Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill is a popular Lancashire Pennines walk, most commonly started from Barley village. The shortest route takes the steep stone steps (the "rake") up to the trig-point summit; longer loops go via Ogden Clough or the Nick of Pendle. Walkers finish at the Pendle Inn in Barley.

Right, so we've just arrived at Pendle Hill Barley car park and we're going to go and do the summit of Pendle Hill.

The trig point sits at the summit of Pendle Hill. From the top of the stone steps the walk to the trig is roughly level.

Pendle Hill trig point. Here we go. The summit of Pendle Hill.

From the summit, a path leads down Ogden Clough on the east side back to the Ogden reservoirs, then on to Barley. This is the original Pendle Way route.

So, there's a path that goes that way to Ogden Clough. Which is the original route that I had planned.

A very small cairn sits near the trig point. One walker described it as "the world's smallest cairn."

It's the world's smallest cairn. I've got to tap it.

The descent from the summit towards Ogden Clough is steep and the ground is uneven. Walkers should take care, especially in wet conditions.

It's quite steep coming down there, don't it? Not very decent ground, so you do have to be a bit careful.

Pendle Hill is strongly associated with the Pendle witches of 1612. A board on the route quotes a contemporary description: "Female cunning manless old daughter of such an evil faith. And the mark of Pendle. A crone."

Female cunning manless old daughter of such an evil faith. And the mark of Penble. A crone.

The Pendle Inn in Barley is the popular post-walk destination. Walkers finish there for a pint, and the pub is mentioned in route guides online.

Pendle Inn. Yep, so we're going to the Pendle Inn for a pint now.

An alternative start point is the layby at the Nick of Pendle, just outside Sabden in the Ribble Valley. From here the route climbs via a less-direct line up Pendleton Moor and onto the summit.

today's walk is Pendle Hill from the nick of Pendle just outside sabon a village in the rubble Valley in Lancashire

On the standard descent from the summit, the path passes through a wall gap then goes past the weather shelter and Scout Carn before crossing Pendle Moor.

we then pass through the wall to pass by the weather shelter and then onto and by the the Scout can

The main start point is Barley car park, a paid car park in the village. The fee was described as "a couple of pounds for 3 hours." Free roadside parking is also available near the car park.

parking here but you do have to pay for it I think it's uh it's not a lot of money couple of pounds for 3 hours

Pendle Hill summit reaches 557 metres (1,827 feet). One walker recorded 563 m of elevation on the GPS reaching the trig, but the trig is at 557 m.

pel Hill Sumit 500 and 57 M

From the summit you can pick out Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent (two of the Yorkshire Three Peaks) to the east. To the south lie the Bowland Fells: Beacon Fell, Parlick Fell, Fairsnape Fell, and Totridge.

you can see some of the ORS are three Peaks got inle here fish and over here you got Penny Gant the big Noble just to the side of it pH in fell

The walk passes through Barley village after leaving the car park. Several videos show the cabin café in Barley used as a post-walk stop.

so I'm just making my way over to the village now walk through the village

The most direct ascent from Barley uses a stone-stepped path known as the "rake" or the "steps of death." The climb takes about 20 minutes but feels longer. There is an alternative path from the bottom of the steps with the same overall climb.

going to continue down the path a little way and cross that bridge and head off up that lane