Hardcastle Crags are close to Hebden Bridge
in West Yorkshire. Once a centre for the
manufacture of textiles, the area is now
popular with walkers, mountain bike riders
and horse riders. The Crags, and Gibson Mill
(location for Dotheboys Hall in the 2002
film Nicholas Nickleby) are half way through
the wooded valley. The riverside and
woodland has much to offer as does the Mill.
Trees include oak, pine and beech. The woods
are also home to the hairy wood ant, so if
you're there in the summer watch out that
you don't squash any! The pictures in the
woodland flower section of this website were
all taken at Hardcastle Crags.

Landranger Grid Reference SD985291