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Name: | Long Man |
Hill number: | 7714 |
Height: | 535m / 1755ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Eastern Fells |
County/UA: | Durham |
Catchment: | Tees, Catchment Boundaries, Wear |
Class: | Subdodd (s5) |
Grid ref: | NY 99671 31849 |
Summit feature: | no feature: heather |
Drop: | 26m |
Col: | 509m NY989319 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 92 (1:25k) OL31E |
Observations: | boulder 150m SSE at NY 99726 31707 is lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 52 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked roadside at track/road junc just N of 499m spot height (NY 9923 3156). Took a direct line over rough heather moorland. Filthy weather, really no business being on the moor in this. | jonglew | 28/12/2022 |
Easy ascent, commanding view. | Wycombe Wanderer | 27/08/2022 |
Parked at road summit, after completing Islington Hill. Short walk to cairn and boundary stone and on to summit. Pleasant short walk with good views, heather in full colour, dry underneath | matty1971b | 18/08/2022 |
Long Man from GR: NY 99174 31865 | ronaldo333 | 02/10/2021 |
A revisit to stretch my legs while driving past. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 19/07/2021 |
With GB from road parking on Watershed | Bheinn | 09/04/2021 |
With Sue and NB from Sharnberry Gill, Pelaw Pike, Five Pikes, return White Kirkley and Longmans. | Frank | 06/04/2021 |
Foggy day - walked up from car park, visiting Currick by Jack Scars then the Currick near the top. | 2510chris | 20/02/2021 |
Approach on tracks from the N and then a moorland yonp from the fp to the SE. | Moorponder | 21/09/2020 |
A quick bag from the high point on the B6278. | summitter | 08/08/2020 |
From the road at the Weardale/Teesdale boundary. | Gary Heath | 22/12/2019 |
From WSW, both summits, the boulder more interesting, albeit in low cloud. Should be rivet BM on old culvert at start and another down road to SW; I found neither, but good line of BMs on way out to Middleton. Last hill of a miscellaneous day including North York Moors Dewey Notables and the newly discovered P30 Hare Hill. | RHW | 30/11/2019 |
A mainly wet day in the N Pennines. P at bridge (NY992290) - pleasant walk SW then S by swollen streams. Ascent to Millstone Rigg (heavy rain), then on to Islington Hill & Long Man. A mixture of tracks, paths & pathless - quite atmospheric! | ger | 06/03/2019 |
Parked at road summit. Short walk to cairn and boundary stone and on to summit. Pleasant short walk with good views to Weardale, Teesdale and across to Durham. | John Lee | 09/12/2017 |
Nice easy-ish plod from the road and past the cairn to the summit. | madaddo | 16/06/2017 |
With Jo, from summit of B6278. Weather; overcast, windy, good visibility. | amblerbob | 09/09/2016 |
Parking on summit of road to the west, then a very easy short walk to the summit following a faint path via a cairn and nice standing stone. | Fisky Boy | 07/05/2015 |
With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 07/05/2015 |
With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 06/07/2014 |
From parking area at 996,306; first to Long Man, then south across the moor to Islington Hill and Millstone Rigg. Back along the road - 6 miles, 3.5 hours - good stretch. | Crib Goch | 11/12/2013 |
From double lay-by at NY 99187 31866 (511m) Faint path following fence. | David Gradwell | 28/07/2013 |
Short walk in fog from carpark at summit of road. Cairn and upright stone, but not at summit. | Aye Jimmy | 09/06/2013 |
Circular run out of Bollihope taking in Monk's Moor, Eggleston Common, Islington Hill and Long Man. Slightly suspect hits on unclear summits. | jhodson | 12/04/2012 |
On return from Five Pikes | peebs | 01/09/2010 |
SR | Frank | 16/05/2009 |
Solo. Long Man, Pawlaw Pike & Five Pikes. Fine wintery day. | Vin | 04/03/2009 |
Topped this one as part of my walk round all the North's major watersheds. Saw no one at all on the Weardale watershed. | moorsman | 09/09/1999 |
Night execise w TWSRT. Over this top and Pikethaw, navigated down into Hamsterley Forrest and bivi. | nordicstar | 01/06/1997 |
pwithnall | 07/01/2024 | |
jamiehighton | 25/09/2023 | |
Matt | 28/07/2023 | |
GaryJones | 25/03/2018 | |
Alan Caine | 08/09/2017 | |
Dave Geere | 16/10/2016 | |
michael | 20/09/2015 | |
mae | 04/05/2015 | |
MM | 18/04/2015 | |
KM | 18/04/2015 | |
Chester | 07/08/2013 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 28/07/2013 | |
jimbloomer | 18/10/2012 | |
Rambling Ray | 16/08/2012 | |
Anton | 02/08/2012 | |
stevent0809 | 11/02/2012 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
maknipe | 12/03/1986 | |
Rowan | 08/03/1986 | |
Laurel | 08/03/1986 | |
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FinnTumps99 | blank |