Hardcastle Crags

Hardcastle Crags gives the north a bluebell walk with character: 400 acres of South Pennine woodland in a valley near Hebden Bridge, with Gibson Mill, a cotton mill built around 1800, at its heart. The riverside path holds the best of the bluebells, and wild garlic flowers in the same season, so the valley smells as good as it looks. The National Trust runs the site, with parking, restrooms and a café, which makes an easy riverside stroll to the mill a good half-day out. Come in May, when the bluebells are at their best here.