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Name: | Calton Hill |
Hill number: | 14300 |
Height: | 106m / 348ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1816 Allermuir Hill |
RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
County/UA: | Edinburgh |
Catchment: | Forth |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | NT 26274 74096 |
Summit feature: | exposed rock behind Nelson's monument |
Drop: | 49m |
Col: | 57m NT259741 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 66 (1:25k) 350 |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 306 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Popular local and tourist hill with great views of Edinburgh | Denise | 03/03/2024 |
RichardM | 03/03/2024 | |
beckybags | 22/02/2024 | |
A Peckish | 22/02/2024 | |
Lauralj84 | 28/01/2024 | |
Lauralj84 | 26/01/2024 | |
Scott Morley 86 | 26/11/2023 | |
Arthur's Seat, Calton Hill | keithouk | 05/08/2023 |
Dawn Oldham | 05/08/2023 | |
Very busy hill | lordtonult | 18/07/2023 |
govanah | 28/06/2023 | |
Evening stroll from hotel after day in hotel. Arthur's Seat tantalising close. | MrChris1980 | 02/06/2023 |
Another revisit | hillsman | 11/05/2023 |
Visited Calton Hill and Salisbury Crags whilst waiting for a train. | PGCE | 02/05/2023 |
DocHoliday | 18/04/2023 | |
Walked from royal mile on a tourist trip. Nice views and being so close to the city centre. | chevyfire | 04/04/2023 |
From Waverley Station. | Andrew Pearson | 21/02/2023 |
Lynnebe | 10/12/2022 | |
From Waverley Station | afoster | 03/12/2022 |
Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh Castle, Calton Hill, Salisbury Crags, Arthur's Seat, Dunsapie, Blackford Hill, Braid Hills, Easter Craiglockhart Hill & Wester Craiglockhart Hill. 32km, 1200m ascent in total. | JasonStark | 26/11/2022 |
Matt | 14/11/2022 | |
Lenny Trotter | 31/08/2022 | |
Nice views of the city | ryancomet | 10/08/2022 |
On AndyB StagDo, from Baxter hostel. | masmith | 30/07/2022 |
Adrian2 | 30/07/2022 | |
dorianne_gray | 06/06/2022 | |
Visiting my friend for the weekend in Glasgow and a day trip to Edinburgh today, just the one hill as bagging was not the focus of my trip....may have spent a while gazing longingly at Arthurs seat :-). next time,,,,,,, | stagger onward | 21/05/2022 |
tomcr88 | 05/03/2022 | |
Walked after Arthur's seat for my final of Edinburgh's tumps within the ring road. Dark walk back to Duddington. | JAdair97 | 04/01/2022 |
Was getting dark. Great view | colazione | 01/01/2022 |
benalder50 | 30/12/2021 | |
andy.painter | 30/12/2021 | |
dickiewren | 26/12/2021 | |
JFT_96 | 10/11/2021 | |
Had forgotten what lovely views and just how much there is on top of this little hill | Hirta | 04/11/2021 |
A few hours spent exploring Edinburgh | Andrew Simmons | 28/10/2021 |
After Salisbury Crags | hillsman | 29/09/2021 |
Alan Caine | 11/09/2021 | |
Biggerbagger | 03/08/2021 | |
sarahk | 01/08/2021 | |
Rannoch_Monkey | 24/07/2021 | |
RobB | 13/07/2021 | |
RyanHibs | 27/06/2021 | |
clanbonham | 24/06/2021 | |
Walked up from Princes Street on a day out in Edinburgh with Sonja (staying at Lowsteads, train from Tweedbank). Visited the various monuments and the trig. Great views all round; sunny late afternoon. | Skip | 14/06/2021 |
Edinburgh trip | AGWilliamson | 10/06/2021 |
A stroll up from Princes Street | MountainTerrier | 05/06/2021 |
liam_na_mara | 11/04/2021 | |
With Frances, lockdown circuit of Arthurs Seat, Dunsapie Loch, Calton Hill, Castle Esplanade and Royal Mile. | langskill | 20/03/2021 |
cmac | 24/10/2020 |