Weets Hill is a hill in the West Craven

West Craven

West Craven is an area in the east of Lancashire, England in the far northern part of the borough of Pendle. Historically the area has lain within the ancient county boundaries of Yorkshire and was administered as part of the Skipton Rural District of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.After...

 area of Pendle

Pendle

Pendle is a local government district and borough of Lancashire, England. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble Valley, the North Yorkshire district of Craven and the West Yorkshire districts of Calderdale and the City of Bradford...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

England

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It is 2.5 miles (4 km) south-west of the town of Barnoldswick

Barnoldswick

Barnoldswick is a town and civil parish within the West Craven area of the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England just outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is built in the shadow of Weets Hill, and Stock Beck, a...

 and is 4 miles (6.5 km) north-east of Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill is located in the north-east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Clitheroe and Padiham, an area known as Pendleside. Its summit is above mean sea level. It gives its name to the Borough of Pendle. It is an isolated hill, separated from the Pennines to the...

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The hill was originally situated in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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, but following boundary changes in 1974 it moved into Lancashire.

The summit has a Triangulation Pillar

Retriangulation of Great Britain

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 and commands views over much of east Lancashire, the north Ribble Valley

Ribble Valley

Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Whalley, Longridge and Ribchester. The area is so called due to the River Ribble which flows in its final stages...

, north Aire Valley

River Aire

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 and the Yorkshire Dales

Yorkshire Dales

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The summit is approximately 247 m (810 ft) above the local towns of Barnoldswick, Salterforth

Salterforth

Salterforth is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. It lies on the B6383 road that connects Barnoldswick to the A56 road at Kelbrook. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal cuts through the village and there are several narrowboat moorings at Salterforth...

, Earby

Earby

Earby is a small town and civil parish within the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. It is north of Colne, from Skipton, and from Burnley. The parish had a population of 4,348 recorded in the 2001 census,...

, Kelbrook

Kelbrook

Kelbrook is a village in the Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England. It lies on the A56 road between Colne and Earby. It has a population of 1,026....

 and Gisburn

Gisburn

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Stock Beck

Stock Beck

Stock Beck is a minor river in the West Craven area of Pendle, Lancashire .Stock Beck drains the area around the town of Barnoldswick.-Course:...

originates from the north face of the summit.To the west of the summit lies Gisburn Old Road which is surfaced until it reaches Weets House, from there onwards it is a track over the shoulder of Weets. This road originally ran from Colne to Gisburn but was replaced by the road from Blacko to Gisburn (turnpike) in the 19th century. Weets House was called “Stoops House” on maps until the later part of the 20th century (Stoops were guide posts at junctions on roads crossing open moorland).