17th January 2021 - Weets Hill
Walk Details
Distance walked: 8.8 miles
Total ascent: 1568 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 5.5 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-B6251-Foulridge
My walk for today has taken me back to Weets Hill again after skipping a weekend. There has been a thaw during the week and almost all of the snow has gone, and been replaced by lots of mud. I set off from home with a little sunshine but that didn't last too long and most of the walk was done under grey and cloudy skies. It was a pretty typical winter's day really. Cold, grey and windy, but at least it stayed mostly dry.
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 towards Reedymoor Lane. I left this lane for a path on the left by the old railway line, which I followed east until I reached a footpath on the right which took me across a couple of fields to Reedymoor Lane. After walking north along Reedymoor Lane I turned right onto the B6251 and followed this back to Foulridge and home.
Total ascent: 1568 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 5.5 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-B6251-Foulridge
My walk for today has taken me back to Weets Hill again after skipping a weekend. There has been a thaw during the week and almost all of the snow has gone, and been replaced by lots of mud. I set off from home with a little sunshine but that didn't last too long and most of the walk was done under grey and cloudy skies. It was a pretty typical winter's day really. Cold, grey and windy, but at least it stayed mostly dry.
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 towards Reedymoor Lane. I left this lane for a path on the left by the old railway line, which I followed east until I reached a footpath on the right which took me across a couple of fields to Reedymoor Lane. After walking north along Reedymoor Lane I turned right onto the B6251 and followed this back to Foulridge and home.
Route map
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Leaving Foulridge behind as I follow the path up to Hey..
From Hey I make my way north across fields to County Brook Lane..
The footbridge over County Brook
Looking back to Bleara Moor, Kelbrook and Kelbrook Moor as I head up to High Lane from Booth House Farm
Barden Moor, Salterforth, Thornton Moor and Bleara Moor from the track up to Copy Nook
Above Copy Nook with Barden Moor, Thornton Moor, Earby and Bleara Moor in the distance
Boulsworth Hill in the distance from the pool on Lad Lowe Hill
Reaching the bridleway of Lister Well Road
Heading north down Lister Well Road
Barnoldswick below as I head across the moor to the top of Folly Lane
Making my way down Folly Lane towards Barnoldswick
The cloud covered fells of the Yorkshire Dales in the distance as I follow the Pendle Way up Weets Hill..
Pendle Hill appears as I near the top of Weets Hill
Looking back down to Barnoldswick
A wall provides a convenient to shelter while I have a break, and I have a view across to the murky hills of the Yorkshire Dales
Pinhaw Beacon, Thornton Moor, Bleara Moor and Kelbrook Moor to the east
Looking north across the Ribble Valley and there isn't much of the Yorkshire Dales to make out
Pendle Hill from the trig point on Weets Hill
Pendle Hill, and the western hills of the Forest of Bowland on the other side of the Ribble Valley
Weets House Farm with Blacko Hill in the distance to its left
Heading down Gisburn Old Road with Boulsworth Hill in the distance
Blacko Hill and the Forest of Pendle
Peel's House Farm ahead, where I'll leave Gisburn Old Road for the footpath onto Blacko Hill
On Blacko Hill
Foulridge Lower Reservoir and Boulsworth Hill in the distance from the footpath down to Barnoldswick Road..
Bleara Moor, Kelbrook Moor, Foulridge and Foulridge Lower Reservoir to the east
Heading down to the whitewashed Hollin Hall on Barnoldswick Road
By a still partially frozen Slipper Hill Reservoir
Someone's skating on thin ice
Slipper Hill Reservoir. The calm surface where it's still frozen is clear to see.
Blacko Hill in the distance from the footpath up to Reedymoor Lane
Foulridge below Noyna Hill as I head back home along Reedymoor Lane