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Name: | Wild Bank Hill [Hollingworthhall Moor] |
Hill number: | 16547 |
Height: | 399m / 1309ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2810 Black Hill |
RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
County/UA: | Tameside |
Catchment: | Mersey |
Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
Grid ref: | SJ 98879 98019 |
Summit feature: | embedded stone c 5m N of trig point |
Drop: | 86m |
Col: | 313m SK011993 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 109 (1:25k) OL1W |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 87 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
3 of 3 starting on mottram old road. Down to main road and up gallowsclough road followed byway all way to top. Could see the Manchester skyline in the distance. Lovely end of winter day for it | The-Z-Man | 19/02/2024 |
Decent roadside parking at top of the tarmacked section of Gallowsclough Road - Up RoW & permissive path to trig point & embedded rock summit. Fine viewpoint. | gerrybowes | 17/09/2023 |
From the Mottram side, back down the opp side to Stalybridge Country Park. | burwellian | 31/05/2023 |
mae | 09/12/2022 | |
Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: 
Parked on Gallowsclough Road. Took the public right of way and then the permissive footpath up to the summit of Wild Bank Hill and the pillar. Also YSM0659 Wild Bank. | thejackrustles | 19/07/2022 |
Parked at start of road leading to Hobson Moor Quarry, fp and bw to summit, grand views. Descent via path east then through grassy field to top of quarry. No-one climbing today. | Nick Canute | 28/03/2022 |
Bagged as part of the 2022 SP24 Challenge Hike organised by the South Pennine LDWA | dazedemon | 19/02/2022 |
Stephen Hall | 19/02/2022 | |
Janice Barker | 19/02/2022 | |
Moorponder | 02/07/2021 | |
Enjoyed a wintry sunset from here at 4pm- great orange globe falling fast, nearby snowy moorland glowing softly. Pity about all the power cables criss -crossing the landscape. Trig in mud within snowy heather with small snowman on top. HP nearby. | Denise | 05/12/2020 |
Along the S ridge with very fine views all the way. Watch sunset from the summit. Trig pillar topped by snowman. | RichardM | 05/12/2020 |
From Stalybridge Country Park. 
A nice hill despite the power lines | Alan Moore | 16/06/2020 |
Sunset climb, temperature in low figures. Mini mountain with views all the way to the Welsh hills. A great day with many surprisingly fine hills. Realised that I've barely seen the Peak District from this angle before and very fine it looks too. | Wycombe Wanderer | 13/05/2020 |
Bag For Life | 13/05/2020 | |
Garethhurfurt | 29/04/2020 | |
Craig67 | 11/04/2020 | |
Felltrekker | 29/02/2020 | |
Up from Gallowsclough Road. Down via Higher Swineshaw Reservoir and Stalybridge Country Park. Good visibility. Very windy. Very wet underfoot. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 23/02/2020 |
PM | 02/02/2020 | |
Black Chew Head, Featherbed Moss, Hoarstone Edge, Wild Bank Hill | keithouk | 19/01/2020 |
Dawn Oldham | 19/01/2020 | |
andy63 | 25/12/2019 | |
Felltrekker | 04/12/2019 | |
Circular from Hollingworth, with Sarah and Pat. | WaggaWagg | 30/11/2019 |
Adrian | 23/11/2019 | |
J_Mo | 13/04/2019 | |
Expected rain stayed off. 
Parked opposite quarry and followed good path to right of quarry and up to summit. 
Fine viewpoint. | PeteF | 02/03/2019 |
Parked in small lay-by near the Waggon & Horses. Bagged its cut mark near door then across road to follow track upward to footpath sign and track heading back right. This was easily followed to trig and summit with sunny views today. | Dugswell2 | 21/02/2019 |
From quarry on Hobson Moor Road. Plenty of parking. Through quarry and onto grouse moor. Good paths all the way. On flight path to Manchester airport. Great views of Manchester. | Campbell Singer | 11/11/2018 |
From quarry on Hobson Moor Road.Pleasant enough stroll to top and did indeed feel more like a hill than many tumps nearby.Full extent of Manchester sprawl revealed.With Oscar. | catman | 24/10/2018 |
With Catman. | oscarrosie | 24/10/2018 |
From South after going up Harrop Edge. Past houses to BW and then PROW and up to trig and HP on good path. Good views of Manchester. | PeterD | 06/10/2018 |
From Hobson Moor Road via ROW and concessionary path. Fine top. | Bramley | 02/08/2018 |
Andy West | 09/06/2018 | |
Final hill of the morning, worth leaving until last. Access notes - see John. Nice to walk through climbing venue and have a look. Painted stone left on trig by someone, which read...'Smile, Be Happy, Love'. Summit yoga pose. Fantastic panoramic views of Northwest Peak District - Featherbed Moss, Bleaklow, Kinder, Cown Edge, Werneth Low etc. Worth a visit for a fell run. With John & Daisy (dog) | Rotorslap | 11/03/2018 |
Parked at quarry on Hobson Moor Road. Followed fp North to a cracking and remote feeling summit. Mart as usual did yoga poses whilst I took pictures. Inspected the quarry where I've done most of the VS and HVS rock climbs but looked a bit damp today! | John Eley | 11/03/2018 |
Lucky | 16/09/2017 | |
maknipe | 16/09/2017 | |
A repeat visit, I've been here many times but only finally got around to logging it. A great view and trig all in good order. | meltdiceburg | 06/07/2017 |
andrew brown | 26/04/2017 | |
Verge parking to SSE, SJ 99286 96923. Very straightforward route following ROWs and concessionary path. The planes flying to Manchester Airport seem enormous here. | David Evans | 23/04/2017 |
Sooszy | 19/04/2017 | |
From road to south. Followed prow to east, then a track up to rig from under the pilons. Followed about unmarked path West from trig to join bw running North to south. Noticed of a for being claimed, seems to bring you out at the quarry. Amazing views | MrChris1980 | 03/04/2017 |
keithybaby9 | 04/03/2017 | |
With Jo, from Brushes cp: b/w past Flaxfield and onto Shaw Moor for top and trig. (NB: part of the b/w past Flaxfield is temporarily closed to pedestrians due to flood damage, but can be negotiated with care). Returning over moor to NE and via the reservoirs. Weather; sunny, mild, good visibility. | amblerbob | 07/12/2016 |
4th hill of 5 today on a route from Hattersley station to Stalybridge station via Idle Hill, Mottram Hill and Harrop Edge and on reaching the A6018, took the track leading upwards (Gallows lane)onto the access land and the moor. The lane makes an abrupt turn but I just bypassed this by climbing through the heather and then the footpath heads directly to the summit. Noticed that there were Herdwick sheep grazing on the slops. Great views of the Manchester skyline. Steep descent through the heather on a bearing to intersection of fences and took fp heading Sw to the estate. | Dazingdale | 10/09/2016 |
from Green Lane, Hollingworth, walk around Mottram Hill-Harrop Edge (Mottram)-Hough Hill, Wild Bank Hill (Hollingworth Moor) | joseph mitchell | 05/08/2016 |
Mark Sims | 14/06/2016 | |
DocHoliday | 08/05/2016 |