Just in, a new pocket-sized walking guide, Walks around Calderdale by Dorian Speakman (£2.99). From Dalesman, it gives details of ten local walks, ranging from Ogden Water and Mirfield to Walsden, and including Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale and Todmorden areas.
Hebden Bridge 1510 - the 500-year-old bridge: a fold-out poster with a late-19th-century photo on one side and notes about the history of the bridge and of Old Gate on the other. £1.00.
Hebden Bridge Calendar, 2011 - Vanessa Kay (£4.99)
Local photographer Vanessa Kay has taken over the Hebden Bridge Calendar from Geoff Boswell - the same format with lots of nice colour pictures and room to write your appointments - but the pictures and some info are shown on the back cover. Comes with envelope.
Mountain Bike Guide - South Pennines of West Yorkshire and Lancashire - Stephen Hall (£16.50)
Introduces you to the wilderness and urban trail networks of Kirklees & Calderdale, Airedale & Wharfedale and Lancashire. Contains 26 well-researched and legal routes, most with short, medium and long modular options. Colour photos, Ordnance Survey mapping, gradient profiles, clear route descriptions and informative text. The front cover shows a cyclist on an uphill track near Stoodley Pike and local routes include Crimsworth Dean, Widdop, and Luddenden, Oxenhope and Ogden.
From the Pennines to the coast, over the North Yorkshire Moors and through the Wolds to the industrial south of the region, this book encompasses everything to please lovers of this remarkable county, portraying the Yorkshire landscape through the eyes of one of the county’s most versatile and best known watercolourists.
Halifax - John A Hargreaves
Dr Hargreaves' definitive hardback illustrated book on the town is now £10.00.
