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Introduction (Cleckheaton Bus Station to Cleckheaton Town Hall/Savoy Square)

This guide is based in Cleckheaton.
This guide covers the route from Cleckheaton Bus Station to Town Hall/Savoy Square and covers some shopping areas along the route. .
This guide runs from the Cleckheaton Bus Station to the south south-east of the route and ends at Town Hall/Savoy Square.
The route is roughly around 0.3 miles (460 metres) and would take approximately 8-10 minutes to walk on average but this is just a guide.
The route has some slight and steep slopes along the route.
Pathway surfaces are concrete paving slabs and block paving.
The pathways have some uneven sections, which include some raised manhole covers.
The road surfaces are tarmac, with dropped kerbs and tactile paving at most crossing points.
There are opportunities to sit and rest.

By Car
The M62 and M606 Junction 26 is located approximately 1.1 miles away from the north end of the route (Town Hall) via A638 Bradford Road with direct links to Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield.
Parking
There is limited street Blue Badge parking and standard parking available on A638 Dewsbury Road and surrounding side roads.
Several public car parks are also available throughout the route.
By Bus
There are several bus stops and the bus station available on Dewsbury Road with direct services available to Leeds, Cleckheaton, Bradford and Morley.
For more information on Arriva Buses please see the following link: click here
For more information on TLC Travel please see the following link: click here
By Train
Brighouse Railway Station is located off Huddersfield Road and Railway Street and is approximately 3.9 miles away from the south of the route (Bus Station).
There is step-free access to the platforms.
There are direct train services available to Leeds, Wigan, London Kings Cross and Huddersfield.
For more information on Northern Railway please see the following link: click here
For more information on Trans Pennine Express Trains please see the following link: click here.

On Street Parking
There are limited Blue Badge and standard on street parking bays on Dewsbury Road and surrounding side roads.
There is no charge for these parking bays.
Parking is limited to 60 minutes for non-Blue Badge holders depending on the parking area.
Blue Badge holders may park in any of the bays for a maximum of 2 hours.
Public Car Parks
Bradford Road Car Park
This is a pay and display car park.
Westgate Car Park
This is a pay and display car park.

The surface of the pathways on both sides of the road in this section are tarmac and paving slabs.
The pathways on both sides are wide but do narrow to avoid streetlights and railings.
There is a slight slope uphill running from the junction as you exit Cleckheaton Bus Station from right to left along A638 Dewsbury Road towards to A643 St Peg Lane/Parkside.
The pathway is mainly paving tiles throughout.
There are some uneven areas on the pathways throughout this section.
There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs and signboards.
There are several side roads and access roads along the section to cross, with most of these having dropped kerbs and tactile paving on both sides.
The surface of the road is tarmac at the crossings.
The length of this section of the route is approximately 160 metres and takes approximately 3-5 minutes to walk.

There are several crossing points at this junction to cross A643 St Peg Lane/Parkside and A638 Dewsbury Road.
There are pedestrian crossings to cross all directions of travel.
This crossing has audibled and visual signals and rotating cones underneath the controls for visually impaired users.
The controls and buttons are between 75cm and 120cm in height.
All the crossings have dropped kerbs and tactile paving on both sides.
The surface of the roads is tarmac.
The surface of the pathways is paving tiles.
The road and pathway have a slight to steep uphill slope as you approach the junction along Dewsbury Road from the direction of the Bus Station from the south.
The road and pathway have a slight to steep uphill slope as you approach the junction along A643 St Peg Lane/Parkside from left to right as you approach from Dewsbury Road, Bus Station end.
There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, bins and signboards.
Traffic is busy at this junction and multi-directional.

The surface of the pathways on both sides of the road in this section are tarmac and block paving.
The pathways on both sides are wide but do narrow to avoid streetlights and railings.
There is a slight slope uphill running from the junction as you exit A643 St Peg Lane/Parkside towards the Town Hall/Savoy Square.
The pathway is mainly block-paving throughout.
There are some uneven areas on the pathways throughout this section.
There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, plants, bins and signboards.
There are several side roads and access roads along the section to cross, with most of these having dropped kerbs and tactile paving on both sides.
The surface of the road is tarmac at the crossings.
The length of this section of the route is approximately 160 metres and takes roughly on average 3-5 minutes to walk.

There are several crossing points at this junction to cross Town Hall (Church Street)/Savoy Square (Albion Street) and A638 Dewsbury Road.
All the crossings have dropped kerbs, but some have no tactile paving on both sides.
The surface of the roads is tarmac.
The surface of the pathways is paving tiles.
There is a slight slope uphill running from the junction as you exit A643 St Peg Lane/Parkside towards the Town Hall/Savoy Square.
There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, plant boxes, bins and signboards.
Traffic is heavy at this junction and multi-directional.