6th July 2023 - Boulsworth Hill
Walk Details
Distance walked: 8.1 miles
Total ascent: 1462 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 3.5 hrs
Route description: Wycoller-Pennine Bridleway-Bronte Way-Dean House Farm-Bronte Way-Pennine Bridleway-Boulsworth Hill-Pennine Bridleway-Mean Moss Farm-New Laithe Farm-Little Laith-Germany Farm-Great Thorn Edge Farm-Wycoller
I decided to have a walk up Boulsworth Hill from Wycoller this afternoon, it should stay fine, although it won't be the most glorious of summer days. The route I went for took in mostly familiar footpaths and bridleways, but never in this particular combination before. The network of footpaths and bridleways between Wycoller, Trawden and Boulsworth Hill means that it will be quite some time until I've exhausted all the different routes that I can take. After setting off from Wycoller just after midday under mostly cloudy skies, it stayed that way through the afternoon with just a few sunny spells every now and then, though the visibility was good enough for decent views from Boulsworth Hill.
From the car park above Wycoller I walked down into and through the hamlet, across Wycoller Beck, then along the track carrying the Pennine Bridleway until I reached the Bronte Way up the track to Dean House Farm. I took this and followed it up to Dean House Farm, through the farmyard, and then up to the Pennine Bridleway above, which I took and followed southwest across Turnhole Clough and then above Saucer Hill Clough until it reached a track on the left up to a waterworks building. I walked up the track to the building and then on up the footpath to the trig point on the summit of Boulsworth Hill. After taking in the view I made my way down by the path past the Abbot Stone and back to the Pennine Bridleway, which I followed east past Lumb Laithe Farm to reach the track to Mean Moss Farm. I took the bridleway along this track to Mean Moss Farm, then footpaths north across fields to New Laithe Farm and Little Laith, then east past Germany Farm to reach a track. I turned left here and walked down the footpath along the track past Great Thorn Edge Farm to the road to Wycoller, where I turned right for a walk along the road back to the car park.
Total ascent: 1462 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 3.5 hrs
Route description: Wycoller-Pennine Bridleway-Bronte Way-Dean House Farm-Bronte Way-Pennine Bridleway-Boulsworth Hill-Pennine Bridleway-Mean Moss Farm-New Laithe Farm-Little Laith-Germany Farm-Great Thorn Edge Farm-Wycoller
I decided to have a walk up Boulsworth Hill from Wycoller this afternoon, it should stay fine, although it won't be the most glorious of summer days. The route I went for took in mostly familiar footpaths and bridleways, but never in this particular combination before. The network of footpaths and bridleways between Wycoller, Trawden and Boulsworth Hill means that it will be quite some time until I've exhausted all the different routes that I can take. After setting off from Wycoller just after midday under mostly cloudy skies, it stayed that way through the afternoon with just a few sunny spells every now and then, though the visibility was good enough for decent views from Boulsworth Hill.
From the car park above Wycoller I walked down into and through the hamlet, across Wycoller Beck, then along the track carrying the Pennine Bridleway until I reached the Bronte Way up the track to Dean House Farm. I took this and followed it up to Dean House Farm, through the farmyard, and then up to the Pennine Bridleway above, which I took and followed southwest across Turnhole Clough and then above Saucer Hill Clough until it reached a track on the left up to a waterworks building. I walked up the track to the building and then on up the footpath to the trig point on the summit of Boulsworth Hill. After taking in the view I made my way down by the path past the Abbot Stone and back to the Pennine Bridleway, which I followed east past Lumb Laithe Farm to reach the track to Mean Moss Farm. I took the bridleway along this track to Mean Moss Farm, then footpaths north across fields to New Laithe Farm and Little Laith, then east past Germany Farm to reach a track. I turned left here and walked down the footpath along the track past Great Thorn Edge Farm to the road to Wycoller, where I turned right for a walk along the road back to the car park.
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The ruins of Wycoller Hall in the hamlet of Wycoller
The hillside of Fosters Leap above as I join the Pennine Bridleway
On the Bronte Way up to Dean House Farm
Looking down Wycoller Dean from above Dean House Farm
Back onto the Pennine Bridleway as I follow it west down into and across Turnhole Clough..
..and up Saucer Hill Clough
To my right, looking across Fence Moor to Pendle Hill
Walking west along the Pennine Bridleway beneath Boulsworth Hill
Views back down to Trawden, and to Pendle Hill and White Moor in the distance..
..and to Ingleborough, Penyghent, Buckden Pike and Great Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales, as I climb the footpath up Boulsworth Hill
The summit ahead as I reach Little Chair Stones
Ingleborough and Penyghent in the distance
The gritstone outcrops of Dove Stones to my left as I head for Weather Stones
Looking east to Wolf Stones and Crow Hill from Weather Stones
Lad Law, the summit of Boulsworth Hill ahead
The moors of Calderdale to the south
Pendle Hill in the distance from Weather Stones
Pendle Hill from the trig point on Boulsworth Hill
The visibility is good enough to make out Ingleborough, Penyghent, Buckden Pike, and Great Whernside to the north in the Yorkshire Dales
Wolf Stones and Crow Hill to the east
Dove Stones and the moors around Calderdale to the south
The Coldwell Reservoirs and Pendle Hill as I make my way down
and looking across the Forest of Trawden to the Yorkshire Dales in the distance..
Back onto the Pennine Bridleway and following it east
Looking back west along the Pennine Bridleway to Will Moor
A look over the wall to my left gives me a view to Pendle Hill and White Moor
On the bridleway to Mean Moss Farm
The moors around Trawden and Pendle Hill from Mean Moss Farm
From Mean Moss Farm I take the footpath to New Laithe Farm..
Looking back to Boulsworth Hill
Heading north from New Laithe Farm to Little Laith, then it's on past Germany Farm
Making my way down the track to Great Thorn Edge Farm
Freshly cut hay at Great Thorn Edge Farm
A walk along the road towards Wycoller takes me back to the car park