The Cragg Vale climb from Mytholmroyd to the Calderdale–Lancashire border ascends 290 metres over 5.5 miles at an unrelenting two to four per cent — making it, by repute, the longest continuous road climb in England. Cyclists from across the country come to ride it and the road is shared with patient drivers; on a Sunday in summer the field is thick with bicycles.
The valley itself is sleepy: a couple of stone-built villages, a working chapel, and a pub at the top (the Robin Hood, now under the name The Hinchliffe Arms) where most riders pause for refreshment before the long descent back.