The village of Marsden is at the head of the Colne Valley and developed as a mill town in the days of the industrial revolution. Historic routes across the Pennines passed through Marsden including a Roman road, packhorse trails, early coach roads the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and then the railways. The canal has been restored as a tourist route for holiday boats and trips can be taken into the 3 mile tunnel under the hills. The surrounding hills offer a great variety of walking footpaths and the canal path is a level and easy way to walk to nearby villages. The village itself has a good range of shops as well as cafes, restaurants and pubs. The local town of Huddersfield is a good shopping centre and a large new leisure centre with fun pool etc. and easy to reach by car,train or bus. There is an hourly train service to Manchester, Leeds, then to York, Liverpool and further, London can be reached in just over three hours. We have a large selection of local and regional guide books.