14th May 2014 - Across Holcombe Moor
Walk Details
Distance walked: 4.5 miles
Total ascent: 705 ft
OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors
Time taken: 2 hrs
Route description: Layby on B6214 at Buckden Wood-Buckden Wood-Bull Hill-Harcles Hill-Peel Tower-Buckden Wood-Layby on B6214 at Buckden Wood
My first opportunity for an evening walk this year and hopefully not the last. A glorious evening for a stroll.
I started this walk from the layby at Buckden Wood on the B6214 between Holcombe and Helmshore. I walked up through Buckden Wood and then up to the summit of Bull Hill. From there it was across Holcombe Moor to Harcles Hill and then Peel Tower. My way back was the bridleway that runs along the side of the hill and then back down through Buckden Wood to the start.
Total ascent: 705 ft
OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors
Time taken: 2 hrs
Route description: Layby on B6214 at Buckden Wood-Buckden Wood-Bull Hill-Harcles Hill-Peel Tower-Buckden Wood-Layby on B6214 at Buckden Wood
My first opportunity for an evening walk this year and hopefully not the last. A glorious evening for a stroll.
I started this walk from the layby at Buckden Wood on the B6214 between Holcombe and Helmshore. I walked up through Buckden Wood and then up to the summit of Bull Hill. From there it was across Holcombe Moor to Harcles Hill and then Peel Tower. My way back was the bridleway that runs along the side of the hill and then back down through Buckden Wood to the start.
Route map
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You have to watch where you're putting your feet as you head up through Buckden Wood
Views across Rossendale soon open up..
Just below the summit of Bull Hill and there are great views to the north when the visibility is this good. On the distant horizon beyond the nearby West Pennine Moors are the fells of the Forest of Bowland.
A little to the right is the distinctive profile of Pendle Hill and if I zoom in..
..Ingleborough is clearly visible to its left
On the summit of Bull Hill looking across Holcombe Moor. What a beautiful evening!
Zooming in and the western moors of the Peak District such as Shining Tor and Shutlingsloe can be seen beyond Manchester
Pendle Hill, Cribden Hill and the highest hill on the right is Boulsworth Hill
Winter Hill
Cowpe Lowe and Scout Moor on the other side of the Rossendale valley
Heading across Holcombe Moor
Great views down into Rossendale
Approaching Peel Tower
Great visibility for seeing the Peak District hills all the way round from the Saddleworth Moors..
..to those above Macclesfield to the south
Walking back along the bridleway