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30th December 2020 - Great Edge and Noyna Hill

Walk Details

Distance walked: 5.7 miles

Total ascent: 989 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 3 hrs

Route description: Foulridge-Skipton Old Road-Broach Flat Farm-Foulridge Upper Reservoir-Castle Road-Cockhill Lane-Cob Lane-Great Edge-Cob Lane-Noyna Hill-Skipton Old Road-Foulridge


The combination of sunshine and snow was proving to be irresistible, so after lunchtime I decided to head out for a walk up onto the moors to the east of Foulridge. The cold and wintry weather provided some great views and photo opportunities.

​From where I live in Foulridge I made my way up to the New Inn on Skipton Old Road. I then took the footpath opposite, up and across the hillside above to Broach Flat Farm and then along a track to Foulridge Upper Reservoir and Castle Road. I then walked east along Castle Road until I reached a footpath on the left across a field to Cockhill Lane, which I walked north along, taking a footpath on the left to bypass the ford, up past Noyna Road and up Cob Lane to Noyna End Farm. I left the road here for a footpath on the right through a gate, down to and across Moss Houses Beck, and up onto Great Edge, before returning to Cob Lane by the same route. I then walked up to the top of Cob Lane and took a footpath on the left and made my way up onto Noyna Hill, reaching access land through a gate on the northern side of the hill. After taking in the views I followed the footpath from Noyna Hill down to Skipton Old Road for a return to home in Foulridge.

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Below the snowy slopes of Noyna Hill
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Looking across the rooftops of Foulridge to a distant Pendle Hill
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There's definitely a cold and wintry feel to things as I head for Foulridge Upper Reservoir..
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A cold and icy Foulridge Upper Reservoir....
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Noyna Hill and Great Edge above Foulridge Upper Reservoir
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Pendle Hill and White Moor from Castle Road
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and White Moor and Noyna Hill
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On Castle Road and the mist makes it look and feel colder than it already is..
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Noyna Hill ahead as I cross snow covered fields to Cockhill Lane
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and looking across to Pendle Hill..
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On Cob Lane
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Boulsworth Hill and the Forest of Trawden in the distance from Cob Lane..
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Noyna Hill as I head up onto Great Edge..
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Pendle Hill and White Moor to the west from Great Edge
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Boulsworth Hill and the Forest of Trawden to the south. There's seems to be an increasing amount of mist and low cloud.
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During the next twenty minutes I have an increasingly obscured view of the valley below......
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Heading down to Moss Houses Beck from Great Edge and the mist clears
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However, there's still some on Noyna Hill
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Fog on Kelbrook Moor and Great Edge as I reach Cob Lane
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Snow covered fields to the south as I head up onto Noyna Hill from Noyna End Farm
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The mist rising up and across the top of Noyna Hill is very atmospheric..
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From Noyna Hill I have a view to the north, to the moors above Settle and Malham, and Great Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales
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Kelbrook Moor and Great Edge
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Pendle Hill from access land on Noyna Hill
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Great views across a snow covered landscape...
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Pendle Hill as I head west across the top of Noyna Hill
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The sun has set but I can still make out the distinctive profile of Ingleborough in the distance on the left
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Heading down to Skipton Old Road from Noyna Hill..
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A cold end to the day in Foulridge

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