Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
557m (1828ft)
The South Pennines and The Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England
The summit of Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Maps OL21 & OL41 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 103 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
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Walk l112 Pendle Hill via Boar Clough from Barley
Lancashire's Iconic Hill
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.75ml (7.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,221ft (372m) | |
| Time: | 3 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Barley - Lower Ogden Reservoir - The Pendle Way - Upper Ogden Reservoir - Boar Clough - Pendle Moor - Barley Moor - Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) - Pendle House - Ing Head Farm - Ing Ends - Barley,.
Walk l100 Pendle Hill from Barley
Lancashire's Iconic Hill
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5ml (9km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,280ft (390m) | |
| Time: | 3½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Barley - Lower Ogden Reservoir - The Pendle Way - Upper Ogden Reservoir - Boar Clough - Ogden Clough - Pendle Moor - Barley Moor - Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) - Pendle House - Ing Head Farm - Ing Ends - Barley
Walk l127 Pendle Hill and Stang Top Moor from Barley
Lancashire's Iconic Hill - and a bit more
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5ml (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,694ft (516m) | |
| Time: | 4.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Barley - Lower Ogden Reservoir - The Pendle Way - Upper Ogden Reservoir - Boar Clough - Ogden Clough - Pendle Moor - Barley Moor - Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) - Pendle House - Ing Head Farm - Ing Ends - Barley - Lower Black Moss Reservoir - Upper Black Moss Reservoir - Stang Top Moor - White Hough - Barley
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
Patrick Molloy walked up on July 24th, 2020 [from/via/route] Parked at the foot walked up & back w/ Nadia [with] Nadia [weather] Warm partial Sun
Carl Tillotson climbed on June 19th, 2021 [from/via/route] Route from Downham [with] June [weather] Sunny & Warm, bit windy on top
Paul Smith bagged on September 8th, 2016 [from/via/route] Up from Downham village to trig point & back [with] Alone [weather] Misty but dry in the main - Cold at the summit...met a grandfather/grandson fell race partnership hurtling downhill as I was ascending
Adrian Howard hiked on November 13th, 2017 [from/via/route] from car park at Nick of Pendle
Angela Moroney summited during February, 2019 [with] Kirsty Barnes
Gill Bates conquered on September 10th, 2018 [from/via/route] Barley car park
Sharon Wearden scaled on December 30th, 2019 [from/via/route] Roughlee [with] Neil [weather] Dry, clear d
Margaret Richards walked up on April 16th, 2012 [from/via/route] Pendle Hill from Ogden Clough & Stang Top Moor from Barley [with] Don [weather] Cold - Have walked many times since & before! different routes
James Brocken climbed on April 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] Barley [weather] Dry
Mark Davidson bagged on February 28th, 2008 [with] Alone [weather] Sunny Spells
Derek Shirtcliffe hiked on May 12th, 2015 [from/via/route] From Wellsprings Hotel between Sabden & Clitheroe to Barley returning via Fell Wood & Deerstones. [weather] Dull & damp - My "local" hill, walked it many times & many ways always different each time you walk it.
Tony Rogerson summited on January 10th, 2010 [from/via/route] From Higham [weather] Clear but windy - Snow under foot
Leon Harvey conquered on March 1st, 2015 [from/via/route] Barley Green [with] Solo [weather] All weathers (Sun, Rain, Snow & very windy)
Les Wrightson scaled on December 27th, 2014 [from/via/route] l127 barley [with] tan [weather] very clear crisp day ice underfoot - Stunning scenery going up via the resevouirs through the valley snowy scenery.
Geoffrey Robertshaw walked up on March 12th, 2014 - 37th Wedding Anniversary walk
Sharon Reilly climbed on May 4th, 2014 [from/via/route] barley [with] dog [weather] wet to start - great walk
Pam Joy bagged on April 28th, 2014 [from/via/route] Barley [with] David and Paddy the lurcher [weather] Still, warm, jackets off weather! - Took a wrong turn than the one on the route map & had a much steeper than intended climb.
Syd Barnes hiked on March 28th, 2012 [with] Wang and Jo [weather] Cold, windy & snow on the top of the mountain
Sharon Grant summited during November, 2013 [from/via/route] Downham circular [with] Karen, Vicky and Jordan [weather] Sunny & bright
Carrie Bray conquered during October, 2009 [from/via/route] Bagged 3 times: from Barley via steps, from Downham & from Nick O'Pendle
Jane Chiarello scaled during 1980 - Climbed Pendle Hill many times when I lived there
Lee Senior walked up on September 4th, 2010 [from/via/route] Barley car park [with] Corinne and pup Dill [weather] dry
Charlie Housley climbed on April 8th, 2011 [from/via/route] Not sure which route up or down as this walk is being logged nearly 18 months after the event. [with] Solo. [weather] Very sunny & incredibly hot!!!!
Gerry Smith bagged during 2010 [from/via/route] from Barley [with] Joe Kelly
Christine Shepherd hiked on October 30th, 2010 [from/via/route] Walked from Barley [with] Hannah and Andrew [weather] A bright Autumn day - We went up the steep way & half way up a fellow walker commented that I was, 'doing very well'. I didn't tell him that I had just finished all the Wainwirghts & was planning the Coast to Coast! have climbed this twice since; on my own on 4.3.11 & while leading a group on 12.3.11.
Lindsay Goodall, Andrew Else, Wendy Haycock, Paul Booth, Stephen Millington, Louise Sandwith, John Cuthbert, Chris Bramley, Elaine Kenny and Neil Wallbank have all walked, climbed & bagged Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End).
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
Barley, Ing Ends and Ogden Reservoirs from the top Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
The Black Moss Reservoirs (Upper and Lower) and Pendle House from the top Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End)
The East face path up of Pendle Hill (Beacon or Big End) wih Pendle House below
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