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| Name: | Warton Crag |
| Hill number: | 5299 |
| Height: | 163m / 535ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2682 Hutton Roof Crags |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Lancashire |
| Catchment: | Kent |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (100-199m), Clem (Hu,Tu,1,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SD 49185 72789 |
| Summit feature: | large limestone boulder 4m north of trig point |
| Drop: | 126m |
| Col: | 37m SD509755  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 97 (1:25k) OL7S |
| Observations: | dense thicket might hide higher features |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 254 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Warton. Through car park to left of the Old School Brewery. Up steadily under the cliffs to gate. Left to rise above cliffs. Right turn 50m after going through gate high above Quarry Car Park. Fairly direct from there. | KeithByTheC | 25/02/2024 |
| From Warton. Up the path into the nature reserve then limestone slope path. Final stretch more direct path through the rock steps. | N.Morters | 11/02/2024 |
| With Izzy and Margo. Very muddy but good weather and views. Down to a pint at the Old School Brewery. | James McKnight | 01/01/2024 |
| Quick up and down with a mild scramble, taking a path from the north east of carpark. took the easier route back down to make a loop | Alfa1M | 30/07/2023 |
| JEB, Bran | HFB | 25/07/2023 |
| Ample parking to the south in the old quarry car park. The exit, conveniently signposted Summit, leaves from the western side. No problems finding the summit if you generally follow the paths heading upwards. Good views on the way up but summit heavily vegetated so no views from the top. | moorsman | 13/07/2023 |
| With Carnforth, Caton, Centurion & 34th Scouts | JimMayes | 24/06/2023 |
| Walked on from summerhouse hill then onwards to Jenny brown point | chevyfire | 24/05/2023 |
| With Izzy and Margo. A quick trip to retrieve Margo's lead which had been left near the summit the previous evening. Lovely weather and views. After successfully finding it, down to an ice cold pint at the Old School Brewery. | James McKnight | 13/05/2023 |
| With Izzy and Margo. A treat for Margo after work before she got spayed the following day. A lovely walk with good views over Morecambe Bay as the Sun was beginning to set. | James McKnight | 30/03/2023 |
| Parked in lay-by to east of quarry car park. Followed good path up through limestone to summit rock and trig. Good view | PeterD | 30/12/2022 |
| Paths ascend on both sides of the quarry so a circuit is possible from the quarry car park. Actually surprisingly time-consuming with lots of slippery limestone and photogenic views over Morecambe Bay. | Mark Jackson | 22/12/2022 |
| A tour of Warton Crag from the quarry carpark picking up 17 geocaches on the way | RowanP | 03/12/2022 |
| From quarry cp, east on path for 200 meters, then steep path up through woods. Over to Crag Foot and back over top to cp. | Flatfield | 22/10/2022 |
| A pleasant walk with Alma Aurea. | meltdiceburg | 21/05/2022 |
| From the Quarry Carpark South of the Summit. Followed the red marked route clockwise to the Summit Rock and Trig. Continued the loop following woodland tracks back to the Car Park | Jephcote83 | 01/04/2022 |
| From Warton, via paths to the East of quarry. | Tony J | 21/02/2022 |
| PP | john steel | 08/12/2021 |
| K Circular walk from Warton village centre up through nature reserve and woodland around back of fell to reach Beacon and trig. Return via path along rim of quarry. | crazy | 11/08/2021 |
| Bus to Carnforth, walk to Warton and directly up from FP at 429724. Good views over Morecombe Bay | trimarc2 | 08/08/2021 |
| With Sam & Elisabeth on way to Lakes for holiday. Very hot day | climbingkershaw | 17/07/2021 |
| ACW circuit from Quarry CP. Delightful nature reserve with a profusion of flowers on the limestone. | Nick Down1 | 06/07/2021 |
| Pleasant ascent with good views in sunny weather. | JohnW | 27/05/2021 |
| From quarry car park. Anti-clockwise circuit. | PGCE | 18/02/2021 |
| From Crag Foot | citygent | 07/12/2020 |
| A nice 10 mile birthday walk. | atreides7887 | 05/12/2020 |
| from quarry carpark up steep path just east, off back and on to Summerhouse Hill, Thrang Brow and The Trough. | Flatfield | 22/11/2020 |
| From quarry car park with Andy took path on right as we entered car park | colinfielding | 04/11/2020 |
| With Colin from Quarry CP via numerous paths. Busy. | Andrew Pearson | 04/11/2020 |
| Didn't get lost this time with Mia and also made it to the trig point | Mishmashcasson | 25/09/2020 |
| From the Quarry car park in an anti-clockwise circle around and above the quarry face. | summitter | 15/09/2020 |
| Sunny walk after parking on the minor road to the NE. Up the steep bridleway to Strickland Wood where a footpath allows access to the Warton Crag Nature Reserve. Follow path round to beacon, trig and summit rock. | Dugswell2 | 09/09/2020 |
| Great exploration of a local top I'd somehow never got round to. Take your pick of paths to the top. Superb views over Morecambe Bay on a hot day. | James McKnight | 14/06/2020 |
| From the quarry car park | Clach Liath | 20/05/2020 |
| With Anna from quarry car park. Lovely spring day. | citygent | 16/03/2020 |
| Climbed before but definite top reached today. From CP by Old School Brewery in Warton village. Muddy woodland walk then onto top. Trig and beacon. | Argentum66 | 12/01/2020 |
| Great conditions. Clear with blue skies from the Warton quarry car park. Many paths on the east side of the quarry to the summit. The bird assassins were out in force to the NW of the summit. Solo in just over 30 minutes. | bolton | 03/01/2020 |
| Parked to the South in Quarry car park SD491724. Then as others - head East first then uphill - many paths. | David Evans | 01/12/2019 |
| From the quarry car park, heading east then turning left on a path into a little wood. Stile out of the wood, then continued mostly straight up until above the cliffs. Left along the top and through a gate. Turned uphill about 50m after the gate, and on paths to the summit. | LizH | 15/11/2019 |
| From quarry car park, paths up to the east of the quarry. | Topographer57 | 24/10/2019 |
| From the quarry car park up to the Trig pillar carried on to Occupation Rd track into Warton. Walked through the village back to the car | Wayne Mac | 04/07/2019 |
| Parked in the Quarry Car Park - Summit and trig bagged we rambled. Rare thing for this Summer, a beautiful fresh sunny day, got a bit humid as we watching a young lapwing family at Leighton Moss then back to beautiful sun whilst the storm clouds were hitting back home. Wild flowers, butterflies and views from Ingleborough to Black Coombe and the Fylde. Good to be back on this beautiful hill. | briandavies | 09/06/2019 |
| A happy discovery of the beautiful Warton Crag Nature Reserve with Izzy and Jenna. We saw a mother and fawn roe deer walking through a glade. Magical. | MrHallorann | 29/05/2019 |
| From the quarry car park, with Ellie dog. | BLACKHILL | 24/02/2019 |
| Parked in the free car park on Crag Road in Warton. The hill is a maze of paths but we managed to find the summit in the mist. Walk continued to Heald Brow. | Sprog | 28/12/2018 |
| Car Park next to OSB Brewery at SD 49782 72434 - W. along path beneath crags & then along edge of limestone escarpment until just beyond a gate at 492725 - N. up path through woods to beacon, summit boulder & trig point. (S) | gerrybowes | 05/09/2018 |
| Lots of paths through the woods. Up via Bridleway from east, then left turn soon after we started to drop down. Difficult to cut the corner along wall line. Better just to walk a bit further. | jenx | 05/09/2018 |
| With Jenx en route to Manchester and flight to Crete, same route as last time from East. Nice forest walking, good top | nordicstar | 05/09/2018 |
| Dirt parking spot on minor road to SE, probably would have been quicker from the main car park due S of summit. Plenty of tracks lead up to the top. | jonglew | 25/04/2018 |
| Walk up from Carnforth station - bitterly cold day but decent views. Really must remember gloves next time. | JOHNS | 18/03/2018 |