Parlick

Infobox Mountain
Name = Parlick
Photo = Parlick 234-34.jpg
Caption =
Elevation = 432 m (1,417 ft)
Location = Lancashire, ENG
Range = Forest of Bowland
Prominence = "c." 34 m
Coordinates =
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 102
Easiest route =
Grid_ref_UK = SD599453

Parlick (also known as Parlick Pike) is a cone-shaped steep-sided hill at the extreme south of the main range of Bowland fells in Lancashire, England. Its bog-free sides make it more popular with walkers than the shallow boggy hills to its north. Paths zigzag up this hill from the south, or for the more strenuous ascent a straight path can be chosen. This hill is usually green — different from the often thorny brown to red of the northern hills. A thin neck joins Parlick onto Fair Snape Fell with well worn paths linking the two.

Parlick is a popular venue for foot-launched gliders, because it produces good ridge lift in an unusually wide variety of wind directions.

The summit consists of little more than a cairn, leaving the walker to look south at the view south to Preston and Winter Hill near Chorley, east toward Pendle Hill, and west towards Blackpool and the Irish Sea.

The boundary between the boroughs of Wyre and Ribble Valley passes very close to the summit, with half of the hill lying within each borough.

Fair Snape Fell