Looking back towards Butterley Reservoir and Marsden. The reservoir is part of a descending chain of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley: Wessenden Head Reservoir,...
Marsden
My main circular walk takes in Marsden and the Wessenden Valley, touching on both the Pennine and Kirklees Way. A walk up Pule Hill rewards you with a glorious panorama that energizes me every time. It inspires Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate and son of Marsden. A Bronze Age burial site, Pule Hill has spoken to people in this area for millennia.