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Name:Middlebarrow Hill
Hill number:16317
Height:91m / 299ft
Section:34D: Southern Cumbria
Classification:Tu,0
Drop:60m
Col:31m  SD457768  

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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
996505/09/2015SD 46317 76526  F: Oak tree
O: Flattish summit area but this spot seems highest
RHW
Subpoint
3GG
1198504/02/2016SD 46317 76587  F: rough grass and limestone blocksGeorge Gradwell
Subpoint
2GG
1788711/03/2017SD 46304 76589  F: No feature.jonglew
Subpoint
4GG
3072208/03/2020SD 46319 76581  F: Clump of trees near quarry edge
O: 91m spot height seems to have disappeared into the quarry! The limestone pavement shown in the summit photo is not the highpoint
citygent
Summit
Jim
3072309/03/2020SD 46316 76578  F: not recorded
S: LIDAR 1m
jimbloomer
Summit
Jim
-2248215/08/2014SD 46308 76519  F: no feature: limestone pavementAye Jimmy
Subpoint
1
-2496704/02/2015SD 46318 76581  F: no feature: limestone pavementjimbloomer
Summit
Jim
484915/08/2014SD 46308 76519  F: Limestone pavement blocks.Aye Jimmy
Extracted
GG
618104/02/2015SD 46318 76581  F: limestone pavement
S: NO
jimbloomer
Extracted
SE



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As Denise. From layby to NNE at SD 45857 72297, down road & along diverted RoW which avoids farmyard to ladder stile on bend close to ruined tower - Over stile, took left fork & SE up well-worn path on S. side of wall to gate in wall at SD 46181 76543 - Through gate & NE along path & then a short climb N. through trees to summit close to impressive disused quarry.gerrybowes29/02/2024
Parked by Methodist Chapel,then paths to tower.Up path described by Moorsman and eventually found gap in wall leading to summit area.Quarry looked impressive but most of it was filled with mist.catman16/02/2024
Arnside Knott, Middlebarrow Hill, Whin Scar, Haverbrack Bank, Milnthorpe Hillkeithouk15/02/2024
Do not, under any circumstances, try and follow any rides through the forest. They no longer exist being hideously overgrown and impassable. Pass the tower and enter the trees via a gate. Almost immediately turn left and an excellent path with an occasional butterfly waymark leads up to the highest point. A weakness in the wall allows access into the woods containing the summit. No issues at all.moorsman13/07/2023
I made a complete mess of this as I got lost in the woods coming from the south and ended up in brambles by the quarry rim a long way from the highest point. As others have said there is a good path from just south of Arnside Tower which takes you close to the top.Alan Moore30/11/2022
From The Knott, through caravan park and left at wall to quarry edge.Flatfield31/07/2022
Parked at pull in North of Arnside Tower. Through farmyard into woods following wall and path before navigating off path to high point.Argentum6627/02/2022
From Arnside Tower; then struggled and staggered through woodland and ankle snaring brambles to the top. The top is near to the lip of a quarry with quite a spectacular drop. From the top I heard voices which led me to a gate and an easy path back to the tower. If only I had remembered the comments about the path by the wall in previous posts I would have saved myself a lot of effortDC11main12/02/2022
Parking in lay by to N of path access to Arnside tower (impressive ruins). Footpath leaves SW corner of field into woods. From footpath you can follow an informal path SE, on south side of wall, to third ride with gate. Once N of summit, short easy thrash through open trees to corner of huge quarry (non operational) with bog drop. HP unmarked, but probably NW corner.Denise 02/09/2021
From Arnside Tower Farm, good path along SW side of wall to gate at SD4619,7655 then grassy track and up through trees to edge of deep quarry.RichardM02/09/2021
More of a battle through the trees than I expected. Luckily just for final sectionconanharrod08/02/2021
with James HardenC20/11/2020
Solo from Eaves Wood NT car park. Pepperpot, Middlebarrow Hill, Arnside Tower.ADT20/03/2020
Circular walk from Eaves Wood via Arnside Tower & Pepperpot.citygent08/03/2020
Parked to the SE in car park SD470759. Followed various good trails in roughly NW direction to gate West side of wall at SD461765. Over gate into summit wood. Not sure of exact high point.David Evans09/12/2019
On LDWA Group walk, headed up and crossed the Wall easily from the path to the South and then walked to edge of quarry over the limestone pavements to find the spot height area. Tricky on the pavement but not for long.nickywood106/10/2019
From the caravan park- mess of cattle tracks all over the summit but think I found the spot- followed the wall path back down, which was a lot easier.Mark Sims28/06/2019
After Arnside Knott via Arnside TowerJohnIvor06/04/2019
Up from Eaves Wood car park. On own.MorecambeMonkey26/12/2018
As jonglew but climbed wall. Dramatic views of the quarry.Campbell Singer05/06/2018
Same route as jonglewDusty11/02/2018
With Rosie, Izzy and Yvonne from Eaves Wood cpLongwojo28/01/2018
From same parking spot as for Arnside Knott. RoW on SW side of Arnside Tower (ruins), then unmapped path follows SW side of stone wall to a gate (SD 4610 7662), whence mapped tracks through scrub. Nice little escarpment runs along N side of the HP.jonglew11/03/2017
From the caravan site to SW, good parking near reception, then easy lanes lead up to old quarry area just 100m from summit area, a wall to cross then to flatish spot marked as summit crowded by a few treesnordicstar11/02/2017
From Eaves Wood car park via Pepperpot. Once through the County boundary wall access is about 150 yards on the right through easy gap in the wall. Then a short easy walk on limestone to top in thick trees a few yards short of quarry edge. With Andy Paul and Alf.mick19/11/2016
Wow, what a horseshoe!Wycombe Wanderer25/10/2016
From Arnside Tower.Andrew Pearson04/10/2016
Walked from Haverbrack Bank then followed top edge (sometimes rather too closely) of huge quarry up from NE with Darren. Exciting stuff of alternating between being on the edge on 'wrong' side of wire fence or pushing through the trees on the safe side. Led directly to wooded limestone pavement plateau where we explored this lost world covering possible highpoints. Descended the way we came but finding a sketchy path through the trees. Then onwards on our 6 tump circuit to Trowbarrow.Chris Pearson30/07/2016
As others from NT car park to SE (free).David Gradwell04/02/2016
From NT car park to south east.Alan Caine27/12/2015
Arnside to Silverdale via Yealand Storrs. Approach as per Bramley then descent into Eaves Wood via pedestrian gate practically due S of summit.Smudge11/10/2015
Entered Eaves Wood from Old Waterslack Farm. Thrashed through to every perceivable higher ground. Summit area is attractively wild.summitsup18/09/2015
From S, parked in village near Methodist Church then E a bit to path north. Gap in County Wall a bit ESE of summit. Gap in subsequent wall leads to flattish summit area, HP by an oak tree I reckoned. Subsequently found NT car park SE of summit at road jn, presumably the easiest wayRHW05/09/2015
From Arnside Tower through Caravan Park, through gap in wall to limestone pavement topBramley28/02/2015
From Arnside Towerjimbloomer04/02/2015
From the NT car park South. An enormous quarry!peebs22/01/2015
vehicle track through middlebarrow wood from Arnside Tower led to faint footpaths leading directly to the topGordonAdshead05/12/2014
Arnside-Arnside Knott-Middlebarrow Hill-Heald Brow-Trowbarrow-Thrang Brow-Cringlebarrow Hill-Yealand Hill-Warton Crag-Hunting Hill-Carnforthcampagvelocet19/11/2014
From SW, walked through extensive caravan park until f/p led out at top. Path through Eaves Wood keeping a wall to the L, through gate until a stile with tiny gate appears in wall to L. Through this, along another wall to a gap and not far away small limestone pavement. Top hereabouts. About 50m to the E is a huge drop into a quarry...Aye Jimmy15/08/2014
Walked through farm selling christmas trees to Arnside Tower with Martin Richardson. Then walked through caravan park on footpath to wood in limestone country. You have to climb a locked gate or wall before the flattish limestone pavement and trees with nest boxes around the summit.Dugswell208/12/2013
It rained despite the weather forecast to the contrary. Also a place to play the game of 'guess the top'. Shame about all the Willerbys.Martin R08/12/2013
Followed walls from footpath above the holiday park up into the woods. The summit is heavily overgrown a bit away from the quarry edge. I think this is the only time I've wished a summit was on the edge of a quarry as it would probably improve it.Jake99407/04/2012
On the way to Silverdale, traversed this hill after coming down from Arnside Knott. Across limestone pavements, cave hunting, then down to the pepperpot.DanHolme13/09/2005
Dawn Oldham15/02/2024
Andy West26/12/2023
David8414/09/2021
pwithnall15/03/2021
PeteF10/07/2020
Rambling Ray07/08/2019
mart079705/08/2019