Wakefield

Walk Details:
Date: 27/4/2007
Total ascent: 22m/ 72ft
Total distance walked: 0.3 miles
Walkers: Anth, Jim, Jus, Cat
Car Parking: There’s a lay-by marked as a picnic site at SE 306 136.
Accessibility: Freely accessible on a rough path through the woods.

Top details:
Name: Woolley Edge
County top number: 151 of 206
Grid reference: SE 30685 13426
Height above sea level: 176m/ 577ft
Description/Notes: The high point of Wakefield Unitary Authority is marked by a trig point.

The Walk:

We arrived before Jus & Cat and somewhat selfishly decided to go and bag the top without them. It was a short stroll southwards on a path running parallel to the road through the woods opposite the parking area to the trig point. In front of the trig there was a tiny bit of bare rock that could just about be used for the mildest of scrambles if you were desperate. Needless to say Jim and I utilised it to the full, despite the relatively easy path aorund the side of it!

Jus and Cat called a minute or so later to say they’d arrived and we guided them towards us over the ‘phone. They didn’t look very impressed at this woodland trig with its lack of views, and seemed quite pleased when we told them that they’d managed to miss seven tops of similar stature. Returning to the car park (which has much better views than the trig) we agreed to defer lunch until our next unitary top (Leeds).

Verdict:
Pleasant enough, but for committed baggers only. Nice views from the “picnic site”.