Explorer OL21: At the western end of the Bronte Moors Boulsworth Hill offers panoramic
Posted in General on 28. Sep, 2010
(Explorer OL21): At the western end of the Bronte Moors, Boulsworth Hill offers panoramic views at the boundary of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Located east of Nelson and Burnley, it is easily accessible across open country or from the Bronte Way or Pendle Way.* Amberley Mount, along a north facing escarpment to Chantry Hill, South Downs (Explorer 121): A linear stretch of down from Amberley to Sullington, that follows the line of the South Downs Way.* Newtimber Hill, Devil’s Dyke, Edburton Hill, Truleigh Hill, Tottington Mount and Anchor Bottom, South Downs. (Explorer 122): A beautiful linear stretch of down, starting near Poynings and ending at Upper Beeding, that is well linked with rights of way. (Explorer OL1): A huge area of open country that will provide a variety of opportunities to explore some beautiful countryside virtually from the edge suburbs of Sheffield. (Explorer 287): North of Bolton and providing views over the Manchester conurbation to the Pennines. Historically important, as in 1896 a group of Bolton men marched to the moor to maintain their traditional right to walk across it. Burn Moor is accessible from two roads and a right of way, and it links with huge tracts of open country to provide magnificent, if challenging, walking.*Smithills Moors and Winter Hill, Forest of Bowland.
The landowner wanted to close access and until recently there was only a footpath across the moor.* Hallam Moors, Derwent Moors, Ughill Moors, Bradfield Moors, Broomhead Moor, Midhope Moors and Bamford Moors, Peak District. Can be reached via an existing right of way about 2km east or directly off a road running through Oakenclough to the west. A trig point is located at 429 metres providing a good panorama of the surrounding fells. A natural feature called the ‘arbour’ will be accessible for the first time.* Marshaw Fell and Hawthornthwaite Fell, Forest of Bowland (Explorer 41): Fine areas of open country that are easily accessible from a road to the north of Bleasdale Moors running through Marshaw.* Ward Stone and Mallowdale Pike, Forest of Bowland. (Explorer 41): South East of Caton, there are a number of permissives to these fells but that access can be withdrawn at any time. Ward Stone has a trig point and is one of the highest points locally, providing superb views.* Burn Moor (Explorer 41): Known as the ‘forbidden moor’, Burn Moor will have access for the first time in centuries.
“We want people to overcome that inhibition.”OPEN COUNTRY 10 GREAT NEW ROUTES TO WALK THIS WEEKEND* Hollins Hill, Chrome Hill, Parkhouse Hill, Hitter Hill and High Wheeldon, Peak District (Explorer OL24): South of Buxton in an area of the Peak Park where there is relatively little access land. A series of ‘Dragon’s Back’ hills offering beautiful new walking opportunities, and superb views.* Bleasdale Moors, Forest of Bowland (Explorer 41): Close to Garstang off the M6. Joe Public has a right to go where he wants on my land and I don’t get to go hunting. These MPs are a world away from reality.” But fortified by the new legislation, Britain’s ramblers now want the public to make the most of their new-found right.”We’re so accustomed to keeping to the footpaths that the inclination to stride off across a field will not come naturally,” said the Ramblers’ Association’s Paul Bell. Nobody lives there because the estates have refused to allow development.”Christopher Brownigg, who has “lost” 1,200 acres to right to roam, did not hide his disgruntlement “It’s a bit much. The Bleasdale Estate, at the Preston end of the forest, has declined to discuss rights until now.”When we’ve tried to contact some of them we’ve had no response,” said Mr Brodie “We’ve seen thriving parishes turn into private fiefdoms. “Landowners prefer the idea of linear access routes rather than open access, as it’s easier for them to manage,” she said.
“But concentrating the walkers on to footpaths can cause more erosion to the sensitive peat in places.”The Duke of Westminster is more enlightened about the right to roam than some other local landowners and struck a limited access agreement for Lancashire five years ago.But other estates have been less willing. (CroW stipulates that they may only use gaps, gates and stiles to pass from one field to another.)Tarja Wilson, a Lancashire Countryside Service officer, admitted that it was a delicate balance between competing interests. A network of 75 kissing gates will be in place tomorrow to ensure that walkers do not incur damage by climbing over gates and fences. Access to pockets of land on smallholdings, which link open access areas, may also prove a problem in some parts of the country.About 18 months of work and a huge investment has gone into ensuring that access will not bring damage to Bowland.