Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill from the Ribble Valley
Highest point
Elevation557 m (1,827 ft)
Prominencec. 395 metres (1,296 ft)
Parent peakKinder Scout[1]
ListingMarilyn
Coordinates53°52′08″N 2°18′00″W / 53.869°N 2.3°W / 53.869; -2.3
Geography
Pendle Hill is located in the Forest of Bowland
Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill
Location in the Forest of Bowland AONB
Pendle Hill is located in Lancashire
Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill
Location in Lancashire
Pendle Hill is located in the Borough of Ribble Valley
Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill
Location in Ribble Valley Borough
Pendle Hill is located in the Borough of Pendle
Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill
Location in Pendle Borough
Pendle Hill is located in England
Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill
Location in England
LocationLancashire, England
OS gridSD804414
Topo mapOS Landranger 103
Pendle Hill in winter 2010
Pendle from the west. (Longridge Fell is to the right.)

Pendle Hill is in the east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Brierfield, Clitheroe and Padiham. Its summit is 557 metres (1,827 ft) above mean sea level. It gives its name to the Borough of Pendle. It is an isolated hill in the Pennines, separated from the South Pennines to the east, the Bowland Fells to the northwest, and the West Pennine Moors to the south. It is included in a detached part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[2]

  1. ^ Mark Jackson, More relative hills of Britain Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Hill-bagging.co.uk, pp. 140-41
  2. ^ Forest of Bowland map (Map). Forestofbowland.com. Lancashire County Council.

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