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31: 119:, a large landslide occurred at the base of the cliff, and uncovered a large asbestos disposal site, the site is now covered in an encasing whilst work is undertaken to secure the site. The landslide also affected the 'Scout Road' row of houses at its base and the 'Scout Road Academy' school, also at the base of Scout Rock which had to be evacuated and re-located along with around 20 other homes. 135:
home was across the valley from the cliff, and was the view from Hughes' window which "provided both the curtain and back-drop to existence" where Hughes' was "fascinated" by it, and symbols or references to Scout Rock in some of Hughes' work. Hughes would call Scout Rock, "my spiritual midwife at
107:. The majority of the rock face is now covered in vegetation. Hathershelf Forest is situated at the base of the cliff, and a large beacon stands around half way up the hill on the western side of the cliff face. 131:, and is usually instantly associated with it. During the hours of darkness, the cliff provides an almost pitch black backdrop to the village. 87:(known locally as Scout Rocks), is a rock face, once a quarry, cut into a hill called Hathershelf Scout and is on the south side of the 292: 253: 99:, England. At its height, the cliff rises 130m above the village and the exposed rock face is visible from as far as 229: 297: 116: 88: 54: 200: 140: 286: 104: 96: 30: 175: 128: 92: 144: 132: 268: 255: 230:"Ben Myers pens 'startling and powerful' nature exploration | The Bookseller" 155: 100: 150:
Scout Rock and the surrounding area is the subject of a non-fiction book
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Scout Rock can be seen from the majority of the village of
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Due to the Boxing Day floods of 2015 that affected the
68: 60: 50: 40: 23: 8: 143:, Hughes's collaboration with photographer 20: 136:the time, and my godfather ever since". 35:View looking West from Scout Rock Summit 167: 139:A photograph of Scout Rock appears in 7: 228:Onwuemezi, Natasha (20 June 2017). 14: 29: 1: 18:Cliff in Upper Calder Valley 314: 78: 28: 293:Geography of Calderdale 269:53.725000°N 1.974222°W 208:Mytholmroydwalkers.org 234:www.thebookseller.com 274:53.725000; -1.974222 74:Farmers / Landowners 72:Hebden Royd Council 265: /  117:Upper Calder Valley 89:Upper Calder Valley 55:Upper Calder Valley 180:Hebdenbridge.co.uk 91:in the village of 298:Cliffs of England 82: 81: 305: 280: 279: 277: 276: 275: 270: 266: 263: 262: 261: 258: 245: 244: 242: 240: 225: 219: 218: 216: 214: 205: 197: 191: 190: 188: 186: 172: 141:Remains of Elmet 33: 21: 313: 312: 308: 307: 306: 304: 303: 302: 283: 282: 273: 271: 267: 264: 259: 256: 254: 252: 251: 249: 248: 238: 236: 227: 226: 222: 212: 210: 203: 201:"Scout Map Map" 199: 198: 194: 184: 182: 174: 173: 169: 164: 125: 113: 73: 36: 19: 12: 11: 5: 311: 309: 301: 300: 295: 285: 284: 247: 246: 220: 192: 166: 165: 163: 160: 152:Under The Rock 124: 121: 112: 109: 80: 79: 76: 75: 70: 66: 65: 62: 58: 57: 52: 48: 47: 42: 38: 37: 34: 26: 25: 17: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 310: 299: 296: 294: 291: 290: 288: 281: 278: 235: 231: 224: 221: 209: 202: 196: 193: 181: 177: 171: 168: 161: 159: 157: 153: 148: 146: 142: 137: 134: 130: 122: 120: 118: 110: 108: 106: 105:Luddendenfoot 102: 98: 97:Hebden Bridge 94: 90: 86: 77: 71: 67: 63: 59: 56: 53: 49: 46: 43: 39: 32: 27: 22: 16: 257:53°43′30.0″N 250: 237:. Retrieved 233: 223: 211:. Retrieved 207: 195: 183:. Retrieved 179: 170: 151: 149: 138: 126: 114: 84: 83: 15: 272: / 260:1°58′27.2″W 154:by writer 129:Mytholmroyd 93:Mytholmroyd 287:Categories 239:22 October 162:References 145:Fay Godwin 133:Ted Hughes 85:Scout Rock 24:Scout Rock 156:Ben Myers 101:Chiserley 51:Location 213:17 July 185:17 July 123:Culture 111:Events 61:Height 204:(PDF) 95:near 69:Owner 45:Cliff 241:2017 215:2016 187:2016 103:and 64:130m 41:Type 289:: 232:. 206:. 178:. 158:. 147:. 243:. 217:. 189:.

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Cliff
Upper Calder Valley
Upper Calder Valley
Mytholmroyd
Hebden Bridge
Chiserley
Luddendenfoot
Upper Calder Valley
Mytholmroyd
Ted Hughes
Remains of Elmet
Fay Godwin
Ben Myers
"HebWeb News 2016 - Scout Road landslide: work to start soon"
"Scout Map Map"
"Ben Myers pens 'startling and powerful' nature exploration | The Bookseller"
53°43′30.0″N 1°58′27.2″W / 53.725000°N 1.974222°W / 53.725000; -1.974222
Categories
Geography of Calderdale
Cliffs of England

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