Walk Route Map gm198 Bull Hill from Holcombe

Walk gm198 Bull Hill from Holcombe

Gentle ascents to good views - can be wet

Vital Statistics:

Length:	5¼mls (8.5km)
Ascent:	686ft (210m)
Time:	2¾hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk gm198:

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

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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:

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English
Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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English
Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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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):

287 West Pennine Moors, Blackburn, Darwen & Accrington

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

109 Manchester, Bolton & Warrington

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk gm198 Bull Hill from Holcombe

In no particular order . . .

Looking East to Hail Storm Hill from Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor)

Photo: Bill Mickleson (2)

Peel Tower

Photo: Christine Shepherd (754)

Peel Tower

Photo: Ewan Wardell (1)

Pilgrim's Cross, Holcombe Moor

Photo: Bill Mickleson (4)

Peel Tower, Holcombe

Photo: Bill Mickleson (6)

West from Peel Tower, Holcombe

Photo: Bill Mickleson (7)

Pilgrim's Cross on Holcombe Moor

Photo: Christine Shepherd (756)

Peel Tower from the Trig Point on the summit of Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (758)

Ascending Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor)

Photo: Bill Mickleson (3)

Peel Tower from Harcles Hill

Photo: Bill Mickleson (5)

My daughters Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor)

Photo: Heather Walsh (2)

Ramsbottom from Peel Tower

Photo: Christine Shepherd (755)

Peel Tower on Holcombe Moor standing above the clouds during a temperature inversion

Photo: Heather Walsh (1)

Looking East from Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor)

Photo: Bill Mickleson (1)

Peel Tower from the summit of Bull Hill (Holcombe Moor)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (757)

Peel Tower, Ramsbottom

Photo: Garfield Moreton (1)

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