This walk starts and ends at the car park just outside the hamlet of Wycoller in Pendle, about 2 miles from Trawden. From the car park walk down hill along the road or the adjacent path in to the village. Cross the narrow pack horse bridge over the river and turn right passing the ruins of Wycoller Hall and the information centre.

 Keeping the river on your right you pass the clapper Bridge and then an old stone slab bridge. As the track bears left, an obvious kissing gate straight ahead leads in to a field. over a small rise and across a footbridge and into woodland. follow this path through the woods with the stream now below on the left. Emerge at a stile and go left. following the fence. Another kissing gate comes up, pass through this but don’t take the footbridge. Turn right keeping the stream on your left and follow the woodland track.

 The path leaves the woods at a kissing gate, go left and follow the fence line. As the fence ends, keep ahead towards a electricity pole and then at a path marker bear left dropping down towards the stream and through a gate. Follow this path through newly planted trees and a substantial wooden bridge comes into view on your left. This carries the Bronte Way, footpath which meets our route in a few paces.

 Continue upwards on a now wider path, as it slowly turns to the right and rises on to the moor. Follow this track for roughly half an hour with Boulsworth Hill now prominent on your left and fine views to Pendle Hill on your right. At a gate the path becomes a tarmac road, follow this until reaching a T junction with a barn on your right. At this T junction turn left up a concrete track to the United utilities pumping station. On reaching this, go to the left and start the stiff and steep climb up Boulsworth Hill. There are waymarkers all the way up. The climb takes about 20 minutes until eventually and with burning knees you reach the “Sitting Stones” Large boulders that offer a pleasant spot to take a breather.

 From here, bear right and follow the waymarked ridge up to the summit, passing another pile of massive boulders known as weather stones. This is an easy ascent in comparison to the earlier one. The trig point soon comes into view. On reaching the summit you are rewarded with fantastic views across Lancashire and into Yorkshire.

 Leave the summit bearing right following the marker posts down hill in the direction of Pendle Hill. The path bears right and steepens as you pass another set of boulders, one massive stone called “The Abbott Stone” stands about 15 feet tall. Descend the obvious path down to a stile and then across a swampy section with a fence and wall on your right. On reaching the broad stone path, at the bottom turn right and follow the path back to the barn where you started your ascent of the Hill.

 On reaching the barn, walk on about 50 meres to find a stile in the wall, turn left here and keeping the wall to your left walk on until you reach a ladder stile. Cross the stile and then turn half right walking down towards an obvious dip, between low hills. Within a few seconds you will see a flat concrete bridge crossing a stream. At this bridge, you can take a short detour left, about 200 metres to view waterfall known as lumb spout, very impressive after rainfall. Retrace back to the concrete bridge and cross, following the path to a gate at a farm, pass through the farm yard and out down the farm track to meet a road on a bend. Carry straight on down the tarmac road until you reach a new development on your right.

 Carry on past these apartments turning right at the end of the building. cross the road and follow the path to the left of the bowling green, cross a cattle grid and follow tarmac track uphill until it bends sharp left. At this point carry straight on through a small wooden gate on to a path into a field. A steady climb brings you to a farm. Take the stile in the corner to pass to right of building. Keep straight on towards the next farm where the path takes you to the left of the building emerging on to the farm track. Again straight on and as the track bends left continue straight on on the waymarked path.

From here it is straight forward walk over a couple of stone stiles, through woodland to meet a track that drops you back into the village of Wycoller. From here you can retrace your steps back to the car park, or better still, call in at the fantastic tea rooms that you pass on your right for a welcome brew.

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