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To the south the B6138 commences at the T junction with the A58 (Rochdale to Halifax) road and follows a general northerly course across Soyland Moor, then through the locality of Cragg Vale, terminating at the A646 (Todmorden to Halifax) road in Mytholmroyd village.

Its correct name at commencement is TURVIN ROAD, passing alongside Blackstone Edge Reservoir at Littleborough in the borough of Rochdale and then almost immediately entering the Ryburn Ward (Ripponden) of Calderdale.

At an unsigned boundary, approximately 1 mile from commencement, the B6138 enters the Luddenden Ward (Cragg Vale) of Calderdale. A clue is that the boundary cuts through a fence at a wooden stile on the right.

At this boundary the road changes name to BLACKSTONE EDGE ROAD, although it is somewhat remote from Blackstone Edge itself and should not be confused with a road of the same name in Littleborough There are some modern non OS maps that do not show the name Turvin Road but include that particular section as part of Blackstone Edge Road.

After leaving the moors and passing the junction with Church Bank Lane (U/C) to the left, in the main village area of Cragg Vale, the B6138 then changes its name to CRAGG ROAD.

It enters Mytholmroyd, a short distance prior to crossing Cragg Brook at a chicane across Dauber Bridge and retains its name until the junction with Scout Road on the right, near to Mytholmroyd library, where it then becomes NEW ROAD until its termination at the A646.

According to a blue sign near to the bottom end of Cragg Road, a large section of the B6138 is 'reputed' to be the 'longest continuous gradient in England' and quotes ("Rises 968 feet over 5 1/2 miles").

The 1854 OS Map, notoriously scant on road details, shows the road in operation as a 'Mytholmroyd Bridge Trust' toll road, with a Turnpike (TP) building, (now gone), situated approx. 3 miles downhill from the A58 junction end, (near to the present bus turn-around bay).

The same 1854 map shows the road named as 'Turvin Road' to as far along its length from commencement with the A58, as the junction with Church Bank Lane