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    Easter Gate Return Walk Walking

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    An easy return walk along the Yorkshire canal towpath from the Old Goods Yard in Marsden, following red waymarkers. The walk is around 2.8 miles and takes 1.5 hours, passing through quiet lanes and woodland. It follows the towpath to Eastergate bridge, a historic packhorse bridge, before returning the same way. The canal water can be deep in places so care is needed with children.

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    Easter Gate Return Walk Walking

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    An easy return walk along the Yorkshire canal towpath from the Old Goods Yard in Marsden, following red waymarkers. The walk is around 2.8 miles and takes 1.5 hours, passing through quiet lanes and woodland. It follows the towpath to Eastergate bridge, a historic packhorse bridge, before returning the same way. The canal water can be deep in places so care is needed with children.

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    An easy return walk along the Yorkshire canal towpath from the Old Goods Yard in Marsden, following red waymarkers. The walk is around 2.8 miles and takes 1.5 hours, passing through quiet lanes and woodland. It follows the towpath to Eastergate bridge, a historic packhorse bridge, before returning the same way. The canal water can be deep in places so care is needed with children.

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    Easter Gate Return Walk Walking

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    Javariah Siddiqui
    An easy return walk along the Yorkshire canal towpath from the Old Goods Yard in Marsden, following red waymarkers. The walk is around 2.8 miles and takes 1.5 hours, passing through quiet lanes and woodland. It follows the towpath to Eastergate bridge, a historic packhorse bridge, before returning the same way. The canal water can be deep in places so care is needed with children.

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    YORKSHIRE
    Eastergate return walk
    An easy, return walk following the red waymarkers along the canal towpath through quiet winding lanes before reaching the historic
    Eastergate bridge.

    Deep water
    Take care with children near the canal edge as the water can be deep with a muddy base.

    Information Total steps: 12


    Address: The Old Goods Yard, Station Road, Marsden, Start point: Old Goods Yard, grid ref: SE047117
    West Yorkshire, HD7 6DH.
    1. From the Old Goods Yard and National Trust Office follow the railway fence line to
    OS map: Explorer OL21 Marsden station. Join the canal towpath at Lock 42E. The red waymarker arrows that
    Activity: Walking mark the trail begin just outside the Marsden Moor office.
    Easy: A gentle walk along the towpath and through 2. Follow the towpath until the Standedge tunnel visitor centre is in view on the right.
    woodland. For further details, please see Terrain When you see the visitor centre bear left through a small, wooded picnic area.
    section.
    3. Walk over the bridge, through the car park and bear left up the grassy bank.
    Dog friendly: Dogs are welcome but should be kept
    under close control at all times and must be on a lead 4. Cross the lane and follow the surfaced path along the river leading to a wheelchair-
    during the bird nesting season (1 March–31 July). friendly picnic area. Continue until you reach a wooden gate by the road.

    Full trail: Miles: 2.8 (km: 4.48) 5. Turn left along the road past a row of houses on your left and Hey Green on the right.
    Continue onto Blake Lea Lane which becomes Waters Road. Bear left at Eastergate
    Access: Challenging
    cottage onto the bridleway path.
    Duration: 1 hour 30 mins
    6. Go through the gate and follow the path along the river until you reach Eastergate
    Terrain bridge. This is a packhorse bridge also known as Close Gate bridge.

    7. To make your return follow the path over Eastergate bridge. Take the path along the
    A return walk along the canal towpath. Surfaced path riverside onto Blake Lea Lane.
    through woodland with cobbled tracks.
    8. Turn right on to Waters Road and retrace your steps through the nature trail alongside
    the river.

    9. Walk over the lane and down the grassy bank towards the car park at Standedge tunnel
    visitor centre.
    10. Turn left to rejoin the towpath under the railway bridge.

    11. After going under the bridge turn right and walk up the stone steps. Bear left along the
    path through the woodland.

    12. Walk through the gate at the end of the woodland and turn right to rejoin the canal
    towpath back towards Marsden and the Old Goods Yard car park.
    End point: Old Goods Yard, grid ref: SE047117

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