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23rd February 2019 - Boulsworth Hill

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 7.7 miles

Total ascent: 1485 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 4.5 hrs


​Route description: Wycoller-Bronte Way-Dean House Farm-Bronte Way-Great Saucer Stones-Boulsworth Hill-Bronte Way-Turnhole Clough-Bank House-Bronte Way-Wycoller

There's a fine weekend forecast. In fact it's more than just fine, there's record breaking winter warmth brought by sunny skies and winds coming from a long way south. The look and feel of the day suggested that it was late spring rather than late winter and it would have been easy to believe that it was if it wasn't for the bare trees and of course the sun still sets at the time that it should regardless of the weather. Although still a week away the weather next weekend is likely to be nowhere near as good as this one so I'm going to make the most of it and do a walk on both days. Today it's somewhere close to home, Boulsworth Hill from Wycoller.
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From the car park above Wycoller I walked down into and through the hamlet and across the packhorse bridge. I then followed the trail of the Bronte Way by Wycoller Beck, up to and past Dean House Farm to where it joins the Pennine Bridleway. The trail was then followed west until I reached a quadbike track and then a line of grouse butts to follow up the hillside to Great Saucer Stones. From there I made my way to the trig point and summit of Boulsworth Hill. I left the summit by taking the path down past the Abbot Stone to reach the Pennine Bridleway, which I followed east towards Wycoller. When I reached the bridge over Turnhole Clough I took a path on the left that heads north across the hillside above Turnhole Clough and down to the ruins of Bank House. From here I followed a path west along the hillside and then down to Wycoller Beck, and after crossing the beck I had a short walk back to Wycoller.

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The ruins of Wycoller Hall from the ford across Wycoller Beck
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and the packhorse bridge across Wycoller Beck
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Great moorland colours from the Pennine Bridleway beneath Boulsworth Hill...
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Heading west along the Pennine Bridleway
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A hazy Pendle Hill comes into view as I climb Boulsworth Hill towards Great Saucer Stones
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Looking across Wycoller Dean to Combe Hill
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Pendle Hill from Great Saucer Stones
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Wolf Stones and Crow Hill
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Looking towards the summit of Boulsworth Hill
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Heading for the Weather Stones and the summit
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The Bronte Moors from the Weather Stones
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A short time later and I arrive at the trig point on the summit of Boulsworth Hill
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Pendle Hill in the distance from the trig point
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Hazy views to the southeast to Hameldon Hill
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and to Hoof Stones Height to the south
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The moors around Calderdale beyond the nearby gritstone outcrops of Dove Stones
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Looking east to the Bronte Moors
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Back to the trig point for a few more photos of the view
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Dove Stones to Hoof Stones Height
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Pendle Hill, Colne and the Forest of Trawden
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White Moor and Kelbrook Moor in the distance with the Forest of Trawden below as I reach the Abbot Stone on the way down
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The Coldwell Reservoirs and Pendle Hill from the Abbot Stone
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A pool in a boulder makes a good subject in the foreground for taking in the view
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Making my way back down to the Pennine Bridleway
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Heading east along the Pennine Bridleway back to Wycoller
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It's a beautiful afternoon as I look across the countryside around Trawden to Pendle Hill
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I'd noticed this flock of starlings as I was making my way down from the hill and it was a real pleasure to watch them take flight and go through several murmurations....
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The Pennine Bridleway above Saucer Hill Clough
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Great moorland colours..
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..as the Pennine Bridleway heads down to Turnhole Clough
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An outcrop of gritstone boulders is a good place to stop and take in the view across Wycoller Dean to the hillside of Foster's Leap
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On the path down to the ruins of Bank House in Wycoller Dean..
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Looking across Wycoller Dean to Foster's Leap
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The ruins of Wycoller Hall as I arrive back in Wycoller

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