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| Name: | Winter Hill |
| Hill number: | 16672 |
| Height: | 280m / 919ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2819 Winter Hill |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Catchment: | Ribble |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
| Grid ref: | SD 66960 23099 |
| Summit feature: | three stones |
| Drop: | 44m |
| Col: | 236m SD664221  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 103 (1:25k) 287 |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 65 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Tockholes Village Hall. Up Weasel Lane, then field edge footpath and over stile into summit field. Horses sheltering out of the wind in the bottom corner of the field did not come near. | KeithByTheC | 06/04/2024 |
| As others, from village hall car park at 662231, along Weasil Lane to gateway shortly before sharp bend - Up narrow RoW between wall & fence to stile at 668230, turned left & followed wall to high point. | gerrybowes | 17/11/2023 |
| From the Black Bull pub. | mrs_ts7 | 19/08/2023 |
| From layby next to trig near Bog bank, over m/way and up hill. Walked around both sides of the wall. | Andrew Pearson | 08/04/2022 |
| Parked in the Village Hall CP at 662 230, across the road down Weasel Lane and then continued on the path to summit. | clivevilla | 11/03/2022 |
| Entwistle - Turton Heights - Winter Hill (boundary) - Winter Hill - Spitlers Edge - Cartridge Hill - Winter Hill (Darwen) - Darwen. | Mark Jackson | 15/04/2021 |
| Parked at the community Hall. A pleasant 30 minute walk to the wall. Solo. | bolton | 19/11/2020 |
| Slight detour from the bridleway by bike to the summit. | ssstevesreeves | 11/07/2020 |
| after Bog Bank over motorway bridge up the lane and left over stile where path bends to the right | colinfielding | 27/05/2020 |
| Path from Tockholes in rain and gale-force wind. | Wycombe Wanderer | 13/01/2020 |
| From village hall car park to the west as moorsman | PeterD | 24/09/2019 |
| Parked in the village hall car park across the road from Weasel Lane. Along the lane and take a footpath on the left which goes directly upwards to the summit. | moorsman | 09/03/2019 |
| Parked to the West at the Rock Inn SD663233. | David Evans | 25/02/2019 |
| 10k run with the dog in warm sunshine. Parked at Ryal Fold (free parking but gets very busy) SD66504 21498.Along pleasant footpaths to Winter Hill then past Earnsdale Reservoir and up hillside to the Jubilee Tower (a must) then across the moor to Cartridge Hill. Great moorland and easy fell running. | John Eley | 24/02/2019 |
| A pleasant 13.5/2,200ft walk. Out with SHDRC. Starting from Lower Barn....Rivington Pike....Winter Hill....Great Hill....White Coppice....Anglezark Res....Yarrow Res. | bigalga1 | 25/11/2018 |
| as for Chrisbien | arranc | 21/10/2018 |
| An insignificant hillock but one of only three listed as Winter Hill, hence our visit. Walked up from the pub and visited both summits. Cool, cloudy, late afternoon with LF. | Skip | 16/09/2018 |
| From the Rock Inn. More inquisitive large horses. | Campbell Singer | 02/09/2018 |
| From Rock Inn | Mark Sims | 19/07/2018 |
| Started this walk from The Royal Arms at Tockholes, went by Roddlesworth Reservoir, and field paths to the Tump of Bog Bank, then onto the Trig Pillar of Fernhurst Hill. From there it was back across the motorway to Winter Hill, then back to Tockholes | Wayne Mac | 22/06/2018 |
| From home | PaulGibbons | 31/12/2017 |
| Drove up to the 'big house' where the owner suggested parking opposite his gates, out of the way. Stroll on footpaths to the golf course which was empty, perhaps closed. Wandered over both summits before returning to the car. | IWC | 24/12/2017 |
| From Rock Inn. Track and RoW. Visited both sides of summit wall. | chrisbien | 07/12/2017 |
| 7th tump & 8th log of the day on a route from Aspull (via bus from Bolton) to Darwen, climbing Haigh, Blackrod, Roscowe Lowe Hill, Winter Hill boundary, Winter Hill, Spitler's Edge and Cartridge Hill (getting darker) descending North along access land boundary to reach footpath to New Barn (head torch now on) then shortcut over wall to intercept track heading to Ryal Fold. I took footpath over boggy fields with Earnsdale reservoir to the NE, reaching intersection of paths (spring marked on map) and there headed directly up to take fp over wall and then reached summit area near 13th tee of Darwen Golf club, climbed over wall to explore pasture and recorded the highest point a few metres from the wall. Descent Easterly then extremely boggy field before finding footpath through Sunnyhurst woods. Fantastic mini packhorse bridges. I took a route through Sunnyhurst then on a track to explore the Jubilee Tower, before descending to Darwen roughly at first but then on a muddy bridleway to reac | Dazingdale | 25/11/2017 |
| From Rock Inn stile across golf course to another stile behind 13th green. BwD completion. | Bramley | 03/06/2017 |
| With Rosie | Longwojo | 28/05/2017 |
| With Dad, first visited Tockholes School where my grandmother went to school in 1922. (taught by Mrs Lang!). We were made welcome and amazingly shown their record book which sadly 'only' went back to 1932. We also found the cottage where she grew up -from where she walked along then tops of the walls in deep snow to get to school -until at the age of 14 going to work as a cotton weaver in Paradise Mill. Grandma said they called it hell. In 1931 when she was 17, Gandhi (!) visited Darwen to hear the plight of the mill workers because of his called for boycott in India on using British goods (cloth in particular). Today, after I had nipped up the hill, we enjoyed a picnic lunch outside at the Rock Hotel in the lovely warm March sunshine and with great long views - good for testing and comparing our eyesight. | Chris Pearson | 27/03/2017 |
| Parked in United Reformed Church car park on sunny but cool afternoon.Up via bridleway near Rock Inn(still taking bookings,but for what?!)Down via bridleway that comes out opposite church.Top by wall near 13th tee. | catman | 14/03/2016 |
| With Jo, circular walk from Roddlesworth Information Centre: paths to Winter Hill, then onto Fernhurst Hill Trig, then followed David Gradwell’s route to Bog Bank, before returning along road through Tockholes. Weather; sunny, warm, good visibility. | amblerbob | 23/02/2016 |
| Also Great Hill 1252ft (381m) and Rivington Pike 1191 feet (363m) and Darwen/Jubilee tower 1225feet (373m) Been up this a million times...My training ground | Scotty 2 Hotty | 01/01/2016 |
| From w as previous loggers. Minor diversion via path just to n for a couple of gatepost benchmarks. Golf course quiet earlyish sun am | RHW | 18/10/2015 |
| As AJ. Rock Inn still taking bookings for Christmas. Don't know which year though. Sporty week for tumps. Golfing green today & cricket pitch last Wednesday. (Dalton Fold. Kirklees) | ngthack | 04/10/2015 |
| Doing a few geocaches nearby | bardolph | 30/05/2015 |
| After visiting Bog Bank, a pleasant stroll along lanes until the last bit over the golf course where the path is hard to follow / find. Some bemused looks from golfers. Delightful little top though. | Jake994 | 14/09/2014 |
| Parked at the pub to the W, the Rock Inn, now taking bookings for Christmas! Just N of this is lane and public f/p going over a couple of stiles to the hill top. The summit is about 250m to the S from here across section of Darwen Golf Course. High point over wall in pasture just beyond Green 13. | Aye Jimmy | 26/07/2014 |
| Winter Hill, 280 metres and a P44 hill. The summit is either in this sheep pasture or by the distant broken wall and fence. Photo on Geograph. | Dugswell2 | 11/02/2012 |
| From large parking area near Country Café & pub at SD 66502 21463. Pleasant 6.5 mile circular walk with Kath. Darwen Hill - Winter Hill. | David Gradwell | 03/07/2010 |
| Andy West | 15/04/2023 | |
| Alfa1M | 20/12/2022 | |
| pwithnall | 08/10/2022 | |
| malcorbett | 25/08/2022 | |
| Symph78 | 14/07/2021 | |
| RichardM | 06/04/2021 | |
| aliyahnan | 07/03/2021 | |
| Denise | 06/03/2021 | |
| Sprog | 30/12/2020 | |
| David84 | 19/07/2020 | |
| AdyGray | 31/03/2019 | |
| PM | 17/02/2019 | |
| Nick Caunt | 22/11/2018 |