Local nature reserve
Dog walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve
Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve is a local nature reserve of 64 hectares in Calderdale, mostly woodland, 6.3 km from the middle of Halifax. 40 walks in the app lie mostly in it. 42% are under 3 km and 50% are loops.
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Three walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve
From the 40 walks that lie mostly in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, those that start nearest its middle: a 7.8 km loop, a 3.7 km there and back and a 1.9 km one-way walk.
Where these go is in the app
Create an account- Near Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve (longest)7.8 km · 133 min · A loop
- Near Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve (in between)3.7 km · 64 min · There and back
- Near Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve (shortest)1.9 km · 32 min · One way
The land and what it asks of a dog
- Local nature reserveOgden WaterNatural England designations
- Special Protection AreaSouth Pennine Moors Phase 2Natural England designations
- Special Area of ConservationSouth Pennine MoorsNatural England designations
- Site of Special Scientific InterestSouth Pennine Moors SSSINatural England designations
- Open by permission, not by right53 hectares of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)
- Open by right1 hectare of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)
- Dogs on a lead“public car parks”Calderdale council dog control order, read 30 July 2026
- Dogs on a lead“Ogden Water”Calderdale council dog control order, read 30 July 2026
Anywhere else in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, Calderdale council's order sets no rule for dogs that we hold (read 30 July 2026). Signs on the ground may say more.
What the walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve are like
Every share is of the 40 walks that lie mostly in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, with Halifax as a whole marked on each bar.
How far they go
5 to 8 km: 32% of the walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, against 20% near Halifax.
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 | Halifax |
|---|---|---|
| Under 3 km | 42% | 39% |
| 3 to 5 km | 22% | 23% |
| 5 to 8 km | 32% | 20% |
| 8 to 12 km | <1% | 12% |
| Over 12 km | 2% | 4% |
What shape they are
A loop: 50% of the walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, against 36% near Halifax.
A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | Halifax |
|---|---|---|
| A loop | 50% | 36% |
| There and back the same way | 25% | 37% |
| One way, ending somewhere else | 25% | 26% |
What is beside the path
Through a park or green space for a third or more: 90% of the walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, against 6% near Halifax.
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 | Halifax |
|---|---|---|
| Under trees for a third or more of the way | <1% | 51% |
| Beside water for a tenth or more | 95% | 63% |
| On open access land for a third or more | 65% | 4% |
| Through a park or green space for a third or more | 90% | 6% |
| Off road for four fifths or more | 85% | 5% |
| On roads or lanes for half or more | 2% | 76% |
| Through built-up streets for half or more | <1% | 4% |
What might stop you
No stile, gate or cattle grid: 95% of the walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, against 53% near Halifax.
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 | Halifax |
|---|---|---|
| Never beside a fast road | 92% | 83% |
| Never beside a busy road | 92% | 54% |
| No busy road to cross | 92% | 54% |
| No stile, gate or cattle grid | 95% | 53% |
| No steps | 95% | 64% |
What is on the way
Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road: 45% of the walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, against 91% near Halifax.
Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured | Halifax |
|---|---|---|
| Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road | 45% | 91% |
| Pass a pub | 7% | 49% |
| Pass a dog-waste bin | <1% | 17% |
| Pass a public toilet | 47% | 13% |
| Pass a drinking-water tap | <1% | <1% |
| Pass a busy beauty spot | 10% | 16% |
Measured on 9 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made
Walks in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve, 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. It brings the OS Explorer map, 1:25,000, with contours, field walls and every right of way, while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve before you set off and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal drops. Drift off the path and the phone buzzes. It also opens walks beyond your home county, if West Yorkshire is not yours.
The first 250 households have it for good. After that, £4.99 a month or £34.99 a year.
Questions people ask
- Do dogs need a lead in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve?
- It asks for dogs on a lead in “public car parks”, “Ogden Water”. Calderdale's order names places where dogs are kept out or on a lead, read on 30 July 2026.
- How many dog walks are there in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve?
- 40 walks in the Trekosa app lie mostly in Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve. 42% are under 3 km and 50% are loops.
Getting there
2 car parks and 1 public toilet within Ogden Water Local Nature Reserve or at its edge, from OpenStreetMap.