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The Calder Divide Trail is a long distance circular route that connects the old network of packhorse

26/10/2026

Ringing Pots Hill on the Calder Divide Trail (mtb route).

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19/10/2026

What does the start line of a two day bike event look like? Professional bike events are of course fiercely competitive so there’s a lot of sharp elbows at the start of those events.

The Calder Divide Trail is a little more chilled. We don't set everyone off in one big mass as the first few kms are along a towpath, through the park in Hebden Bridge and there's a couple of narrow stone bridges to get under.

Riders register from 7.30am and are mostly on the trail by 10.30am. This system has worked for the last five years and we'll be doing it again on the 6th Calder Divide Trail on 18th - 19th September 2027.

Entry to the 6th event has just opened if you fancy a different sort of bike event next year. Info on the website:

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27/09/2026

Home cooking after 60 miles across moors and green lanes on the 5th Calder Divide Trail.

These two bikepackers were happy to carry a pan and stove to the farm campsite.

The local Coop supplied the steak and greens and after setting up their tent they got on with the meal prep.

I checked in on them an hour or so later and they were both chilled out and ready to face the 40 miles ahead of them on the ride back to the Calder Valley.

I’ve fixed the date of the next Calder Divide Trail as 18th - 19th September 2027. Plenty of time to get your pan and stove ready.

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22/09/2026

Best plan ever!! And it worked as this couple rolled into the farm campsite after 100km with big smiles.

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20/09/2026

Day 2 of the Calder Divide Trail and blessed by a blue sky and the promise of 50 miles of trail magic.

A long descent of Wessenden Valley, across Marsden Moor, below Blackstone Edge, up to Withens Gate and down through the woods to arrive at Hebden Bridge.

This is bikepacking at its best.

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19/09/2026

Brilliant to meet 110 riders this morning in Mytholmroyd as they signed onto the 5th Calder Divide Trail.

A lot of trail lies in front of them as they cross Midgley Moor, down to Ogden and onto Horbury and into Hade Edge to arrive at the campsite

Artisan pizza van will be serving 😋 and, after pitching up their tents, there’s a quiz at 8pm in the barn.

Living the dream 😆

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07/09/2026

At the head of the Holme Valley we climb up this lane to the mountain Col at Wessenden Head.

Then it’s a long flowing descent to Marsden in the Colne Valley.

Riders on the 5th Calder Divide Trail then face the toughest section of the route as they climb Marsden Moor on an old packhorse track and onto Blackstone Edge.

The finish line is at Mytholmroyd Community Centre about 50kms away.

Event: Calder Divide Trail
Date: 19th - 20th September
Routes: 100 miles or 140 miles

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09/08/2026

At the finish line of the Calder Divide Trail in Mytholmroyd, riders will receive this A5 card.

It shows the scale of the route along the watershed of the River Calder from Todmorden in the west to Castleford in the east and Sun Hill in the north to Black Hill in the south.

The poster also records the main landscape features found within the river basin.

As there are five rivers - Elphin, Colne, Holme, Ryburn and Spen - that flow into the River Calder the poster records the location of:

- millstone grit ridges such as Gate Foot
- woods such as those at Shepley Mill
- crossing points from Eastergate Bridge outside Marsden to the fabulous Millennium Bridge in Castleford.

The human labour that transformed our river basin is recorded in the former collieries such as Lofthouse (closed in 1981) and Walton (closed 1979).

A map of the Calder and its landscape would be incomplete without recording its canals and navigations. Four are recorded from the Aire and Calder Navigation built in 1704 to the Rochdale Canal built in 1804.

The poster was designed by Judith Broug.

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Event: Calder Divide Trail
Date: 19th - 20th September
Routes: 100 miles or 140 miles

The 5th event now has a waiting list with invites being sent when riders cancel and places are freed up.

Adrian
CDT
Yorkshire Divide

01/08/2026

A highlight of Day 2 on the Calder Divide Trail is the long track that takes us down Wessenden Valley.

The track isn’t a straight line down the valley.

It twists and turns.

There are long, steep drops on cobbled surfaces that are unforgiving.

And there are sections that flow and you catch glimpses of the five reservoirs that line the valley.

Marsden is a welcome sight at the foot of the descent.

Event: 5th Calder Divide Trail
Date: 19th - 20th September
Routes: MTB x2, GRVL x2
Distance: 100 or 140 miles

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Mytholmroyd Community Centre
Mytholmroyd
HX75AF

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