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Runs in and around Halifax
4 running routes in Halifax · 13 more nearby
The running in and around Halifax is mostly on pavement and quiet roads, so road shoes are fine, covering anything from 4.5km to 6km. The ground rolls gently, without any long climbs. There's a mix of loops and out-and-backs to choose from. Elland and Sowerby Bridge are close enough to be worth a look too.
Runs in Halifax
Greetland Fields and Wood
Calderdale, England
Beginning in Lindwell and heading anticlockwise to Clay House Park, then up to North Dean Wood onto the Calderdale Way, returning to…
Hipperholme Priestley Green Loop
Calderdale, England
Beginning in Hipperholme and heading towards Lumbrook before returning via Priestly Green to the same location.
Sowerby Bridge Canal Out and Back
Calderdale, England
From Sowerby Bridge along the Rochdale Canal to Luddendenfoot and back.
To Salterhebble Guillotine Lock and Back
Calderdale, England
From Shaw Hill to Exley on the Hebble Trail.
Runs around Halifax
Within roughly 10 km, sorted by distance.
Elland Canal and River Loop
Calderdale, England
Beginning at Elland Bridge and following the Calder and Hebble Navigation before making a clockwise loop round Cromwell Bottom Local Nature…
Cromwell Bottom 5
Calderdale, England
From Elland to Lillands via Cromwell Bottom Local Nature Reserve and the Calder Valley Greenway.
Ogden Reservoir from Illingworth
Calderdale, England
From Illingworth and looping anticlockwise around Ogden Reservoir and back.
The Great Northern Railway Trail (from Queensferry)
Bradford, England
This out-and-back run along the Great Northern Railway Trail from Queensbury offers a relatively flat and smooth route on a converted…
Jagger Park Wood and Low Wood
Bradford, England
Starting on Ullswater Drive and looping around Judy Woods and Norwood Green before returning to the start point.
Low Wood and Jagger Park Wood
Bradford, England
Starting at the junction of High Fernley Road and Carr House Gate, makes a clockwise loop across Norwood Green and another loop over Judy…
Spen Valley Greenway
Bradford, England
From the end of Dealburn Road to Westgate and back on the Spen Valley Greenway.
Erringden Moor
Calderdale, England
Beginning in Mytholmroyd and heading across Broadhead Clough Nature Reserve and passing through Erringden Moor back to Mytholmroyd.
Stoodley Pike from Mytholmroyd
Calderdale, England
From Mytholmroyd to Erringden Moor via Cragg Road, then out and back to Stoodley Pike, returning a slightly different way via Daisy Bank.
Ripponden and Baintings Reservoir
Calderdale, England
From Ripponden, passing Rybrun Reservoir and then circling Baitings Reservoir anticlockwise before returning to the same point.
Fartown Canal and Greenway
Kirklees, England
From Fartown to Deighton through the Birkby Bradley Greenway returning along the Huddersfield Broad Canal to the same location.
Bradley Canal and Greenway
Kirklees, England
From Calder Valley Greenway along Huddersfield Broad Canal to Red Doles Road, then along Birkby Bradley Greenway to Deighton and back.
Around Scammonden Water
Kirklees, England
Around Scammonden Water starts from Low Platt Lane.
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