OS Grid Reference: SE192097
 
Time: About 2 hours
 
Grade: A few steeper slopes
 
Public Transport:By Bus: Services 83, 83A, 84 fromHuddersfield. 
By Train: Shepley Station hourly fromHuddersfield. 
Bus and Train Services are correct as of December 2011. 
Please check at www.wymetro.com for timetables.
 
Parking:Lea Head Car park HD8 8EN off A629
 
Refreshments: Black Bull, Farmers Boy, Sovereign Inn, Cask and Spindle, Crossroads.
 
Links: www.shepleyspringfestival.com
 
Accommodation:Self catering/B & B: http://www.shepley.gavabiz.co.uk/company/croft-nook-cottages-huddersfield.html/
 
 
 
Shepley Higglers were tailors, with shops at the back of their houses, a team of 8-12 girls would
cut the cloth to match the orders collected during the day and stitch the suits. The newly opened
railway of 1850 meant that Shepley 'Higglers' could travel further in a day selling completed suits 
to customers through extended finance schemes. This meant that a finished suit costing a few shillings would actually cost a few pounds at the end of the finance period
 
Follow the Higgler on his Hike:

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