Outlook
Stoodley Pike - a memorable place
PAUL WILSON visits one of the most p opular spots on the Pen n in e Way — Stoodley Pike.
A FEW years back, there was a verse which was familiar to most walkers on England’s lengthiest long-distance footpath: Some talk about the Coast- to-Coast and some the Lyke Wake Hike, But best of all’s the Pennine Way, ’cos it’s got Stoodley Pike!
speare, nor is it a particularly objective assessment of the highlights of the Pennine Wav. But it does show the degree of affec tion that walkers feel for this particular neck-of-the-woods.
Now I admit that this is hardly Shake
farers reach the pike after a fairly tedious trudge along a network of rather dull waterwork tracks and, before that, the abominable treacle-like peat morass of Redmires, just south of Blackstone Edge. Stoodley Pike, with its unmistakable mon ument and its fine view down into the defile of the Calder Valley, is certainly a memorable place.
It’s not really surprising: Pennine Way
Pike is from Mankinholes, where there is a pleasant youth hostel, or from the adjacent hamlet of Lumbutts.
The usual route of ascent of Stoodley
from Todmorden. If you arrive by car, the best place to park is near the Top Brink pub in Lumbutts. You can’t miss Lum butts, for it is dominated by the extraordi nary water-wheel tower. This must have been an amazing sight when working: Three wheels arranged vertically providing the motive power for a now vanished mill.
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not take the track, at least not straight away, For directly opposite is the Shep herd’s Rest which, unfortunately, just hap pens to be a Boddington’s house. Now I seem to have something wrong with my legs, because they refuse to walk past Boddington’s pubs. So, if you share the same affliction you’re allowed to nip in for a quick pint: but only one, mind you, we’ve only done a mile, after all!
the tumbled slopes of Langfield Edge, eventually contouring round to the head of Black Clough. From here a sketchy path swings northwards in the direction of Cold- well Hill. A gritstone outcrop on the sum mit provides shelter from the wind — this is not a bad place to stop and eat your
The track winds its way gently beneath
soon stumble upon the Pennine Way. Fol low this northwards to Withens Gate, where one of Calderdale’s typical flagged moorland pathways crosses our route. If time is pressing or the weather turning nasty, this path will lead you easily and quickly down to Mankinholes. It’s worth persevering, however, for the next mile is a spendidly easy stroll.
lunch. Head due east from Coldwell and you
the village for about a mile, then follow an obvious signposted track through a gate on . your left. Actually, you will in all likelihood
Take the tarmac road south west out of
is achieved. In view from many miles around, close-to it is a rather ungainly thing, a bit dark and forbidding. The ascent up the spiral stair to the viewing platform is an initial plunge into profound blackness. The faint hearted will beat a hasty retreat, imagining bats and spiders and other horrors around the next bend, but light soon percolates from above and you are rewarded with a fine view.
At last, the monument on Stoodley Pike
It is, though, usually incredibly windy up here — at least I’ve always found it so.
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You cling grimly to the stone wall hoping that you are not going to be plucked from your perch and hurled down into Hebden Bridge by the gale. Despite its gloomy aspect, the monu
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ment is, according to the weathered inscription above the entrance, a peace monument. It was built to commemorate the Peace of Ghent in 1814 — but the origi nal builders must have failed to allow for the strength of those ever-present winds, for the thing fell down and had to be
along the path which brings you back down to Mankinholes between a new housing estate and an old hospital. Lumbutts is soon reached by a short stroll along the road and a delightful old flagged path which links Mankinholes with the Top Brink where you left the car.
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