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| Distance: |
About 3 miles maximum : (4.4km) |
| Time: |
About two hours |
| Height: |
350 ft : (107m) |
| Difficulty: |
One steep hill climb, otherwise easy. Muddy bits. |
| Scenery: |
Magnificent views; takes in part of the Bronte Way.
Lots of wildlife! |
| Location: |
Free Car Park : Follow the brown signs for Wycoller
Country Park. |
| Maps: |
O.S. 103 |
Click on selected photographs
for a higher resolution.
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Start from the free car park (see pic), West of the village, (between
Trawden and Wycoller.) and make your way via the exit, turn right
onto the road leading into the village. Continue down this lane
and go over the stream turning right over the bridge keeping the stream
on your right. |
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| 2 |
Passing the teashop on your left, make your way to the packhorse
bridge, (with the two arches), and go left over this, with the ruins
of the hall ahead and on your left. |
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| 3 |
After a short walk turn right and go over the clapper bridge, (the
three slabs of stone), and take the pathway over on your left,
adjacent to the river. |
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| 4 |
Follow the pathway, going over a small wooden bridge...watch out for
the horse and rider! Enjoy the peace and tranquillity here as you
gird your loins for a steep uphill climb ahead. The route takes
you gently left towards the river again. |
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| 5 |
Do not cross at the stone bridge ahead, but turn right, and go through
this gate, or over the stile to it's right, and head forward and uphill towards a
farmyard, keeping a dry stone wall over to your right. |
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| 6 |
At the top of the right-hand corner of this field, you go through a
stone stile, turn left, head towards a flimsy metal gate, going
through this and past the farm buildings themselves on your right. |
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| 7 |
You will now see two wooden gates ahead, go through both of these.
Next is a wall and fence ahead. Go between these, and just
continue the path ahead. |
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| 8 |
Next climb one after the other, two stone stiles, with small wooden gates on top, and carry
on forward and upward. |
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9 |
Not long from here is a pathway down on your left, marked by a pair of stone
pillars...do not take this route, but pass these on your left, and
continue ahead, and start to climb uphill. |
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| 10 |
Going through a new wooden diamond gate, which is way-marked, and
not the path upwards and to your right. You now head uphill
towards an outcrop of rocks, and an excellent viewpoint. |
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| 11 |
Return back to this pointer shown here, after your perusal of the magnificent
landscape, and head downhill. |
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| 12 |
In the bottom left hand side of the field, is this gate, go through
it, and follow the only pathway available, down to the left.
There is a chance that this path will be quite muddy in places. |
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| 13 |
Eventually, you will be faced with a stile on your left, and a wooden
bridge over a stream on your right. Take the way over the bridge
to your right, then turn sharp left to follow the path over some clapper
boards, with a handrail on the left, and then head uphill. |
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14 |
At the top of this hill is a wooden kissing gate, go through this
and after only a few yards take the wooden stile to your left, head
forward and gently downhill to walk close to the river again. |
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15 |
You will eventually find yourself at this point. A way-marked, and
signposted, wooden kissing gate. Go through this, onto the lane
turning left, and head back towards Wycoller Village, keeping the
wall on your right, and the stream on the left. |
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16 |
For those of you who are interested, there is an ancient footbridge
over to your left soon, which is made of one entire slab of stone,
alongside a small ford. (Seen here from the ford) Not
much further down, and over to the right, are public toilets and
a picnic area. Continue along this road to make your way back
to the Barn, and Ruins on your right, the village, and eventually
...the car park.
Toilets are, as stated above,
situated by the Picnic Area near the ruins.
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Walkabout
Checklist : Print this out and take it with you...
This walk (and pictures) submitted by Crag Face.
(Also thanks to Triss and Wilf for the updates at cells 10 and 15.)
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