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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9mls (14.5km) |
| Ascent: | 1,746ft (532m) |
| Time: | 5hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk d205:
Crowden - Crowden Brook - The Pennine Way - Highstone Rocks - Span Gutter - Rakes Rocks - Oakenclough Brook - Laddow Moss - Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) - Near Broadslate - Sliddens - Dun Hill - Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) - Tooleyshaw Moss - Tooleyshaw Moor - White Low - Westend Moss - Hey Moss - Hey Edge - Crowden
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 2 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) at 582m (1910ft). Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) is also known as an English Dewey (28th highest in England, 66th in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (55th highest in England, 795th highest in the UK). The summit of Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) is the highest point in the county of West Yorkshire.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) at 542m (1779ft). Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) is also known as an English Dewey (90th highest in England, 204th in England & Wales)
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d205 Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) and Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) from Crowden
In no particular order . . .
Sunshine on The Pennine Way on Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) looking towards Black Hill (Soldier's Lump)
Bareholme Moss and Holme Moss TV Mast from near Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks)
The Pennine Way on Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) with Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) in the distance
Bareholme Moss (left), Crowden, The Woodhead Valley and Bleaklow (centre) and Rakes Moss (right) from Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks)
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