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Name:Blackchester Hill
Hill number:16034
Height:214m / 702ft
Parent (Ma):2302  The Cheviot
RHB Section:33: The Scottish Border to the River Tyne
County/UA:Northumberland
Catchment:Aln, Catchment Boundaries, Coquet
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:NU003102 (est)
Drop:48m
Col:166m  NT994097  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 81
(1:25k) OL16E
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 14 users)ByDate of Ascent
From the south visited all areas.robertphillips18/02/2023
The phonebox has now gone the way of all flesh, however, its space makes a suitable parking spot. Through the gate at the start of the byway and an easy ascent up to the final gate through the summit fence. Turn left and through a second gate to follow the fenceline to the summit. This is definitely NOT the trig but could be a spoil heap at the start of the enclosure, the edge of the quarry to the south or a bank alongside the trig. Visited all three to avoid having to make a return trip.moorsman30/09/2021
Room to park at Alnham. Approached via bridleway and field edge > Blackchester Hill. Trig point looks higher than quarry rim. Continued along bridleway and then track to Scrainwood. Up the track NNW > Hazeltonrig. Footpath and road back to Alnham.JohnR15/05/2021
Grand tour of the Northumberland hills. Parked by the phone box in Alnham. Blackchester Hill > Hazel Knowes > High Knowes > Hart Law for the trig along the ridge and down to Prendwick > minor road back to the car.Andrew Simmons22/12/2020
As Crib GochColin Crawford24/03/2019
From Alnham, via Restricted Byway - whatever that means. Then along wall to Trig which looks like the highest pointCrib Goch11/01/2019
Trig is highest area. Visited the standing stone and the cupped stone as well. Approached from the south, easy parkingAdrian28/12/2018
Public byway from S along edges of crop fields to metal gate at final field, with frisky cattle. Wall followed to small quarry and trig. Highest point is a reservoir 20m from trig, otherwise about 45m W on quarry rim possibly higher than trig, hard to tell with long grass.Aye Jimmy05/08/2016
Parked opposite Castle Farm then up footpath on track and passed some pens containing 30 tups before taking to field to bag the trig and top on the edge of a former quarry.Dugswell201/09/2014
RHW14/04/2006
dexly17/12/2020
carole engel17/06/2017
Dave Geere19/03/2017
asbown13/09/2014