Loading...
Name:Penshaw Hill
Hill number:16476
Height:136m / 446ft
Parent (Ma):2714  Burnhope Seat
RHB Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
County/UA:Sunderland
Catchment:Wear
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:NZ 33381 54369
Summit feature:ground 4m S of SW corner of monument
Drop:52m
Col:84m  NZ369530  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 88
(1:25k) 308
Survey:Abney level
GPS data:show GPS entries for this hill

Show Map

View on: Geograph  OS Maps  Streetmap  Magic  NLS  OTM

Full screen map

Show/hide GPS File for mountains/markers shown

Show/hide GPX File for mountains shown

Photos
Hill summit photo
(where available)
Hill portrait photo
(where available)

Click on a photo link to view photo on the hillsummits website

To contribute a summit or portrait photo for a hill
please contact the hillsummits website

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.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass.  Please quote the hill number and hill name.

Logged Descriptions  (logged by 102 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
GaryJones23/12/2023
Easy climb up the steps from the layby. Visited summit and trig.PGCE08/10/2023
Halfdecent16/09/2023
Lionel Bidwell29/07/2023
Matt21/07/2023
First climb. Easy ascent from layby up stepsvtsadam 04/06/2023
Up the steps from the parking area.robertphillips25/03/2023
Very easy ascent up steps from lay-by with good views of the local area and a great folly. Quite a few people around as half termmatty1971b21/02/2023
Penshaw Hill [S4124] from GR: NZ 33517 54197ronaldo33326/11/2022
Penshaw Hill [S4124] from GR: NZ 33517 54197Hippster26/11/2022
chrisbien07/11/2022
trianglegirl07/10/2022
Parked with the masses to the SE, walked up with the masses. Striking monument.jonglew21/08/2022
Andy West28/07/2022
XelaTnek21/07/2022
quick bag after visiting the vaccine centreNicky C26/03/2022
malcorbett26/03/2022
Popular Sunday afternoon spot. Roadside parking. Stepped path to monument. Solo.Dangerous Dave02/01/2022
Very easy ascent up steps from lay-by with good views of the local area and a great folly. Quite a few people about as there was a festival in a nearby field.DanTrig18/09/2021
A contender for most impressive folly.Wycombe Wanderer29/08/2021
Bag For Life29/08/2021
andy.painter03/07/2021
easy walk up steepish steps from layby parking, v warm & dry great views, impressive/interesting monument/memorial.apricorum10/06/2021
Sherlock19/04/2021
Llondon10/04/2021
Sherlock22/03/2021
I've often seen the monument skylined in the distance while driving north on the A1(M). This time Sonja and I were on the way to Longhoughton but diverted to Penshaw to walk up the hill from the carpark. There are extensive views all round plus the monument itself (which is based on the Temple of Hephaestus apparently) plus a trig. Breezy evening, showers, a lot of family groups on the hill.Skip10/10/2020
jimbloomer09/01/2020
After visiting Seaton Delaval Hall, Lesley and i continued to visit Souter Lighthouse then Washington Old Hall and as this was nearby we made this our last stop-off, parking below with a set of steps leading upto this grand monument. We walked onto the top then i circuited it making sure i got the high point. We headed off to Richmond where we had booked an overnight stay, stopping off for tea at the William Stead, Wetherspoons in Darlington en-route.Dazingdale04/10/2019
Simple enough walk up the tourist route ...... trig bagged as well.3 kinnears28/09/2019
Alan Caine16/09/2019
From the car park at the bottom of the hill. Can actually see it across the Tyne from my back bedroom window, but only been up it a couple of times.JulieB22/04/2019
mini bagger 21/04/2019
Ben Rinnes20/04/2019
Shameful that I lived in Northumberland for nine years and failed to visit this gem, despite seeing it from a distance so many times.It doesn't disappoint at close rangeColin Crawford25/03/2019
Overwhelmed by this superb Theseum style monument- those Victorians knew how to think big. Lovely evening with superb views. Tiny trig dwarfed in comparison. Radical Jack, local MP/ peer and Canadian governor must have been some man. Built 1844 in his memory.Denise 16/03/2019
Path up SE side. Nat. Trust but free. A fine little hill with trig pillar, great views and stunning Theseum like structure visible from afar.RichardM16/03/2019
Dusty16/09/2018
Have driven past scores of times. Had time today after a walk on the Durham coastCrib Goch05/08/2018
mae25/07/2018
Detour from the Weardale Way (from Chester-le-Street). We were denied access onto the Right of Way from Victoria Viaduct around the side of North Farm by the resident. So had to take another detour pass Low Lambton Farm, then followed the road along the side of Penshaw up to the monument. It was a hot day. We descended across the field via Penshaw North House Farm back onto the Weardale Way and continued on to Roker Park, Sunderland (21 miles in total for the day).NorthernWayfarer24/06/2018
A very impressive building.Campbell Singer22/05/2018
Alex C13/04/2018
A glorious short evening walk on the way home from Newcastle. Follow the signposts to Penshaw Monument and park on the lane below the stepped path. The floodlight Theseum and the view of Sunderland's and South Shields' lights are magnificent.Nick Down108/02/2018
holtsd30/09/2017
After25 years of seeing it from a km away on theA19 finally got here on Jamie's18th birthday, though he's down south.vegibagger01/07/2017
Here for the trigpoint. Great place to visit at night as it's all lite up. Brilliant spot.thejackrustles09/06/2017
Martin R25/04/2017
Parked near the two pubs to the SW. Up track and then FP to top. Good views. Have seen this many times on visits up the A1 to the North east but never visited before.PeterD09/04/2017
carole engel31/03/2017