Ovenden Moor, West Yorkshire

Ovenden Moor is one of the highest point on the Pennines and home to a wind farm made up of 23 turbines It has been taken from the trig point at 451 metres above sea level at the top of Nab Hill on the summit of Oxenhope Moor. Sited near Oxenhope in West Yorkshire and at a height of 440m the turbines are visible from many parts of the region. The farm came into operation in 1993 and on a good day can produce up to 9.2 Mega Watts of electricity - enough energy to power over 5700 homes. Ovenden Moor is also home to a Wildlife reserve and large scale water management programme which fills the reservoirs for the Keighley and Halifax areas. With the village of Haworth close by this is the heart of Bronte country, renowned for its bleakness, compounded by the dark Millstone grit sandstone which makes up the crags and buildings hereabout.

To the left of the windfarm you can see most of Bradford, and just to the right of this as the hill rises up you can just make out the power stations of Doncaster. Emley Moor is visible to the right of the main clump of windmills. And further round gives magnificent views across Hebden Bridge and the Stoodley Pike monument. The sun is setting over an expansive stone quarry and to the right of this Oxenhope, the bright green expanse of Harden Moor in the foreground and Rombalds Moor (Ilkley Moor) in the distance.