Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
557m (1828ft)
The South Pennines and The Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England
The summit of Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.75ml (7.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,221ft (372m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Barley - Lower Ogden Reservoir - The Pendle Way - Upper Ogden Reservoir - Boar Clough - Pendle Moor - Barley Moor - Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) - Pendle House - Ing Head Farm - Ing Ends - Barley,.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5ml (9km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,280ft (390m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Barley - Lower Ogden Reservoir - The Pendle Way - Upper Ogden Reservoir - Boar Clough - Ogden Clough - Pendle Moor - Barley Moor - Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) - Pendle House - Ing Head Farm - Ing Ends - Barley
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,694ft (516m) |
| Time: | 4.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Barley - Lower Ogden Reservoir - The Pendle Way - Upper Ogden Reservoir - Boar Clough - Ogden Clough - Pendle Moor - Barley Moor - Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) - Pendle House - Ing Head Farm - Ing Ends - Barley - Lower Black Moss Reservoir - Upper Black Moss Reservoir - Stang Top Moor - White Hough - Barley
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
Bay Wan walked up Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on October 3rd, 2023 [from/via/route] Start & finish from Pendleton free car park. 9.5 mile route [with] Paul Harper (No Cocoa Dog for first time - she's too porrly) [weather] Showers & windy all the way up & down - Clitheroe isn't quite what I was expecting
John Ramsbottom climbed Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on June 9th, 2022 [from/via/route] nick o Pendle [with] Lola/ Skratch [weather] overcast/ windy rainy but warmish - quick walk before work, 6.5 miles
Patrick Molloy bagged Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on July 24th, 2020 [from/via/route] Parked at the foot walked up & back w/ Nadia [with] Nadia [weather] Warm partial Sun
Carl Tillotson hiked Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on June 19th, 2021 [from/via/route] Route from Downham [with] June [weather] Sunny & Warm, bit windy on top
Paul Smith summited Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on September 8th, 2016 [from/via/route] Up from Downham village to trig point & back [with] Alone [weather] Misty but dry in the main - Cold at the summit...met a grandfather/grandson fell race partnership hurtling downhill as I was ascending
Adrian Howard conquered Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on November 13th, 2017 [from/via/route] from car park at Nick of Pendle
Angela Moroney scaled Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) during February, 2019 [with] Kirsty Barnes
Gill Bates walked up Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on September 10th, 2018 [from/via/route] Barley car park
Sharon Wearden climbed Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on December 30th, 2019 [from/via/route] Roughlee [with] Neil [weather] Dry, clear d
Margaret Richards bagged Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) on April 16th, 2012 [from/via/route] Pendle Hill from Ogden Clough & Stang Top Moor from Barley [with] Don [weather] Cold - Have walked many times since & before! different routes
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
The Black Moss Reservoirs (Upper and Lower) and Pendle House from the top Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
Barley, Ing Ends and Ogden Reservoirs from the top Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
The East face path up of Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) wih Pendle House below
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