Freeholds Top
455m (1493ft)
Freeholds Top is in The South Pennines and The Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England
The summit of Freeholds Top is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You can walk to the top of Freeholds Top by using this route map:
Walk gm116 Round Hill, Freeholds Top and Brown Wardle Hill from Watergrove Reservior
Wild and historic Lancashire
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5mls (13.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,549ft (472m) |
| Time: | 4.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Watergrove Reservoir - Wardle - Ramsden Road - The Pennine Bridleway - Crook Moor - Higher Slack Brook - Rough Hill (Shore Moor) - Freeholds Top - Trough Edge End - The Rossendale Way - Trough Edge - Deacon Pasture - Hades Hill - Hades - Middle Hill (Whitworth) - Brown Wardle Hill - Long Shoot Clough - Watergrove Reservoir - Wardle.
Interactive Walking Maps
See Freeholds Top and the surrounding tops on our unique, downloadable, PDF Peak Bagging Map:
NB: Whether you print off a copy or download it to your phone, this PDF Peak Baggers' Map might prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal.
See Freeholds Top and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Map:
The Forest of Bowland and The South Pennines
Less data - quicker to download
You can find Freeholds Top & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Freeholds Top
Mark Davidson walked up Freeholds Top on March 1st, 2010 [from/via/route] Car Park a little north of Wardle using walk gm116 Round Hill, Freeholds Top & Brown Wardle Hill from Watergrove Reservior [with] Theresa [weather] Dry & quite nice - Very quiet day on the hills
Christine Shepherd climbed it on April 13th, 2019 [from/via/route] Walked from Watergrove Reservoir [with] On my own [weather] Lovely spring sunshine. Very cold breeze on the summits. - An enjoyable walk with lovely views.
Margaret Richards bagged it on June 20th, 2012 [from/via/route] Rough Hill, Freeholds Top & Brown Wardle Hill from Watergrove Res. (8 ½ miles, grade 5, gm116) [with] Don
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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Freeholds Top
Descent from Rough Hill (Shore Moor) before the climb to Freeholds Top.
Wild Ponies on the way from Freeholds Top to Middle Hill (Whitworth)
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