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Name:Castle Wood Hill
Hill number:16267
Height:142m / 466ft
Parent (Ma):2683  Claife Heights
RHB Section:34D: Southern Cumbria
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Southern Fells
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Leven (Ulverston)
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:SD 37136 95197
Summit feature:cairn by tree
Drop:46m
Col:96m  SD370956  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 96 97
(1:25k) OL7N
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 38 users)ByDate of Ascent
This is a fine hill, especially with the bracken down. Parked by the footpath to the south. Followed the path through the wood, where there is a fine view across to Far Sawrey. By the gate there is a path which leads up the hill and eventually down to Near Sawrey. By a bend in an old wall it is easy to reach the summit, where there is a small cairn. There are notices asking you to keep to the path, tempting though it is to walk though the trees. Passed close to the summit in April 2004 during an orienteering event.JohnW06/03/2023
Via the lay-by and ROW to the SSW. Worn path leads close to the summit.summitter18/10/2022
Road too narrow to park down although I could prehaps have asked the builders working at Dub How Farm. However, far easier to park at Hill Top (unattended National Trust site car park) and walk back. (I am a member). Easy track from the road to the summit.moorsman19/05/2022
From building site at Dub How via good tracks to lovely little top which despite being just being inside the wood, provides good views. Person at site told me on my return that I should have used the FP situated further south along lane.trimarc221/03/2022
In the daylight this time. From road to west. Small grass covered cairn by oak in open woodland. Grey but not raining. Onto Scale Ivy Intake and from Eel House Intake. with Tony Tony Andy and Richard.Denise 29/12/2021
Water Yeat - Top o' Selside (Wainwright, Marilyn) - Carron Crag - Tarn Intake - Castle Wood Hill - Scale Ivy Intakes - Claife Heights - Latterbarrow - Near Sawrey.Mark Jackson23/06/2021
Parked in the Hill Top National Trust car park. Joys of having a membership card then followed road to west of hill. Easy ascent to mossy cairn.Alan Caine10/10/2020
From layby in minor road to S. Straightforward on path through woods. HP is mossy cairn by oak in deepening gloom.Denise 28/12/2019
From the S. Footpath to ridge then good path along ridge. Last of the day, descend in darkness. And again on:- 29-12-2021 with Denise, Andy, Tony G & Tony J.RichardM28/12/2019
Parked by Dub House Farm, walked up lane and into woods, easy trods to the summit. Twenty minutes round trip but nice woodland and worth the wander.nickywood103/11/2019
Straightforward from lane to west. Arcadian surroundings.Wycombe Wanderer09/06/2019
Approached along the ridge from the bridleway to the south. Lovely summit.Moorponder30/12/2018
Parked by Dub house farm, back up road and into woods through gap in wall with good access to top.PeterD27/12/2018
From minor road to west, parked on vergecitygent20/03/2018
Last of the day from nearby pub, good spot to finishnordicstar02/02/2018
Castle Wood Hill from GR: SD 36842 95083ronaldo33330/09/2017
From holiday cottage in Near Sawrey. Ascended hill from gap in wall to west at SD 36842 95083. Also room to park on opposite side of road.David Gradwell26/04/2016
On a small round of hills to W of Windermere: Scale Ivy Intakes - Claife Heights - Latterbarrow - Castle Wood Hill. Hopped over the wire stock fence a little E of B. Potter's house and took a direct line to the little wooded hill top.jonglew04/03/2016
7 miles circular walk from Near Sawrey on glorious,sunny day-Scale Ivy Intakes(excellent viewpoint,Claife Heights(revisit)and Castle Wood Hill(from south-west).With Oscar.catman10/02/2016
With Catman.oscarrosie10/02/2016
Beaxtrix Potter's Hill Top house and working farm which she bought lie on the shoulder of this hill. Last of 3 Tumps on an early morning winter (pre dawn start) 3 hr run from /to Bowness using the ferry. Traversed from SW fp and open woodland then down NE -gate at wood edge into fields (once owned by Miss Potter?) led quickly to road run back for ferry. Raining properly now. Then drove with dad to Keswick the long way round via Patterdale and Dockray to meet Martin S & Darren in Keswick for lunch - A591 closed by Dec 2015 floods/ road collapse.Chris Pearson09/01/2016
From wsw, pull-in, pasture, step over fence into grassy woodland beyond bracken. Gorgeous eveningRHW05/09/2015
Easy walk in open woodland from SW.Aye Jimmy18/04/2015
Parking for 1 car by brow of hill at SD 3683 9507. Pleasant, mature deciduous woodland.jimbloomer30/12/2014
Martin R27/01/2024
m0untain_n0mad23/10/2023
Tony J29/12/2021
PeteF14/08/2021
amblemark11/03/2021
conanharrod14/02/2021
Rambling Ray04/03/2020
mae24/03/2017
GaryJones19/07/2016
Edwin Gradwell26/04/2016
George Gradwell26/04/2016
DC11main14/11/2015
peebs06/07/2015
Dave Geere28/12/2013