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16th November 2013 - Around Holcombe Moor

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 5.3 miles

Total ascent: 977 ft

OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors

Time taken: 2.5 hrs

Route description: Layby on B6214 at Buckden Wood-Buckden Wood-Bull Hill-Red Brook-Harcles Hill-Chatterton Close-Buckden Wood-Layby on B6214 at Buckden Wood

Just a short local walk this afternoon on my local hills. To make it a little different from the usual route I take I decided to pick up Red Brook on the other side of Bull Hill and the bridleway around the western flank of Holcombe Moor.

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Plenty of colour in Buckden Wood
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The West Pennine Moors as I head up Bull Hill
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Looking across Holcombe Moor from Bull Hill
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Cowpe Lowe and Scout Moor
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Winter Hill
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By Red Brook..
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From this angle it looks like it flows without any big drop in height
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Holcombe Moor, the valley of Red Brook and the bridleway is just below
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Red Brook tumbles down from the moorland above
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and a better view from the bridleway
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On the bridleway below Holcombe Moor
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Winter Hill and Cheetham Close in the distance
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On the other side of Holcombe Moor and a pathless descent back down to Buckden Wood

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