Pecket Well is
a beautiful Pennine village on a south-facing hillside just a
mile from Hebden Bridge.
It borders the National Trust Woodland of Hardcastle
Crags and Crimsworth Dean and enjoys
one of the most famous views in Calderdale over the hill tops,
the ancient village of Heptonstall and to the Stoodley Pike monument
beyond.
It is surrounded with open
countryside with superb walks over open moorland towards Haworth
and Luddenden. Woodland walks in the National Trust woodlands,
the visitor attraction of Gibson
Mill and the tranquil setting of the
waterfall at Lumb Falls are also on the doorstep. The route of
the Calderdale Way runs through the village and the Pennine way
is just two miles away.
Pecket Well is a community in
its own right thanks to amenities like the 17th Century Robin
Hood Inn and the facilities of the neighbouring village of Old
Town. Old Town and Pecket Well are served by Wadsworth Parish
Council and benefit from a popular primary school. Old Town also
has a Post Office/grocery/off-licence, Equestrian Centre, Bowling
Green, Football Club, Cricket Pitch, Children's Playground, the
Hare and Hounds Pub and just
beyond Wadsworth is Mount Skip Golf Club.
The lively cosmopolitan mill town
of Hebden Bridge is just a mile away with a full range of shops,
bars, restaurants, schools and other amenities.
Haworth
The road through Pecket
Well also leads directly to Haworth which is just 5 miles away.
Keen walkers may prefer to walk the old Haworth road over the
open moor. Haworth is famous as the home to the Brontes and is
also popular for the Keighley
and Worth Valley Steam Railway which
runs daily through from Oxenhope to Keighley and makes a
great day out.
