Wolfhole Crag

Hidden in the remote, peat-hued heart of the Forest of Bowland, this gritstone-topped summit offers a true sense of isolation. Reached via rough heather and notorious peat hags, the trig pillar sits amidst a landscape of wild moorland, providing a starkly beautiful vantage point over the empty eastern fells.

• •The name is derived from the Old English 'wulf-hol', referring to a wolf's den or a pit used for trapping wolves, marking this as a final stronghold for the predators before their extinction in England.
• •Often considered the geographic heart of the Forest of Bowland, the summit serves as a central hub where the high ridges from Ward's Stone to the west and White Hill to the east converge.
• •The summit offers an 'earned' view of the Yorkshire Three Peaks; the distinctive plateau of Ingleborough is clearly visible to the north-east across the deep trench of the Wenning valley.
• •The approach from Tarnbrook is famously difficult due to the 'Great Monks’ Fen', a vast expanse of saturated peat hags that can make this 527-metre hill feel like a much more significant mountaineering undertaking.
• •Despite the rugged name, the 'crag' is arguably an overstatement; the summit consists of modest gritstone outcrops that are gradually being reclaimed by the surrounding blanket bog.