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An old bridleway with rough York stone setts and transverse cut-off drainage. Coarse sandstone grit has been added recently on the left of the track.
©Richard Kay
A converted barn with a superb view over Huddersfield. Emley Moor television mast [[SE2212]] is visible on the horizon.
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.1km<br/>Is this Hollin Hall? The 1:2500 OS sheet identifies this cluster of houses as Hollin Hall, but a local gentleman could not tell me which was Hollin Hall.
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.2km<br/>The footpath starts off by being well-signed. Green Edge is on the horizon just to the left of the footpath sign.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The bridge bankseats have seen better days.The bridge is located at the point where the brook leaves its upper narrow V-shaped valley (see [[1593625]]). This photo faces downstream to the west.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Hollin Hall Lane bridleway goes up to the left , whilst the footpath to Mole's Head branches off to the right.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The end of the footpath from Mole's Head to Hollin Hill Lane crosses this wet area on a boardwalk. Springs are marked on the 1:25000 sheet about 100 metres to the right. The gardens at the rear of the houses in Spring Side Rise [[1593531]] have been levelled by a variety of methods.
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.2km<br/>Unusual from of construction for a stile, after a wall collapse. Barbed wire and timber posts are there too!
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Dist:0.2km<br/>An attractive name, deriving from nearby springs in the hillside
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Dist:0.2km<br/>This stream is cutting its way into the hillside, forming this steep-sided valley, supporting woodland. The power of water to re-shape the planet!
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Dist:0.3km<br/>A bridleway leading up the hill to Hollin Hall
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Dist:0.3km<br/>It was not easy to follow this footpath until the jogger appeared. The footbridge [[1593824]] over the Clay Wood Brook can be seen in the middle distance, with the footpath crossing the fields to join the bridleway up Hollin Hill Lane [[1593547]].
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.3km<br/>Perhaps named after the hillside to the north
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Boots needed here! An example of the upper reaches of a watercourse cutting a steep V-shaped valley into the hillside.
©Richard Kay
Dist:0.3km<br/>Busier than expected on the day this was taken, since Leymoor Road was closed for roadworks.
©Richard Kay

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