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Lower Gorple Reservoir Descent – Pecket Well Descent loop from Hebden Bridge

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Mountain biking trails

United Kingdom

England

Yorkshire And The Humber

Calderdale

Hebden Royd

Lower Gorple Reservoir Descent – Pecket Well Descent loop from Hebden Bridge

Moderate

4.8

(11)

riders

Lower Gorple Reservoir Descent – Pecket Well Descent loop from Hebden Bridge

01:49

21.7km

480m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 684 m for 60 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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688 m

Ruins of the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall

Highlight • Religious Site

These mystical ruins are at the heart of Heptonstall, one of the Pennines’ most historic villages. At the centre of the village are the ruins of the Church of St …

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3.32 km

May's Farm Shop

Highlight • Cafe

Always open for hot food, drinks, firewood, whisky! just about anything really!

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5.44 km

View of Lower Gorple Reservoir from Standing Stone Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

That's a big climb done - you can relax a bit now and enjoy the views before the descent!

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5.98 km

Lower Gorple Reservoir Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

Open, spectacular, and - if you've the nerve for it, very fast and drifty. It's definitely better as a descent than a climb - more because of what's to come …

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7.39 km

Track to Gorple Lower Reservoir

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Grass up the middle and lots of sheep

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13.5 km

Nook

Ruins

18.5 km

Pecket Well Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Fast, extremely rocky, occasionally technical, and one of the best descents in the area, Pecket Well is an absolute blast. It's an old pack horse trail (as are so many …

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21.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.0 km

7.83 km

1.46 km

1.25 km

694 m

509 m

Surfaces

7.30 km

6.51 km

5.18 km

1.13 km

845 m

785 m

Elevation

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Highest point (370 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Sunday 17 May

13°C

5°C

57 %

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Lower Gorple Reservoir Descent – Pecket Well Descent loop from Hebden Bridge

Ruins of the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall

May's Farm Shop

View of Lower Gorple Reservoir from Standing Stone Hill

Lower Gorple Reservoir Descent

Track to Gorple Lower Reservoir

Pecket Well Descent

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