Pendle Hill
2 classifications here — Marilyn and HuMP — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 557 m · 1,827 ft
- Prominence
- 395 m
- Grid reference
- SD 80465 41414
- Coordinates
- 53.86856, -2.29857
- County / area
- Lancashire
- OS Landranger
- 103
- OS Explorer
- OL21N OL41E
- Summit feature
- trig point
- Key col
- SD884424 (162 m)
About Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill rises to 557 metres in the east of Lancashire, close to the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Brierfield, Clitheroe and Padiham, and lends its name to the Borough of Pendle. It is an isolated hill of the Pennines, standing apart from the South Pennines to the east, the Bowland Fells to the north-west and the West Pennine Moors to the south.
The hill is included within a detached portion of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Pendle Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.
Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.
General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 53.869, -2.299. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (557 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit
- Record revised
- 28-Oct-01
- Drop measured from
- SD884424 · 162 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
Get food nearby
3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cabin | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 5 out of 5 | 2.1 km · SE |
| Whitehough Outdoor Centre | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 4 out of 5 | 2.9 km · E |
| Assheton Arms | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 3.2 km · NW |
Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.
Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Boulsworth Hill - Lad Law | 517.7 m | 13.7 km |
| Fair Snape Fell | 521.9 m | 21.5 km |
| White Hill | 544.9 m | 21.7 km |
| Rye Loaf Hill | 547 m | 22.7 km |
| Kirkby Fell | 546.4 m | 23.2 km |
| Wolfhole Crag | 527 m | 23.7 km |