8th May 2011 - Darwen Moor
Walk Details
Distance walked: 5.0 miles
Total ascent: 897 ft
OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors
Time taken: 2.5 hrs
Route description: Slipper Lowe car park, Tockholes Rd-Darwen Moor-Jubilee Tower-Earnsdale Reservoir-Tockholes Plantations-Slipper Lowe car park, Tockholes Rd
A walk in the West Pennine Moors visiting Darwen Moor and Tower.
Total ascent: 897 ft
OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors
Time taken: 2.5 hrs
Route description: Slipper Lowe car park, Tockholes Rd-Darwen Moor-Jubilee Tower-Earnsdale Reservoir-Tockholes Plantations-Slipper Lowe car park, Tockholes Rd
A walk in the West Pennine Moors visiting Darwen Moor and Tower.
Route map
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Track onto Darwen Moor
Fire damaged moorland on Great Hill and Withnell Moor
View across to the Forest of Bowland
Darwen Tower ahead
Darwen Moor. A heavy shower then passed but I had shelter ahead at the tower.
Views from the top of the tower. The West Pennine Moors.
View towards the coast over Sunnyhurst Hey reservoir
Pendle Hill in the distance beyond Blackburn
The Forest of Bowland getting the shower
The town of Darwen
Darwen Moor. The TV mast can be seen on Winter Hill.
The Forest of Bowland appears as the shower clears away
Back on the ground next to the trig point
Leaving Darwen Tower behind
Heading down
Darwen Moor and tower from the dam of Earnsdale reservoir. At this point there was a thunderstorm approaching but I escaped the worst of it and I was relatively sheltered walking through the woods of the Tockholes plantations.
Bluebells as I walk through the woods....
On the way back to the car park. The River Roddlesworth...
