White Hill

Rising above the village of Walk Mill near Burnley, this Tump offers a rugged vantage point over the Cliviger Gorge. Characterised by windswept gritstone moorland, the summit provides an accessible escape into the high Pennines. The approach via the ancient Long Causeway offers a straightforward route through a landscape shaped by both nature and industry.

• •The name likely stems from the contrast between the lighter-coloured grasses found here and the darker, peat-covered 'black' moors common in the surrounding Pennines.
• •The hill is skirted by the Long Causeway, a historic packhorse route that has served as a vital trans-Pennine link between the Burnley and Calder valleys for centuries.
• •Its summit plateau is home to the Coal Clough Wind Farm; when commissioned in 1992, it was one of the earliest and most significant onshore wind projects in the country.
• •The summit offers a clear, birds-eye view of the Cliviger Gorge, a deep glacial meltwater channel, and the distinctive flat-topped profile of Thieveley Pike to the south-west.
• •Given the proximity of the wind farm, the most reliable summit feature is a breeze strong enough to make any attempt at using a paper map a high-stakes game of catch.