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United Kingdom
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Yorkshire And The Humber
Calderdale
Todmorden

Packhorse Trail to Rake End – Rodwell End Descent loop from Walsden

Routes
Mountain biking trails
United Kingdom
England
Yorkshire And The Humber
Calderdale
Todmorden

Packhorse Trail to Rake End – Rodwell End Descent loop from Walsden

Moderate

5.0

(4)

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Packhorse Trail to Rake End – Rodwell End Descent loop from Walsden

02:42

29.9km

650m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 22, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

209 m in total

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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867 m

Birks Wood

Forest

2

2.24 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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3

4.23 km

View of Mankinholes Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

The views from this part of the valley are spectacular - admittedly less so when it's raining - but this is Yorkshire, what do you expect? And the Shepherd's Rest …

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4

6.94 km

View of Stoodley Pike

Highlight • Monument

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

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5

7.41 km

6

7.46 km

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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7

13.6 km

Colden Clough LNR

Nature Reserve

8

23.9 km

Rodwell End Descent

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

A lovely, fast, flowing section of trail is interrupted by a track and a farm or two, and then suddenly steepens into something which requires quite a lot more concentration. …

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27.8 km

The Great Wall of Todmorden

Highlight • Structure

The Great Wall of Todmorden. This wall was built alongside the Rochdale canal to establish a stable embankment to carry the Leeds to Manchester railway line above the canal and …

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10

28.5 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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29.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

9.18 km

6.02 km

1.87 km

1.87 km

463 m

110 m

Surfaces

8.55 km

7.97 km

4.89 km

3.99 km

2.27 km

2.19 km

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

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