Darwen Hill / Tower

Where is it? Near Darwen & Bolton In which area of outstanding natural beauty? West Pennines How tall is it? 1,220 feet (approx) Write Up We have lift off! Nobody can deny (or ought to) the likeness of the Jubilee Tower atop Darwen Tower near Darwen, Lancashire to that of the Rockets of science fiction films of yesterday. Given that this was erected in 1898 this is almost prophetic! The hill from which the tower is ready to launch is known rather sedately as Darwen Hill – not a very inspiring name for an hill near Darwen but that’s straight-talking Lancashire people for you, no airs or graces and a spade is never more or less than a spade (digging implement if and only if, Royalty are present!). There’s also a River Darwen, talk about local pride! The hills features speak for themselves and they speak loudly. Darwen itself is a demanding borough to walk through, the main road (A666) is the only road that you don’t need an oxygen mask to traverse and the hill echoes this with added volume, it really is steep. There are numerous ascents of Darwen Hill – none are overly difficult but this is … Continue reading Darwen Hill / Tower

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