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Name:Buckden Pike
Hill number:2782
Height:702m / 2303ft
RHB Section:35B: The Central Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Yorkshire Dales - Southern Fells
County/UA:North Yorkshire
Catchment:Ouse (York), Catchment Boundaries, Wharfe
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall,
Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem
(Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm)
Grid ref:SD 96080 78792
Summit feature:trig point
Drop:207m
Col:495m  SD990758  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 98
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Parked at Tor Dike, and walked up to Buckden Pike. Then back down, over the road and up to Great Whernside.simocity13/09/2023
Buckden car park, outwards hubberholme, then r to start ascent to trig. From trig down towards old lead mine, traversing the fell to pick up path back to buckden.Lancylass20/07/2023
Great Whernside and Buckden Pike from Kettlewell. Up by Hag Dyke to the trig at the top of Great Whernside, then north along the ridge, turning left along the Bridleway from Scar House and following it to the Coverdale / Kettlewell road at the top of the pass. Straight across and up the track by the fence to the ridge wall and then in a short distance to Tor Mere Top. Turned NW and followed the often boggy track by the wall to the Polish War Memorial and along the flagstones to Buckden Pike's trig and summit cairn. Down the track to Buckden and back along the Dales Way to Kettlewell. 27km with 800m ascent, taking me 7 hours.silverwolf_alan07/05/2023
Parked at the pay and display in Buckden for a Nine mile walk to the summit's of Buckden pike and Naughtberry hill returning in Four and half hours the same way.WAYNE ROWLETT09/04/2023
From Buckden And on to Naughtberry HillFlatfield19/03/2023
From Brown Haw and along to Naughtberry Hill. ATV tracks for much of it.sclater26/01/2023
Good to revist after all these years, and by a better route, via Brown Haw and Naughtberry. With B and Rjenx19/01/2023
Wet!gingerreader30/12/2022
Parked in the NP car park at Buckden, ascended Buckden Pike via the permissive path heading NE, traversing the fell to join the bridleway from Starbotton, then up to the Polish memorial and along the summit ridge in mist to the trig. From the summit headed north along the very wet and boggy ridge to Naughtberry Hill, and uncertain HP. Having had enough of the ridge bog, I then followed a splendid quad bike track along the top of the scar above Bishopdale back to the Buckden Pike track and down to Buckden. 17km with nearly 600m ascent in 5 hours.silverwolf_alan12/11/2022
With Sue and NB from Buckden.Frank06/09/2022
Dales 30, no 22. With Tony.LANGDALE14/07/2022
solojordanwalmsley198706/07/2022
From Kettlewell: Buckden Pike, Tor Mere Top and Great Whernside. Blustery cool June day, but the thunderstorms that were forecast didn't materialise.Lazylizzie25/06/2022
Buckden NPCP > Buckden Beck > Buckden Pike > Memorial Cross > Walden Road > Starbotton > Dales Way > Buckden NPCP. Walked with N and H. Warm and windy day, bright sunshine at times and cloudy with a very light mizzle as we walked back along the river.johnkaysleftleg17/06/2022
Started from NT car park in Buckden, from Buckden Pike back down through Starbotton and along the river wharfe back to Buckden.the_outdoor_hippo05/04/2022
Verge parking near Grange Farm for a circuit of Brown Haw, Tor Mere Top, Buckden Pike (repeat visit) and Naughtberry Hill.PGCE17/03/2022
With CathyS, RobN & Luna. CW loop from Buckden cark park SD 94241 77374.masmith30/01/2022
With MS and CS. Clockwise circuit from Buckden carpark. Cloudy on top.robertgn30/01/2022
Morning walk up Buckden Pike from the Buckden car park. Nice easy ascent, very windy at the top but really lovely views.JazDisney01/12/2021
Circular from Kettlewell, Great Whernside-Tor Mere Top-Busckden Pike, Buckden, Dales Way back to Kettlewell.Dan Baddeley18/09/2021
Great Whernside and Buckden Pike from road pass in between. Sadly the fog and horizontal rain move in as I was ascending BP.Topographer5731/08/2021
Climbed with Issy from Buckden. Warm, still day with only a few people hiking. Leaving at about 09:45.John9223/08/2021
18.5 miles 2933ft walk. Start at Kettlewell, to Buckden Pike and Naughtberry Hill, back to Kettlewell.stephenbuda14/08/2021
With Nick Parker from Buckden we followed Buckden Beck to the summit trig. Then along to the war memorial, Starbotton Out Moor, Cam Gill Beck and over Knuckle Bone Pastire back to Buckden.3 kinnears13/06/2021
Great Whernside, Buckden pike and Birks FellRuth10/04/2021
With Jonny. Grim and rainy!zaul_uk08/04/2021
With PaulMadjonny08/04/2021
followed wall and path from Tor mere top and back to cattle grid with Andycolinfielding03/04/2021
From Tor Mere Top with Colin. Good paved path at the top.Andrew Pearson03/04/2021
With Chris. Up Great Whernside from Kettlewell via Hagg Dyke, north along the ridge, descending to the top of Park Rash, then directly up to Tor Mere Top and along the ridge to the summit of Buckden Pike, then descent above Cray to Buckden. Back along the Dales Way to Kettlewell. A very snowy walk with deep drifts and a heavy snowstorm en route. 22.9km with 820m ascent in 7h50m.silveracorn_alan02/01/2021
Circular route starting and finishing from Buckden car park. No views from the summit, very boggy on the descent from the memorial, but some lovely light to the SW once we descend3d beneath the cloudsRockdoctor20/12/2020
Climbed this (aged 11) on a soaking wet October Saturday after completing a 5k run in Bradford. It poured down all through the walk and the climb up from Buckden along the river was mainly under water. Let me into the pub at Starbotton even though children weren't allowed as they took pity on me in the rain.Mollyb30/10/2020
Started from Kettlewell to Leyburn road, by cattle grid.justin99905/10/2020
Circular walk from Buckden. Cold up here.berksbantam09/09/2020
With Val. From Buckden village car park. Easy walk to summit. Weather mainly fine with occasional light showers.mike.hoult22/08/2020
With MikeVal Deisler22/08/2020
Up and down from Buckton. A lovely morning.NormanW19/08/2020
Felt like a long trudge up from Naughtberry Hill. Some vague quad bike tracks to follow, but quite boggy in places.Wheelsy31/07/2020
Circular route from West Burton. Harland Hill, Brown Haw, Buckden Pike, Naughtberry Hill. Excellent weather and open moorsRobertP19/07/2020
Ascent from Starbotton via Cam Head, Tor Mere Top and 'Polish Airmen' memorial. Descent Buckden Lead Mine.raymooremanx16/05/2020
From the car park in Kettlewell up the Tor Mere Top Road to that summit. Then alongside the wall all the quite wet way to Buckden Pike. Splendid view from the trig. Descended NW then SW to Buckden and back along the Dales Way to Kettlewell. With Annette, Christine, Eric, Geoff and Steve. 20km with 530m ascent in 6h40m.silveracorn_alan19/03/2020
Walked up from Buckden Village via Rakes Wood (on a very wet and windy morning).RobB11/03/2020
With Shaky & Smithy from the cattle grid at 503m on a misty, murky New Year's Day afternoon walk. Did anyone mention that this route is a bog fest?! Followed the path leading over the stile & then to a gate & then handrailed the wall/fence over Tor Mere Top to the memorial. Crossed over the wall to use the flagstoned path to the summit. Returned the same way but this time found occasional vehicle tracks anywhere between 10 & 30m from the wall which made for still soggy but much easier going.NotReallyABagger01/01/2020
Walked with Gemma, Charlie and Ted. It was a lovely morning with hardly a cloud in sight. After approx 40 min on the hill the weather turned to strong wind and fog. Got to within 50m of the summit but had to turn around due to having 8 month old Charlie with me! Better luck next time!zaul_uk30/12/2019
2nd of the day after Great Whernside from Kettlewelldanielmudd198229/12/2019
3rd ascent? In mist at top, but sun and frozen. With Sal plus Leeds crowd.davechaffey30/11/2019
Hard and cold at the top!’Fionakirsty11/11/2019
old copings HardenC02/10/2019
From Gt Whernside on Nuttall routeMark Sims20/09/2019
Nuttalls route. Hill fog and windy but dry at leastGary Heath18/08/2019