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Lumb Hole Falls (check access)
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Small pool with waterfall at the bottom of a fairly steep winding park from the road. Parking is very limited so avoid sunny days which are likely to be busy as you can block traffic. I HAVE READ THAT THE LANDOWNER HAS FORBIDDEN ACCESS TO THE FALLS VERY RECENTLY, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF LITTER LEFT THERE - SO THIS SPOT MAY NOW BE DEFUNCT. Update 20.8.22 - I went a couple of days ago and was fine, there is a litter issue, we removed a quite a bit.
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Quite a tough climb down, will need to be careful - the problem with people littering and being anti social has caused concern with the land owner who is now implementing no cars parking on the top road - you will have to walk from Hardcastle crags instead.
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