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Name: | Bolehill |
Hill number: | 5336 |
Height: | 323m / 1060ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2812 Shining Tor |
RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
County/UA: | Derbyshire |
Catchment: | Trent |
Class: | Hump, Tump (300-399m), Ethel, Clem (Hu,Tu,3,E,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SK 29396 55340 |
Summit feature: | vegetated rock on W side of fence 20m SSE of trig point |
Drop: | 104m |
Col: | 219m SK289555 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24E |
Observations: | carved boulder 20m SSE at SK 29406 55328, and ground by trig point on man-made circular plinth at SK 29386 55356 are both lower |
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 209 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Easy and straightforward walk from Black Rocks car park. Last Ethel for us, finished at sun down on the Winter Solstice and walked down in the dark. | Lazylizzie | 22/12/2023 |
Relatively easy and straightforward walk from Black Rocks. | emylou | 09/12/2023 |
nice circuit from car park | holtsd | 18/11/2023 |
As others, from cemetery. Straightforward. | matty1971b | 29/10/2023 |
From Black Rocks car park by the paths to the trig point and on to the summit. Continued on the path S, and down to the minor road to complete a circular walk back to the car park. | LizH | 22/08/2023 |
On own. From Black Rocks car park following footpaths up through woods to trig point and summit. | Beeliner | 11/08/2023 |
A 23 mile walk from the picnic area north of Brassington to reach five Ethel's Harboro rocks, Bolehill (Cromford moor), Blakelow hill (bonsall moor), Aleck low and Minninglow hill, with 3660ft of ascent, pub stop Winster after five hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 17/06/2023 |
Parked beside road. It must get very busy here, glad to avoided the crowds. Lovely walk over Black Rocks. | Malcvolm | 16/05/2023 |
Include trig point and boulder high point. Prev evening mountain bike ride trig point only (02/01/2017) and poss before as well. | steveb2006 | 28/11/2022 |
Bolehill [S1716] from GR: SK 29006 55623 | Hippster | 18/10/2022 |
Bolehill [S1716] from GR: SK 29006 55623 | ronaldo333 | 18/10/2022 |
First of my day, before bilberry knoll and scarthin rock | AJH | 09/10/2022 |
Quick up and down from sw. Very pleasant woodland walk before heading to matlock for the canoeing competition | Nicky C | 02/10/2022 |
Fourth of four Humps picked up on the drive from Miller's Dale to London. Parked on Oakerthorpe Road to the W and made a circuit of it, ascending via the very impressive Black Rock. | Mark Jackson | 02/10/2022 |
Black Rocks with family | visionset | 31/07/2022 |
A quick out and back from the disused railway track. | Glenelg | 01/05/2022 |
Black Rocks & Shining Cliff CX - Ride (via Strava) | visionset | 10/04/2022 |
From Black rock cp | Longwojo | 05/02/2022 |
Trig bagging with R. | Dan Baddeley | 29/01/2022 |
From Cemetery parking in heavy snow, followed path up to trig and to HP other side of fence. | PeterD | 06/12/2021 |
Circular walk from/to Black Rocks Car Park. Steep ascent up past Black Rocks to the summit 'plateaux' and trig. Descent to Sheep Pasture Top then along the High Peak Trail. Trees obscure some of the views from the top. Mast present. Enjoyable walk with Katie and Emily. | praenterprise | 14/11/2021 |
Walk up with Izzy in the gloaming from the car park which seemed to have some sort of adult event taking place. Actual summit if it is the West side of fence must be hidden in bushes. Time taken 34 minutes for 1.5 miles. Saw a few Bats and some Cows In the twilight that scared Izzy senseless. | isabelle | 01/08/2021 |
With H. | Chris Ellis | 05/07/2021 |
On 15-mile circuit from Blackbrook via Midshires Way to Black Rocks, back over Bole Hill and Alport Height. | mavero10 | 07/04/2021 |
From Black Rocks CP nice chilly wander around the area bagging the summit and Trig | Jephcote83 | 24/12/2020 |
With Toby from High Peak Junction via Sheep Pasture Incline. | Wheelsy | 31/08/2020 |
With my dad from High Peak Junction. | TLBW | 31/08/2020 |
From Black Rocks CP on High Peak Trail. FP up passing to right of the Black Rocks. Multiple paths through woods. Path through ancient quarry and crags leads up to edge via gate. Head on level path to summit. Return along same path but continue on beyond gate. Down through woods again to top of black rocks and hairy photo opp. On down past alien face rock. Ssssh don’t wake the monster. One of the most pleasant bags. Shady woodland incredibly welcome on the 30+ degC day. With Tiarnan. | Pete West | 31/07/2020 |
Parked at the road junction on the hill at 291554. From the path at 259 spotheight and a lovely walk through the woods. Solo in 25 minutes. Great views. | bolton | 11/03/2020 |
From roadside past the Cafe to the trig and back | M6KIO | 06/03/2020 |
Mon night run. Probs been up here > 20 times before. | davechaffey | 21/10/2019 |
Night walk with Dez and Dan. | NottsOutdoorLad | 08/03/2019 |
Interesting hill with the Black Rock to explore too. With B and R. | jenx | 14/02/2019 |
With Jenx and Bryher from free parking by cemetery at Black Rocks. Good paths all way. Scrambly fun on Black Rocks on way back. | nordicstar | 14/02/2019 |
As others, from cemetery. Straightforward. | PGCE | 23/11/2018 |
Parked in layby at 290 556, left along the old railway then right up through the lead mine workings and keep going up and right along the ridge. | clivevilla | 04/11/2018 |
Parked in small layby next to cemetery at SK29013 55616 - Along bridleway (former rail line) to fingerpost & took path signposted Cromford Moor - Up path past old lead mine to trig point & then 20m further on climbed fence to moss covered rock which lies under a clump of brambles about 1m from fence. (S) | gerrybowes | 17/08/2018 |
Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: 
Parked by cemetery. Followed path up and took a wee detour to the rocks where some children were rock climbing, round the old quarry. Pillar sits on a roughly circular rough stone plinth, great wee trig to start the day. | thejackrustles | 06/07/2018 |
A 2nd visit on a 5 hr walk up from Cromford with L and newly retired Viv and her curly haired cockapoo. Continued to visit once again the National Stone Centre, and its dry stone wall collection, then up the steep incline to visit the old Midleton Top station ( getting unexpected horse racing tips from a local on the way) The Cromford and High Peak railway which skits below Black Rocks is an engineering marvel from 1831 crossing the high Pennines to link the canals either side. Stationary steam engines hauled the trucks up steep inclines. | Chris Pearson | 14/06/2018 |
Looped around to the summit via the high peak junction, finishing at the trig point, on a freezing day | Joel451 | 29/04/2018 |
Ascent (and parking) as moorsman. We then followed blue route E over moorland (cleared plantation) to forest road shown on OS map at about SK299556, followed it to bw, then fp, to Intake Lane and Sheep Pasture Incline (now part of the High Peak Trail), which we walked up to return to Black Rock. A 2.5 h walk full of interest, that could easily be extended to include more of the fascinating industrial archaeology in good countryside. With brother, Pete. On fine afternoon after wet, misty morning. | pwheeler | 16/03/2018 |
If there are any spaces in the layby as you turn into the car park to the NW use these rather than pay for parking (alt 218m). Pass behind the refreshment building and look for a path leading uphill to the right. This leads to the summit trig (the summit itself is over the fence 20m furthjer south). 1.93km return.30 mins. 171m ascent. | moorsman | 10/03/2018 |
Solo. I parked up the road to avoid car park charge at Black Rocks cp. | Dangerous Dave | 05/03/2018 |
Parked in large layby by cemetery - parking charges in the CP. Small confusion on entering the old quarry - the path runs up through it so no need to find away around it, like I did... Trig pillar with a number of adornments at the top. | jonglew | 24/01/2018 |
A day out on the bike bagging hills. | simonshrewsbury | 23/12/2017 |
Not every day you find a Sri Lankan elephant called Matt sat next to a trig. | Alex C | 21/11/2017 |
From Black Rock Car Park | MrChris1980 | 04/05/2017 |
Parked at Black Rocks car park SK 29078 55659. Nice walk through woods to summit. | David Evans | 14/04/2017 |
Thought I ought to revist to have a look at (and touch) the mossy boulder as I'd only noted the trig from previous visits. The mossy boulder is definitely higher than the ground around the trig. Gorgeous morning the sun shining through misty cloud and a dusting of icy snow. A quick dash up from Black Rock car park before the 09:00 pay and display start time. | RichardM | 29/01/2017 |
From Black Rocks car park then used the blue trail. | garyhoney | 31/12/2016 |