Clitheroe 60K
A challenging 37-mile long-distance walk in Lancashire crossing Longridge Fell and Pendle Hill while skirting Grindleton Fell. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SD 741 420
Distance: 37 miles (60 km)
Time: 12–18 hours
Duration: 1–3 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL2 Yorkshire Dales – Southern and Western Area
OL21 South Pennines – Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Keighley and Todmorden
OL41 Forest of Bowland and Ribblesdale
287 West Pennine Moors, Blackburn, Darwen, Accrington and Bolton North
Summary
The Clitheroe 60K walk is a challenging long-distance circular walk in Lancashire that crosses Longridge Fell and Pendle Hill while skirting Grindleton Fell, accumulating over 1,500 metres of ascent. It was devised by Eddie Ross of the Clitheroe Group as a permanent commemoration of the Ramblers’ Association 60th Jubilee and was officially opened by the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Councillor Kate Hodkinson, on April 15, 1995. From the starting point in Clitheroe, the route passes Eadsford Bridge, Withgill Knoll, Higher Hodder Bridge, Kemple End, Stock Bridge, Higher Stonyhurst Park, Spire Hill, Bradley Hall, Loud Mytham Bridge, Knot Hill, Higher Greystoneley, New Laund Hill, Burholme Bridge, Fielding Clough, Hodder Bank Fell, Giddy Bridge, Newton Bridge, Easington, Harrop Hall and Fold, Shivering Ginnel, Beacon Hill, Sawley (Sawley Abbey), Downham, Pendle Hill, Ogden Clough, Apronfull Hill, Pendleton Moor, and Mearley Hall before returning to Clitheroe.