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4th September 2016 - Pendle Hill

Walk Details

Distance walked: 7.0 miles

Total ascent: 1266 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 5 hrs

Route description: Barley-Lower Ogden Reservoir-Upper Ogden Reservoir-Ogden Clough-Mearley Moor-Worston Moor-Downham Moor-Pendle Hill-Pendle House-Pendle Way-Barley


Not the walk that I had originally planned to do today but after yesterdays heavy rain it took a long time for the low cloud and grey skies to lift and break this morning. So, with the late start I decided to stay close to home and climb Pendle Hill from Barley. The sun soon started to break through after I'd set off and it turned into a reasonable afternoon with some sunny spells, a fresh breeze and good visibility to give great long distance views.

​From the picnic site car park in Barley I set off by taking the access road to Lower Ogden Reservoir and then up to Upper Ogden Reservoir. I then took the path up Ogden Clough and when I'd crossed over to its western side I left it to make my way across to Mearley Moor. A walk north across boggy moorland brought me to the Scout Cairn on Worston Moor and after crossing a ladder stile I was on Downham Moor and heading for the summit. Once I'd taken in the view from the trig point I briefly followed the Pendle Way south before taking the path down the east face to Pendle House, and from there I took the Pendle Way back to Barley.

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The former waterworks building has been undergoing a slow redevelopment and the ones at the far end look like they have been sold and are now occupied
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Lower Ogden Reservoir
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and Upper Ogden Reservoir
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On the path up Ogden Clough
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Out of Ogden Clough and heading for Mearley Moor. Looking back with the summit of Pendle Hill on the right.
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Bright skies over the Ribble Valley
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Approaching the cairn on Mearley Moor with the fells of the Forest of Bowland in the background
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The moorland around the Nick of Pendle
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Dramatic skies looking up the Ribble Valley to Ingleborough and Penyghent as I make my way up Mearley Moor...
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Clitheroe, the Ribble Valley and the Forest of Bowland
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At the Scout Cairn
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Looking up the Ribble Valley to the Yorkshire Dales..
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..before I crossed the stile onto Downham Moor with the Forest of Bowland in the background
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Pool on Downham Moor with water lilies growing in its left hand side
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The fells of the Yorkshire Dales in the distance as I reach the northern end of Downham Moor. Ingleborough (top in cloud), Penyghent, Fountains Fell, Buckden Pike and Great Whernside.
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Round to the right; Barden Moor, Simon's Seat, Skipton Moor and Weets Hill
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Looking back across Downham Moor
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Heading for the trig point. The Black Moss Reservoirs, Barley and Lower Ogden Reservoir with Colne, Nelson and Boulsworth Hill in the distance.
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On the summit of Pendle Hill
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The fells of the Forest of Bowland in the distance..
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..and those of the Yorkshire Dales. Dark clouds and showers over there now.
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Distant West Pennine Moors as I head..
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..for the path down the east face
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A last look back to Pendle Hill before I return to Barley

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