Part of the West Pennine Moors, it is a popular walking area, and is of significant historical interest.

The summit of Noon Hill is home to a Bronze Age burial mound which is listed under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance.

[1] These remains were "located beneath a collapsed enlarged food vessel and inserted into a central stone cist.

"[1] In addition to these central cremations, the remains of several secondary cremations were found alongside flint tools including barbed and tanged arrowheads, scrapers and a sacrificial knife with one serrated edge and a sharp cutting edge.

[1] There is evidence of further interments and that the associated grave goods may still exist within the cairn and upon the old land surface beneath.