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{{Short description|Hill in Lancashire, England}}
{{for|the cheese named after Parlick|Parlick Fell cheese}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Parlick
| photo = Parlick 234-34.jpg
| photo_caption = View of the fell's southwesterly slopes
| elevation_m = 432
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence = ''c.'' 34 m
| location = [[Lancashire]], England
| range = [[Forest of Bowland]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53.8998|N|2.6167|W|type:mountain_region:GB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = SD599453
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Landranger'' 102
| easiest_route = 
| map = United Kingdom Forest of Bowland#United Kingdom Lancashire#United Kingdom Borough of Wyre#United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley
| map_caption = Location in the Forest of Bowland##Location in Lancashire##Location in Wyre Borough##Location in Ribble Valley Borough
| range_coordinates = 
}}
{{Commons category|Parlick}}
'''Parlick''' (also known as '''Parlick Pike''') is an approximately cone-shaped steep-sided hill at the extreme south of the main range of [[Forest of Bowland|Bowland]] fells in [[Lancashire]], England. It has an elevation of {{convert|432|m}} above sea level. 

==Origin of the name==
Regarding the origin of the name, Professor [[Eilert Ekwall]], in his 1922 ''The Place-names of Lancashire'', writes:
:".. (caput de) Pirloc 1228 C1R, Perlak 1228 WhC 371, Pireloke 1338 LPR, Pyrelok pyke c 1350 ib. The name cannot mean "[[pear]] orchard" as [[Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld|Wyld]] suggests. But the etymology may be correct with a slight amendment. [[Old English|O.E.]] ''loc'' means "fold for sheep or goats." A sheep fold at which grew a peartree (O.E. ''pyrige'') may very well have been at the foot of or on the slope of the hill; this may have been called Parlick (Pirloc) and have given the hill its name. For a probable earlier name see under Core, p. 143."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/placenamesoflanc00ekwauoft/placenamesoflanc00ekwauoft_djvu.txt |title=''The Place-names of Lancashire'' |author=[[Eilert Ekwall]] |publisher=University of Manchester |year =1922 |access-date=3 June 2013 |page=140}}</ref>{{efn|Ekwall continues: "But I think it very likely that Core is really an old name of Parlick Point. The name Couerhill of 1284 rather tells in favour of this hypothesis. I so, the name is very likely derived from [[Old Norse|O.N.]] ''kofri'' "a hood, cap." The fine hill of Parlick has a very characteristic shape. Seen from the W. it looks rather like a slightly oblique pyramid; from the S. it presents a more rounded outline. It seems quite probable that it may have been thought to resemble a primitive cap or hood. Or there may have been an old word meaning "hill" or the like belonging to the group of words under discussion; cf. O.N. ''kufr'' "rounded summit," [[Dutch language|Du.]] ''kuif''  "top of a tree," etc (Torp-Fick p. 47).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/placenamesoflanc00ekwauoft/placenamesoflanc00ekwauoft_djvu.txt |title=''The Place-names of Lancashire'' |author=[[Eilert Ekwall]] |publisher=University of Manchester |year =1922 |access-date=3 June 2013 |page=143}}</ref>}}

== Recreation==
Parlick has an elevation of {{convert|432|m}} above sea level and a [[Topographic prominence|prominence]] of about {{convert|34|m}}.<ref>https://www.themountainguide.co.uk/england/parlick.htm</ref> The bog-free sides of Parlick make it more popular{{according to whom|date=November 2011}} 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 &mdash; 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.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

The summit consists of little more than a flat collection of stones, leaving the walker to look at the view, south to [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] and [[Winter Hill (North West England)|Winter Hill]] near [[Chorley]], east toward [[Pendle Hill]], and west towards [[Blackpool]] and the [[Irish Sea]].{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Parlick is a popular venue for foot-launched and conventional [[Glider (aircraft)|glider]]s,<ref>{{cite web|title=Viewpoints in the Forest of Bowland|url=http://www.forestofbowland.com/visit_attractions_viewpoints#Parlick|publisher=Lancashire County Council|access-date=23 November 2011}}</ref> because it produces good ridge lift in an unusually wide variety of wind directions.<ref>Defined Flying Challenges. Ed Cleasby. Page 159</ref> The extensive west-facing bowl allows [[Paragliding|paraglider]] pilots to fly to Fair Snape Fell and beyond without leaving reliable ridge lift and as far forwards as [[Beacon Fell, Lancashire|Beacon Fell]]. Local pilots use this arena for club competitions, such as the 'Parlick Grid Challenge' <ref>{{cite web|title=Pennine Soaring Club|url=http://www.penninesoaringclub.org.uk/index.php/competitions/pgcs2|access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Parlick Grid.gif|thumb|Layout of the "Parlick Grid Challenge" for gliders. Parlick is bottom right, between grid locations 1 and 3.]]

The boundary between the boroughs of [[Borough of Wyre|Wyre]] and [[Ribble Valley]] passes very close to the summit, with half of the hill lying within each borough.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

== Local aspects ==
The hill and its environs are the location of the legend of the enormous [[Dun Cow]], which was reputed to wander freely across the moorland, and to be in the habit of quenching its thirst at "Nick's Water-Pot", a well on the summit of Parlick.<ref>Harkand, J. and Wilkinson, T.T. (1837), [https://archive.org/details/lancashirelegen00wilkgoog ''Lancashire Legends: Traditions, Pageants, Sports, Etc.''], {{ISBN|1-437-1144-07}}, pp.17-18 {{PD-notice}}</ref>

"[[Parlick Fell cheese|Parlick Fell]]" is the name of a cheese made in [[Longridge]] from sheep's milk from the area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://butlerscheeses.co.uk/blogs/news/introducing-parlick-our-first-sheeps-cheese|title=Introducing Our New Sheeps Cheese, Parlick|date=12 May 2023|website=Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px">
File:Parlick Fell (geograph 3344091).jpg|The summit of Parlick in 2009
Image:Parlick from Fair Snape Fell 7948.jpg|Looking down on Parlick, from the lower summit marker on Fair Snape Fell
</gallery>

==References==
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==Notes==
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{{Borough of Wyre}}
{{Borough of Ribble Valley}}

[[Category:Hills of the Forest of Bowland]]
[[Category:Mountains and hills of Lancashire]]
[[Category:Geography of the Borough of Wyre]]
[[Category:Geography of Ribble Valley]]