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Blackshaw Head West Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Calderdale · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

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Place	Blackshaw Head
Traditional County	West Yorkshire
District / Borough	Calderdale
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.743984
Longitude	-2.068633
Place Type	Village

About Blackshaw Head

Blackshaw Head commands a high, rugged vantage point where the Pennine winds scour the gritstone walls clean of moss. It lies 2.2 miles west of Hebden Bridge (from Hebden Bridge: bearing 275°T, OS grid SD 955 275), and is situated south-west of Colden village. The landscape here is defined by an austere grandeur, dominated by the brooding presence of Brown Hill rising sharply to the north-northeast. Below the ridge, the deep, shadowed cleft of Hippins Clough carves a jagged line through the moorland, directing the flow of hidden springs toward the valley floor. Blackshaw Head retains a stoic character, shaped by the harsh realities of upland farming and the quiet endurance of those who work the thin, acidic soil. To the southwest, the crumbling masonry of Copley Holme offers a skeletal reminder of older habitations now reclaimed by the encroaching heather. The quality of light in this elevated terrain is mercurial, often turning the horizon into a bruised palette of slate and gold before the mist descends. Walking the exposed tracks, one senses the vast, unyielding weight of the moor, a place where human activity remains merely a guest of the elements.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brown Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 023° NNE
Hippins Clough (Valley) — 0.3 mi, 154° SSE
Copley Holme (Historic Ruins) — 0.4 mi, 224° SW
Earnshaw Water (River) — 0.7 mi, 275° W
Staups Moor Goit (River) — 0.7 mi, 153° SSE
Pry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 084° E
Staups Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 153° SSE
Great Rock (Viewpoint) — 0.8 mi, 161° SSE
Lane End Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 114° ESE
Higher Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 108° ESE
Enclosed Bronze Age Urnfield 200M North West Of Hanging Field Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 208° SSW
The Wizard of Whirlaw (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 232° SW
Colden Water (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 316° NW
White Mires (Wetland) — 1.8 mi, 011° NNE
Wayside Cross Known As Reaps Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 338° NNW
Gibson Mill (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 036° NE
Slack Bottom Standing Stone (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 065° ENE
Old Church Of St Thomas Becket, 210M North East Of Daisy Field Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 081° E
Heptonstall Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 080° E
Pinfold Picnic Area (Park) — 2.1 mi, 080° E
Tinker Cross (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 079° ENE
Patmos Garden (Park) — 2.2 mi, 210° SSW
Hebden Bridge Picture House (Cinema) — 2.3 mi, 096° E
Stoodley Pike Monument (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 152° SSE
Hippodrome Theatre (Theatre) — 2.3 mi, 206° SSW
Walshaw Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 030° NNE
Dobroyd Castle (Castle) — 2.8 mi, 215° SW
Broadhead Clough Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 122° ESE · 65 ha
Crimsworth Dean Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 048° NE · 3 ha
Lumb Hole (Waterfall) — 3.3 mi, 044° NE

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