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17th October 2020 - Pendle Hill

Walk Details

Distance walked: 7.0 miles

Total ascent: 1012 ft

OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale

Time taken: 3.5 hrs


​Route description: Nick of Pendle-Pendleton Moor-Ogden Clough-Pendle Hill-Downham Moor-Worston Moor-Scout Cairn-Mearley Moor-Pendleton Moor-Nick of Pendle

After a summer of relative freedom COVID-19 is back, and a system of tiered restrictions were put into place during the week with Lancashire, where I live, being put into the highest tier. Basically, this means that I should stick to my local area when I go out for a walk. It's been a few months since I last had a walk on Pendle Hill and with some reasonable weather forecast for this afternoon, I decided to head for the Nick of Pendle for what is probably my favourite route on the hill. There wasn't much in the way of sunshine while I was out but it did stay dry.

​From my starting point at one of the laybys on the road across the Nick of Pendle I made my way up onto Pendleton Moor, making a short diversion to Deerstones before returning to the path to Ogden Clough. I kept on the path as it made its way into Ogden Clough and followed it all the way up to the trig point and summit. I then crossed the stile onto Downham Moor, followed the path west, and crossed the stile onto Worston Moor to reach the Scout Cairn. I then walked across Mearley Moor before crossing the top of Howcroft Brook to pick up the path across Pendleton Moor back to the Nick of Pendle.

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Looking across the Ribble Valley to the Forest of Bowland from Pendleton Moor
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and back to the Nick of Pendle
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Sunshine on Mearley Moor
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A visit to the top of Deerstones coincides with a brief spell of sunshine for enjoying the view across Pendleton Moor to the Forest of Bowland
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Churn Clough Reservoir and Sabden
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The Rough and Pendleton Moor
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The bulk of Pendle Hill ahead as I head for Ogden Clough
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On the path up Ogden Clough
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Looking back down Ogden Clough
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Mist obscures the Ribble Valley as I look back on the path to the summit
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On the summit of Pendle Hill with the Black Moss Reservoirs and Barley below, and Boulsworth Hill in the distance
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Rimington Moor, Weets Hill, Wheathead Height, Blacko Hill and the Black Moss Reservoirs
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I can just about make out the moors around Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales in the distance
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The West Pennine Moors to the south aren't easy to make out either
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Looking back to the summit as I head north for Downham Moor
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The Forest of Bowland in the distance beyond Downham Moor
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Looking east to Twiston Moor, Rimington Moor, Weets Hill and Wheathead Height from the northern end of Pendle Hill
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and north to Ingleborough and Penyghent
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Heading west across Downham Moor
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The visibility has improved enough so that I can now make out Winter Hill and the rest of the West Pennine Moors in the distance
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The summit from Downham Moor
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This pool on Downham Moor provides a good foreground for a photo. In this case, for Scout Moor and the West Pennine Moors in the distance.
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The Forest of Bowland on the other side of the Ribble Valley
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A distant Ingleborough is quite easy to make out at the moment
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A distant Winter Hill on the left and the Ribble Valley on the right
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The stile over the wall onto Worston Moor has seen better days
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The circular shelter on Worston Moor
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and the Scout Cairn, with Mearley Moor behind it
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The Forest of Bowland on the other side of the Ribble Valley
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The Ribble Valley from the top of Mearley Brook
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Clitheroe, the Ribble Valley and the Forest of Bowland from Mearley Moor
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Looking up the Ribble Valley to a distant Ingleborough and Penyghent
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The bulk of Pendle Hill from Mearley Moor
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The Clayton-le-Moors Harriers cairn
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The moorland of The Rough on the other side of The Nick of Pendle
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Crossing the top of Howcroft Brook as I head for Pendleton Moor
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Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley as I head back down to the Nick of Pendle..
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A final shot looking up the Ribble Valley to zoom in on Ingleborough and Penyghent..
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