Bog Dodgers Way
A 22-mile long distance footpath. It is a demanding walking route at between 200 metres and 500 metres altitude in the Pennine Moors bordering Lancashire and West Yorkshire. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SE 047 116
Distance: 22 miles (35 km)
Time: 9–12 hours
Duration: 1 day
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL1 The Peak District – Dark Peak Area
OL21 South Pennines – Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Keighley and Todmorden
288 Bradford, Huddersfield and East Calderdale
Summary
The Bog Dodgers Way is a demanding walking route in the Pennine Moors bordering Lancashire and West Yorkshire. The walk is an undulating trek over ground between 200 metres and 500 metres altitude. Valleys, rough pasture, peat moorland, and deep cloughs are all features of the way. From the beginning of the Bog Dodgers Way at Marsden Church, the route goes to Binn Edge, Wessenden Reservoir, Great Hey Cote, Wessenden Head Reservoir, Marsden Clough, Digley Reservoir, Issues Road, Black Dike Head, Black Hill, Dean Head Moss, Featherbed Moss, Broadhead Moss, Black Moss Reservoir, Brun Moor, Close Moor, Northern Rocher, Haigh Gutter, Little Moss, Willmer Green Clough, Willykay Clough, Close Gate Bridge, and Waters Road before returning into Marsden.