Buckden Pike
Buckden Pike
7.5km
Total Distance
491m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
From the National Park car park in Buckden, this loop climbs Buckden Rake and the old Gavel road past the disused Buckden lead mine to the summit trig point, then returns by way of a memorial cross. At 702 metres, Buckden Pike narrowly misses being the highest hill in the area. The cross remembers five Polish airmen killed when their Wellington bomber crashed on the fell in a snowstorm on 30 January 1942.
Route Map
Along the trail
- 1Shelterat the start
- 2Viewpoint · 1km
- 3Buckden Pike · 4kmViewpoint
- Bus stop
- Buckden - National Park Car Park · 33m from the start
- Parking
- 4m from the start
- Surface
- natural ground 53%, paved 24%, gravel 20%
- Marked route
- Buckden Pike and the Polish Memorial, Upper Wharfdale
