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Name:Killhope Law
Hill number:2738
Height:673m / 2208ft
Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
Classification:Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm
Drop:47m
Col:626m  NY799431  

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Gridref10  Diff: 1.4m  (Avg. of 5 entries)
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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
1438830/04/2016NY 81917 44843  F: No feature: heather
O: Abney level used to identify highest point, ground 45m to E about as high, all other ground seemed lower; pole 20m to NE snapped, now only 4ft high
S: Abney level
K&AD
Summit
GJ
1438930/04/2016NY 81964 44846  F: No feature: heather
O: With Abney level we thought probably just lower than ground 45m to W, but too close to be sure (difference less than 10cm)
S: Abney level
K&AD
Subpoint
1GJ
3195907/08/2020NY 81917 44843  F: Heather.Peter_W_Mitchell
Summit
GJ
4221718/03/2024NY 81922 44847  F: No feature
S: Seco 2x hand level
webmaster
Summit
DM
-1288125/03/2006NY 81920 44843  F: no feature: heather
O: about 20m SW of 30ft pole; ground 45m E at NY 81965 44845 is as high
S: Abney level
gvjackson
Summit
-1288210/10/2010NY 81916 44843  F: no feature: heather
O: about 20m SW of 30ft pole; ground 45m E at NY 81965 44845 is as high
S: Abney level
David Gradwell
Summit
-1288331/08/2013NY 81915 44847  F: no feature: heather
O: about 20m SW of 30ft pole; ground 45m E at NY 81965 44845 is as high
S: Abney level
Aye Jimmy
Summit
-1288428/05/2009NY 81968 44849  F: no feature: heather
O: ground 45m W at NY 81920 44845 is as high
S: Abney level
JB
Subpoint
1
-1288528/05/2009NY 81966 44847  F: no feature: heather
O: ground 45m W at NY 81920 44845 is as high
S: Abney level
JB
Subpoint
1
-1288628/05/2009NY 81967 44849  F: no feature: heather
O: ground 45m W at NY 81920 44845 is as high
S: Abney level
JB
Subpoint
1
-1288725/03/2006NY 81933 44862  F: 30ft pole
O: ground 45m W at NY 81920 44845 is as high
S: Abney level
gvjackson
Subpoint
2
-1288825/03/2006NY 81946 44858  F: trig point
O: trig point and pole at about same height
S: Abney level
gvjackson
Subpoint
3
-1288928/05/2009NY 81941 44854  F: trig point
O: ground 45m W at NY 81920 44845 is as high
S: Abney level
JB
Subpoint
3
-1289025/03/2006NY 82052 44829  F: cairn
O: cairn lower than trig point
S: Abney level
gvjackson
Subpoint
4
239331/08/2013NY 81915 44847  F: Grass and heather about 20-30m from tall wooden pole.Aye Jimmy
Extracted
GG



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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 353 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
GuyF04/04/2738
Parked at 568m spot. Followed gravel track to 100m before shooting hut then turned left to follow the ATV track for grouse butts almost to the summit, avoiding all the mud.webmaster18/03/2024
Tough going from Nenthead in thick snow via The Dodd and Coalcleugh. Blue skies. Nice frozen tarn on top. Some slog through the peat groughs in the snow heading west back to Nenthead.cumbria mammoth03/03/2024
Track up to near the top.robertphillips10/09/2023
nigelcmason216/08/2023
Flying visit from Australia. From Killhope mine centre up the footpath to the ridge, Killhope Law, Stangend and Middlehope Moor. Fine views from summit, the pole seems to be back.dchill0106/08/2023
David S17/06/2023
With Colin.Chris Ellis06/06/2023
Everyone else has said this is a bill that fights you all the way with its trackless heather. They’re right. It’s done. Never coming back.Donpeblo29/05/2023
Smog18/09/2022
Scout18/09/2022
Appropriate hill name. From 609 to west. I was expecting the usual heather and sponge but it was far worse than that, with some of the worst peat hags I've encountered and I started to wonder if I did something really bad in a past life. I recommend any other route, unless there's something you desperately need to atone for.Wycombe Wanderer28/08/2022
From Nenthead to Allenheads road. Layby between Shivery hill and 569 metres on OS map. Took track towards shooting hut, then slogged up through heather. On the way back took the plastic road that we hadn't found on the way up, which was much easier. Weather cleared . Broken poll and huge cairn on summit.Lazylizzie24/08/2022
jamesaitken4221/08/2022
Variation on Nuttall walk 10.2 from CP at highpoint on A689.Longwojo16/07/2022
A W Bryan16/07/2022
Definitely picked the wrong day to do this - the weather was ok when we left Allenheads but by the time we were half up the Carriers Way to Killhope Law I realised I was soaked even though it barely seemed to be raining At the top it was quite windy and viability was awful so no panoramic views. Only stayed long enough to photograph the damaged trig, the cairn and the now broken pole. I'd always intended to come back down via the plastic road but visibility was so bad I couldn't see it. Eventually I found it after following the white poles of the grouse feeding stationsdeadheaduk15/07/2022
From Swinhope Head first to Chapelfell top following the wall virtually all the way, easy going in this dry spell. Then back across road for similar walk to Westhope Hill. Drove round to above Coalcleugh for another easy walk to Killhope Law.dickscroop10/07/2022
CHAOS Club meet, Tony, Brian Steve and Alan R, quite a tough amble across the peat groughs from Killhope Cross, back via Black Hill.Lou01/05/2022
neilmcoward01/05/2022
oldbagger2711/04/2022
This was a tough climb for me as the heat had started to get to me! I had climbed up from the road near Coalcleugh as per the Nuttals route. Far reaching views from the summit.morgs4mountains25/03/2022
Tonyandsue08/02/2022
from 609 - not recommendedjef19/01/2022
With Sue and NB from Killhope Mine. Follow fp N to border then th Killhope Law. Follow fain track to shooting cabin and good track to small cairn and return to border line and follow SW to Stangend Rigg. S to stone shelter and path to Lanehead. Return by Weardale Way to start. Cold light wind and sunny.Frank18/01/2022
salen26/11/2021
Tony S12/11/2021
ramblyandy18/10/2021
Elwyn_Summers02/10/2021
Charli Wisbey02/10/2021
From 568 spot height to N. Followed the track then through the pathless heather to the top. A good AV track follows the line of grouse butts and would make for an easier ascent.JohnR13/09/2021
The second hill on a 93km walk from Gateshead to Alston.Christo197905/09/2021
From pt 568 on the Nenthead to Allenheads road. Gravel track to shooting hut, but missed the ATV track cutting back left about 100 m before the hut. Ruff’n’tuff above the hut. From the trig point a thin path follows a bearing of 314 degrees before petering out – continuing on the bearing intersects the plastic netting lined ATV track – (blessed relief from the veg) – back to the hut. High P – nice weather? – pah! Cold wind, low cloud and mizzle, drizzle, rain, all day - it’s a Bank Holiday!Isbjorn29/08/2021
richtea504018/08/2021
Jon901802/08/2021
PJT02/07/2021
PDR36527/06/2021
tks36527/06/2021
belly04/06/2021
Nick Canute21/04/2021
A 22 kilometre hike from Killhope Cross via Nag's Head, Dead Stones, the south end of Perry's Dam, Flinty Fell, Nenthead, Dykeheads, The Dodd, Coalcleugh, Shivery Hill, Killhope Law and the county boundary back to Killhope Cross.Clach Liath16/04/2021
Pete Pozman06/04/2021
Large cairn on top alongside trig point further along. Stopped at nearby shooting hut for lunch2510chris25/03/2021
From Killhope Law retrace your steps to the fence line and back to the start. Also took in The Dodd.smocks and denims17/12/2020
From 568 spot height. Mine track then well maintained shooting butt track nearly all the way to top of Killhope. Carried on to Stangend Rigg and Middlehope Moor. Surprisingly good underfoot. Short heather and bog free. Swirling mist in the valley and mostly sunny. With B and R.jenx09/11/2020
Peterdunscar30/10/2020
SoloMadjonny21/09/2020
TD, C &HThis Dog31/08/2020
Probably my favourite top of the day, nice little body of water, great views and a few features on the summit. Jake found another frog, but was disappointed that I wouldn't let him take a live shotgun cartridge home.simocity31/08/2020
3rd Nuttall of the day with my Dad.Jake Simpson31/08/2020