Billinge Hill, Blackburn

Billinge Hill is located in England
Billinge Hill
Billinge Hill
Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, England
Highest pointElevation246 m (807 ft)Coordinates53°44′56″N 2°31′23″W / 53.7490°N 2.5231°W / 53.7490; -2.5231GeographyLocationBlackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, EnglandOS gridSD656282Topo mapOS Landranger 103

Billinge Hill is a prominent 246-metre-high (807 ft) wooded hill on the western edge of the town of Blackburn in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen in northwest England. Access to its summit from nearby roads is by various public footpaths, some of which also serve as concessionary bridleways. Immediately below its southern slopes are a series of copses linked by paths, which together with the hill form Witton Country Park.[1] Billinge Hill, like the nearby hill on which Hoghton Tower stands, is formed from a band of the hard-wearing Revidge Grit, a sandstone within the Carboniferous age Millstone Grit.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Witton Country Park". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013.
  2. ^ British Geological Survey 1:50,000 geological map sheet 75 Preston
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