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Name: | Walton Head Whin |
Hill number: | 16471 |
Height: | 160m / 525ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2781 Great Whernside |
RHB Section: | 35B: The Central Pennines |
County/UA: | North Yorkshire |
Catchment: | Ouse (York), Catchment Boundaries, Wharfe |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | SE 30907 50121 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 75m NE of trig point |
Drop: | 54m |
Col: | 106m SE299500 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 104 (1:25k) 289N 297 |
Observations: | flush bracket is 60cm lower than summit |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 35 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From South. Along field edge, thru gate and across pasture. | Andrew Pearson | 18/11/2022 |
4 of 5: Parked near Low Snape Farm. | ChrisR | 20/04/2022 |
Completion round of both the Wharfe catchment and Leeds UA summits today, visiting Rawden Hill, Healthwaite Hill, Walton Head Whin, Bilbrough Hill, Garforth Cliff, Beecroft Hill, Owlcotes Hill and Tinshill Moor. The car did most of the heavy work, clocking up 100 miles, whereas I only walked 6 miles to bag all of them! (S) | silveracorn_alan | 02/01/2022 |
From Harewood via Kirkby Overblow, from lane SD310497, easy up field boundaries to trig and just beyond, returned same way. | Flatfield | 28/02/2021 |
From John Metcalfe Road | briandiggle | 01/01/2021 |
Parked to the NE in lay-by on John Metcalf Way SE313506. Entered wood at 310504 and remained unobserved until near summit. | David Evans | 25/11/2019 |
as for jimbloomer | arranc | 12/03/2019 |
Walton Head Whin from GR: SE 30332 50332 | ronaldo333 | 05/04/2018 |
Walked up from Burn Bridge. 55min round trip. Footpath crosses A61 where there is very limited visibility on uphill route - not recommended unless you can run fast. Downhill is fine. | IanHHill | 01/01/2018 |
Solo. Parked on bend in road uphill, around the corner from Walton Head House. Footpath goes around house. Uphill along wall edge in second field and over barbed wire fence to flat summit area - sheep fields. | Dangerous Dave | 25/11/2017 |
From Snape Pass summit. Good view of Almscliff Crag. | Wycombe Wanderer | 07/09/2017 |
Lot of kites flying. Of the bird variety. | ngthack | 04/09/2017 |
Parked on the verge near the start of footpth from the SW then up to Snape trig and Tump summit in sheep pasture. | Dugswell2 | 16/12/2016 |
Car bagging with Dugswell. | Smudge | 16/12/2016 |
From SW | jimbloomer | 08/10/2016 |
Bumped into farmer on quad bike. Friendly n seemed to think we are fruitcakes. | Adrian | 24/04/2016 |
From footpath closest to A61/A658 roundabout. Follow path through first field then left up to metal gate which gives access to summit field and trig | Bramley | 15/04/2016 |
Went along footpath from Walton Head House,then up to small gate by northerly mast.Reasonable views. | catman | 08/01/2015 |
As part of a convoluted walk between Weeton and Pannal stations bagging Almsciff Crag, Heathwaite hil and Walton Head Whin. | Martin R | 19/12/2014 |
Limited parking available on the verge to the south just east of the start of the path. Pass through a couple of fields then follow the hedgeline towards the top. Summit is set back to the east beyond the trig and the mast. | moorsman | 17/05/2014 |
Horizontal walk from lane to S. Recheck, been before to TP, not sure whether it was at summit; slightly higher about 60m beyond. | Aye Jimmy | 08/04/2014 |
Visited on run. | stever | 11/03/2012 |
Harewood Bridge to Wetherby via Kirby Overblow-Snape trig (Walton Head Whin)-Spofforth | Mac.Hawk | 09/01/2006 |
RHW | 06/03/2005 | |
11.24am slightly overcast sunny, field of cows and sheep | vegibagger | 09/11/1999 |
nicolajane | 02/03/2024 | |
raymondwilkes | 26/07/2022 | |
stevedixon | 31/01/2021 | |
Clach Liath | 22/03/2020 | |
GaryJones | 03/10/2018 | |
andrew brown | 13/10/2016 | |
stevent0809 | 20/12/2015 | |
Alan Caine | 15/09/2015 | |
GordonAdshead | 12/12/2014 | |
carole engel | 28/11/2010 |