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| Against the Pennine ramparts, market town Todmorden offers real character and is every bit a border town. Indeed the old Yorkshire-Lancashire border ran through the magnificent Grade I listed Town Hall. The name means "Valley of the Marsh Fox" and the town is situated at the point where three valleys meet. |
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| Todmorden town centre is made up from an array of interesting smsll shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants and of course the market. You can wander around the town and take a trip to Fielden Wharf, a new public space overlooking the Rochdale Canal and gillotine lock. |
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If you're after more green space, take a short stroll up Burnley Road to Centre Vale Park. With its backdrop of Buckley Wood, the park is a haven and a great picnic spot. Further afield you can join the Calderdale Way and Pennine Way close to Todmorden, and take a trek to the Napoleonic monument at Stoodley Pike, an iconic symbol of the Valley. |
| A couple of miles further up the road you will find Walsden, famed for the Summit Tunnel and the highest canal lock in the country. Walsden is also home to the impressive Gordon Rigg's Garden centre, with everything from plants and greenery, to crafts, home furnishings and a cafe and Grandma Pollard's chippy, frying tonight for over 50 years. |
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