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15th November 2020 - Weets Hill

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 8.7 miles

Total ascent: 1533 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 4 hrs

Route description: Foulridge-Hey-Hey Fold-Booth House Farm-High Lane-Copy Nook-Lister Well Road-Folly Lane-Pendle Way-Weets Hill-Weets House Farm-Gisburn Old Road-Peel's House Farm-Hollin Hall-Barnoldswick Road-Slipper Hill Reservoir-Reedymoor Lane-Barnoldswick Road-Foulridge


It's been nearly two months since I last visited Weets Hill and since I'm restricted in where I can go walking anyway, this was a good destination for my walk this weekend, and I don't even have to drive anywhere. There was some blustery and turbulent autumnal weather to put up while I was on the moors, but I considered myself fortunate that I did fairly well in avoiding the showers that were around. A brief one passed through while I was on the bridleway of Lister Well Road, and another when I was on Reedymoor Lane and heading back home. Apart from those, there were sunny spells and strong winds for enjoying the views of the moors in their autumnal colours.

​Setting off from home I walked to the western end of Station Road and took the footpath straight up the hill and across fields to the corner of Whitemoor Road. Here I turned right and took a lane past some houses, then a footpath on the right down to Hey Fold. The next bit was a little complicated as I took the footpath right at Hey Fold, then left across the crest of a little hill and past Hullet Hall down to County Brook Lane. I briefly walked down the lane, took a footpath on the left through a patch of woodland and across a bridge over County Brook, before resuming following footpaths north across fields past Wood End Farm to Booth House Farm, where I took a footpath up a field to High Lane. I then walked a short distance north along High Lane, then took a track on the left and followed it uphill past Copy Nook to the bridleway of Lister Well Road. I then walked down Lister Well Road until I reached a gate on the left and a footpath across access land to Higher View at the top of Folly Lane. I then walked down Folly Lane until I reached a stile and the trail of the Pendle Way. The stile was crossed and the Pendle Way followed up to the summit of Weets Hill. After taking in the view I returned to the Pendle Way to reach Weets House Farm at the top of Gisburn Old Road. I then walked down Gisburn Old Road until I reached Peel's House Farm where I took a bridleway on the right, then at the end of this I turned left and followed a footpath by the wall, before crossing the wall and taking a footpath down through fields to Hollin Hall on Barnoldswick Road. I crossed the road and took the footpath opposite down through fields to where it meets the lane by Slipper Hill Reservoir. I then took the footpath round Slipper Hill Reservoir to reach a track past Sand Hall to Reedymoor Lane. After walking north along Reedymoor Lane I turned right onto Barnoldswick Road and followed this back to Foulridge and home.

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Leaving Foulridge behind with Boulsworth Hill in the distance
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Blue skies above White Moor
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Autumnal colours as I follow the footpath north from Hey Fold to County Brook...
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Across the footbridge over County Brook
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Bleara Moor, Kelbrook and Kelbrook Moor from High Lane
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Great Whernside and Barden Moor in the distance as I follow the track up onto White Moor
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and Boulsworth Hill
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Heading up onto White Moor and to the bridleway of Lister Well Road
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Looking back with Barden Moor, Earby, Thornton Moor, Bleara Moor and Kelbrook in the distance
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A shower quickly passes through while I'm on Lister Well Road and leaves behind a rainbow...
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Looking towards Barden Moor as I take the path from Lister Well Road across to Folly Lane
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The distant western fells of the Yorkshire Dales are hidden by cloud
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Heading down Folly Lane with Barnoldswick below
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Belted Galloways
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Looking down on the town of Barnoldswick as I follow the Pendle Way up Weets Hill
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The tops of the hills in the Yorkshire Dales to the north are still hidden by cloud
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Not far to go to reach the top
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The fells of the Forest of Bowland on the other side of the Ribble Valley
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The view north from the eastern end of the summit
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The trig point is now in sight, along with the top of Pendle Hill
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Pendle Hill from the trig point on Pendle Hill
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Thornton Moor, Bleara Moor and Kelbrook Moor to the east
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Windswept moorland..
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..with a view of Pendle Hill
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After taking a break I've returned to the trig point. The cloud has lifted enough so that I can now make out Ingleborough and Penyghent in the distance to the north..
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Barden Moor, Thornton Moor, Bleara Moor and Kelbrook Moor to the east
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The strong wind is creating some dramatic and turbulent skies
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Heading for Weets House Farm
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The weather isn't looking too good over the Forest of Bowland
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Burn Moor and Pendle Hill
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Windswept Pendle countryside
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Heading down Gisburn Old Road
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Blacko Hill, with sunshine over the valley of Pendle Water and Spen Height
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Pendle Hill and Burn Moor
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The dark clouds move away and the surrounding countryside is bathed in autumnal sunshine..
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Looking back up Gisburn Old Road to Weets Hill
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Blacko Hill and Pendle Hill
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Foulridge Lower Reservoir and Boulsworth Hill as I follow the path down to Barnoldswick Road
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Stansfield Tower on Blacko Hill makes an appearance to my right
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By a windswept Slipper Hill Reservoir
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Blacko Hill in the distance from Reedymoor Lane near Foulridge
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Noyna Hill above Foulridge, and I'm not going to make it home before I get caught by another shower

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