Windy Hill (Pennines)
| Windy Hill | |||
| Lancashire, Yorkshire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Windy Hill Transmitter | |||
| Range: | Pennines | ||
| Summit: | 1,276 feet SD981144 53°37’36"N, 2°1’47"W | ||
Windy Hill in stands on the border of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire, amongst the Pennines. Its summit stands at 1,276 feet above sea level, and a radio transmitter stands here, on the county border.
The Pennine Way long-distanec walking route runs over the top of thr hill along of close by the ridge marking the county border, coming north from Standedge and heading on northward to Blackstone Edge.
The hill would be considered a peak amongst the isolated moorland but for the M62 motorway ripping up the landscape on its northern slope close to the top of the hill, and the A672 road running ver it to, to meet the motorway. The Windy Hill Cutting carrying the motorway slices through the hill: it is up to 120 fee deep and the longest on the M62.[1] A pedestrian footbridge, 320 feet long and 65 feet above the carriageways, carries the Pennine Way above the cutting: its parabolic arch and splayed legs are designed to withstand wind speeds up to 120 mph.[2]
Snow lies on Windy Hill for an average of 35 days a year and the area is prone to fog or low cloud.[3] The boundary stone between Lancashire and Yorkshire is in the cutting.[4]
The Longden End Brook rises between the hill and the motorway and the Piethorne Brook drains to reservoirs to the south-west.
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References
- ↑ Johnson 1972, p. 21
- ↑ Johnson 1972, p. 22
- ↑ Johnson 1972, p. 5
- ↑ Johnson 1972, p. 13
- Johnson, E.Peter (1972), The Trans-Pennine Motorway M62, Dalesman, ISBN 0-85206-161-7