Mytholmroyd is the only village in Calderdale with its own railway station, although a sign close to the station directs visitors towards the “town centre”! The village’s distinctive name means “ a clearing for settlement, where two rivers meet”, and the village has existed since at least the thirteenth century, when it was recorded as Mithomrode. Finds from the Bronze and Iron Ages have been found in the area, as has a hoard of Roman coins. The village was once home to a now

Marsden is a large village in the Colne Valley and the home of the National Trust’s Marsden Moor Estate visitor centre. It grew wealthy...

The small village of Berry Brow lies close to Huddersfield on the eastern bank of the Holme Valley. It is the last village on the line...

Honley is the next village along the Penistone Line, and is somewhat larger than Brockholes. Like that village, it is located on the...