White Coppice to Great Hill | ||||||
Date | 7/4/2003 | |||||
Starting Point | White Coppice (SD619191) | |||||
Distance | 4 miles | |||||
. A lovely evening and a great walk from White Coppice to Great Hill |
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The new information board on the bridge over The Goit
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Gateway to the moors
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The track to the dam
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The steep drop in to Dean Black Brook (or The Gorge as many people call it)
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A little higher up alongside Dean Black Brook
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Up on the moor, an old tree by the brook (this has now fallen (Ed 2012))
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Great Hill through a gap in the old stone wall coming up from The Gorge
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Another distant view of Great Hill
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Great Hill from Coppice Style
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The ruins of Grime's Farm
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Nearing Drinkwater's Farm, these mine trials are clearly visible
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On the last section of the climb this track veers off to the ruins of Great Hill Farm
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The view across to Winter Hill
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great Hill summit
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Darwen Tower from Great Hill
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A distant Irish Sea from the top
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Sunset at Coppice Stile on the way back to Coppice |
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