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| Name: | Parson's Thorn |
| Hill number: | 16326 |
| Height: | 78m / 256ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2328 Knott |
| RHB Section: | 34A: Lake District - Northern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Northern Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Catchment: | Eden (Carlisle), Catchment Boundaries |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
| Grid ref: | NY 32141 54048 |
| Summit feature: | trig point in hedgeline |
| Drop: | 36m |
| Col: | 42m NY369505  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 85 (1:25k) 315 |
| Observations: | ground 100m WNW near gate at NY 32047 54071 is as high |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 37 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parson’s Thorn [Great Orton S6932] from GR: NY 32848 54075 | ronaldo333 | 09/10/2022 |
| A horrible wet and muddy farm track bridleway to access field with trig and Tump summit. Also got two benchmarks in Great Orton. | Dugswell2 | 26/02/2022 |
| Recommend bathing costume or wellies, if too cold to swim. | Martin R | 02/01/2022 |
| Thanks to previous advise, I wore my wellies. Definitely needed | conanharrod | 07/03/2021 |
| This hill has no redeeming features other than easy parking. Deep muddy approach only broken by flooding. A slog, nothing more, nothing less. Take wellies ... be warned. | moorsman | 18/10/2019 |
| Delicately negotiated the path, I should have heeded the warnings and prepared better. Met the farmer (in wellies); nice chap. | DC11main | 14/09/2019 |
| Sunshine walking along a dusty track that looks like it would normally be a quagmire. | Wycombe Wanderer | 21/04/2019 |
| As Jonglew. Track was indeed very muddy - ankle deep and not all avoidable today. | clivevilla | 07/11/2018 |
| 1st of 9 peripheral Cumbrian tumps on a wet day. Parking roadside in Great Orton and taking the track due W - it has 2 large and potentialy deep puddles but both can be circumnavigated with ease, so no worries about getting wet feet, and today was a particularly wet day. Access to the trig pillar is from the W side of the hedgerow, so best to stay on the track to a field gate at NY 3210 5394. HP at trig pillar on a raised field bdy. | jonglew | 14/12/2017 |
| Dry boots as ground frozen solid today! Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 11/12/2017 |
| Repeat visit after trip to nature reserve on old airfield nearby | nordicstar | 28/01/2017 |
| Probably the muddiest approach ever! | Alan Caine | 14/01/2017 |
| Track still very wet. Wore wellingtons as recommended. | Lionel Bidwell | 15/04/2016 |
| Visiting pillar. | Dusty | 12/04/2016 |
| Forewarned, wore wellies! Blackened trig hides in plain view. | peebs | 14/09/2015 |
| Parked in Great Orton near school at NY 32854 53785. Took diabolical track which was like a canal in places! Used gate at NY 32214 53960 to access field with trig pillar. | David Gradwell | 23/08/2015 |
| Parked by telephone box in Great Orton to E. Lane still very squalid even in August, was in boots but wellies better. TP in hedge but area near gate to W looked as high. Think I met vegibagger on way back? | Aye Jimmy | 08/08/2015 |
| surprisingly muddy track not at all suitable for my trainers and shorts. got to party full of water and unable without wet feet two field before the trig. went into field in up to crest and managed to get through there into next field and down to the gate to bypass the mega puddle and then into the next wheat field. sorted!! swirling windmills with sound of chopping air 300 m further to the west. | vegibagger | 08/08/2015 |
| Forgettable other than views to High Pike | Mark Sims | 27/04/2015 |
| Parked in village nr school. Walked to farm then the muddiest, wettest track ever (a welly job) to junction nr mast. Take gate just previous and through centre of field to top. Trig is in fence line to right. | nordicstar | 11/12/2014 |
| RHW | 06/08/2005 | |
| Mark Hodgson | 16/06/2023 | |
| Andy West | 24/08/2022 | |
| Rambling Ray | 14/02/2019 | |
| GaryJones | 30/12/2017 | |
| andrew brown | 22/09/2017 | |
| jimbloomer | 27/04/2017 | |
| mae | 03/01/2017 | |
| Susan Bidwell | 15/04/2016 | |
| Colin Crawford | 27/11/2015 | |
| Edwin Gradwell | 23/08/2015 | |
| George Gradwell | 23/08/2015 | |
| stevent0809 | 17/07/2015 | |
| GordonAdshead | 02/06/2015 | |
| Dave Geere | 07/12/2014 | |
| mcbiydw2 | 23/09/2014 | |
| Christo1979 | blank |