Wolfhole Crag

Wolfhole Crag
Wolfhole Crag in the distance as seen from Hawthornthwaite fell
Highest point
Elevation	527 m (1,729 ft)
Prominence	c. 40 m
Coordinates	54°01′00″N 2°33′58″W / 54.01667°N 2.56616°W / 54.01667; -2.56616Coordinates: 54°01′00″N 2°33′58″W / 54.01667°N 2.56616°W / 54.01667; -2.56616
Geography
Wolfhole Crag Location in Lancashire
Location	Forest of Bowland, England
OS grid	SD630580
Topo map	OS Landrangers 102, 103

Wolfhole Crag is a lonely and seldom-visited hill in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England. Its seclusion is due in part to its low profile and long approach walks. A long path approaches from Ward's Stone in the west which is fraught with bogs. Another tarmac path from Tarnbrook meets this half way. A final path comes from the north east from the Hornby Road in the direction to White Hill. The summit consists of two large (10m high) buttresses of gritstone some unusually shaped waist-high rocks and the usual trig point. The buttresses contain a number of recorded rock climbs, including the two farthest "hard grit" routes (E7 & E6) from the road in the entire UK. Both climbs were ascended in 2001 by Neil Kershaw and Greg Chapman. It’s quite possible to not see another human being all day there. The East crag has a 'Wolf hole' at the base of the south facing side,presumably how it originally gained the name. Wolfhole Crag marks the northwesternmost boundary of the civil parish of Bowland Forest High, the historic Forest of Bowland as well as the Lordship of Bowland.

Geography of the Borough of Ribble Valley

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Centre of Great Britain Forest of Bowland Forest of Pendle Stocks Reservoir Stonyhurst Trough of Bowland

Footpaths	Ribble Way Lancashire Witches Walk

Hills	Easington Fell Fair Snape Fell Hawthornthwaite Fell Longridge Fell Parlick Pendle Hill White Hill Wolfhole Crag

Waterways	Bashall Brook Dinckley Brook R Calder R Dunsop R Hodder R Loud Pendleton Brook R Ribble tributaries Sabden Brook Skirden Beck Stock Beck Stydd Brook

Geography of the City of Lancaster

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Arnside and Silverdale AONB Forest of Bowland AONB

Footpaths	Lancashire Coastal Way Lancashire Witches Walk

Hills	Clougha Pike Gragareth Green Hill Grit Fell Hawthornthwaite Fell Leck Fell Ward's Stone Warton Crag White Hill Wolfhole Crag

Rivers	Cocker Conder Greta Grizedale Hindburn Keer Lune Roeburn Wenning Wyre

Other waterways	Artle Beck Lancaster Canal Leck Beck

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