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Walk 2661 - Keighley Moor Reservoir & the Hitching Stone from Cowling

Region   South Pennines
County/Area   North Yorkshire
 & Bradford
AuthorAllan Friswell
Length9.5 miles / 15.4 km
Ascent1450 feet / 439 metres
Grademoderate

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This North Yorkshire walks explores the moors between Cowling and Keighley. Included in the route are sections of the Pennine Way, the Keighley Moor Reservoir, the Hitching Stone and Wainman's Pinnacle.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

OS ExplorerSheet OL21
OS LandrangerSheet 103

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

Walks from the same start

Walk 1793
Lothersdale from Cowling
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 6.0 miles / 9.8 km

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Farnhill Moor from Kildwick
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km

Walk 3215 - 4.2 miles / 6.6 km away
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Grade - moderate
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km

Walk 1135 - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km away
Top Withins and the Brontė Bridge from Haworth
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km

Walk 1243 - 5.2 miles / 8.3 km away
Haworth Moor and Brontė Bridge
Grade - easy
Length - 3.5 miles / 5.7 km

Walk 2304 - 6.2 miles / 9.9 km away
East Marton and the Drumlins
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 5.5 miles / 8.9 km

Walk 1307 - 6.4 miles / 10.3 km away
A circuit of Ovenden Moor from Oxenhope
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km

Walk 3107 - 8.6 miles / 13.7 km away
Flasby Fell from Flasby
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km

Walk 1952 - 8.8 miles / 14.1 km away
Five Rise Locks and the River Aire, Bingley
Grade - easy
Length - 5.3 miles / 8.5 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
 


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South Pennines
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