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Name: | Idle Hill |
Hill number: | 16721 |
Height: | 223.7m / 734ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2816 Boulsworth Hill - Lad Law |
RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
County/UA: | Bradford |
Catchment: | Aire |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | SE 16445 37306 |
Summit feature: | ground on perimeter track SSW of reservoir |
Drop: | 57m |
Col: | 167m SE189328 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 104 (1:25k) 288N |
Comments: | trig pillar is above covered reservoir |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 49 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Westfield Lane, Meadow Croft Close junction, easy parking. W along Wrosecliff Grove and up track to mast. Falling down wall easy to cross to the infamous echo chamber, then up onto flat top for Idle Hill and Idle Hill Reservoir Trig. Back same way after a few more echos. | Lynnebe | 27/03/2024 |
Parked to ENE. W. along Westfield Lane & Wrosecliffe Grove, & then up concrete track towards transmitters - Left track at bend & across rough grass to collapsed wall next to iron gates - Over wall into compound, turned right & along perimeter track to obvious high point. On return, visited cavernous echo chamber. Impressive! | gerrybowes | 16/02/2024 |
Summit is not on Spring Hill, as per POI. Looked for approach up track from Westfield La, from SE, but blocked by fencing for new housing - may be a direct route in working hours, no climbing gates or fences. Instead, found parking on Westfield La, further on, to walk in via private road (FP only) to climb new gate for WT access road. Keep left to end of fence at wall - holes in wall and projecting stones make wall climbable at this point. Followed track round to track from SE, steps or slope to top and TP - but is this natural? Real summit may well be on track S of TP, on continued route round back to exit. | henryfm | 14/11/2021 |
As per Wycombe wanderer, including the echo chamber! Parked at end of road as private road sign and not a very long walk. 15 mins | Nicky C | 05/04/2021 |
cycled home from Calverley. great view. Man in dressing gown told me it was private land. | HardenC | 21/03/2021 |
a quick look after Baildon Hill | joseph mitchell | 19/12/2020 |
From Wrosecliffe Grove. Part of the reservoir bank has been removed so we went inside. Concrete supports (1930s or 1950s?). Amazing echo chamber. | Wycombe Wanderer | 25/01/2020 |
Idle Hill from GR: SE 16720 37622 | ronaldo333 | 26/12/2019 |
Almost same as Campbell Singer. Parked to the NE in Wrose Cliffe Grove SE 166 376. | David Evans | 12/05/2019 |
Easy walk to the boundary wall via the mast access track however negotiating this is another matter. Wall is high and all gates secured with heavy duty locks. Doubt any land inside is natural anyway so will accept the base of reservoir mound as highest natural land. | moorsman | 07/05/2019 |
3 of 5 on 25.8 mile bike ride. Starting in parkside road, Bradford. Including harrop edge, chellow heights, idle hill, beecroft hill and owlcotes hill. Think Im reservoired out today 😩 | The-Z-Man | 02/09/2018 |
After friendly and helpful advice froom a local, I parked in Wrosecliffe Grove. Walked along a couple of hundred ms to a rickety gate. Over this to be greeted by three docile ponies. Up grass track and scaled wall and on to top of reservoir. Superb views on a gorgeous morning. | Campbell Singer | 08/11/2017 |
From NE, track to gates, past mast and over wall. Steep climb to top and trig. | PeterD | 05/09/2017 |
as for the adam. | arranc | 04/04/2017 |
Third of 3 tumps of the day. Didn't get to the trig point, which is on YW reservoir, but reached the height of the natural summit. | IanHHill | 16/02/2017 |
3rd hill (4th log) of the day, starting from Ilkley i climbed to the Badger stone then Rombald's Moor, the 12 Apostles stone circle, Burley Moor and Baildon hill thus followed a complicated weaving in and out of residential streets interspersed with Baildon Cliffs to arrive at the compound. I climbed over the stone wall and scrambled up the slope to arrive on grass covered reservoir top with trig at the edge. I Climbed over the wall on the trig side and scrambled down to a lane , onwards to Chellow Heights. | Dazingdale | 04/02/2017 |
Access track from Westfield Lane is now locked, and the gates by the mast at the top of the field on Wrosecliffe Grove seem to have been un-broken. Settled for highest point outside of the compound! | the_adam | 23/12/2016 |
Climbing over the gate and up onto the reservoir is child's play compared to the covert activities of urban adventurers who opened (how?)the reservoir hatch and abseiled down inside the now empty reservoir in fancy dress and jummared back out again ! www.28dayslater.co.uk | Chris Pearson | 25/07/2016 |
Through the broken iron gate in the corner of the field above the mast. Dusk. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 18/03/2016 |
With Jo, from Thackley. Weather; overcast, mild, good visibility | amblerbob | 08/03/2016 |
From Wrosecliffe Grove as others. Fiendish amount of covered reservoirs in these parts. | ngthack | 08/11/2015 |
From NE | jimbloomer | 23/05/2015 |
As AJ | GordonAdshead | 12/11/2014 |
Short walk from lane to the north, Wrosecliffe Grove, over one wall then round and up to trig. Then down the unlocked access track to the reservoir compound between Cotswold Ave and Welwyn Ave . Cut Mark on the gatepost at the bottom. | Dugswell2 | 30/07/2014 |
Up from Wrosecliffe Grove.Good all-round(mostly urban)views. | catman | 14/05/2014 |
with flush bracket number the date of Swiss national day 2000 1.8.00 | vegibagger | 10/04/2014 |
From lane to N, Wrosecliffe Grove. Then access track to comms mast and dilapidated gate into reservoir compound. Follow track around to ramp leading to trig on top of reservoir. | Aye Jimmy | 25/03/2014 |
Easy access up track from south east. Open gate and steps up to trig on top of reservoir. | chriswatson | 23/02/2014 |
Up from Wrosecliffe Grove - step over wall by locked gate - through gaps in wall to steep bank then on to flattish top and trig | Bramley | 14/01/2012 |
fenced covered resr, fine urban views. track from N, round to W side then thru broken wall & gappy fence, many slats missing W side | RHW | 26/11/2005 |
Matt | 15/08/2023 | |
mae | 04/11/2021 | |
stevedixon | 05/03/2021 | |
David84 | 24/07/2020 | |
Bag For Life | 25/01/2020 | |
Andy West | 08/11/2018 | |
Mark Sims | 03/07/2017 | |
asbown | 23/03/2017 | |
Adrian | 28/05/2016 | |
Walking puggle | 27/03/2016 | |
andrew brown | 23/02/2016 | |
nylthewheel | 25/05/2015 | |
softsquare | 04/05/2015 | |
Alan Caine | 21/12/2014 | |
carole engel | 04/12/2010 | |
Mac.Hawk | 11/11/2005 | |
raymondwilkes | 11/01/2002 | |
Martin R | 31/12/1999 | |
David Bell | 19/08/1995 |