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Name: | Alvanley Cliff |
Hill number: | 19643 |
Height: | 139.7m / 458ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2087 Cadair Berwyn |
RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
County/UA: | Cheshire West and Chester |
Catchment: | Mersey |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | SJ 51028 73868 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 30.8m |
Col: | 108.9m SJ 5154 7399 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 117 (1:25k) 267 |
Observations: | summit is in trees |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 39 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From the north. Good parking for several cars at start of fp. I turned up too soon and encountered a lot of brambles and bracken along the ridge unnecessarily. Came down more directly path. Far easier. | Campbell Singer | 01/09/2023 |
The summit itself isn't accessible on the public paths, but there are good views from the footpath. | justin_j_evans | 19/08/2023 |
Being smart decided to ignore previous comments re. Bracken. Though not the worst Bracken I have been through it would be easier earlier/ later in year. | TK | 17/06/2023 |
Solo. From good layby to north. The high point is directly above the 4th kissing gate including the one next to road (metal, wood, metal, metal with nearby bench seat). Cross fence to left and directly up the slope. No visible path today due to deep bracken. | Nick Canute | 02/06/2023 |
Parked at N. | sclater | 16/01/2023 |
From north, up path to gate then up through woodland to top. | PeterD | 17/10/2022 |
Roadside parking by Shepherds Houses for a circuit of Woodhouse Hill, Alvanley Cliff and Birch Hill. | PGCE | 22/09/2022 |
Good lay-by at the start of the track due north of the summit. Follow the track south across a field. At the second metal gate, the first being at the start, look to the left and across the easy wire fence, there is a small track leading directly to the summit. | moorsman | 05/05/2022 |
A through walk from Frodsham to Helsby stations. From Birch Hill, lanes to NE, then up edge of harvested sweetcorn field. Easily into wood and summit. W to footpath, then N, only observing the back of a sign. | Minto | 13/11/2021 |
A tour on foot from Frodsham Station: 1. Beacon Hill; 2. Birch Hill; 3. Alvanley Cliff. 
A bit of a fight approaching from Woodland Trust's Wheeldon Copse. | summitsup | 30/10/2021 |
Parked to the North in lay-by SJ509741. Headed South on P/F until about opposite summit, then steep climb through, the still plentiful, bracken. With J. | David Evans | 25/09/2021 |
Alvin Lee was a guitarist in 60s combo, Ten Years After. | Martin R | 10/08/2021 |
Parked at 50993 74182, south on Sandstone Trail then over a fence into private woodland. The last bit was quite difficult as there was no path and the bracken was well over head height. It would be easy in winter. | clivevilla | 13/07/2021 |
short walk from road to the N | JK | 04/06/2021 |
Small level wooded area with ring of pines and cairn/ fire-ring. Slopes to west are brambly with oaks, not too bad. Foggy. | Denise | 29/11/2020 |
From path (Sandstone Trail) to W. up through dead bracken to flattish summit cairn in ring of Scots Pines and CCTV notice. Open Birch woodland to E. | RichardM | 29/11/2020 |
Up the route of descent mentioned by jonglew. Parking area to N. at SJ 5100 7418 (space for about 7 cars) - S. along RoW for about 500m & immediately after 4th kissing gate, over the loose section of barbed wire fence - ESE up to a bit of a col & then picked up a decent path N. & then NW to the summit cairn. Back same way. (S) | gerrybowes | 21/11/2020 |
From the road to the north where you can park easily. Signs on display telling you to keep out for your own safety, CCTV etc. Recently erected I think. Solo. | bolton | 07/11/2020 |
F/p from N. Ascended the wood about 100m beyond a gate, weakness in bracken and a scramble past a small sandstone 'cave' to flattish cairn. | Aye Jimmy | 20/09/2020 |
Parked on road to the N then ran down fp South until due W of summit then skipped over fence and fought through the bracken to the summit cairn. Lovely spot, great countryside and well worth doing before climbing at Harmers Wood. With Mart. | John Eley | 17/09/2020 |
Dirt roadside parking to N. Ascended when due W of summit, dense head high bracken; dropped due S for 140m on the descent, much easier route. | jonglew | 16/07/2020 |
Recompletion with Alex C with Charles E providing cup cakes and whisky from a suspicious looking bottle plus plastic shampoo glasses. | Dugswell2 | 14/07/2020 |
With Alex Cameron & Douglas Law as they complete Cheshire West and I climb back up to Minus One. | vegibagger | 14/07/2020 |
Incorporated into a circuit from Alvanley village,branching off from the Sandstone trail and approaching from the North through attractive woodland .Bracken is now quite high. Summit is a ring of scattered stones with a more substantial cairn a few metres away but ground between two pines set back also high. Found a strange stone man lying in between the bracken on the descent, in a foetal position; its not something you come across often on bagging trips. Cheshire West re-completed! Headed over for Halton Castle afterwards... | Dazingdale | 31/05/2020 |
From north. Cheshire West and Cheshire re-complete. | Alan Caine | 23/05/2020 |
From N, stay on main trail until almost due W of summit before ascending, to minimise bramble action. Cairn at HP | RHW | 23/05/2020 |
From N. Several tracks or badger tracks lead up to small stoney cairn with good view. | GordonAdshead | 20/05/2020 |
I did this along with Helsby Hill, Birch Hill, Frodsham etc. Up and down from the Sandstone Trail to the top. Can't remember that much about it. | Jake994 | 11/12/2010 |
Detour while doing part of Sandstone Trail | Flatfield | 23/09/2006 |
Late 1980's | Flatfield | blank |
Matt | 04/12/2022 | |
Mark Sims | 15/07/2022 | |
burwellian | 20/03/2022 | |
Dawn Oldham | 17/02/2022 | |
Wycombe Wanderer | 26/09/2021 | |
Bag For Life | 26/09/2021 | |
PM | 27/02/2021 | |
carole engel | 17/10/2020 | |
Alex C | 14/07/2020 | |
andrew brown | 04/06/2020 |