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25th May 2014 - Hodder Bank Fell

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 6.9 miles

Total ascent: 743 ft

OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale

Time taken: 4 hrs

Route description: Newton in Bowland-Newton Bridge-Foulscales-Giddy Bridge-Hodder Bank Fell-Burholme Farm-Thorneyholme Hall-Boarsden-Newton in Bowland

When I did a walk by the Hodder a few weeks ago I didn't think I'd end up doing three walks in the Hodder valley in as many weeks. But why not? It's a beautiful bit of countryside. My walk today was in the bit of the valley that the other two walks missed out. The forecast was for showers but apart from a light one on the way down off Hodder Bank Fell it stayed dry.

From the car park in Newton in Bowland I made my way down to Newton Bridge and onto the path by the Hodder that heads downstream. At a pronounced right bend in the river the path then heads uphill to a lane. After a brief road walk I took the footpath that follows the private drive to Knowlmere Manor. When the drive crosses Giddy Bridge I left it for the path across Hodder Bank Fell to Burholme Farm. I then followed the path up the Hodder valley to Thorneyholme Hall. I crossed the footbridge there and then followed the riverside path to Boarsden. I then had a short road walk until I reached a path across fields to reach a lane downhill into Newton.

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Back in Newton after just a week away. I didn't expect it to be so soon but I thought I'd walk the section of the Hodder valley that my two recent visits missed out.
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Newton Bridge over the Hodder
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Looking upstream..
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..and downstream, which will be my direction today
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Following the Hodder..
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..and looking back as I leave the river behind
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The path reached a lane then I soon left this for the private drive to Knowlmere Manor which is signposted as a public footpath
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Across Giddy Bridge and then the path heads up Hodder Bank Fell
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Knowlmere Manor with its forest of chimneys
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Looking back as I head up Hodder Bank Fell. The Hodder valley below.
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and a bit to the right, Easington Fell
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The path across the top has a series of stone marker posts to guide the way
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Down the other side by Fielding Clough to Burholme Farm
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Totridge and Mellor Knoll
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On the field footpath from Burholme Farm, looking back to New Laund Hill
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A watersmeet, Langden Brook joins the Hodder
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A footbridge carrying an aquaduct from the Langden Intake. Not on my route but I'll get a view of the river from it.
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The River Hodder from the footbridge
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Back by the river and following the path to Thorneyholme Hall
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Hodder farmland
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Another watersmeet, the River Dunsop joins the Hodder and I'll use the footbridge just ahead to cross to the other side of the river
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Thorneyholme Hall
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The Hodder from the footbridge
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A sea of wild garlic as I walk through a patch of woodland
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By the north bank of the Hodder
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Zooming in on Knot or Sugar Loaf. A limestone knoll that used to be quarried.
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Just ahead my path leaves the river and heads up the hillside to the residence of Boarsden
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Looking back with the fells of Totridge on the left and Staple Oak Fell on the right
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Flora encountered en route. The first two were next to the path at Boarsden, on the left is Forget Me Not, I don't know what the one in the middle is. On the right is Common Bugle, seen in a field I passed through back to Newton.
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Easington Fell in the distance from a field above Newton
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Nearly there
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Back in Newton-in-Bowland

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