Walk Route Map l142 Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) and Rivington Pike from Rivington Upper Barn

Walk l142 Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) and Rivington Pike from Rivington Upper Barn

Manchester's nearest big hill

Vital Statistics:

Length:	5½mls (8.5km)
Ascent:	1,113ft (339m)
Time:	3¼hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk l142 Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) and Rivington Pike from Rivington Upper Barn pdf

Route outline for walk l142:

Rivington Upper Barn - Pigeon Tower (Rivington Moor) - Catter Nab - Noon Hill Slack - Moor Bottom - Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) - Crooked Edge Hill - Two Lads (Rivington Moor) - Pike Cottage - Brown Hill (Rivington Moor) - Rivington Pike - Pigeon Tower (Rivington Moor) - Rivington Upper Barn

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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English
Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyn

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Bridgets

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The highest point of this walk is Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) at 456m (1497ft). Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) is classified as an English Marilyn (85th highest in England, 1093rd highest in the UK). The summit of Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

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1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

109 Manchester, Bolton & Warrington

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk l142 Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) and Rivington Pike from Rivington Upper Barn

In no particular order . . .

Pigeon Tower (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (10)

Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) from Two Lads (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (23)

Walk l142 Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) and Rivington Pike from Rivington Upper Barn - Pigeon Tower (Rivington Moor) with Rivington Reservoir in the distance

Pigeon Tower (Rivington Moor) with Rivington Reservoir in the distance

Photo: Mike Walker (11)

The tower on Rivington Pike

Photo: Daniel Coverdale (1)

Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) summit trig point

Photo: Mike Walker (14)

Walk l142 Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) and Rivington Pike from Rivington Upper Barn - Yarrow Reservoir and Anglezarke Reservoir from Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Yarrow Reservoir and Anglezarke Reservoir from Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Gill Ratcliffe (3)

Rivington Country Park

Photo: Gill Ratcliffe (1)

Great Hill and Spitlers Edge from Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (12)

Woodland path above Rivington Upper Barn

Photo: Mike Walker (8)

The three cairns on the summit of Two Lads (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (19)

Lower Rivington Reservoir from Rivington Pike

Photo: Mike Walker (20)

Telecommunications tower on Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (15)

The huge mast on the summit of Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Ken Aitkin (1)

Pigeon Tower (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (9)

Warning sign on Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (16)

Snow on Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (13)

Rivington Reservoir from Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Gill Ratcliffe (2)

Pigeon Tower (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Gill Ratcliffe (4)

Memorial on Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (17)

Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) summit

Photo: Bren Allsop (1)

Rivington Reservoir from the path up Rivington Pike

Photo: Amanda Shaw (1)

Winter Hill (Rivington Moor) from Rivington Pike

Photo: Mike Walker (21)

Rivington Pike

Photo: Mike Walker (22)

The tall TV mast on the summit of Winter Hill (Rivington Moor)

Photo: Mike Walker (18)

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