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31st October 2020 - Noyna Hill

Walk Details

Distance walked: 5.2 miles

Total ascent: 890 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Penniness

Time taken: 2.5 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


I made the most of a gap in the poor weather of this weekend by heading from home in Foulridge up onto Great Edge and Noyna Hill. Apart from a brief shower, which gave a spectacular rainbow, it stayed dry, but it was very windy and it must have been blowing a gale up on Great Edge and Noyna Hill. That strong wind gave a lovely diffuse light for photography as I took in the view west to Pendle Hill from Noyna Hill.

​​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. From Noyna End Farm I then 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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White Moor in the distance as I follow the footpath across to Foulridge Upper Reservoir
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Pendle Hill and White Moor
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Sunshine on Noyna Hill from Broach Flat Farm
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A windswept Foulridge Upper Reservoir
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On Castle Road and a brief shower gives a spectacular rainbow over Noyna Hill and Great Edge
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Pendle Hill, Foulridge Upper Reservoir and White Moor
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Noyna Hill ahead as I take the footpath from Castle Road across to Cockhill Lane
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Pendle Hill in the distance
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and Boulsworth Hill from Cockhill Lane
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Heading up the lane to Noyna Hill and Great Edge, and the strength of the wind is clear from the way the telephone line is bowing
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Boulsworth Hill and the Forest of Trawden from Great Edge
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The Forest of Bowland and the Yorkshire Dales in the distance with White Moor on the left
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Pendle Hill with Noyna Hill on the right
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Boulsworth Hill in the distance as I head up onto Noyna Hill
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Foulridge Upper Reservoir
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On the top of Noyna Hill. Looking north and there's a bit of sunshine on the moors above Settle in the distance.
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Boulsworth Hill, the Forest of Trawden and Foulridge Upper Reservoir
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Pendle Hill in the distance
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I took this photo of Foulridge Lower Reservoir and Pendle Hill looking over a wall onto access land
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Sunshine on Kelbrook Moor
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I spent 30 minutes on access land taking in this great view to the west of Foulridge Lower Reservoir and Pendle Hill as the sun set..........
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Heading down to Foulridge and home..
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