A warm welcome awaits
Welcome to the South Pennines! The South Pennines is where Lancashire and Yorkshire collide: the wild and wonderful landscape between the Yorkshire Dales to the North and the Peak District […]
Saddleworth
Saddleworth is a pretty cluster of stone-built villages on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border. Diggle, Dobcross, Delph, Denshaw, Greenfield and Uppermill (just when you were thinking they all had to begin with D) are all steeped […]
True Stories
The Cragg Vale Coiners were a notorious gang of counterfeiters near Hebden Bridge whose activities came close to wrecking the currency of Britain. They removed the edges of gold coins and melted […]
Walk, Cycle, Ride
Did you know the South Pennines is home to the kilometre square with the densest network of public paths in England? We also have the most access land of anywhere in […]
Flavours to savour…
Locally-made produce to put in your picnics (or take home to the person feeding your cat). Bread is the staff of life. For bread so-good-you-have-to-eat-it-all-in-one-go, we love The Handmade Bakery in […]
Sweets and treats.
Part of being away is indulging yourself and the South Pennines has enough treats to keep you going for months. Read on to discover some of our guilty pleasures…. Have your cake […]
Beer!
If you’re here for the beer, you’ve come to the right place… The South Pennines area has an incredible concentration of independent micro-breweries and good pubs. Alongside well-known names like Timothy Taylor, […]