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Name: | Windmill Hill |
Hill number: | 18979 |
Height: | 140m / 459ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
RHB Section: | 37: The River Tees to The Wash |
County/UA: | Nottinghamshire |
Catchment: | Trent |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | SK 50543 43308 |
Summit feature: | trig point |
Drop: | 36m |
Col: | 104m SK503446 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 129 (1:25k) 260W |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 33 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Very local one, had to run up to it from the farm track on the NW side | visionset | 13/07/2023 |
parked at Strelley and after lovely lunch walked on bridleway to farm and like Nick Canute walked to edge of compound as no-one in sight to ask for access | grumpy | 27/01/2023 |
No-one around at farm (suspect I saw farmer mowing a field to the north). Walked unchallenged to edge of compound and will have to make do with being a few inches short of the hp. | Nick Canute | 12/06/2022 |
Parked N of Strelley church. Guided to trig (within dog enclosure) by friendly farmer. | PGCE | 21/12/2021 |
From NW. as others escort required, trig in compound. | PeterD | 08/10/2021 |
11:30am, 18 degrees (22 later) brisk westerlies, sunny. On to Windmill Hill (Boundary). | Wycombe Wanderer | 23/09/2021 |
Permission from farmer who escorted me to the menagerie enclosure. Solo | RoguePulsar | 30/08/2021 |
Asked permission from Farmer, a real gent, who kindly accompanied me to summit trig, within Farm property enclosure. | Smog | 01/07/2021 |
Dogs roaming around farm so waited on farmers return. He was happy to show me trig in enclosed compound. | Alan Caine | 04/07/2020 |
A escort is required for this one. As I walked up to the farm a grabbed the atension of the guy driving a tractor moving sileage around. I asked him about the trig pillar on the farm and to my surprise he stopped what he was doing and offered to take me there! I tried to refuse saying I could make my own way, but he insisted. I when I got there I could see why, The pillar was in a locked compound, luckily the dogs weren't running free but they were barking! | dazedemon | 02/06/2020 |
Cycle out from Nottingham | Nicky C | 08/05/2020 |
Parked to the NNw in Babbington Lane SK501438. Very helpful farmer's son and farmer kindly allowed me to visit trig. | David Evans | 11/01/2020 |
Trig pillar quite possible the top, tricky one to access without permission, and due to dogs the farmer elected to escort me. | jonglew | 20/07/2019 |
Went the solo Vegebagger route to this one. | Dugswell2 | 23/02/2019 |
What a quagmire and bewildering site to negotiate. Shown by farmers foster son in round the corner through the horses and over a bit of broken down hedge /fence as there was big tall locked metal gate into summit junkyard. | vegibagger | 08/02/2018 |
Wandered up to the farmhouse where the farmer was out working in the yard. Asked if it was possible to visit the trig point - the farmer agreed and led me up past the farmhouse to the trig point around the back. He said he has someone visit around once a month. | Wheelsy | 06/08/2016 |
Presented myself at farmhouse door after braving the dogs. The farmer instructed his son to get his wellies on & escort me to the trig. Which he duly did. Asked me why I touched the pillar and found this hard to explain. Then I was asked what it was for, so then had to expound on trigonometric mapping & the Ordnance Survey. | ngthack | 10/03/2016 |
Helpful farmer. Farmyard beats Dundry Down. Dogs noisy but friendly. | Campbell Singer | 02/02/2016 |
Marvelous evening: Farmer kindly asked his 8 year old son to stop driving a huge tractor round the yard and take me up to the back garden with the trig point. | GordonAdshead | 10/07/2015 |
From Swingate to the NW. Permission given by farmer who was stood over his ankles in liquid cow-muck at the time. Took me to the trig. Not much chance of sneaking up to this one, yapping dogs everywhere! Lots of horses about: farmer said he couldn't survive with just cattle any more, had to expand into other areas. Then walked across bridge over M1 to visit County Top - for what it was worth. | Aye Jimmy | 22/05/2015 |
Wandered up here after the nearby UA top. Rather grim - the skeleton was still there, seemingly attached to some sort of trap which was attached to the trig point. Various other traps, junk and caged rabid dogs meant i didn't linger. | Herbert Anchovy | 11/05/2015 |
After visiting the Nearby UA boundary I walked up the track, obtained permission from the farmer and walked up to the trig. Not my most favourite hill, with rubbish all round, overlooked by baying dogs in an on-site kennel and trig had a skeleton of dubious nature draped across it, the sum of which led to a somewhat depressing outlook. | Dazingdale | 10/04/2015 |
From Strelley via Robin Hood Way. Over motorway a right turn leads to Windmill Farm, where permission was obtained. No problems. Two friendly guys and equally friendly dogs. Trig sits on summit of this new Tump to rear of farm. Limited views due to buildings and greenery. Clear, sunny day, but strong Westerly wind. Muddy in places. | Richard Gunn | 10/12/2014 |
AFter picking the county top by motorway embankment went to find the trig, and therefore this hill also, nice one! August not good time to go, lots of nettles and flies in this farm! | nordicstar | 01/08/2012 |
Did at same time as UA top and its alternative | Adrian | 22/04/2011 |
Visited for trig pillar, in yard near house. | RHW | 29/02/2004 |
Mark Sims | 08/06/2018 | |
andrew brown | 04/05/2016 | |
stevent0809 | 08/08/2015 | |
RichardM | 19/09/2013 | |
Martin R | 27/06/2012 | |
carole engel | 27/05/2012 | |
asbown | 10/01/2007 |