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The pretty village with no shops and one pub an hour from Greater Manchester
05.03.2023 - 11:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Recently the Upper Calder Valley has been under the spotlight. The moody landscape with its windswept moorland and green valleys has served as the backdrop for the BBC TV series Happy Valley, which became cult Sunday night viewing earlier this year.
It’s not the first time this gorgeous West Yorkshire landscape has featured on our TV screens, as scenes for the BBC drama Gentleman Jack, starring Suranne Jones, were also filmed in the area. Whether or not you’ve seen it on screen, it’s a beautiful part of the world to visit and only a short distance away from Greater Manchester, making it perfect for a day trip.
Luddenden is one of the charming villages nestled in the Upper Calder Valley. Smaller than its neighbours Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd, the village is nevertheless picturesque, with clusters of stone cottages rising up the side of the valley.
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Historically centred around farming, the village evolved from the valley bottom up and by the 18th century it had become a centre for handloom weaving, with houses and mills being built higher up on the hillside.
Although today the village appears to be rather sleepy, with no shops and just one pub, it once had the equivalent of a major motorway passing through it. A cobbled packhorse trail runs through the village from Midgley, crossing the river over to Warley.
It served as a major route for transporting goods through the Pennines, but this changed in the late 1700s when a turnpike road through the Calder Valley was approved by the government. You can still see the cobblestone road - Old Lane - today.
The only pub in Luddenden, The Lord Nelson Inn, is reputedly the oldest building
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