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| Name: | Randygill Top |
| Hill number: | 2759 |
| Height: | 624m / 2047ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2755 Yarlside |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Northern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
| Catchment: | Lune |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NY 68713 00038 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 133m |
| Col: | 491m SD686989  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 91 (1:25k) OL19S |
| Observations: | ground 5m SE and 5m SW is 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 542 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| from cross keys Yarlside via Ben end Kensgriff, Randygill top down and across Bowderdale stream and steep up to hazelgill knott Dales high way to the calf out and back to bush howe and fell head taking in minor ring contours back to the calf then bram rigg top and calders return force gill beck and cautely spout 20.5 ks 8 hrs 30 and 1250 ascent | underhill | 26/03/2024 |
| 4 of 6 from the HP of the Adamthwaite road mostly on quad tracks. | robertphillips | 26/11/2023 |
| via Spengill. Boo and I concluded that it was probably named after a guitarist with Bachman Turner Overdrive. | Alphaville199 | 21/10/2023 |
| It was a challenge to get from Yarlside to here. Lovely views but very tough descents and re-ascents. | simocity | 25/07/2023 |
| The Howgill Fell Hewitts run on the way to Kendal Mountain Festival | Hannisw | 19/11/2022 |
| Having previously done Randygill from Yarlside and Green Bell I thought I'd try something different. Having come over Langdale Knotts, West Fell and Hazelgill Knott we descended to valley and went up the southwest ridge up a good but relentlessly steep path. Down over Hooksey back to Brow Foot. | Flatfield | 07/08/2022 |
| Steeply up the slopes from the valley to the north. Far too hot for that sort of thing | Rockdoctor | 10/07/2022 |
| Fun but tough afternoon on the Howgills. Linghaw, Black Force, Fell Head Scar, Bush Howe, The Calf, Randygill Top, Kensgriff, Yarlside, Cautley Spout, The Calf (revisit) and back. | meltdiceburg | 10/07/2022 |
| AW WotHF no.18. | Sedge | 23/04/2022 |
| From Green Bell. Ascent 2. | IWC | 23/04/2022 |
| Variation of Nuttall walk 11.1. | Dan Baddeley | 27/02/2022 |
| Parked just off the road at Grid 699041.Followed a path South over Stwarth and onto Green Bell, From there to Randygill Top. Then to Kensgriff, back to Grid 692004 and contoured around the head of the valley and then carried on over Hooksey, continue back to Grid to 687037, pick up the minor road and follow this back to the start. | smocks and denims | 04/01/2022 |
| Hooksey, Randygill Top, Kensgriff, Yarlside, The Calf | keithouk | 24/10/2021 |
| Followed ridge from Green Bell. Lovely views. | LizH | 09/08/2021 |
| Very very hot day. With Kensgriff and Yarlside from Cross Keys. A dip in the Rawthey was called for. | Pete Pozman | 20/07/2021 |
| From Sedburgh: Winder, Arrant Haw, Calders, The Calf, Hazelgill Knott, Randygill Top, and Yarleside. weekend in the Howgills with Hiking Manchester group. Glorious June weather. | Lazylizzie | 19/06/2021 |
| Green Bell, Hooksey then this top before Kensgriff etc. | NormanW | 02/06/2021 |
| From yarlside | emily | 23/10/2020 |
| From Green Bell. See Green Bell route | JulieB | 04/10/2020 |
| 16.9 miles 3595ft walk, start at Cross Hall Farm Caravan Park Cautley, take A Pennine Journey Path to Cross Keys, take path up Ben End to Kensgriff, Randygill Top, Hooksey, Green Bell, Knott, Harter Fell and Wandale Hill, return to Cautley. | stephenbuda | 11/09/2020 |
| A magnificent day on the hills. Clouds scudding across the sky and their shadows created moving light on the hillsides. One to remember. | morgs4mountains | 09/09/2020 |
| 18 miles 4906ft walk, start at Cross Hall Farm Caravan Park Cautley, Take A Pennine Journey Path to Cautley Spout Tongue, up Bowderdale Head to the bottom of Randygill and climb to Summit, back down to Bowderdale and follow briddleway to the summit of The Calf, head west to Bush Howe, Fell Head and Linghaw, return to The Calf Summit then head south on the Dales High Way to Calders,head east to Great Dummacks then follow ridge down to Crook Holme and back to Cautley. | stephenbuda | 09/09/2020 |
| From Weasdale over Hooksey to Randygill Top over Leathgill Gate, from there onto Green Bell, straight off ridge back to Weasdale | Wayne Mac | 28/08/2020 |
| from minor road near Newbiggin, via Green Bell | IanHHill | 27/08/2020 |
| With Sue, from Weasdale on good tracks, Hooksay, Randygill Top, Kensgiff and Green Bell. return via Stwarth. Cloudy damp start but day improved to sunshine. | Frank | 14/08/2020 |
| Nuttalls route. Foggy but the fog cleared on the descent to Bowderdale | Gary Heath | 10/08/2020 |
| 2/3 Lakeland LDWA Group Walk up over Green Bell Randygill Top and Hooksey from Ravenstonedale. | nickywood1 | 12/07/2020 |
| a steep pull up from Kensgriff. | Aristotle Chip | 11/07/2020 |
| Howgill Fells, half way through the Aberystwyth to Aberdeen commute: <iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https://www.strava.com/activities/3624171659/embed/dac7376dde1994b260a6c88dbf283ba360922a27'></iframe> | rhif7 | 16/06/2020 |
| Parked at highpoint of road to Adamthwaite. Wandale Hill, Kensgriff, Randy Gill Top, Hooksey, Green Bell. | PGCE | 03/06/2020 |
| From Cross Keys Hotel via Yarlside, Kensgriff, Randygill Top to Green Bell. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 21/05/2020 |
| Last major outing into the YDNP ahead of Lockdown. Parked at Cross Keys and visited Yarlside, Kensgriff, Randygill Top, Hooksey, Green Bell, Harter Fell and Wandale Hill. 4 more Deweys summited! 18km with 1240m ascent in 6h30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 22/03/2020 |
| 12. 21..from high point of road to the east anti-clockwise circuit over 5 tops this one third. | vegibagger | 16/03/2020 |
| From the high point of the Adamthwaite road, with Ellie dog. | BLACKHILL | 28/12/2019 |
| Bowderdale > Hooksey > Randygill Top > Bowdwedale > The Calf > Hazelgill Knott > West Fell > Bowderdale. Just Me and H, Bright and breezy day, fairly cold on the higher tops. | johnkaysleftleg | 23/10/2019 |
| With Bob and Dom, on Martin's birthday weekend. | Grinner | 28/09/2019 |
| a full day out in the Howgills | jmistry86 | 17/08/2019 |
| Circular walk including Knott, Greenbell, Hooksey, Randygill top, Kensgriff, Wandale Hill and Harter fell largly on good grassy tracks but some stiff climbs. | cjo | 18/05/2019 |
| walked up from cross keys ph via Cautley Spout | iannotts | 19/04/2019 |
| Nice horseshoe from Bowderdale on a 19k round of 7 Deweys/Sims. This the sixth: from Green Bell, on to Hooksey. Filthy weather. | jonglew | 20/12/2018 |
| With Ted and Skivvy. | zaul_uk | 11/11/2018 |
| With Christine & James | Keith99 | 30/10/2018 |
| Cross Keys Cautley Yarlside Kensgriff Randygill Bowderdale Langdale Windscarth Fell Head Bush Howe The Calf Bran Rigg Top Calders Great Drummacks Cautley Crags Cautley Spout Cross Keys | Andy Hirst | 01/10/2018 |
| Bob & Duke Wednesday 12th/9/2018 Z 1247hrs | DukeNukem | 12/09/2018 |
| C/W circuit (15km, 980m ascent) starting from CP just W of Rawthey Bridge. Wandale, Yarlside, Kensgriff, Randygill, Green Bell, Gere, Adamthwaite & Harter. Nice circuit - good variety of hills. Fine (a bit too hot) weather - only a few cleg bites today. | ger | 04/07/2018 |
| Circular walk from Cross Keys Hotel | Ramblingpaul | 06/06/2018 |
| REPEAT | Steve Q | 11/05/2018 |
| Followed the path down and then up from Kensgriff. | Wheelsy | 05/04/2018 |
| With Green Bell. In the aftermath of the Beast from the East. at 693038, where there is a parking space near a ruined farm at Weasdale. Followed a track easily all the way there and all the way back. | lenman | 06/03/2018 |
| From Cross Keys (A683)followed ridge to Yarlside, then steep pathless descent north to cross above Little Randy Gill & up to Kensgriff,Randy Gill top & Hooksey. Returned to Randy Gill Top & followed 4x4 tracks SW steeply down into Borrowdale. | mart0797 | 12/01/2018 |