The Valley of Red Beck, near Brighouse
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Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Stump Cross to Hipperholme
- 1.1 The A58, Godley Lane to Stump Cross
- 1.2 Along Red Beck to the confluence with Jum Hole Beck
- 1.3 The A58, Stump Cross to Hipperholme
- 1.4 The first turnpike road
- 1.5 Wakefield Gate
- 1.6 Paths between Wakefield Gate and the first turnpike road
- 2. The Valley of Jum Hole Beck
- 2.1 The Head of the Valley
- 2.2 The A644 and Coley Road
- 2.3 Jum Hole Beck
- 2.4 Paths west of Jum Hole Beck
- 2.5 Paths east of Jum Hole Beck
- 3. The valley of Red Beck south of Hipperholme
- 3.1 Long Lane and Marsh Delves Lane
- 3.2 Norcliffe Lane
- 3.3 Paths from Marsh
- 3.4 Sunny Bank Lane and Allen's Fireclay Works
- 3.5 Whitley Lane and Walter Clough Lane
- 3.6 Paths to the south of Walter Clough Lane
- 3.7 The road down the valley
- 3.8 The woodlands on the east side of the valley
- 3.9 The Brookfoot area and the confluence with the River Calder
2.3 Jum Hole Beck
2.3.1 Bird Holme Lane - Brian Scholes - Wood Lane[smallmap SE 122 266]
This is an odd path that runs alongside the main road, but at a lower level. and soon climbs up to meet the road again. The field on the left is derelict.
by Humphrey Bolton
This is Brighouse Bridleway 5, descending from the A644 to Lumb Brook, where it goes into Northowram.
by Humphrey Bolton
Here the lane descends steeply to cross Jum Hole Beck. Here the lane is Brighouse Bridleway 23/1.
by Humphrey Bolton
This is an unadopted lane classed as a public bridleway. It is several hundred metres long, and must have cost a lot to surface, presumably paid for by the owners of the few houses that it leads to.
by Humphrey Bolton
This path crossed Halifax Road to a level crossing (see SE1125 : Look Both Ways) and then crossed Halifax Old Road and continued to the foot of Badger Hill. Unfortunately the level crossing has been closed, so you have to go round by Break Neck Lane.
Although on a public footpath, the stile is a horse stile.
Although on a public footpath, the stile is a horse stile.
by Humphrey Bolton
This is Brighouse Bridleway 127/2. The lane from here has several houses along it, the last being at Brian Scholes, but is unadopted, so presumably the cost of maintenance must be shared out in some way.
by Humphrey Bolton
2.4 Paths west of Jum Hole Beck
2.4.1 Only House Wood[smallmap SE 117 267]
This open area with its stone table is on the path (here Halifax 361/1) that comes down from the Northowram Cricket Club ground.
Path leading to Hedge Top Lane, now a suburban street, taken from the junction with Footpath 360.
by Humphrey Bolton
It is good to see that the hedge has been neatly trimmed, but it does make the path rather narrow.
by Humphrey Bolton
This path is between the fences at the back of the houses on The Rise and a steep slope down into the valley of a tributary of Jum Hole Beck.
by Humphrey Bolton
The 'Explorer' OS map has the caption 'Lonely House Farm', but it is 'Only House' on maps from 1850 to 1930.
by Humphrey Bolton
This was taken from Halifax Footpath 361, in Northowram. The house in the centre of the image, Throstle Nest, is in Hipperholme.
by Humphrey Bolton
The path has been given a generous width, and the fences are not decorated with the usual barbed wire.
by Humphrey Bolton
2.4.2 Wood Lane to Bradford Road
[smallmap SE 117 263]
In this lovely valley there are three houses with Brian Scholes in the name, probably all farms originally.
by Humphrey Bolton
The upper end of this path is flagged, indicating importance in the past. Here it is approaching Bradford Road, reached by a flight of steps.
2.4.3 Footpath 244
[smallmap SE 116 263]
2.4.4 Leeds Road to Wood Lane
[smallmap SE 113 258]
Not quite a labyrinth, but it is quite a squeeze to get round a central wall. There was a bull a few fields further on, but it was with cows and calves and took no notice of me. It was the cows that needed watching; it was a case of moving smoothly and not getting too close to a calf.
by Humphrey Bolton
Parts of flagstones appear in the grass in various places along this path, suggesting that this was an important route.
by Humphrey Bolton
Christopher Goddard wrote in 'The West Yorkshire Woods, Part 1: The Calder Valley' "Belvidere was built in 1790 with a bath house in the grounds. It was originally called 'Chelsea House' and gave its name to the whole valley."
From Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion:
"In the Brianscholes valley. Built around 1790 by Dr Robert Alexander, a Halifax surgeon and apothecary. It was originally called Chelsea House. There was a bath house in the grounds".
From Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion:
"In the Brianscholes valley. Built around 1790 by Dr Robert Alexander, a Halifax surgeon and apothecary. It was originally called Chelsea House. There was a bath house in the grounds".
by Humphrey Bolton
This was taken from a link path, from Brighouse Footpath 23/3, that was somehow missed when the rights-of-way maps were produced. Halifax Footpath 365 goes across the image, and FP364 climbs up the opposite field to Upper Brian Scholes Farm.
by Humphrey Bolton
The map says that this is a footbridge, but the space underneath has evidently become blocked by stones and soil, and the approach path eroded away. The stream is part of the boundary between Hipperholme and Northowram.
by Humphrey Bolton
Wood Lane is reached soon after this tricky stream crossing.
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