Over the course of 2020, Emily Oldfield set out to explore the history, topography and mystery of Winter Hill – the highest point of the West Pennine Moors, a wind-whipped landscape of fascinating flora and fauna.

The intriguing – and often unusual – past of the place will be considered; Winter Hill after all being a place of Bronze Age Burial mounds, abandoned settlements, murders, reported ghosts, UFO sightings and a massive 19th century Mass Trespass.

This is about stories, insight, inspiration and strength of community. From the rambling Terraced Gardens beneath the hill to the looming masts near the summit, Winter Hill is a diverse and ever-surprising landscape of endless depths.

Walks

Introduction

Diary 1: A walk with Neil Winward

Diary 2: A Walk with Andrew Michael Hurley (Part 1)

Diary 2: A Walk with Andrew Michael Hurley (Part 2)

Diary 3: A Walk with Richard Skelton

Diary 4: A Walk with Jennifer Reid

Diary 5: The Final Entry & a Letter from Simon Buckley

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