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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6¾mls (11km) |
| Ascent: | 1,050ft (320m) |
| Time: | 3¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk gm156:
Holcombe Moor Car Park - Holcombe - Higher Tops - Chatterton Close Farm - Buckden Wood - The Rossendale Way - Beetle Hill - Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor) - Pilgrim's Cross - Harcles Hill - Peel Tower - Taylor's Farm - Redisher Wood - Holcombe Brook - Holcombe Car Park.
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
This walk enters the Holcombe Moor Training Area. Information on firing times can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/holcombe-moor-firing-times
Peel Tower is 128ft high & dedicated to Sir Robert Peel who was born in nearby Bury. In 1834 he became British Prime Minister & is credited with abolishing The Corn Laws, introducing Income Tax (at 7%) & laying the foundations for the modern police force (hence the terms 'Peelers' & British 'Bobbies').
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 2 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor) at 418m (1371ft). Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Peel Tower at 356m (1168ft). Peel Tower is known as an English Bridget.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Rossendale Way, a 72km (45 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Sharneyford in Lancashire, England. The Rossendale Way is waymarked by the letters RW. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Rossendale Way.
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):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk gm156 Bull Hill and Peel Monument from Holcombe
In no particular order . . .
Peel Tower from the Trig Point on the summit of Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor)
Peel Tower on Holcombe Moor standing above the clouds during a temperature inversion
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