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Dog walks near Halifax and Brighouse
We have measured 3,510 walks that start within 5 km of the middle of Halifax, each against the same public map data. This page says what they are like, beside West Yorkshire as a whole, and how many pass the checks we run for five kinds of dog.
It covers Brighouse, whose centre is 5 km away, too.
Three walks near Halifax
Three of the 3,510 walks near Halifax, from those that start nearest its middle: a 5.6 km loop, a 9.0 km there and back and a 2.9 km one-way walk. How we pick them
Where these go is in the app
Create an account- Near Halifax (in between)5.6 km · 97 min · A loop
- Near Halifax (longest)9.0 km · 154 min · There and back
- Near Halifax (shortest)2.9 km · 49 min · One way
Walks near Halifax for your dog
When you tell us what your dog finds hard, the app checks every walk against it before you see one. These are five of those checks, run over the walks near Halifax, and the share that pass each.
- 1%A dog who is nervous of other dogs and of livestock1% near Halifax for a nervous or reactive dog, against 2% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.2.5 to 8 km long, a busy or fast road beside no more than 15% of the way, at most one busy road to cross and pasture beside no more than 30% of the way.That is 60 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for a nervous or reactive dog.Walks for a nervous or reactive dog near Halifax
- 31%A dog frightened by traffic31% near Halifax for a dog scared of traffic, against 25% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.2.5 to 8 km long, a busy or fast road beside no more than 15% of the way and at most one busy road to cross.That is 1,100 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for a dog scared of traffic.Walks for a dog scared of traffic near Halifax
- 34%A big dog, or two on the lead at once34% near Halifax for a big dog, against 39% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.2.5 to 8 km long and at most one stile, gate or cattle grid.That is 1,210 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for a big dog.Walks for a big dog near Halifax
- 28%An older dog, on a short walk28% near Halifax for an older dog, against 27% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.1 to 2.5 km long and at most one stile, gate or cattle grid.That is 980 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for an older dog.Short walks for an older dog near Halifax
- 50%A short walk from the car50% near Halifax for a short walk from the car, against 47% near the typical town in West Yorkshire.1 to 4.5 km long and starting where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road.That is 1,780 walks or more within 5 km that pass our checks for a short walk from the car.Short dog walks from the car near Halifax
The app searches further than 5 km when it has to, and it weighs what you tell it about your own dog, so these are a starting point rather than your answer.
What the walks near Halifax are like
Each bar is the share of the 3,510 walks near Halifax the sentence is true of. The upright mark on each bar, and the small number beside it, is the same share for West Yorkshire as a whole.
How far they go
5 to 8 km: 20% of the walks near Halifax, against 18% across West Yorkshire, and no row here differs by more.
Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Under 3 km | 39% | 40% |
| 3 to 5 km | 23% | 22% |
| 5 to 8 km | 20% | 18% |
| 8 to 12 km | 12% | 11% |
| Over 12 km | 4% | 6% |
What shape they are
A loop: 36% of the walks near Halifax, against 25% across West Yorkshire.
A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| A loop | 36% | 25% |
| There and back the same way | 37% | 44% |
| One way, ending somewhere else | 26% | 29% |
What is beside the path
On roads or lanes for half or more: 76% of the walks near Halifax, against 59% across West Yorkshire.
Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Under trees for a third or more of the way | 51% | 41% |
| Beside water for a tenth or more | 63% | 67% |
| On open access land for a third or more | 4% | 19% |
| Through a park or green space for a third or more | 6% | 16% |
| Beside crop fields for a third or more | 78% | 79% |
| Beside farm grassland for half or more | 79% | 77% |
| No farm grassland at all | 4% | 3% |
| Off road for four fifths or more | 5% | 17% |
| On roads or lanes for half or more | 76% | 59% |
| Through built-up streets for half or more | 4% | 4% |
What might stop you
No steps: 64% of the walks near Halifax, against 69% across West Yorkshire.
Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Never beside a fast road | 83% | 81% |
| Never beside a busy road | 54% | 56% |
| No busy road to cross | 54% | 57% |
| No stile, gate or cattle grid | 53% | 55% |
| No steps | 64% | 69% |
What is on the way
Pass a busy beauty spot: 16% of the walks near Halifax, against 35% across West Yorkshire.
Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | West Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|
| Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road | 91% | 81% |
| Pass a pub | 49% | 40% |
| Pass a dog-waste bin | 17% | 34% |
| Pass a public toilet | 13% | 13% |
| Pass a drinking-water tap | <1% | 1% |
| Pass a busy beauty spot | 16% | 35% |
Measured on 12 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made
Walks near Halifax, for your dog
If you live in West Yorkshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.
Anywhere in Great Britain, even with no signal.
Further is the Trekosa subscription: walks beyond your home county, and help on the walk itself. The OS Explorer map, 1:25,000, on any walk while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal goes. Drift off the path and you get a quiet buzz.
The first 250 households have it for good. After that, £4.99 a month or £34.99 a year.
The rules around Halifax
In England you may walk on public rights of way, on open access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, and in woodland the Forestry Commission opens to the public. We hold all three for West Yorkshire, and a walk that leaves them is refused before you ever see it.
We have read the dog orders of every council in West Yorkshire, and a walk here tells you when it crosses a place an order names.
We checked West Yorkshire for military live-firing ground and found none. The military sites on the map here are barracks, cadet huts and indoor ranges, none of them open ground a walk could wander onto.
Parks, woods and reserves near Halifax
- Snake Hill Wood · wood1 walk · 1.4 km
- Shibden Park · local nature reserve15 walks · 1.6 km
- Manor Heath · park1 walk · 2 km
- Staups Common · wood4 walks · 2 km
- Long Wood and Scarr Wood Local Nature Reserve · local nature reserve5 walks · 2.3 km
- Crow Wood Park · park2 walks · 2.7 km
- Jagger Wood · wood1 walk · 2.7 km
- Milner Royd Local Nature Reserve · local nature reserve2 walks · 2.7 km
- Whiskers Wood · wood2 walks · 2.7 km
- Common Wood · wood2 walks · 2.8 km
- Sunny Bank Wood · wood9 walks · 2.8 km
- Only House Wood · wood2 walks · 2.9 km
- Ovenden Wood · wood3 walks · 2.9 km
- Woodhead Park · recreation ground4 walks · 3 km
- Beechwood Park Local Nature Reserve · local nature reserve11 walks · 3.2 km
- North Dean Wood · wood49 walks · 3.4 km
- Sutcliffe Wood · wood12 walks · 3.4 km
- Ramsden Wood · wood3 walks · 3.5 km
- Elland Park Wood · wood28 walks · 3.7 km
- Hipperholme Park · park1 walk · 3.9 km
- Binns Wood · wood4 walks · 4 km
- Clay House Park · park1 walk · 4 km
- Goldfields Recreation Ground · recreation ground · dogs on a lead by council order7 walks · 4 km
- Cromwell Wood · wood5 walks · 4.2 km
- Dixon Scar Woods · wood1 walk · 4.2 km
- Sun Wood · wood7 walks · 4.2 km
- Hollins Wood · wood5 walks · 4.4 km
- Park Purse Wood · wood4 walks · 4.4 km
- Madam Wood · wood3 walks · 4.5 km
- Norland Moor Local Nature Reserve · local nature reserve51 walks · 4.5 km
- Slead Syke Wood · wood2 walks · 4.5 km
- Middle Ox Heys Wood · wood3 walks · 4.6 km
- North Wood · wood8 walks · 4.6 km
- Russell Hall Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order1 walk · 4.6 km
- Freeman's Wood · wood3 walks · 4.7 km
- Hullenedge Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order9 walks · 4.7 km
- North Wood · wood6 walks · 4.7 km
- Cromwell Bottom Local Nature Reserve · local nature reserve11 walks · 4.8 km
- Rookes Wood · wood1 walk · 4.9 km
- Han Heys · wood3 walks · 5 km
- Syke House Wood · wood4 walks · 5 km
- Brighouse Wood · wood1 walk · 5.1 km
- Ravenstone Wood · wood6 walks · 5.1 km
- Whitwell Green Lane Recreation Ground · recreation ground1 walk · 5.1 km
- Dodge Royd Wood · wood4 walks · 5.2 km
- Foxhill Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order1 walk · 5.2 km
- Littlemoor Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order9 walks · 5.2 km
- Reins Wood · wood6 walks · 5.2 km
- Strangstry Wood · wood5 walks · 5.2 km
- Stubbing Wood · wood4 walks · 5.2 km
- Great Dairy · wood1 walk · 5.3 km
- Lane Head Recreation Ground · park1 walk · 5.3 km
- Parish Wood · wood1 walk · 5.3 km
- Rawroyd Wood · wood1 walk · 5.3 km
- Eaves Top Wood · wood2 walks · 5.4 km
- Gallows Pole Hill Plantation · wood1 walk · 5.4 km
- Judy Woods · wood49 walks · 5.4 km
- Midgley Rec · recreation ground · dogs on a lead by council order1 walk · 5.4 km
- Blackshaw Urban Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order1 walk · 5.5 km
- Gannerthorpe Wood · wood1 walk · 5.6 km
- Fall Spring Wood · wood2 walks · 5.7 km
- Stainland Memorial Park · park11 walks · 5.9 km
- Beestonley Wood · wood3 walks · 6 km
- Holroyd's Wood · wood1 walk · 6 km
- Jerusalem Farm Local Nature Reserve · local nature reserve24 walks · 6 km
- Wellholme Park · park7 walks · 6 km
- Milner Wood · wood1 walk · 6.1 km
- Highlee Wood · wood13 walks · 6.2 km
- Beestones Wood · wood4 walks · 6.3 km
- Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve · local nature reserve40 walks · 6.3 km
- Thunnerley Wood · wood3 walks · 6.3 km
- Whittle Wood · wood4 walks · 6.5 km
- Horton Bank Country Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order5 walks · 6.6 km
- Wyke Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order2 walks · 6.6 km
- Bottomley Wood · wood4 walks · 6.8 km
- Hanging Fall Wood · wood1 walk · 6.8 km
- Wibsey Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order4 walks · 6.8 km
- Harold Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order9 walks · 6.9 km
- Hathershelf Scout Wood · wood8 walks · 7.3 km
- Low Moor Banks · park · dogs on a lead by council order11 walks · 7.4 km
- Firth House Wood · wood3 walks · 7.7 km
- Upper Fell Greave · wood12 walks · 7.7 km
- Brackenhill Park · park · dogs on a lead by council order3 walks · 7.8 km
- Castle Scout Plantation · wood1 walk · 8.6 km
- Coney Wood · wood3 walks · 8.9 km
- Rishworth Hall Wood · wood1 walk · 9.5 km
- Drumming Wood · wood1 walk · 9.6 km
Walks that lie mostly in each place, and how far it is from the middle of Halifax. A place with ten walks or more has a page of its own.