The superb scenery along the way its 19.3 miles is full of dramatic contrasts - rugged hills, tranquil wooded countryside, and historic mills and industrial buildings. The canal itself features distinctive narrow locks.
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal also boasts the impressive Standedge Tunnel the longest, deepest and highest canal tunnel in the country. At three and a quarter miles long, it takes around three hours to get through. Walkers can follow the route once taken by boat horses over Marsden Moor Estate, an expanse of wild moorland inhabited by wildlife including golden plover, grouse, curlew and twite.
The canal's rebirth, against all the odds, is the outstanding success of the canal restoration movement. After being derelict for 50 years, it reopened to boats in 2001, thanks to the efforts of the local community and the Huddersfield Canal Society.
