Marsden Moor

Buckstones and Pule HillWessenden Moor, Marsden Moor EstateClose Gate packhorse bridgeThe Marsden Moor Estate is a vast and beautiful expanse of moorland managed by The National Trust.

It surrounds the village of Marsden, about six miles south west of Huddersfield town centre.

The area is partly within the Peak District National Park and also extends northwards from its boundary.

The estate of more than 5,500 acres contains a number of unenclosed moors which are crossed by more than 100 miles of footpaths, historic transport routes across the Pennines and some wild walking terrain.

The Pennine Way long distance hike between Derbyshire and Scotland crosses the estate, which is also the catchment area above the Yorkshire Water reservoirs built in the Wessenden Valley in the 1890s by the Huddersfield Corporation.

The area is a Site of Special Scientic Interest and a habitat for a huge variety of wildlife.

Highlights of the estate include

• The Close Gate pack horse bridge and nearby Eastergate

• The scenic Wessenden Valley with its reservoirs

• The rocky outcrops at Buckstones, which is also a popular venue for paragliding and hang-gliding

• Pule Hill, where there are rock climbing routes and one of the stones of the Stanza Stones poetry trail featuring poems created by Marsden poet Simon Armitage, who became Poet Laureate in 2019.

Find out more at the

National Trust - Marsden Moor website.

Getting to Marsden Moor

Nearest station

Marsden stationMarsden railway station at Station Road has services to and from Slaithwaite and Huddersfield and stations along the Huddersfield line to Manchester Piccadilly. The furthest parts of the estate extend around five miles from the station.

Bus services

Bus 184 from Huddersfield bus station or from Oldham goes through the estate on its route along the A62 between Marsden and Standedge. Bus 185 from Huddersfield bus station also provides access to Marsden.

184 Every day until early evening

184 at MarsdenHuddersfield Bus station - Longroyd Bridge - Thornton Lodge Manchester Road - Milnsbridge Manchester Road - Cowlersley Cowlersley Lane - Linthwaite Broad Oak - Linthwaite Church - Causeway Side - Hoyle House Fold - Manchester Road - Slaithwaite Manchester Road - Marsden Manchester Road - Fall Lane - Mount Road (including Hard End) - Uppermill - Oldham

Typical journey time: Huddersfield - Oldham 1hour 22min

Timetable at

Metro
Attempt to find timetable at

Stagecoach, operator for Greater Manchester Bee Network

Although not going to Marsden, bus 900 from Huddersfield bus station (or from Hebden Bridge or Ripponden) reaches the estate high on the moors at Buckstones.

900 Monday to Saturday (Infrequent service)

900Huddersfield Bus station - Marsh - Oakes New Hey Road - Salendine Nook - Mount - Outlane - Pole Moor - Buckstones - Krumlin - Barkisland - Ripponden - Blackstone Edge - Cragg Vale - Mytholmroyd - Hebden Bridge

See also 901, 902
Timetable at

Metro

Road travel

There is moorland just a short walk from the car park near to the station in Marsden, where the National Trust has an office and information room. Moorland can also be more directly accessed from one of the roads which cross the moors. The A635 between Holmfirth and Greenfield, which is also joined by Wessenden Head Road from Meltham, has parking near Wessenden Head and at the county boundary of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The A62, between Huddersfield and Oldham, which passes Pule Hill, has parking near to the Marsden Moor estate at Standedge and the A640, between Huddersfield and Rochdale, has a National Trust car park at Buckstones.

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