2nd April 2021 - Pinhaw Beacon
Walk Details
Distance walked: 15.8 miles
Total ascent: 2789 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 8 hrs
Route description: Foulridge-Noyna Hill-Cob Lane-Harwes Farm-Piked Edge-Black Lane Ends-Warley Wise Lane-Cowling Hill Lane-Pennine Way-Lothersdale-Pennine Way-Pinhaw Beacon-Pennine Way-Rectory Allotment-Gaylands Lane-Wentcliff Brook-Birch Hall Lane-Pendle Way-Heads Lane-Paris Farm-Cob Lane-Kelbrook Moor-Harwes Farm-Great Edge-Cob Lane-Noyna End Farm-Noyna Hill-Foulridge
The long Easter weekend has a forecast of some good weather and today is no exception. With a fine day in prospect, the best option I have if I set off from home and want a long walk for a full day is to head for Pinhaw Beacon. It's just two weeks since my last visit but no two days are the same, especially with the advance of spring greening the landscape. Setting off from home there was quite a bit of cloud in the sky, but during the morning and into the afternoon this melted away to give long sunny spells, only for it return at the end of the afternoon. It felt warm in the sun but there was a distinctly chilly breeze blowing throughout the day.
From where I live in Foulridge I made my way to the bottom of Noyna Road and took the footpath up onto Noyna Hill, across its top and down to Cob Lane. After a brief walk north along Cob Lane I took the lane on the right towards Kelbrook Lodge and Great Edge Farm, going straight on on a footpath to Harwes Farm when the track turned right to Great Edge Farm. From Harwes Farm I then followed the footpath up onto Piked Edge and down to Black Lane Ends before crossing Skipton Old Road and walking east along Warley Wise Lane and Cowling Hill Lane to reach the trail of the Pennine Way. I then followed the Pennine Way north to Lothersdale and up to Pinhaw Beacon, where I stopped for lunch. From Pinhaw Beacon I kept on the Pennine Way and followed it west to and across West Lane, then down Clogger Lane before leaving it for the bridleway across the moorland of Rectory Allotment to the top of Gaylands Lane. I then walked down Gaylands Lane until I reached a footpath on the left down to Wentcliff Brook and up to Birch Hall Lane. After a brief walk up Birch Hall Lane I reached the trail of the Pendle Way, which I followed south until I reached Heads Lane. I crossed Heads Lane and took the footpath opposite down to Harden Beck and then up past Paris Farm to Thick Bank Farm and Cob Lane. After a brief walk up Cob Lane I reached the track on the left to Harden New Hall. I took the public footpath from here up onto Kelbrook Moor, following a wall uphill to reach the trig point, then a path down to the edge of access land at Harwes Farm, from where I took the footpath southwest onto Great Edge. I then followed the path west down Great Edge and across Moss Houses Beck and up to Cob Lane. A path from Cob Lane at Noyna End Farm took me up onto Noyna Hill, and the path west across its top and down to Skipton Old Road was followed. A short walk back to my home in Foulridge was left.
Total ascent: 2789 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 8 hrs
Route description: Foulridge-Noyna Hill-Cob Lane-Harwes Farm-Piked Edge-Black Lane Ends-Warley Wise Lane-Cowling Hill Lane-Pennine Way-Lothersdale-Pennine Way-Pinhaw Beacon-Pennine Way-Rectory Allotment-Gaylands Lane-Wentcliff Brook-Birch Hall Lane-Pendle Way-Heads Lane-Paris Farm-Cob Lane-Kelbrook Moor-Harwes Farm-Great Edge-Cob Lane-Noyna End Farm-Noyna Hill-Foulridge
The long Easter weekend has a forecast of some good weather and today is no exception. With a fine day in prospect, the best option I have if I set off from home and want a long walk for a full day is to head for Pinhaw Beacon. It's just two weeks since my last visit but no two days are the same, especially with the advance of spring greening the landscape. Setting off from home there was quite a bit of cloud in the sky, but during the morning and into the afternoon this melted away to give long sunny spells, only for it return at the end of the afternoon. It felt warm in the sun but there was a distinctly chilly breeze blowing throughout the day.
From where I live in Foulridge I made my way to the bottom of Noyna Road and took the footpath up onto Noyna Hill, across its top and down to Cob Lane. After a brief walk north along Cob Lane I took the lane on the right towards Kelbrook Lodge and Great Edge Farm, going straight on on a footpath to Harwes Farm when the track turned right to Great Edge Farm. From Harwes Farm I then followed the footpath up onto Piked Edge and down to Black Lane Ends before crossing Skipton Old Road and walking east along Warley Wise Lane and Cowling Hill Lane to reach the trail of the Pennine Way. I then followed the Pennine Way north to Lothersdale and up to Pinhaw Beacon, where I stopped for lunch. From Pinhaw Beacon I kept on the Pennine Way and followed it west to and across West Lane, then down Clogger Lane before leaving it for the bridleway across the moorland of Rectory Allotment to the top of Gaylands Lane. I then walked down Gaylands Lane until I reached a footpath on the left down to Wentcliff Brook and up to Birch Hall Lane. After a brief walk up Birch Hall Lane I reached the trail of the Pendle Way, which I followed south until I reached Heads Lane. I crossed Heads Lane and took the footpath opposite down to Harden Beck and then up past Paris Farm to Thick Bank Farm and Cob Lane. After a brief walk up Cob Lane I reached the track on the left to Harden New Hall. I took the public footpath from here up onto Kelbrook Moor, following a wall uphill to reach the trig point, then a path down to the edge of access land at Harwes Farm, from where I took the footpath southwest onto Great Edge. I then followed the path west down Great Edge and across Moss Houses Beck and up to Cob Lane. A path from Cob Lane at Noyna End Farm took me up onto Noyna Hill, and the path west across its top and down to Skipton Old Road was followed. A short walk back to my home in Foulridge was left.
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Pendle Hill in the distance as I leave Foulridge behind and head up onto Noyna Hill...
Kelbrook Moor and Great Edge from Noyna Hill
Looking north to the Yorkshire Dales
A brief walk north along Cob Lane..
..and then it's east along the lane to Kelbrook Lodge
Looking back to Pendle Hill in the distance as I take the footpath to Harwes Farm
Thornton Moor and Burnt Hill as I head for Piked Edge from Harwes Farm
Pendle Hill and Kelbrook Moor from Piked Edge
Approaching Black Lane Ends with the moors around Airedale in the distance
Knarrs Hill and Boulsworth Hill to the south from Warley Wise Lane
Heading east along Warley Wise Lane with Earl Crag in the distance
Looking back as I head up Cowling Hill Lane
Airedale and Earl Crag as I leave Cowling Hill Lane and join the Pennine Way..
Looking north across Lothersdale with Skipton Moor in the distance
Following the Pennine Way down to cross Surgill Beck..
The steep hillside of Sweet Brow from Woodhead Farm
A great view of Lothersdale the village, as the Pennine Way heads down to it
Leaving Lothersdale by the Pennine Way
Looking back to Lothersdale below the hill of Town Edge
Following the Pennine Way up to White Hill Lane
Looking back down into Lothersdale
Onto Carleton Moor
Looking south across Lothersdale with Ickornshaw Moor in the distance
A great all-round view as I arrive on the summit of Pinhaw Beacon
Pendle Hill and the Forest of Bowland to the west
The hills of the Yorkshire Dales to the northeast round to northwest, starting with Barden Moor..
..then Malhamdale, and the moorland around Wharfedale..
..and finally, Ingleborough in the distance on the left
Looking back to the summit as I leave it behind by the Pennine Way
Pendle Hill..
..and the Forest of Bowland in the distance from the Pennine Way
Looking across Thornton Moor from Clogger Lane to Weets Hill, Earby and Barnoldswick, with Pendle Hill and the Forest of Bowland in the distance
Ingleborough in the distance as I walk down Clogger Lane
The Pennine Way leaves Clogger Lane for the moorland of Rectory Allotment..
Looking north to the moorland around Malhamdale and Wharfedale
Looking back to Pinhaw Beacon and Thornton Moor
Bleara Moor to my left..
..as I walk down Gaylands Lane towards Earby
Wentcliff Brook above Earby
Blue skies above as I follow the Pendle Way south from Earby to Kelbrook..
A long line of daffodils by Heads Lane above Kelbrook
Looking back to a distant Ingleborough as I head up Kelbrook Moor
Pendle Hill and White Moor from Kelbrook Moor
At the trig point on Kelbrook Moor with the moorland around Lothersdale to the east
Heading from Kelbrook Moor to Great Edge
Foulridge Upper and Lower Reservoirs, and Pendle Hill from Great Edge
Boulsworth Hill and the Forest of Trawden to the south
A distant Ingleborough to the northwest
Boulsworth Hill to the south as I head up onto Noyna Hill
Looking across the top of Noyna Hill to Pendle Hill
Herdwicks on Noyna Hill
Kelbrook Moor and Great Edge
Foulridge Lower Reservoir, Slipper Hill Reservoir, Pendle Hill, Whitemoor Reservoir and White Moor
The Yorkshire Dales to the north, with Ingleborough on the left and Great Whernside on the right
Heading back down to Foulridge and home..
..with a zoom in on a distant Ingleborough