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Pack Horse Inn — Blackshaw Head

Pacbla one
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By RGW on 08 Jun 2024

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6km/3mi

Ascent

207m

Descent

168m

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Route connecting Pack Horse Inn and Blackshaw Head. This predominantly follows the same route as the final section of WorBla2

Route connecting Pack Horse Inn and Blackshaw Head. This predominantly follows the same route as the final section of WorBla2

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Pack Horse Inn
Grid Ref SD9515631657
Lat / Lon 53.78123° / -2.07499°
Easting / Northing 395,156E / 431,657N
What3Words ground.treetop.fiction
Blackshaw Head
Grid Ref SD959276
Lat / Lon 53.74508° / -2.06357°
Easting / Northing 395,905E / 427,635N
What3Words airliners.bulge.paths

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Alan Thorp

19 Jul 2025 Summer
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Great route. Some road sections, but mostly quiet. Then a lovely route over the hills to the end. Take the opportunity to visit Mays Shop; a feature of the Pennine Way. It's just 150 m to the East of the point where Fold Lane is nearing Edge Lane, when travelling from Blackshaw Head.

Mary Oz

19 Jul 2025 Summer
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From Blackshaw Head, the little cut-through path was easy to use, although fairly steep. The road here is regularly used by cars, but they will be travelling slowly. The New Delight Inn is currently open five evenings a week, plus weekend lunchtimes.
The lanes soon after Jack Bridge became traffic-free, as the tarmac ran out and we found ourselves following the Pennine Bridleway.
Reaching the moorland section was particularly nice, with views to Reaps Cross and Standing Stone Hill either side. We descended to pass near to Gorple Lower Reservoir and crossed a steep-sided little river valley, briefly joining the Pennine Way, where a stone path brought us back out to cross a field to the Pack Horse Inn, which is, once again closed I’m afraid.
Otherwise, a perfect little route with lovely scenery.

RGW

08 Jun 2024 Spring
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This is an excellent route, predominantly following the pennine bridleway.

Note that the New Delight Inn and Jack Bridge makes a better end point at the Blackshaw Head end of this route, particularly if your walk continues to Heptonstall or Hebden Bridge.

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