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Name: | Winter Hill |
Hill number: | 2819 |
Height: | 456.5m / 1498ft |
RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
County/UA: | Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire |
Catchment: | Mersey |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (400-499m), Current County/UA Top, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,4,CoU,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SD 65991 14943 |
Summit feature: | no feature: 12m NE of trig point |
Drop: | 215.1m |
Col: | 241.5m SD 7852 2531 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 109 (1:25k) 287 |
Observations: | ground by trig point, ground 20m W at SD 65973 14947 and ground 30m SE at SD 66013 14925 are all of similar height |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 727 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
GuyF | 04/04/2819 | |
pwithnall | 10/02/2024 | |
easy park bwlch to the north horden stoops very wet ground no views at tp then winter hill boundry bolton council top 3.8 ks 1 hr 5 mins | underhill | 03/02/2024 |
Parked at the Wilderswood car park to the SSW - best access road is from the SE. There is some additional parking higher up the dirt road, where the fp begins. After the fp it's a long walk up the tarmac mast access road to the mast area for both the boundary and trig main hp. Returned over Two Lads. Cold but sunny in the late afternoon. Solo. | richard69 | 13/12/2023 |
A foggy November Sunday - quite boggy up to the summit. | justin_j_evans | 05/11/2023 |
Bit of a boring hill, good to do on a low cloud day to hide the many masts. | tallblond | 24/09/2023 |
Short diversion off route to Bolton UA Top. Visited all the alternatives. | PGCE | 30/08/2023 |
From Wilderswood parking. Pike Cottage, Two Lads, Winter Hill BT, Winter Hill, Rivington Pike, Pigeon Tower, Through the gardens to Tigers Clough and Crooked Edge waterfalls and back to the car. | Dan Baddeley | 09/07/2023 |
Accompanying IWC, with relatives and friends, for his 700th poly-bagging ascent aged 70. 
 
Parked at Wilderswood (free) car park at SD 65132 12431. Ascent over Wilder's Moor and Rotary Way to the summit, and descent via Two Lads 389m. | Man of Kernow1 | 16/06/2023 |
Met friends & family at Wilderswood to celebrate my 70th birthday with my 700th ascent on a warm sunny afternoon. | IWC | 16/06/2023 |
Man of Kernow2 | 16/06/2023 | |
Saturday wander on a warm busy morning. Down over Counting Hill which is exceptionally dry. Ascent 699. | IWC | 03/06/2023 |
A revisit on a walk with Alma Aurea and /D. | meltdiceburg | 20/05/2023 |
Busy, warm, sunny Saturday morning. Wander on Winter Hill, enjoying being out, pretending to be a fell runner again. Ascent 698. | IWC | 13/05/2023 |
Wander from Burnt Edge Lane. Bright, breezy, sunny morning & not many people were about. Ascent 697. | IWC | 18/04/2023 |
Winter Hill wander from Sheephouse Lane on cool, dull, busy afternoon. First of the year for ascent 696. | IWC | 01/04/2023 |
Fell run up Rivington Moor | w1ght | 21/03/2023 |
Parked at Belmont Road car park and walked up the lower track to Rivington Pike. Then crossed Rivington Moor to the TV transmission tower, and followed the road to the trip point. Descended via Hordern Stoops and Belmont Road | gbeniston | 08/03/2023 |
Fell run up Rivington Moor | w1ght | 27/02/2023 |
Bagged whilst taking part in the LDWA's Anglezarke Amble | dazedemon | 11/02/2023 |
Kendall | 11/02/2023 | |
WhiteFeather | 28/01/2023 | |
Walk up from Rivington Lane taking in Two lads, Winter Hill, Noon Hill, and Rivington Pike. Descending via the Pigeon Tower and Terraced Garden. With Midge's and Lilla. Clear dry though very wet underfoot. | Lykewake42 | 01/01/2023 |
Bright, cool, busy morning when, it seemed, all those not shopping were on Winter Hill. From Burnt Edge and back passed the Tresspass Stone for ascent 695 and the final one of 2022. | IWC | 24/12/2022 |
Up through the quarries on a cold morning, snow on the ground, fluffy white clouds overhead. Very pleasant, Ascent 694. | IWC | 16/12/2022 |
Up from Blackrod, back down to Bolton | burwellian | 29/11/2022 |
From Burnt Edge on a cool bright, particularly clear morning. Ascent 693. | IWC | 04/11/2022 |
David S | 16/10/2022 | |
From Burnt Edge on a cool morning watching rain showers crossing Manchester city centre. Ascent 692. | IWC | 10/10/2022 |
Alfa1M | 16/09/2022 | |
Up through the quarries on a sunny Thursday morning. Plenty of other walkers and runners out enjoying the sunshine too. Ascent 691. | IWC | 08/09/2022 |
Walk up along Burnt Edge between showers on a dull, grey day. Ascent 690. | IWC | 04/09/2022 |
From Hordern Stoops. | summitter | 01/09/2022 |
Quick up and down from the car park. 6.5km in just over an hour | Nicky C | 01/09/2022 |
jef | 26/08/2022 | |
Way too hot to run so MTB meander from home for ascent 689. | IWC | 12/08/2022 |
beckybags | 11/08/2022 | |
A Peckish | 11/08/2022 | |
Along Burnt Edge then shortest route to the summit for ascent 687, down The Ramp to Belmont Road and back up for ascent 688. | IWC | 04/08/2022 |
Along Burnt Edge on a bright, breezy, busy morning dragging a heavy head cold (at least, that is how it felt). Good to be out. Ascent 686. | IWC | 03/08/2022 |
Up through the quarries and down by Heather Hall on a cool breezy morning and between the rain showers for ascent 685. | IWC | 26/07/2022 |
Walk from Rivington through the Japanese Gardens to Rivington Pike, Two Lads and the Trig Point. Down passing Dangerous Corner for ascent 684. | IWC | 13/07/2022 |
Walk up between the quarries for ascent 683. Bright sunny Saturday morning, plenty of people out enjoying Winter Hill. | IWC | 09/07/2022 |
Run up between the quarries for ascent 682 on tired legs during a breezy morning before the rain arrived | IWC | 28/06/2022 |
Run up between the quarries on a bright morning. Ascent 681. | IWC | 14/06/2022 |
From Visitor center parking below Jubilee Tower. Through woods and across A675, up path to Great Hill. Then south on flagged path over Spliter's Edge to Rivington Road. Up obvious path to summit. Back down to Belmont on good path to Horden Brook carpark and Ward's Reservoir. Crossed dam of Belmont Reservoir and followed path and tracks to Higher Pasture Barn ruin. Took track north below Turn Low to a stile at SD673196, then up rise to Cartridge Hill. Followed fence east to stile and path north to row over Darwen Moor. Visited the fenced off Jubilee Tower before descending back to start. | Flatfield | 07/06/2022 |
Run up between the quarries on a bright breezy morning. Ascent 680. | IWC | 11/05/2022 |
Knees struggling, back to cycling. From home, on tarmac. Ascent 679 | IWC | 03/05/2022 |
Cycle over to watch The Pike fell race and it seemed rude not to go to the summit first. Ascent 678. | IWC | 16/04/2022 |
1/2 Climbed this with the Winter Hill Boundary Hill too - as Part of LDWA joint History and East Lancs Group walks which were extremely interesting with history of the Lost Gardens of Rivington amongst many other factoids. | nickywood1 | 16/04/2022 |