| Walk: | Upper Eastwood, Jumble Holes Clough, Beverley End, Lower Rawtenstall, Mytholm, Colden Clough, Lumb Bank, Hebble Hole Bridge, Blackshaw Head, Hippins Bridge and Great Rock. Walked a stretch of the Calderdale Way from Hebble Hole Bridge to Great Rock. | ||
| Start Point: | Car park/Picnic Area between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge | Grid Reference: | SD 955 246 |
| Distance: | 8 miles | Ascent: | 2,000 feet |
| Time: | 5.5 hours | ||
| Weather: | Fine, overcast, windy. | ||
| Comments: | 19 walkers. Great views across to Stoodley Pike, along Calderdale towards Hebden Bridge, and across the tops to Heptonstall. Lumb Bank used to be the home of the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes. Interesting industrial archaeology in Colden Clough, associated with Higher and Lower Lumb mills. | ||
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There were plenty of stiles
The hill meadows were lush with grass and flowers
Stoodley Pike was in view for much of the time
Taking a view behind us as we climbed through Upper Eastwood
Jumble Holes Clough once had 4 mills
Coffee break at Beverley End in Jumble Holes Clough
Hepstonstall Church was on the skyline above Colden Clough
Lunch at Colden Clough approaching Lumb Bank
One of the better dressed ramblers near Blackshaw Head
View of Lobb Mill and the Rochdale Canal as we descended