Knoll
Hill
Walk
Submitted To Cowlingweb
By: Nicky Bunting -
North Yorkshire County
Council Countryside
Ranger |
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Difficulty
rating: |
Low, some of the
stiles are
awkward. OS map
South Pennines
OL 21 |
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Distance: |
1½ miles |
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Description: |
A quick walk to
blow the cobwebs
away. |
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Accessible by
public
transport:
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An hourly bus
between Keighley
& Colne,
alighting at
Cock Hall,
Cowling (5 min
walk to start of
route). |
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Parking: |
Holy Trinity
Church, Gill
Lane, Cowling.
Grid Ref SD 967
430. |
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Walk map: |
Knoll Hill Walk
( Res: 1000x737
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1) |
With your back
to the church
gates, walk down
the lane in
front of you,
past Town End
Farm on your
right. |
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2) |
Through
Ickornshaw with
a stone
footbridge on
your left, & the
chapel, now
converted into
flats, on your
right. |
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3) |
Go past ‘Starkie
Heaton’- note
the Victorian
post box, then
turn right,
signposted
‘Public
Footpath’. Go
through a gate
signed ‘The
Hawthorns’, then
bear left at a
waymark arrow. |
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4) |
Follow the path
along the side
of the beck,
through a stile
then a metal
hand gate. |
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5) |
Head uphill but
still keeping to
the beck side,
cross the
remains of a
wall. See if you
can spot a small
lime kiln on the
far side of the
beck. |
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6) |
Over a stone
stile with rails
across it, then
bear ½ right to
a metal kissing
gate. |
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7) |
Through the
gate, then turn
right & follow
the wall side up
to a bungalow. |
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8) |
Go through the
wire mesh hand
gate in the
garden fence, &
straight on,
keeping to the
wall side, &
over a stone
stile. |
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9) |
This brings you
out at Knoll
Hill Quarry
which was worked
for stone. Look
out for jackdaws
on the quarry
face. |
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10) |
Turn right, past
the wooden field
gate on your
right, & cross
the wooden rail
stile at the
side of the
metal field
gate. |
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11) |
Past a gate with
gas bottle gate
posts, & go
straight on,
keeping the wall
to your right.
Follow the
permissive path
along the wall
side, to Malcolm
Smith’s bench,
where you can
admire the view
of the Aire
Valley. |
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12) |
Continue along
the wall side.
At the bottom of
the field,
rejoin the
Public Footpath,
& turn right
over a stone
stile. |
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13) |
Walk down the
side of the
field, keeping
the wall to your
left, past
Middleton Well. |
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14) |
At the 1st
terraced
cottage, turn
left through a
small metal gate
with a no dog
fouling sign on
it, to bring you
into Middleton. |
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15) |
The 1st house on
your left has a
plaque on the
wall to Phillip
Snowden, 1st
Labour
Chancellor of
the Exchequer. |
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16) |
Walk through
Middleton to
meet Gill Lane,
turn right, &
follow the lane
back to the
church. |
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