11th November 2018 - High Brown Knoll
Walk Details
Distance walked: 5.4 miles
Total ascent: 1365 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 4 hrs
Route description: NT car park, Hardcastle Crags-Hollin Hall-Crimsworth Dean-Lumb Hole Waterfall-Old Road-A6033-Limers Gate-High Brown Knoll-Deer Stones Edge-Pecket Well-Lower Crimsworth-War Memorial-NT car park, Hardcastle Crags
A weekend of indifferent weather saw me heading across to Calderdale for an afternoon walk from Hardcastle Crags. It was back in January when I was last in this area. A visit to Lumb Hole Waterfall did give me the chance to take more photos with a tripod and filter, and with the weather improving through the afternoon to sunny spells with a brisk chilly breeze I got to enjoy great views and colours up on the moors.
From the NT car park at Hardcastle Crags I followed the track up past the estate office at Hollin Hall and past the one that goes uphill to the left to take a footpath on the right down to Crimsworth Dean Beck. I didn't cross the footbridge but took the footpath back uphill and then the one that makes its way north across the hillside to reach the bridleway down to Lumb Bridge and Lumb Hole Waterfall. After taking a break for lunch and photos I crossed Lumb Bridge and followed the bridleway up to Old Road. I then walked south along Old Road for a short distance until I reached a bridleway on the left which took me up to and across the A6033, then across the moor to the trig point on High Brown Knoll. I then made my way south along Deer Stones Edge before using bridleways to head down to the hamlet of Pecket Well and the A6033. After walking down the road past the Robin Hood Inn I took a bridleway on the right down into and then up out of Pecket Well Clough, then a footpath on the left across the hillside to Lower Crimsworth. A footpath down the hillside from here took me to the war memorial and the bridleway back down to the car park.
Total ascent: 1365 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 4 hrs
Route description: NT car park, Hardcastle Crags-Hollin Hall-Crimsworth Dean-Lumb Hole Waterfall-Old Road-A6033-Limers Gate-High Brown Knoll-Deer Stones Edge-Pecket Well-Lower Crimsworth-War Memorial-NT car park, Hardcastle Crags
A weekend of indifferent weather saw me heading across to Calderdale for an afternoon walk from Hardcastle Crags. It was back in January when I was last in this area. A visit to Lumb Hole Waterfall did give me the chance to take more photos with a tripod and filter, and with the weather improving through the afternoon to sunny spells with a brisk chilly breeze I got to enjoy great views and colours up on the moors.
From the NT car park at Hardcastle Crags I followed the track up past the estate office at Hollin Hall and past the one that goes uphill to the left to take a footpath on the right down to Crimsworth Dean Beck. I didn't cross the footbridge but took the footpath back uphill and then the one that makes its way north across the hillside to reach the bridleway down to Lumb Bridge and Lumb Hole Waterfall. After taking a break for lunch and photos I crossed Lumb Bridge and followed the bridleway up to Old Road. I then walked south along Old Road for a short distance until I reached a bridleway on the left which took me up to and across the A6033, then across the moor to the trig point on High Brown Knoll. I then made my way south along Deer Stones Edge before using bridleways to head down to the hamlet of Pecket Well and the A6033. After walking down the road past the Robin Hood Inn I took a bridleway on the right down into and then up out of Pecket Well Clough, then a footpath on the left across the hillside to Lower Crimsworth. A footpath down the hillside from here took me to the war memorial and the bridleway back down to the car park.
Route map
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On the track up Middle Dean from Hollin Hall
Footbridge over Crimsworth Dean Beck
The sun comes out as I head up Crimsworth Dean towards Lumb Hole..
A few photos of Lumb Hole Waterfall...
Lumb Bridge over Crimsworth Dean Beck
Looking down Crimsworth Dean from just above the falls
A bit of sunshine on the hillside of Shackleton Knoll
On the bridleway to High Brown Knoll
The skies continue to brighten over Calderdale
Sunshine on Midgley Moor
and over Calderdale to the south
Dramatic skies with fast moving clouds
Colourful moors and gritstone boulders....
Ovenden Moor
Approaching the trig point on High Brown Knoll
Wadsworth Moor and Middle Moor to the northwest
The moors around Stoodley Pike on the other side of Calderdale
I can make out the transmitter on Emley Moor in the distance
Hebden Dale, the Gorple and Widdop moors and Shackleton Knoll from Deer Stones Edge..
The ruins of Weather House
There's a beautiful light on the moors as the sun gets lower..
Making my way down the bridleway to Pecket Well..
Autumnal colours
Looking down Hebden Dale from above Pecket Well Clough
Approaching the war memorial perched on the hillside above Midgehole
An appropriate place for me to visit today
Hebden Dale from the memorial..
Down through the woodland of Pecket Well Clough to the car park