Ted Hughes and Walshaw Moor: ‘a stage for the performance of heaven’

‘Moors’ by Ted Hughes from Remains of Elmet, 1979. Published with the support of the Ted Hughes Estate.

All poems from Collected Poems by Ted Hughes are copyright (c) the Estate of Ted Hughes. Reprinted here by permission of the Ted Hughes Estate and Faber and Faber Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ted Hughes and the Upper Calder Valley

Three walks exploring some of the places in the Upper Calder Valley associated with the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes (1930-1998) and the moorland landscape and wildlife that inspired him.

Drawn by Christopher Goddard, produced by the Ted Hughes Network at the University of Huddersfield.

Click on the links below to download the walks:

Crimsworth Dean Walk - Part 1

Crimsworth Dean Walk - Part 2

Colden Clough Walk - Part 1

Colden Clough Walk - Part 2

Mytholmroyd Walk - Part 1

Mytholmroyd Walk - Part 2

With thanks to Dr Steve Ely, Director of the Ted Hughes Network at the University of Huddersfield, who kindly spoke about Ted Hughes and Walshaw Moor at the Public Forum: Calderdale Wind Farm: A Hostile Act? at the Birchcliffe Centre, Hebden Bridge, 15 May 2024