Picture the map of England - its backbone, The Pennine Chain, runs over 200km from near the Scottish border down into the Midlands. In the middle, where the country narrows between the Humber and the Mersey, is the borough of Calderdale, in the heart of Pennine Yorkshire.
To the north is the limestone country of the Yorkshire Dales and to the south, the peat hags and gritstone edges of the Peak District National Parks. To the west and east great centres of population - the Lancashire towns clustered around Manchester and Yorkshire's cities; providing a ready market of many millions.
Within and beyond Calderdale, find the soul of Pennine Yorkshire. Pennine Yorkshire is steep-sided valleys cutting into the heather-tinged Yorkshire moors; fast streams and rivers draining towards the Humber. It is busy towns and historic villages, linked by paths and tracks, divided by dry stone walls that weave many tales across the landscape.
Head for the hills, look to Holmfirth or Haworth for some of the best in small town life, or delight in the National Trust at Marsden Moor. Huddersfield is the largest town in the country and there are the city delights of Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield and further afield; Manchester and York - all just a short train ride away from any of Calderdale's seven railway stations. Live like a local - make the best of both rural and city life!
For more information about great places to visit in Yorkshire, visit the website of the regional tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire.