the hill, especially if you come up via the footpath intersection at …
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A famous dam above Todmorden, with its own beach and regular visitors who are into cold water therapy. Was featured in the national newspapers a while back.
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I chose to visit on a bike - not a good idea! The highlight is hiking only as the ground is very rough. Possible use on a mountain bike but …
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Amid 400 acres of unspoilt woodland Hardcastle crags are Millstone grit stacks that form a couple of exposures and ridges above Hebden Water. The paths weave in between them and …
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Scars are exposed cliffs of limestone. They were created during the last ice age, when huge sheets of ice scraped away the soil-covered spurs in many valleys in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Freeholds Top is a 1,493-foot (455 m) high point on the moors above Bacup. It is marked by a white-washed trig pillar.
This is rough and rugged moorland. The Rossendale …
This is rough and rugged moorland. The Rossendale …
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