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15th March 2014 - Great Manshead Hill

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 6.3 miles

Total ascent: 870 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 3 hrs

Route description: Baitings Reservoir-Greenwood Clough-Manshead End-Great Manshead Hill-Calderdale Way-Greave Road-Great Greave Farm-Blue Ball Road-Baitings Reservoir

There was a bit of a spur of the moment decision to do this walk. I had kept it for doing during a fine afternoon but I was bored and the weather wasn't too bad. The bit of sunshine at the start didn't last and it was very windy but it stayed dry.

From the car park next to Baitings Reservoir I crossed the dam and followed the path along the south shore of the reservoir to the road over Baitings Viaduct and the A58. I turned left and a short distance up the road is the concessionary path up Greenwood Clough to Manshead End. After paying the summit a visit I continued north over Great Manshead Hill to reach the Calderdale Way. A succession of bridleways and lanes took me to Blue Ball Road and back to Baitings Reservoir.

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Heading across the dam of Baitings Reservoir. It's very windy, windy enough to blow spray off the water going over the overflow.
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On the dam, with the River Ryburn below flowing down to Ryburn Reservoir
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The head of the reservoir from Baitings Viaduct. It's the march of the pylons.
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Across the A58 and at the entrance to access land
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The rash of stones on Manshead End just ahead
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A few shots from the cairn at the top of the slope. Looking across Turvin Clough to Higher House Moor.
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Baitings Reservoir
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and Blackstone Edge
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By the trig point on Manshead End. Looking across Higher House Moor to the Stoodley Pike monument.
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Rishworth Moor
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Looking east into West Yorkshire
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The trig point on Manshead End
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Making my way across to Great Manshead Hill
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and looking back to Manshead End
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A zoom in on the Stoodley Pike monument
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Turvin Clough below on the left becomes Cragg Vale further down the valley
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Access land ends ahead where the walls and pastures begin
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Briefly on the Calderdale Way
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and following lanes and bridleways brought me to the gates of..
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..Great Greave Farm. I hesitated at the gates to this building to check my route. The way passes to the right of the building to a gate with a footpath marker.
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Blackshaw Clough from just below Great Greave Farm
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Looking down Severhills Clough towards Sowerby Bridge
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On Blue Ball Road and Baitings Reservoir is now in sight
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Back at Baitings Reservoir

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