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Walk Summary: Moderate 5.5 mile circular walk past Butterley reservoir around the NT Marsden Estate
Start : New Inn pub at Marsden. Note: not currently serving food!
Locality: Marsden.
Area: West
Start OS Grid reference: SE0498111515
Start What3words : fallback.monk.chill
Difficulty: Moderate
Distance miles: 5.6
Ascent meters: 296
Estimated Walk Time hours: 3.2
Pub & Locality: New Inn at Marsden.
Parking: Street parking nearby
Public Transport: Bus 335 from Holmfirth to Slaithwaite Carr Lane then change to Bus 935 to Marsden. Journey time circa 1 hr 10 min. Alternative with similar journey times Bus 310 Holmfirth to Huddersfield then Transpennine train to Marsden. 
Walk Description: This walk combines aspects of Marsden’s industrial heritage, the impressive reservoir engineering of the beautiful Wessenden valley and open moorland. Thanks to the National Trust warden who led the walk for us.  Take the small road alongside the Riverhead pub in the centre of Marsden. Walk under the road bridge and up Fall Lane to the small roundabout. Follow Binn Road then Wessenden Road to the obvious track alongside Butterley Reservoir.  An interesting alternative at the foot of Binn Road is to pass through the mill complex (footpath marked on map; part of the Kirklees Way) to a lung-busting ascent up a flight of steps.)  Follow the reservoir track and leave it at the path indicated for the Pennine Way. A second lung busting ascent leads onwards to Swellands Reservoir. Cross the dam and follow a moorland path northwards to meet Old Mount Road which is followed back to Marsden.
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