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| Name: | Windy Gyle |
| Hill number: | 2308 |
| Height: | 619m / 2031ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2302 The Cheviot |
| RHB Section: | 33: The Scottish Border to the River Tyne, 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Cheviots |
| Donald area: | The Cheviots |
| County/UA: | Scottish Borders, Northumberland |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Coquet, Tweed |
| Watershed: | Tweedmouth |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Donald, Hewitt, Nuttall, Graham Top, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Yeaman, Clem (Hu,Tu,Sim,D,Hew,N,GT,DN,BL,Bg,Y,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NT 85538 15210 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 113m |
| Col: | 506m NT878168  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 80 (1:25k) OL16E |
| Observations: | trig point on Russell's cairn; ground 50m SE nearly as high |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 696 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/10469854147 | Graham22b | 31/12/2023 |
| From Wedder Leap cp, over Ward Law and Little Ward Law. Followed by an up and down of Shillhope Law | Longwojo | 29/10/2023 |
| Tried to get to Lint Lands, but forest paths all blocked by fallen trees, so did Windy Gyle instead. Circular route from Cocklawfoot. With Lynne B and R. | jenx | 25/10/2023 |
| From Cocklawfoot Farm: Windy Gyle and Windy Rig. Lovely walk on a very bright, crisp day. | Lazylizzie | 15/10/2023 |
| With the Aberdeen and Shire Hillwalking Club. 16 of us great day, spectacular weather although a bit on the cold side | tallblond | 14/10/2023 |
| Yearning Law, Lamb Hill, Beefstand Hill, Mozie Law, Windy Rig, Windy Gyle | keithouk | 08/08/2023 |
| DofE | BaggerGutt | 08/07/2023 |
| DofE | BaggerGutt | 07/07/2023 |
| Emmanuel College D of E practice expedition. From Blindburn past Yearning Law and Lamb Hill, down over Middle Hill and via Fairhough and the Usway Burn to Shillmoor. 13 miles. With Baggergutt. | JulieB | 07/07/2023 |
| DofE | BaggerGutt | 06/07/2023 |
| From Wedder leap carpark a Thirteen and quarter mile route over Mozie law and onto Beefstand hill, with a return over Mozie law I made my way over to Windy Gyle, finishing with a up and down of Shillhope law, taking five and half hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 24/06/2023 |
| With Colin. | Chris Ellis | 07/06/2023 |
| Last of England's 2000ers also Mozie Law and Beefstand Hill. From Barrowburn.cloudy summit.No rain. | Pete Pozman | 07/02/2023 |
| From Cocklawfoot Farm via Windy Rig. Descent by Chennel Street. | benalder284 | 27/11/2022 |
| 11.1 mile Circuit from Wedder Leap Car Park with Hexham Ramblers. Wedder Leap Car Park, The Street, Windy Gyle, Border Ridge, Hazely Law, Murder Clough, Barrow Law. Good paths all the way. | JulieB | 04/09/2022 |
| Supporting DofE | BaggerGutt | 08/07/2022 |
| Another D of E practice expedition from Blindburn, via Yearning Law, then the Border Ridge, off down to Murder Clough then over to Barrowburn. | JulieB | 07/07/2022 |
| With L | Janet M | 03/07/2022 |
| Wedder leap, barrow law, left of trows plantation, windy gyle, the street, hindside knowe, to the road | HS573 | 26/06/2022 |
| Nuttall walk 8.2 with a few diversions in the forrest to negotiate fallen trees. With R. | Dan Baddeley | 03/06/2022 |
| On Pennine Way. | PGCE | 21/04/2022 |
| With Griff, Max & Lara | Huwel | 09/04/2022 |
| Walk from Auchope Refuge Hut along Pennine Way. Detour to Cairn Hill and The Cheviot. Return to Pennine Way and on to Score Head, King’s Seat and Windy Gyle. Continue along Pennine Way to Beefstand Hill, Lamb Fell, Brownhart Law to Coquet Head. Detour to Spithope Bothy. | raymooremanx | 25/03/2022 |
| On the first day of a long weekend visit to Haggerston Castle Caravan Park, Northumberland I headed back over the border for some of the Cheviot Hills. Starting at Cocklawfoot I went up Windy Gyle (619m) a Donald, with along a stone pitched path within the Northumberland National Park and up to Cairn Hill West Top (743m) a Donald Top, more a bump on the way up to The Cheviot, but classified as a hill, since it right on the border. By this point the overcast but dry weather had been replaced with mist and no visibility for the final ascent up a stone flagged path to the Cheviot (815m), a Marilyn. I then retraced my steps back to Cairn Hill West Top and then down Auchope Rigg, with a wee stop at the shelter, 07:10hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 10/09/2021 |
| yorkielad | 08/09/2021 | |
| From Cocklawfoot NT 651205 | CarolRuthven | 04/09/2021 |
| Revisit Round from rowhope burn , fell race in progress | cjo | 04/09/2021 |
| Pennine Way from Hadrians wall to Kirk Yetholm | Taz38 | 26/08/2021 |
| With Angela from Cocklawfoot up to Auchope Cairn then on to The Cheviot. Followed Pennine Way out to Windy Gyle (met very pleasant family there whose 8yo had suggested climbing it). Returned by Kelsocleuch Rig. Overcast but pleasant day. | SS | 15/08/2021 |
| From Cocklawfoot, good tracks and well signposted around Kelsocleuch farm. Last Donald. | iangalbraith | 15/08/2021 |
| #5 of 10 from Barrowford | jimbloomer2 | 16/07/2021 |
| Nuttall 8.2. Parked at Wedder Leap. Bloodybush Edge > Cushat Law > Bloodybush Edge > Windy Gyle. Forest track up from Uswayford has many fallen trees across the path, but all passable. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 17/06/2021 |
| Last of three following Nuttalls walk 8.2 | colinfielding | 14/06/2021 |
| Parked on the minor road at the bottom of Barrow Law and walked up the military road towards Rowhope. I passed the farmhouse and the empty property located at Trows. Shortly after I left the cement track and started heading properly uphill on the grassy route. The ascent isn’t particularly steep and I arrived at the intersection with the Pennine Way after about 50minutes. I really wanted to hang around but it was too cold and there were no views to be had. I head West along the Pennine Way for about a mile before leaving that route and heading down ‘The Street’. It was nice to get below the cloud and admire the views. I crossed over Black Braes and Swineside Law before I arrived back at my vehicle. Total miles walked: 7.52. In 2hrs and 28mins. | JamesJones | 19/03/2021 |
| Pennine Way, Chew Green to Windy Gyle | tim747 | 09/09/2020 |
| Good parking by Rowhope Burn (NT85961145) ~1km up the road from Barrowburn. 'The Street' and the Pennine Way > Windy Gyle. Continued along the Pennine Way for 1.5km before turning S to return > The Middle to Barrowburn and back up the road. | JohnR | 06/09/2020 |
| Sourhope to Whitelaw, Blackdean Curr, The Curr, Black Hag, The Schil, Auchope Cairn, Cairn Hill, The Cheviot, Cairn Hill, Score Head, Kings Seat, Butt Roads, Windy Gyle, Cock Law, The Castles & Sourhope. Mild day with sunny periods becoming overcast. | Vin | 01/09/2020 |
| From Barrowburn via Chew Green as part of 18.5mile circular. | NorthernWayfarer | 08/08/2020 |
| windy | mini bagger | 24/07/2020 |
| From the parking area NT 859 114 below Rowhope. Followed the bridleway up the ridge to the border, diverting the short distance to bag Swineside Law. On reaching the border headed SW on the PW over Mozie Law to Beefstand Hill along often half submerged flagstones. Then returned along the border ridge over Windy Rig to the summit of Windy Gyle. Then S down the bridleway along the Trows Law ridge to Trows, Rowhope and the parking area. Grand tour despite the wetness underfoot and sometimes from the sky as well! 16km with 600m of ascent in 4 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 07/07/2020 |
| Circuit of Border ridge from Sourhope, camping near summit of The Curr. Blackdean Curr, The Curr, Black Hag, The Schil, Birnie Brae, Auchope Cairn, Windy Gyle, Windy Rig. Descent via Kelsocleuch Rig. Best conditions and views while climbing the Schil and near the Cheviot, then the mist came in. Excellent route. | RobertP | 21/12/2019 |
| From Wedder Leap car park: Hindside Knowe (sub4) -> Swineside Law -> Mozie Law S Top -> Beefstand Hill -> Mozie Law -> Windy Rig -> Windy Gyle -> Ward Law -> Shorthope Hill -> Barrow Law (sub4). 20k, heavy rain most of the way round. | jonglew | 05/11/2019 |
| Went over on pennine way route. Came off via trows farm it's an easy ascent descent from the Coquetdale valley | Aristotle Chip | 25/09/2019 |
| With Iain. Windy Gyle-Hangingstone Hill-The Cheviot. | iangpark | 11/09/2019 |
| During Cheviot Challenge, V windy | hemerson09 | 31/08/2019 |
| from Barrowburn on windy gyle circular | alanm9 | 24/08/2019 |
| Walked up from 'Slymefoot Pub'. No views today unfortunately. | Alancache | 14/08/2019 |
| From the Cheviot as part of the Cheviot Six 26mile hike. Following the Pennine Way. Left via Clennell Street to Ushwayford and then onto Bloodybush Edge. Hartside>Hedgehope>Comb Fell>Cairn Hill>The Cheviot>Cairn Hill West Top>King's Seat>Windy Gyle>Bloodybush Edge>Cushat Law>Hartside | NorthernWayfarer | 08/08/2019 |
| 24th Donald | lojzi860621 | 21/07/2019 |
| Two day walk of the Cheviot hills with Ben. First day: The Cheviot > Windy Gyle. Second day: Bloodybush Edge > Cushat Law > Comb Fell > Hedgehope Hill. | axoree | 13/07/2019 |