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| Name: | Glendhu Hill |
| Hill number: | 3556 |
| Height: | 514m / 1686ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2313 Sighty Crag |
| RHB Section: | 33: The Scottish Border to the River Tyne |
| County/UA: | Cumberland, Northumberland |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Gretna), Tyne (Newcastle) |
| Watershed: | Tynemouth, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Solway Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Clem (Hu,Tu,5,Dew,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NY 56839 86372 |
| Summit feature: | no feature |
| Drop: | 116m |
| Col: | 398m NY569848  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 80 (1:25k) OL42W 324 |
| Observations: | highest point is 25m E of trig point which is at NY 56813 86373 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 80 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Mathew's Linn car park on the shores of Kielder water (Toilets were open even though the website say they are closed) £5 all day up to Nine at night. A Twenty four mile walk to the summits of Glendu hill & Sighty crag taking Nine and half hours. For Glendu I branched of at High Long house and at the end of the road near Hells bottom I worked my way through sapplings to point 57663 86085 from here a straight line to the summit can be made using a very faint trod by the side of a old 4x4 track or some kind of water course. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 15/10/2023 |
| Parked as others at NY5205 8083 and followed forest tracks by shortest route possible, to the top of Glen Dhu. Took the side track at NY5633 8537, which after a right hand curve, stopped at NY5620 8560. Went straight ahead on possibly imagined (at times) deer track of sorts, until the old fence was reached at NY5658 8612. A more obvious path continued from here, a few metres SE of the fence line, all the way to the trig point. Visited trig and summit. Returned the same way, the rough ground seeming less bad, but the forest tracks felt longer. | LizH | 12/10/2023 |
| Good parking at bridge NY520808. A long way up forest roads to apex at NY564854, where an un-mapped spur takes one about 200m NNW and deposits one at NY5617485599 in a sea of purgatorial knee deep, soft, post-holing veg. Tried bee-lining to minimise the pain then found, over to the R (E), there is a substantial drainage ditch bounding the planted area, which has just-sub-purgatorial going on its W edge until the fence is met, where there is blessed relief of a sub-irksome faint FP to the top. No water sources en route. One for aficionados. | Isbjorn | 09/08/2022 |
| Glendhu Hill from the end of the forest road at NY 503 834. Cycled along the forest roads (easy going) to NY 554 859, then an hour's very tough hike over tussocky grass / heather along rides and up the moor to the splendid trig in the middle of nowhere. Found a bit easier on the return to the bike, but still care needed in this ankle breaking terrain. Completing both Sighty Crag and Glendhu Hill in the same day only made possible with the aid of the mountain bike. The two toughest Deweys I have so far done in England! 17km with 320m of ascent, completed in 3h 30m. | silveracorn_alan | 14/05/2022 |
| Forewarned is forearmed - thanks to the other entries. Departed track at NY 55538661 up the ride that 'goes' in late November to 56098637 then followed ruined fence line to 5625 8659 then up the NE boundary of the forest and out across heather moor. | Eddie | 26/11/2021 |
| Parking at Cuddyshall Bridge. Good forest roads up to the very arduous last km. The faintest of paths following the fence (line of decaying fence posts) for the last 450m offered a little relief. Went 2/3 the way up on the bike which didn't make going up any easier but it did speed up the return journey! | JohnR | 25/09/2021 |
| From the car park at Cuddyshall Bridge at NY 52052 80837. Took various forest tracks and grit roads through the endless barren sitka forest, generally in a north-easterly direction, to the head of Glendhu. Then 1km of very rough walking over heather, bilberry, tussock grass, sphagnum and tree roots to the summit. Returned the same way. 20.7km, with 430m of ascent. With AT and JT. | Man of Kernow1 | 06/08/2021 |
| Absolutely dreadful out and back from Christianbury Crag. | conanharrod | 02/05/2021 |
| From Cuddyshall bridge car park. Good tracks until the final km. | PGCE | 02/07/2020 |
| Glendhu Hill from GR: NY 51216 82390 | Hippster | 05/01/2020 |
| 3 degrees, rising slowly, overcast, strengthening south-easterlies. 11am from Cuddyshall Bridge. Saw what looked like smoke from a bonfire but turned out to be mist, emanating from nowhere. 1 hour 50mins to summit. Would be better by bike. Mist in glens rising - just got off the summit before enveloped. On to Christianbury Crag - not recommended. (See Christianbury Crag) | Wycombe Wanderer | 18/12/2019 |
| Parked at Cuddieshall Bridge. By forestry tracks to end of the track at 562857. All the wood to the NE of there has been felled. What would have been the SE edge of the block is marked with a ditch. A rough trod along its N bank meets the fence higher up, then a trod along the fence. Rough but do-able. | Moorponder | 08/10/2019 |
| 20Km walk...around 80% on forest tracks that made an ok walk, but would be even better with a bike. | softsquare | 14/06/2019 |
| Same route as jonglew and jenx. I agree totally with jenx that the trig is the hp. Solo. Excellent forest roads. Would be very easy with a bicycle. | Dangerous Dave | 02/06/2019 |
| From NY 5035 8347. Good forest roads to NY 5618 8558 then across the rough for last 1100m. | jonglew | 14/03/2019 |
| Glendhu Hill from GR: NY 51216 82390 | ronaldo333 | 05/01/2019 |
| Once away from the forest track the terrain was tussocky, but found a faint trail through and really not too bad.. Not sure why the top is not the trig instead of a patch of spongy heather. With B and R. | jenx | 02/09/2018 |
| With Jenx and Bryher up from Roansgreen and Robbies Rigg, tracks to close to summit at NY 56325 85402, this peters out then easy animal/faint ATV lines alongside woods to first old fence line and summit. Not a problem as others describe from NW. Interesting that it's judged the summit is a short way from the trig! Ground is all spongy with no obvious surface feature to measure against | nordicstar | 02/09/2018 |
| With K from Kershopehead bothy. Navigation was easy with a print-out of aerial photos. Quite a long slog. Terrain near summit is very worst of heather hags but there's not much of it once you pop out of the last wood (which is easy compared to the lower down woods). | Ashley | 23/04/2018 |
| As MikeM, drove along decent track & parked shortly before locked barrier at 512843 - Up good forest tracks to turning circle at 554861 - Just beyond turning circle, headed up over tussocks & between scattered conifers to forest corner at NY55687 86064 - SE along edge of forest to corner at 559857 & then NE along edge of felled forest to trig point & unmarked summit. The walk along edge of forest & felled area was tussocky, but reckoned it might be easier than taking a more direct line; we'll never know! My final English Dewey. (PM) | gerrybowes | 20/04/2018 |
| Parked at 512842. Am easy and pleasant walk with a detour to the Davidson monument. At 555861 walk 50 metres beyond the end of the track and then go uphill and head for the tall conifers to your right. Head up the side of these till the land flattens out and then make your way NE through the remains of a now long gone forest. There is a very slight track in evidence to the south of the fence remains which leads to the summit. This walk was nowhere near as bad as we feared. With GB. | bolton | 20/04/2018 |
| From Kershopehead Bothy. Quite possibly the worst hike I have ever done. Headed up Upper Castle Cleugh to Dove Crags. There is a lot of bracken here and lots of places where deer have been lying - so expect ticks if you do it in the summer. After Dove Crags the hill has formerly been part of plantation forest. It is full of deep holes hidden in heather interlaced with tree stumps and peat bog. Very hard going. The views are great though. Also this is a very remote hill. Accidents are made more likely by the hidden holes and bits of tree. It is easy to get into trouble on this hill. | NorthernWayfarer | 26/11/2017 |
| Forest tracks from roadside as high as I could get then awful trudge through heather and felled forestry. Cold and sunny - great view north to Scotland. | SS | 01/01/2017 |
| Exactly as Aye Jimmy one year ago. The last mile after leaving the forest road is really hard work, and within a couple of years is likely to get worse as the recent tree planting blocks access. Glad I don't need to do this one again. | Crib Goch | 27/12/2016 |
| From forest carpark by Lewis Burn at NY 63549 89605. Poor hills. | Alan Moore | 27/10/2016 |
| Thanks to Trigpointing UK for a good parking spot, which does cut about two miles off the walk. It is possible to drive in for a mile on a good forest track with no gate for about a mile. NY51160 84294. Then used forest tracks to arrive at NY55454 86033. Went straight up to the edge of the more mature forest from here. Bit difficult at first through new growth. From the corner of the old forest going improved. Cut off eventually and went direct to the top. Hard going. Grim. Maybe should have continued up the edge of the forest further and then turned towards the top. Down was quite good but still some ankle breaking stuff. Aimed for edge of forest to right of Dove crags then down through forest to a very old fence at NY56079 86369. Continued down through a fire break following a stream. Came out on track that runs close to Kershope Burn at NY55530 86615. Had to cross the stream a few times to get the best of the banks. All reasonably easy. Then back to car. | MikeM | 16/06/2016 |
| Parked at NY 5035 8347 with locked gate and sign 'Border Forest Park, Kershope'. Long easy forest tracks to NY 5547 8608, then nearly a mile of rough going. | Aye Jimmy | 29/12/2015 |
| Parked at picnic area before Cuddy's Hall. Rapid walk up on gentle forest roads to high point at 565854 (2 hours for 5 miles). Horrendous hour to get across open moor, with stumps of trees, potholes for new plantings, deep spongy stuff and tree debris. No signs of paths, buggy tracks or animals. To column 7998 at 13.00. My last English HuMP. | arranc | 01/07/2014 |
| with Christianbury Crag | peebs | 10/06/2014 |
| Parked at 503834. Cycled past English Kershope, pt 281 and Tod Crag to high point of road. Then up muddy track (not shown on map) to around and 563854. Keep E to avoid the brashings which would make the going very hard until fence is reached, which leads to the summit. Most of the road is smooth ans easy enough to cycle. 1hr cycling up, 20 mins down - wheeee ! | Minto | 18/01/2014 |
| If anyone is considering doing this hill now is an opportune time. Easy parking at Kershope Bridge then fast walking along solid forestry tracks to the turning circle 555861 (end of the stoned track). At this point the trees to the east have been felled and new ones planted. They are only waist high and so can be easily negotiated through to the open ground. The access land is trackless so the less you use it the better. The trees abutting the summit are no longer there. | moorsman | 20/08/2013 |
| Easy parking at car park to SW. Excellent track all the way until the last KM - then the fun starts. Possibly easier near the old fence but debatable. | destaylor | 21/09/2012 |
| 820 out of 820 current HuMPs in E, W and IOM - Mow Cop excepted. Miserable weather - but far from miserable company of James (jhimmy); Peter; Doug (Dugswell2); Chris (Chriswatson); Cliff and Judith (goofif)- all thanks to them - & my excellent navigation! | Martin R | 02/10/2011 |
| An ascend from east with the magnificent seven to bag Martin Richardson's last E, W & IOM HuMP. Chris W provided the wet weather which made the tough going even tougher. GR8 circular route so revisit unlikely unless trying from west without CW. | Dugswell2 | 02/10/2011 |
| Part of Martin R's entourage of his "below Scotland" HuMP completion. Very rough ground and remoteness. It's possible to mountain bike a good section of our return route for a faster ascent/descent. Parked at NY635986 aim for track to NY562884 Scotch Know | Jhimmy | 02/10/2011 |
| I think it's all been said! | chriswatson | 02/10/2011 |
| With Darren doing one of my few remaining English Dewey's. After a miserable midgy and damp drizzly camp by a forest road there followed a long and drawn out ascent along forest roads and hellish forest brashings and tussocks. Good Karrimor training we told ourselves. Made even more annoying by Darren somehow cracking his car sump on the short drive along a forest track to park - oil leak plagued our week away until finally fixed a week later at Kirk Yetholm | Chris Pearson | 02/08/2011 |
| Very rough moorland. Trig point and nearby cairn (currick) Climbed from Kielder side. | maknipe | 16/11/2007 |
| My descent route was much better than the ascent one! Start Cuddyshall Bridge, follow RoW to Blacklyne House (544814) and take track on east (true left) side of Black Lyne to its highest point at 564854. There was then a track to exit the forest and the final climb not too difficult. But it was a long time ago and may all have changed now! | David Purchase | 09/08/2007 |
| Climbed with my father (Philip Cotton) and Ken. Parked at picnic site south of Cuddy's Hall and cycled up to NY564853. There is a short northerly section of forest track that has been built since the ordnance survey map was produced. Followed a fire break | andy | 30/09/2005 |
| undramatic. drive in from open barrier @ 503832 (OS79), access via rough ride from 566853 (OS80) | RHW | 26/07/1998 |
| PeterAH | 12/10/2023 | |
| Lindsay M | 04/04/2023 | |
| Tom Mundell | 13/11/2022 | |
| mntainman | 28/10/2022 | |
| Jill Robertson | 28/10/2022 | |
| Sprog | 07/08/2021 | |
| iainwalton | 16/07/2020 | |
| Derek_Snaith | 04/06/2016 | |
| Liz_N | 04/06/2016 |