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