Folly Dolly Falls — Attraction in Kirklees

I decided I'd like to photograph a waterfall and after a quick search on Google, Folly Dolly looked good and was only just under an hour away . It being a glorious, hot bank holiday weekend I took the bike. Using the Tom Tom sat nav I went straight to the vicinity . Note - parking is not great, it's a 2 wheel on the pavement job" but as I only had 2 wheels it wasn't much of a problem for me. Then the "fun" started. There are a couple of public foot path signs, one points into what appeared to be someones garden . The other through a field. I saw another couple heading into the field and assumed I was on the right track. After a short walk there was a stream and a rocky, steep pathway running up beside it . I followed the other couple up the path. After a bit there was a clearing with a very small waterfall with very little water. I began to worry. As I was carrying a heavy camera bag, tripod, crash helmet, gloves, satnav and wearing a heavy leather biker jacket on one of the hotest days of the year, I was by now almost passing out . Then the other couple came down the hill and asked where the waterfall was as it was not further upstream. We all hoped that the puddle we were stood by was not it. I returned to the road and used the satnav on my phone. This directed me a couple of hundred yards up the road . There I found a gate to a paved over ex railway line. A short walk along this pathway (back in the general direction to my first attempt) led me to a entry through a high wooden fence on the right. From there it was a few meters down to the actual waterfall at last. Here there were high large rocks for the water to cascade down. It would have been a magnificent sight if there had there been some water. Sadly there hadn't been enough rain recently. So there was only a trickle coming down. I didn't even bother to take out the camera. Bugga! Well at least the ride out was good. I will be back as they say, once there's been a good...

Lovely lil fall that we almost missed. It's free to visit and free to park. You can park down the side of Morrison, walk down the estate, and keep going down the path on the right. Entrance is via some missing fence panels just before the bridge on the left. No signage. Once you go through the fence panels, you use tree roots to get down to the path, which has been made into quite steep steps. We visited in Aug. Falls were not so great as I've seen some pics, but you could still see them. Kids enjoyed some photo ops, and we could walk right up to it using the rocks in the river. Good fun balancing, didn't get wet. There is also an interesting tunnel under what used to be the railway line that the water flows through. As water was so low, it was trickling through, and we managed to walk through to the other side. Not much there, but the tunnel was fun. There is also a side path and a little viewing area where you can see down to the falls, which was a good look.We spent an hour there. I'm sure some would just spend 10 mins and others more. It all depends on what you find...

We didn't get to explore as much as we liked as our youngest was nervous with the weather and force of the waterfall. However, it didn't disappoint. No sign posts, and the person we asked wasn't very forthcoming as to it's whereabouts as it was 'a local gem that no one knew about when she was young'. It's fairly easy to work out, though. I'd recommend you park on or near Bent Ley Road if possible and walk back across the road. There's an entry to footpath next to the house near the new builds heading right from that road. We actually cut through under a bridge and went the paths less travelled, shall we say! Head straight down the path once on it for a few minutes, and you can't miss the falls on the right. There's a break in the fence where you can climb down on the waterfall side. The weather was atrocious but stopped raining for our walk. It was ideal as the falls were brilliant because of the amount of...