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Tops of the North (Three Shire Heads to Carlisle)

Cumbria, Derbyshire, Lancashire, W Yorkshire

370 km / 230 miles
Don't mothball those walking boots yet. In Tops of the North Graham Wilson has devised a new high-level route based on the county tops (old and new) of northern England. The first section covers the western reaches, starting at Three Shire Heads (where Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire meet) and finishing at Carlisle. On the way, it climbs, among others, Kinder Scout, Black Hill, Pendle Hill, Arnside Knott and the Old Man of Coniston, culminating in a continuous traverse of the Lakes Threethousanders; travels across the South Lancs moors, the Forest of Bowland, Leighton Moss nature reserve, Morecambe Bay, Arthur Ransome country and a variety of national parks; encounters (briefly or otherwise) Pendle witches, the noble art of shin kicking, Rossendale bonesetters, Carnforth Station, Lakeland smugglers, a Victorian pepperpot, and much more - plus the odd inn or two.

This is a book of the North, its people and places, but most of all the moors and fells and the sound of the curlew calling. Enjoy the experience - even if you never get out of your armchair and on to the Wilson Way.

The second section of Tops of the North takes in Cheviot, Burnhope Seat, Mickle Fell, Gragareth, Whernside and the hills of Margery and Cheeks (via Hadrian?s Wall, the Northumberland coast and a plague village).


Details:

Path Type: Other Paths
Attributes: Challenging
Moorland
Mountain
Start: SK009684 - Three Shire Heads, Buxton, Derbyshire View on StreetMap
Finish: NY395560 - Carlisle, Cumbria View on StreetMap

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

General Interest Book Tops of the North : volume I : Three Shire Head to Carlisle  (Millrace (an imprint of Vertebrate)  - 2008 )

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Route Profile:

368.2 km (228.8 miles)
11,428 m (37,493 ft) ascent
959 m (3,146 ft)  maximum height

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