Places
94 places · 321 entries · compiled from the register
Gary rang about the map. He said it would work better if it knew when two entries were the same place, because at present it has Rigby Woods down twice and believes there are two woods. He asked could I write him a list. This is the list, and since I had it typed out I have put it up here an' all.
It is every place in the register, gathered together, with how many have come off it and the first and the last. Where the notebook says one thing on a Tuesday and summat slightly different two year later, I have put them together and set out the different wordings underneath, so you can see what I have done and disagree with it if you like. Blackmoorfoot is the clearest case. I have logged from every side of that water and called it a different thing near enough every time, and it is one reservoir.
I have not altered a single entry to make this tidy. The entries say what I wrote at the time. This page only puts them in an order.
The wellingtons are not counted in the totals, for the reasons I have set out elsewhere and will not go over again, but where one turned up at a place I have said so, because it is still true that it were there.
Colne Valley 159 entries, 36 places
Home ground, and most of the register. It is where I walk, and it is good shoe country, and those are two facts that happen to sit next to each other.
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The canal towpath at Slaithwaite
First #2, 8 November 2009 · Latest #298, 14 June 2025 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
Number 2 come off this towpath in the November of 2009 and they have not stopped since. The notebook keeps the lock numbers apart and I have put them together here, which I hope is allowed.
Written in the book as: Canal lock, Slaithwaite; Canal towpath below Lock 21E, Slaithwaite; Canal towpath below Lock 22E, Slaithwaite; Canal towpath below Lock 23E, Slaithwaite; Canal towpath below Lock 24E, Slaithwaite; Canal towpath by Lock 23E, Slaithwaite; Canal towpath, Slaithwaite; Lock 23E, Slaithwaite
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The canal towpath at Milnsbridge
First #12, 16 October 2010 · Latest #310, 7 February 2026 · 1 wellington (separate ledger) · 1 gone on a return visit
Milnsbridge has given the register a steady return for sixteen year. One of the two I have gone back for and not found were here, in the August of 2021.
Written in the book as: Canal at Milnsbridge; Canal path, Milnsbridge; Canal towpath, Milnsbridge; Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Milnsbridge
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Butterley Reservoir, Marsden
First #20, 11 June 2011 · Latest #309, 10 January 2026 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
The hundredth shoe were here, the thirteenth of August 2016, and I did not mark the occasion at the time, which were right. The spillway end is the productive end.
Written in the book as: Butterley Reservoir embankment path, Marsden; Butterley Reservoir spillway, Marsden; Butterley Reservoir, Marsden; Path above Butterley Reservoir, Marsden; Spillway path, Butterley Reservoir, Marsden; Spillway, Butterley Reservoir, Marsden; Wessenden path, above Butterley
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Scammonden Water
First #73, 7 February 2015 · Latest #297, 31 May 2025 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
The dam path is broad and honest and you are never in doubt where you are. The motorway above changes by the minute and the path does not change at all.
Written in the book as: Bridleway above Scammonden Water; Dam path, Scammonden Water; Dam top, Scammonden Water; Layby off the B6114, above Scammonden Water; Scammonden Water; Scammonden, path along the dam top
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The Wessenden valley, above Marsden
First #28, 11 February 2012 · Latest #291, 22 February 2025 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
Four reservoirs on the one walk and I have logged along the whole length of it. If I had to pick a morning out of the register it would likely come from up here.
Written in the book as: Reservoir path, Wessenden; Track above Wessenden Lodge; Wessenden Reservoir path, above Marsden; Wessenden path, above Marsden; Wessenden valley path, above Marsden; Wessenden valley path, below the middle reservoir; Wessenden valley path, second reservoir
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Scar Lane, Golcar
First #7, 8 May 2010 · Latest #245, 10 June 2023
Scar Lane and the ginnels off it. A town street doing the work of a moor, which I have never got to the bottom of and have stopped trying to.
Written in the book as: Ginnel off Scar Lane, Golcar; Scar Lane, Golcar; Snicket off Scar Lane, Golcar
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The locks above Marsden
First #83, 1 August 2015 · Latest #317, 12 April 2026
Lock 42E and the flight below it. The locks started earning their place about 2018 and have not let up since.
Written in the book as: Canal towpath by Lock 42E, Marsden; Lock 32E, Marsden flight, Huddersfield Narrow Canal; Lock 42E, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Marsden
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Old Mount Road, Marsden
First #4, 13 December 2009 · Latest #262, 23 December 2023
Field edges and gateways along the one road. Gateways are where the ground gets churned and where a boot can come off a man without him having much say in it.
Written in the book as: Field edge off Old Mount Road, Marsden; Field gateway off Old Mount Road, Marsden; Field gateway, Old Mount Road, Marsden; Old Mount Road, Marsden; Old Mount Road, above Marsden
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Pule Hill, Marsden
First #164, 19 October 2019 · Latest #320, 27 May 2026
The packhorse track and the tops. The wind up there has cost me more photographs than any other place in the book, and number 320 is from up here.
Written in the book as: Packhorse track, Pule Hill, Marsden; Pule Hill, Marsden; Pule Hill, above Marsden; Pule Hill, off the A62, Marsden
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The canal towpath at Linthwaite
First #15, 22 January 2011 · Latest #230, 24 September 2022
The stretch below the mills. It goes quiet after the Titanic and stays quiet as far as Slaithwaite.
Written in the book as: Canal towpath below Linthwaite; Canal towpath by Titanic Mill, Linthwaite; Canal towpath, Linthwaite; Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Linthwaite; Towpath below Hoyle House Mill, Linthwaite
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Wessenden Head
First #78, 9 May 2015 · Latest #187, 10 April 2021
The road and the path up from it. Number 78 is from here and I have never knowingly passed it again, which is set out on the returns page.
Written in the book as: Layby on the A635, Wessenden Head; Wessenden Head Road, above Marsden; Wessenden Head path, above Marsden; Wessenden Head, above Marsden
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The A640 at Outlane
First #232, 22 October 2022 · Latest #307, 23 November 2025
Laybys and the bridleway off them. Laybys are steady providers and I have stopped questioning it.
Written in the book as: Bridleway off A640, Outlane; Layby on A640, Outlane; Track off New Hey Road, Outlane
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The Manchester Road laybys, Linthwaite
First #13, 6 November 2010 · Latest #43, 2 March 2013
Three off the A62 between 2010 and 2013 and nowt since. I still slow down.
Written in the book as: Lay-by on A62, Linthwaite; Layby on the A62, Manchester Road above Linthwaite; Layby, Manchester Road, Linthwaite
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Tunnel End, Marsden
First #63, 14 June 2014 · Latest #224, 9 July 2022
Where the canal goes into the hill. There is generally somebody about at Tunnel End, which makes the photographing slower.
Written in the book as: Canal towpath near Tunnel End, Marsden; Towpath at Tunnel End, Marsden; Tunnel End, Marsden
2
Hoyle House, Linthwaite
First #26, 17 December 2011 · Latest #257, 4 November 2023
Written in the book as: Hoyle House Fold, Linthwaite; Hoyle House fields, Linthwaite
2
Knowl Road, Golcar
First #220, 11 June 2022 · Latest #300, 19 July 2025
2
Rigby Woods
First #274, 10 August 2024 · Latest #321, 8 August 2026
Rigby Woods has been good to the register. Number 274 in the August of 2024 and number 321 in the August of 2026, two year apart near enough to the week. What went on in between is on the report for 321 and I will not go through it again here.
2
Sparth Reservoir, Marsden
First #33, 17 June 2012 · Latest #284, 26 October 2024
Written in the book as: Canal towpath by Sparth Reservoir, Marsden; Sparth Reservoir, Marsden
2
St John's churchyard, Golcar
First #11, 25 September 2010 · Latest #35, 4 August 2012
2
The A62 laybys at Standedge
First #244, 27 May 2023 · Latest #292, 9 March 2025
Written in the book as: Layby, A62 at Standedge; Layby, A62 below Standedge
2
The field gateway near Marsden
First #1, 17 October 2009 · Latest #296, 10 May 2025
Where it started, the seventeenth of October 2009. I went back in the May of 2025 and there were another shoe stood in the same gateway, which is number 296. It is not a shrine. It is a gateway near Marsden.
2
The layby at Nont Sarah's, A640
First #81, 27 June 2015 · Latest #207, 19 February 2022
Written in the book as: Layby near Nont Sarah's, A640, Scammonden; Layby, A640 near Nont Sarah's, Scammonden
2
Town End, Golcar
First #61, 3 May 2014 · Latest #122, 4 November 2017
Written in the book as: Steps off Town End, Golcar; Town End, Golcar
2
Under the M62 at Scammonden
First #223, 2 July 2022 · Latest #252, 16 September 2023
Written in the book as: Bridleway under the M62, Scammonden; Path below Scammonden Bridge
2
Wessenden Moor
First #98, 9 July 2016 · Latest #270, 11 May 2024
Open ground and not much shelter. Number 270 is from up here, and there is a Return attached to that one which is filed on its own.
Written in the book as: Wessenden Moor; Wessenden Moor, above Marsden
1
By the chapel, Linthwaite
First #203, 18 December 2021
1
Layby on the A62 near Slaithwaite
First #147, 9 February 2019
1
Merrydale Clough, above Slaithwaite
First #70, 15 November 2014
1
Morley Lane bridge, Milnsbridge
First #6, 27 March 2010
1
Mount Road, Marsden
First #23, 10 September 2011
1
Scapegoat Hill Road, above Golcar
First #84, 29 August 2015
1
St Bartholomew's churchyard, Marsden
First #269, 13 April 2024
1
Station Road, Marsden
First #14, 27 December 2010
1
The canal towpath at Golcar
First #146, 26 January 2019
1
The moor path to Cupwith
First #233, 12 November 2022
Holme Valley 73 entries, 23 places
Over the hill and round. Reservoirs, cloughs, and a fair number of churchyards.
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The Deer Hill conduit path
First #30, 22 April 2012 · Latest #295, 26 April 2025
A level path with water down one side of it. Good walking and good looking, at the same time, which is not as common as it sounds.
Written in the book as: Conduit path below Deer Hill; Conduit path below Deer Hill, Meltham; Conduit path, Deer Hill; Conduit path, Deer Hill, above Meltham; Deer Hill conduit path, Meltham; Deer Hill conduit path, above Meltham
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Hade Edge
First #60, 12 April 2014 · Latest #279, 21 September 2024 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
Verges, mostly, on the roads out towards Dunford. Number 229 is from up here and the entry says what I were prepared to say about it.
Written in the book as: Greave Road, Hade Edge; Lane out of Hade Edge, towards Dunford Road; Near Hade Edge, Holmfirth; Roadside verge, Hade Edge; Verge at Hade Edge, by the Dunford Road junction; Verge near the football ground, Hade Edge; Verge of the B6106, above Hade Edge
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Digley Reservoir
First #66, 16 August 2014 · Latest #312, 14 March 2026 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
The dam wall and the north bank. A cold spot in a wind, and worth it.
Written in the book as: Dam wall path, Digley Reservoir; Digley Reservoir; Digley Reservoir, dam end; Digley Reservoir, near Holmbridge; Digley Reservoir, north bank path
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Deer Hill Reservoir
First #10, 30 August 2010 · Latest #268, 23 March 2024 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
The first one from here were 2010 and the notebook gives it four words. I remember it better than the book tells it and I will not be adding owt now.
Written in the book as: Deer Hill Reservoir, Meltham; Deer Hill Reservoir, above Meltham; Deer Hill edge, above Meltham; Reservoir path, Deer Hill
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Ramsden Reservoir
First #96, 4 June 2016 · Latest #280, 28 September 2024 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
The top path and the dam wall. Quiet on a weekday and the trees come right down to the water.
Written in the book as: Dam wall path, Ramsden Reservoir; Ramsden Reservoir, Holmfirth; Ramsden Reservoir, above Holmbridge; Ramsden Reservoir, top path
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Honley Woods
First #38, 13 October 2012 · Latest #278, 14 September 2024
The old wood above Honley. The light through it of a morning is worth the climb on its own, shoe or no shoe.
Written in the book as: Honley Old Wood; Honley Woods; Track above Honley Woods
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St Lucius's church, Farnley Tyas
First #109, 25 February 2017 · Latest #303, 13 September 2025
Five at the one church. I have noted that and I am not going to explain it, because I cannot.
Written in the book as: By the church, Farnley Tyas; Church gate, Farnley Tyas; St Lucius' churchyard, Farnley Tyas
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Woodsome Road, Farnley Tyas
First #118, 12 August 2017 · Latest #272, 15 June 2024
Field edges off the one road, four of them over seven year. I go that way for the walking and the shoes have been incidental, mostly.
Written in the book as: Field edge off Woodsome Road, Farnley Tyas; Footpath off Woodsome Road, Farnley Tyas; Woodsome Road, Farnley Tyas; Woodsome Road, below Farnley Tyas
3
Magdale, Honley
First #114, 3 June 2017 · Latest #251, 2 September 2023
A narrow lane with the beck alongside it. Three, all within a few hundred yard of each other.
3
Royd Edge, Meltham
First #51, 18 August 2013 · Latest #308, 14 December 2025
The clough and the edge above it. The last shoe of 2025 come from the bottom of the clough, in the leaves.
Written in the book as: Royd Edge Clough, Meltham; Royd Edge, Meltham
2
Holme village
First #226, 30 July 2022 · Latest #311, 1 March 2026
Written in the book as: Layby on the A6024 above Holme; Track out of Holme village
2
The layby on Meltham Road
First #24, 15 October 2011 · Latest #287, 9 November 2024
2
The moor above Meltham
First #153, 4 May 2019 · Latest #248, 22 July 2023 · 1 gone on a return visit
The brogue I lost in the May of 2019 were from the track up here. The best morning of 2023 were up here an' all, in the July, and the photographs from it did not come out, which tells you summat about photographs.
Written in the book as: Moor above Meltham; Moorland track above Meltham
2
The riverside path at Holmfirth
First #58, 1 March 2014 · Latest #161, 26 August 2019
1
Brownhill Reservoir, near Holmbridge
First #228, 20 August 2022
1
Church Street, Honley
First #18, 9 April 2011
1
Holme Styes Reservoir
First #299, 5 July 2025
1
Mill Moor Road, Meltham
First #17, 12 March 2011
1
St Mary's churchyard, Honley
First #316, 8 April 2026
1
The B6107, Meltham to Marsden
First #32, 27 May 2012
1
The bus stop at Netherton
First #286, 5 November 2024
1
The lane below the church, Farnley Tyas
First #101, 3 September 2016
1
The riverside path at Honley
First #52, 8 September 2013
Huddersfield Town 45 entries, 11 places
Parks, ginnels and the canal through the middle. Town does better than folk expect.
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Castle Hill, Almondbury
First #8, 5 June 2010 · Latest #318, 25 April 2026
The most of anywhere, and the only place I go up most weeks. It is a hill with a lot of paths on it and a lot of people on the paths, and that is the whole of the explanation as far as I am concerned.
Written in the book as: Castle Hill, Almondbury; Castle Hill, path from Lumb Lane
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Beaumont Park
First #150, 30 March 2019 · Latest #319, 6 May 2026
A steep park with a lot of benches in it, and benches are worth watching. Number 319 were sat on one of them facing the valley.
Written in the book as: Beaumont Park, Huddersfield; Beaumont Park, by the Meltham Road gate
6
Greenhead Park
First #92, 12 March 2016 · Latest #288, 14 December 2024 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
A town park with a bandstand and a duck pond. Every one of these has been within a few minutes of the gates, which I have noted and will leave at that.
1
All Hallows churchyard, Almondbury
First #159, 27 July 2019
1
Aspley underpass
First #315, 14 January 2026
1
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
First #3, 29 November 2009
1
Lumb Lane, Almondbury
First #174, 27 June 2020
1
Salendine Nook chapel
First #273, 6 July 2024
1
The canal at Longroyd Bridge
First #173, 6 June 2020
1
The ginnel off Westgate, Almondbury
First #234, 10 December 2022
1
The wharf at Aspley
First #71, 13 December 2014
Calderdale 4 entries, 4 places
Four altogether, all of them since 2024. I do not get over that way as often as I might.
1
Baitings Reservoir, Ripponden
First #301, 9 August 2025
A report off the forum on the Tuesday and I drove over the Saturday and confirmed it in person. That is the only way owt gets a number.
1
Morrisons car park, Brighouse
First #313, 3 April 2026
Our Linda spotted this one out of the car window while I were parking. Seventeen year and that has not happened before.
1
The canal basin, Brighouse
First #285, 2 November 2024
1
The roundabout at Brighouse
First #237, 18 February 2023
Away 40 entries, 20 places
Anything that is not one of the two valleys or the town. Mirfield, Dewsbury, Batley, Denby Dale, Emley, Saddleworth and the one at Skipton. It is not a judgement on any of them. It is just how the book has been kept.
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Ledgard Bridge, Mirfield
First #74, 28 February 2015 · Latest #277, 7 September 2024
The Calder and Hebble side of the district. Broad water, working locks, and a different sort of walker on the path.
Written in the book as: Ledgard Bridge, Mirfield; Towpath by Ledgard Bridge, Mirfield
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Shepley Bridge, Mirfield
First #72, 10 January 2015 · Latest #306, 8 November 2025
Four along this bit of towpath, which for a place I only get to two or three times a year is a fair return.
Written in the book as: Calder & Hebble towpath, Shepley Bridge, Mirfield; Calder and Hebble towpath, near Shepley Bridge, Mirfield; Canal towpath, Shepley Bridge, Mirfield; Towpath near Shepley Bridge, Mirfield
4
The viaduct at Denby Dale
First #111, 8 April 2017 · Latest #212, 9 April 2022
Under the arches and the footpath below. Pigeons above you the whole time and cool in the shadow of it even in April.
Written in the book as: Footpath below the viaduct, Denby Dale; Lane under the viaduct, Denby Dale; Under the viaduct, Denby Dale
3
Below the mast at Emley
First #158, 13 July 2019 · Latest #214, 30 April 2022 · 2 wellingtons (separate ledger)
The lanes and field edges under the mast. Two wellingtons an' all, which are in their own ledger.
Written in the book as: Bridleway out of Emley, towards the mast; Field edge below the mast, Emley; Lane below the mast, Emley
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The layby on the A629, Denby Dale
First #198, 23 October 2021 · Latest #282, 12 October 2024
The pair are from this layby, the twenty-third of October 2021, numbers 198 and 199. Two shoes is two entries. That has been asked and answered.
3
The ridge path near Emley
First #121, 14 October 2017 · Latest #281, 5 October 2024
Number 121 is from the hollow below the ridge path, the fourteenth of October 2017. It were not the one. I said so at the time and I say so now.
Written in the book as: Hollow below the ridge path, near Emley; Ridge path near Emley
2
Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury
First #47, 1 June 2013 · Latest #216, 14 May 2022
2
Dovestone and the Chew Valley
First #132, 5 May 2018 · Latest #137, 14 July 2018
Written in the book as: Chew Valley, above Dovestone, Saddleworth; Dovestone Reservoir, Greenfield, Saddleworth
2
Heckmondwike
First #76, 4 April 2015 · Latest #85, 12 September 2015
Two ordinary shoes, found and confirmed proper in the usual way, in a place whose name has caused me a deal of correspondence. The other matter has a page of its own and none of it is on this one.
Written in the book as: Footpath off Walkley Lane, Heckmondwike; Green Lane, Heckmondwike
2
The Calder and Hebble at Mirfield
First #82, 11 July 2015 · Latest #143, 20 October 2018
Written in the book as: Calder & Hebble towpath, below Mirfield station; Towpath by the Calder, Mirfield
2
Wilton Park, Batley
First #48, 22 June 2013 · Latest #259, 18 November 2023
1
All Saints churchyard, Batley
First #222, 25 June 2022
1
Greenfield Reservoir, Saddleworth
First #241, 8 April 2023
1
Roberttown Lane, Liversedge
First #79, 23 May 2015
1
St Mary's churchyard, Mirfield
First #87, 14 November 2015
1
The A636 at Denby Dale
First #250, 19 August 2023
1
The A638 verge at Dewsbury
First #266, 24 February 2024
Barry rang on the Thursday and I went over on the Saturday. It had sat through two days of the A638 and nobody had shifted it. Barry stood by his car the whole time. He does that.
1
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Skipton
First #156, 15 June 2019 · 1 wellington (separate ledger)
The far end of what I will drive. Three hour of driving for a shoe on a tip-off, and it were still there when I got there, which does not always happen.
1
The field path above Skelmanthorpe
First #119, 2 September 2017
1
The recreation ground, Norristhorpe
First #227, 6 August 2022
Ninety odd places, and most of them have given me the one shoe and are unlikely to give me another. That is the shape of it and I did not expect owt else.
If I have put two places together that you know for a fact to be two places, write in and I will separate them. I would rather be told.
See also: the map, the figures, the register itself.