Link 26: From Holcombe Brook 1.9 miles 1.4 km
Starting point; Side road on left just past Hare and Hounds Pub
Key: L= left R= right FP=footpath WPW= West Pennine Way
- Walk down this road with the back of the pub on your L
- Turn R up the cobbled Holcombe Old Road
- Continue up the cobbles to tarmac covered road
- Turn L up the tarmac covered road
- Take first R on farm track
- Take FP L and go through field, then over stone wall
- Go straight across track at bottom of Holcombe Hill to take FP opposite
- Fork R to take FP uphill with fencing on your R
- Turn L on clay road and follow to Peel Tower
- Go to the back of tower to join WPW as it heads eastwards of the moors
- Next WPW basic route instruction is ‘follow footpath behind tower across moorland then through kissing gate. Turn left and follow wall/fencing on your left..’