Walk Bull Hill from Holcombe
Gentle ascents to good views - can be wet
This 5¼ mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Holcombe Moor Car Park & will take you about 2¾ hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
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| Walk No.: | gm198 | |
| Length: | 5¼ miles (8.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 686 ft (210m) | |
| Time: | 2¾ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
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 - Top o'th'Moor Farm - Branch Road - Holcombe Moor 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.
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