6th December 2025 - Weets Hill
Walk Details
Distance walked: 8.4 miles
Total ascent: 1300 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 4 hrs
Route description: Foulridge-Hey-Hey Fold-Booth House Farm-High Lane-Copy Nook-Lister Well Road-Higher View Farm-Duck Pond Farm-Weets Hill-Weets House Farm-Gisburn Old Road-Pendle Way-Hollin Hall-Barnoldswick Road-Slipper Hill Reservoir-Reedymoor Lane-B6251-Foulridge
The best the weather has offered me this weekend is a respite in the rain for a few hours on the Saturday, so I decided to have a walk up Weets Hill and back from home. Setting off late in the morning, taking one of my usual routes, the low cloud did break enough to give a few sunny intervals, and a decent enough view from Weets Hill. That didn't happen too often though, and on the way home it became dull and overcast, and then damp and drizzly.
Setting off from home I walked to the western end of Station Road and took the footpath straight up the hill and across fields to the corner of Whitemoor Road. Here I turned right and took a lane past some houses, then a footpath on the right down to Hey Fold. The next bit was a little complicated as I took the footpath right at Hey Fold, then left across the crest of a little hill and past Hullet Hall down to County Brook Lane. I briefly walked down the lane, took a footpath on the left through a patch of woodland and across a bridge over County Brook, before resuming following footpaths north across fields past Wood End Farm to Booth House Farm, where I took a footpath up a field to High Lane. I then walked a short distance north along High Lane, then took a track on the left and followed it uphill past Copy Nook to the bridleway of Lister Well Road. I then walked down Lister Well Road until I reached a gate on the left and a footpath across access land to Higher View Farm at the top of Folly Lane. I then turned left and followed the bridleway up to Duck Pond Farm, then the footpath round the farm and onto access land, before turning right and following a path by a wall to the top of Weets Hill. After taking in the view I took the Pendle Way to reach Weets House Farm at the top of Gisburn Old Road. I then walked down Gisburn Old Road until I reached Peel's House Farm where I took a bridleway on the right, then at the end of this I turned left and followed a footpath by the wall, before crossing the wall and taking a footpath down through fields to Hollin Hall on Barnoldswick Road. I crossed the road and took the footpath opposite down through fields to where it meets the lane by Slipper Hill Reservoir. I then took the footpath round Slipper Hill Reservoir to reach a track past Sand Hall to reach Reedymoor Lane, which I walked north along to the B6251 for a return to Foulridge and home.
Total ascent: 1300 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 4 hrs
Route description: Foulridge-Hey-Hey Fold-Booth House Farm-High Lane-Copy Nook-Lister Well Road-Higher View Farm-Duck Pond Farm-Weets Hill-Weets House Farm-Gisburn Old Road-Pendle Way-Hollin Hall-Barnoldswick Road-Slipper Hill Reservoir-Reedymoor Lane-B6251-Foulridge
The best the weather has offered me this weekend is a respite in the rain for a few hours on the Saturday, so I decided to have a walk up Weets Hill and back from home. Setting off late in the morning, taking one of my usual routes, the low cloud did break enough to give a few sunny intervals, and a decent enough view from Weets Hill. That didn't happen too often though, and on the way home it became dull and overcast, and then damp and drizzly.
Setting off from home I walked to the western end of Station Road and took the footpath straight up the hill and across fields to the corner of Whitemoor Road. Here I turned right and took a lane past some houses, then a footpath on the right down to Hey Fold. The next bit was a little complicated as I took the footpath right at Hey Fold, then left across the crest of a little hill and past Hullet Hall down to County Brook Lane. I briefly walked down the lane, took a footpath on the left through a patch of woodland and across a bridge over County Brook, before resuming following footpaths north across fields past Wood End Farm to Booth House Farm, where I took a footpath up a field to High Lane. I then walked a short distance north along High Lane, then took a track on the left and followed it uphill past Copy Nook to the bridleway of Lister Well Road. I then walked down Lister Well Road until I reached a gate on the left and a footpath across access land to Higher View Farm at the top of Folly Lane. I then turned left and followed the bridleway up to Duck Pond Farm, then the footpath round the farm and onto access land, before turning right and following a path by a wall to the top of Weets Hill. After taking in the view I took the Pendle Way to reach Weets House Farm at the top of Gisburn Old Road. I then walked down Gisburn Old Road until I reached Peel's House Farm where I took a bridleway on the right, then at the end of this I turned left and followed a footpath by the wall, before crossing the wall and taking a footpath down through fields to Hollin Hall on Barnoldswick Road. I crossed the road and took the footpath opposite down through fields to where it meets the lane by Slipper Hill Reservoir. I then took the footpath round Slipper Hill Reservoir to reach a track past Sand Hall to reach Reedymoor Lane, which I walked north along to the B6251 for a return to Foulridge and home.
Route map
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Leaving Foulridge behind with Boulsworth Hill in the distance
Taking the path north to County Brook..
The footbridge over County Brook
Bleara Moor, Kelbrook and Kelbrook Moor as I take the path from Booth House Farm up to High Lane
On the track past Copy Nook up onto Lad Lowe Hill
Looking back with Barden Moor, Thornton Moor and Bleara Moor in the distance
A cloud covered Boulsworth Hill in the distance from the pool on Lad Lowe Hill
Barden Moor in the distance from the gate onto access land on Lad Lowe Hill
Onto the bridleway of Lister Well Road
Heading down Lister Well Road..
Barden Moor and Thornton Moor from the path across the hillside from Lister Well Road to Higher View Farm
Barnoldswick below on the right
Heading up the bridleway to Duck Pond Farm
Looking back down the bridleway, and low cloud is hiding the moors around Settle and Malham in the distance that I can usually see
Past Duck Pond Farm and onto access land on Weets Hill. Looking across to a cloud-topped Pendle Hill in the distance.
Blacko Hill and the Forest of Pendle
I reach the northern edge of Weets Hill. The town of Barnoldswick below with Barden Moor and Pinhaw Beacon in the distance.
The trig point from the eastern end of the summit
Looking north towards the Yorkshire Dales
A cloud-topped Pendle Hill from the trig point on Weets Hill
Looking northeast towards Barden Moor
A last shot from the summit. It's quite atmospheric with the low cloud drifting across.
Heading for Weets House Farm
Walking down Gisburn Old Road..
Past Peel's House Farm, and I take the bridleway onto Blacko Hill
On Blacko Hill, and it's becoming increasingly damp and drizzly
Foulridge Lower Reservoir in the distance as I head down from Blacko Hill
By Slipper Hill Reservoir
Walking along Reedymoor Lane back to Foulridge, and it's become a thoroughly damp afternoon