Although not the highest of the Penines, Pendle Hill has the most impressive vertical scale on all sides. There are not many other hills like it within close proximity: directly to the east there is nothing taller until the Ural Mountains over 3000 miles away. To the south lies the urban corridor of Colne, Nelson, Brierfield & Burnley, with Boulsworth & the Burnley Moors on the horizon. To the north are the famous Yorkshire peaks of Pen-y-Gent & Ingleborough, & beyond these the Langdale Pikes in the Lake District can be seen on a clear day. Looking west across the Ribble Valley the towns of Downham & Clitheroe are in clear view, & directly to the west is Blackpool Tower & the Irish Sea.