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Name: | Islington Hill |
Hill number: | 7721 |
Height: | 492m / 1614ft |
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: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | NZ 00116 29884 |
Summit feature: | no feature: heather |
Drop: | 45m |
Col: | 447m NY997306 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 92 (1:25k) OL31E |
Observations: | ground 50m SE is just lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 60 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From the NW, good mapped parking area. Took a direct line across rough heather moorland. Filthy weather. | jonglew | 28/12/2022 |
From car park. On to Millstone Rigg. | Wycombe Wanderer | 27/08/2022 |
From parking area to the north initially alongside some grouse butts following a track of varying sorts as far as a currick, and thereafter a short heather plod to the summit, followed by returning to complete Long Man | matty1971b | 18/08/2022 |
As others, took the track from parking spot to the NW, which takes you most of the way. Then on to Millstone Rigg. | milimana | 11/05/2022 |
Islington Hill from GR: NY 99683 30644 | ronaldo333 | 02/10/2021 |
With K via track. Saw Golden Plover | Ashley | 22/05/2021 |
Walked up from car park after climbing Long Man & across to Five Pikes. 
Visited Currick just before top. | 2510chris | 20/02/2021 |
On tracks from the NW | Moorponder | 21/09/2020 |
From the cp on a beautiful afternoon. Deep purple. | Campbell Singer | 10/08/2020 |
A good track from the car park on the B6278 takes you most of way before the need for a final heather-hop. | summitter | 08/08/2020 |
With Sue from cp up NNW on good track to summit Islington Hill, then ridge to Millstone Rigg again on surprisingly good track. Quick break at shooting hut out of very strong wind. Return lower to lower track but bit road walk to get to decent path. | Frank | 05/01/2020 |
Easy walk from the parking area to the north | Gary Heath | 22/12/2019 |
14.18 across from NW | vegibagger | 15/09/2019 |
From CP to NW. Track along grouse butts becomes grassy and passes very close to summit - lovely | carole engel | 22/04/2019 |
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 |
Made an Angel in the snow. | Martin R | 30/01/2019 |
wall up track then path passing newly constructed shooting butts. heather summit | cjo | 24/02/2018 |
Parked at cp on road bend. Followed track almost to summit. Another feature place. | John Lee | 09/12/2017 |
Parked up to the west and ran up the track and then across the top to various points to make sure. | madaddo | 16/06/2017 |
With Jo, from B6278 (Sharnbury Gill cp), up track to Islington Hill, then faint track across surprisingly dry Robin Weathers to Millstone Rigg, returning along road. Weather; sunny intervals, windy, good visibility. | amblerbob | 09/09/2016 |
Parked 996306 walked up with JMB Bright Breezy day | Bheinn | 25/03/2016 |
From parking area to the north initially alongside some grouse butts following a track of varying sorts as far as a currick, and thereafter a short heather plod to the summit | Fisky Boy | 07/05/2015 |
With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 07/05/2015 |
Parked to North, jogged up track with short detour to summit. Continued on over rough feautureless heather to Millstone Rigg. Track near end. Back similar way using ATV and sheep tracks where possible. 1hr circuit on dry day. | nordicstar | 23/07/2014 |
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 car park to south at NY 99706 30661 (448m) As Aye Jimmy. | David Gradwell | 28/07/2013 |
Car park on bend in B6278, horrible new gravel road leads to older grassy track. Summit lies to E of this. | Aye Jimmy | 09/06/2013 |
Up and down from NW on track | Chris Pearson | 24/06/2012 |
Circular run out of Bollihope taking in Monk's Moor, Millstone Rigg, Islington Hill and Long Man. Slightly suspect hits on unclear summits. | jhodson | 12/04/2012 |
1 km from the parking area to the north up the track and then wander eastward to a totally undefined top | peebs | 15/11/2011 |
dullish hill & view, deepish heather. parking to N, track +/- to summit | RHW | 07/03/2004 |
Walked along the main ridge north from Teesdale. Mainly untrodden moorland with frequent boggy tracts. After Islington hill the snow started and it blizzarded horizontally across me so I made a beeline for the road intending to follow it back. As I sheltered behind a road sign a van driver took pity on me, stopped and gave me a lift back! | moorsman | 09/09/1999 |
ianwatson | 31/01/2024 | |
jamiehighton | 25/09/2023 | |
Halfdecent | 17/09/2023 | |
Matt | 28/07/2023 | |
FinnTumps | 19/12/2021 | |
kitp | 15/08/2021 | |
andrew brown | 06/02/2020 | |
GaryJones | 25/03/2018 | |
Adrian | 26/11/2017 | |
Alan Caine | 08/09/2017 | |
ngthack | 26/10/2016 | |
Dave Geere | 16/10/2016 | |
michael | 06/09/2015 | |
mae | 04/05/2015 | |
MM | 18/04/2015 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 28/07/2013 | |
jimbloomer | 18/10/2012 | |
Rambling Ray | 16/08/2012 |