🥾 Walking route
Eastergate Return Walk, Marsden Moor
West Yorkshire
- 📏 2.4 km · 1.5 mi
- ⛰ +84 m
- ⏱ 45 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance2.4 km · 1.5 mi
- Elevation+84 m
- Duration45 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Route typeLinear
- TerrainPaths, canal towpath and moorland tracks; some gentle climbing
- Best seasonLate spring to early autumn
- DogsDog-friendly, keep on lead near livestock and on the canal towpath
About this walk
This short linear walk out of Marsden climbs gently onto the fringes of Marsden Moor, following historic waterways up into the Colne Valley. Starting near The Railway pub, the route heads up Clough Lee before joining the towpath of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, with the River Colne running close by.
You soon reach Tunnel End Reservoir, a scenic pause point where the canal meets the moorland edge. From here the path continues up to Easter Gate, an old packhorse crossing that once carried trade across the Pennines. The views open out over the surrounding cloughs and rolling moor.
At just 2.4 km with a modest 84 m of ascent, it packs a lot of character into 45 minutes. Back in Marsden you can round things off with a visit to St Bartholomew's Church, United Church Marsden, or a well-earned pint at The Riverhead Brewery Tap, all a short stroll from the station.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
6 waypoints along the way
- 1
The Railway
- 2
Clough Lee
- 3
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
- 4
River Colne
- 5
Tunnel End Reservoir
- 6
Easter Gate
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Park Clough
~229 m off the route
Oakner Clough
~402 m off the route
St Bartholomew
~182 m off the route
United Church Marsden
~204 m off the route
The Riverhead Brewery Tap
~258 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).