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Shepherds Thorn Lane, BRIGHOUSE, HD6 3TU

The waymarked path to the right is along the driveway to Shepherds Thorn Lane. There is also a public footpath straight on, a cul-de-sac due to severance by the M62 motorway.

The bridge is made of two stout baulks of timber.

It is a heck of a Scout Hut, but that was the closest category I could find. The Jubilee Centre, Shepherds Thorn Lane, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 3TU. The West Yorkshire Scouts County Campsite, Bradley Wood, is situated between Brighouse and Huddersfield. It covers an area of about 46 acres - 40 acres of which are natural woodland and the remainder open land. http://www.wyscouts.org.uk/bradleywood.htm

Firth House itself is to the right, and is Grade II listed as a handed pair of mid- to late 18C cottages, now one house. It is built of hammer-dressed stone with a stone-slate roof, double pile. The south front has paired doorways with large overlapping lintels and composite jambs, flanked by mullioned windows on both floors. On the right there is a blocked cart entrance and over it a blocked taking-in door. To the left are early 19C cottages, also Grade II listed, of hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof. Each has a doorway with monolithic jambs (that of No. 1 is blocked), and a four-light flat-faced mullioned window. These descriptions are from the National Heritage List.

The footpath goes forward to the electricity pole, where it meets a path from Ryecroft lane to Bradley Wood.

Firth House is a hamlet that has developed from a (probably) medieval farmstead. The status of the roads leading to such groups of houses varies from one former local authority area to another. In some places roads that lead to more than one property are geverally adopted highways, but in the Calderdale area they tend to be classed as unadopted streets.

This is at a junction of paths, as indicated by the waymark. The path through the gate leads to Ryecroft Lane. There are some upright slabs of stone on the left.

This route from Firth House Lane to Bradley Wood looks to be little used. Update, March 2013: the path is now clear and easy to use.

Seen from the public footpath that runs parallel with the motorway. This footpath is a cul-de-sac as a right-of-way, but you can continue to River Street and the canal towpath at Anchor Pit Lock.