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Name:Turncliff Wood
Hill number:16847
Height:98.8m / 324ft
Parent (Ma):2812  Shining Tor
RHB Section:36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines
County/UA:Stockport
Catchment:Mersey
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:SJ 94441 89671
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:32m
Col:66.8m  SJ 9455 8956  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 109
(1:25k) OL1W 268N 277
Observations:flat summit area
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 45 users)ByDate of Ascent
From garden centre car park, along RoW & over wooden fence by locked pedestrian gate at SJ 94159 89502 - ESE down good path through woodland & then across rough grass to start of trod/path at edge of woodland at SJ 94400 89519 - Up through wood & across rough grass to high point.gerrybowes31/01/2024
Visited as part of an evening walk. A peaceful place.meltdiceburg08/06/2023
A pleasant walk around the Chadkirk Estate. Didn't ascend the summit itself as it is on private land.justin_j_evans18/05/2023
As Denise. Very quiet on a Sunday afternoon.PGCE26/02/2023
Parked near Marple Hall school. Headed N onto cycle route, turned W and after a 2 or 3 hundred yards, N through fence gap when we reached a gate with a combination lock (as the cycle pat bears left). Didn't find the old steps as mentioned by others. Crossed horse field, ascend N through woods. Paths are surprisingly good if you find them straight away (which we did on the way back) but on the way we had to scramble through a fair bit of bramble and scrub.Lazylizzie02/01/2023
From school, through gap in fence following well defined path down sttep path with ancient steps. Tall grass in horse paddock at bottom. Follow elwctric fence along path around to base of hill. Up steep leaf covered bank falling path through dense brambles to absndoned meadow at summit. Amazingly rural feel.cjo27/07/2022
4 of 6 on 23 mile bike ride starting in broadbottom. Couldn’t find an easy way to get to this with the route plannedThe-Z-Man10/02/2022
From Marple Hall Drive, like othersMoorponder06/07/2021
From the path at N end of school grounds. Surprisingly good paths, which may be difficult when wet. Summit is hard to spot amongst the thistles, sorrel etc.Peter_W_Mitchell 30/06/2021
Compleating the Greater Manchester Tumps. Fortunately the lockdown will soon be over.andy6327/03/2021
Parked by quiet Marple school on Saturday am, but probably busy at school times. Headed N onto cycle route, turned W and almost immediately N through fence gap. Descended steeply (old steps), across horse field, ascend N through woods to another world- a level rough grassy field. Apparently, the river has changed course at some point and this knoll was not eroded.Denise 05/12/2020
A most enjoyable excursion from Hill Top Drive to the S. Gap in fence at SJ9434,8635 accesses old stepped path down to the valley meadows. Summit feels like a lost world. Large open area of rough grass and countryside plants encircled by mixed deciduous woodland.RichardM05/12/2020
didn't bother trespassing. did a circuit around it insteadandy6303/12/2020
From near garden centre. Very tricky but lovely.Wycombe Wanderer15/06/2020
Very difficult to find!Bag For Life15/06/2020
Parked in the garden centre car park. There is a tolerated area for non-customers immediately that you drive in, and is popular with dog walkers for short term stops. Did go into the cafe but baulked when I saw their prices for a cup of tea and a teacake. Path starts immediately outside the entrance and follows the ridge as far the school boundary fencing. Here there is a large gap in the left hand side fencing which leads, very steeply, down to the river at a crossing area. Leave the woods behind a sort of wooden shelter and this leads to the summit. 2.67km return, 45 minutes.moorsman04/03/2020
Visited on rainy misty day after attending Nigel Thakrahs’s life celebration/funeral in Hayfield.Adrian20/12/2019
From garden centre. Along FP, lots of dog walkers about by the river. Gate, field, another gate and then muddy track goes round and up. Then faint but easy path got me to top and HP, came back past pond and steep climb up to gap in fence near school fields mentioned by others.PeterD06/10/2018
As jonglew. Quite a nice hill somewhat surprisingly.clivevilla15/05/2018
From garden center.BobHancock12/04/2018
Parked next to the bridge on Dooley Rd as the Garden Centre was still closed. Pleasant dawn walk along an excellent path before dropping down on an old path to the pasture. Everything frozen so great underfoot. Climbed over the fence at the same place as others. Unusual urban Tump.Campbell Singer26/02/2018
From the garden centre CP (SJ 9371 8934). RoW initially then ducked through wooden fencing at SJ 9417 8950 and went off piste.jonglew23/01/2018
Path over fence from SJ 94165 89500carole engel01/01/2018
My final Stockport summit. Parked on Dooley Lane behind the pub then took footpath East at SJ937893. Followed this until fp loops to travel SE then jumped over fence to follow minor path down thru woods then crossed meadow to pick up vehicle path which stops close to the summit. Stupidly, then followed Mart down thru woodland to the NW and then had to cross numerous barbed wire and electric fences to reach the footbridge at SJ941897. An exciting and challenging Tump, beware of nettles, brambles and fences.John Eley23/07/2017
As for dazingdale. Used knees to gain height on treacherous slippery banks in wood and backside to come down.arranc23/03/2017
Parking: Carpark SJ 93700 89697. Abandoned original plan of crossing fields SW from footbridge as quite open, many people about and lots of horses in field. Worked my way round to SJ 94152 89505, over 3 bar fence and trended E downhill on faint path, then NE up hill to summit. Hardly any brambles, no water to negotiate and not exposed.David Evans13/02/2017
Parked in Marine Drive then into park, found the gap in the fence. Then steep down former path with some steps and ivy to aid descent. Over small stream near log then up a bit of a path to the summit.Dugswell220/01/2017
1st hill of three on a walk from Romiley station to New Mills ( Packhorse Inn). Took lane past Chadkirk Chapel then footbridge over the River Goyt. Turned left (Sw) before climbing a barbed wire fence into pasture and followed the paddock edge till i arrived at a gate. After climbing this i veered off to climb the steep hill up through woodland using trees to help stop me from slipping. Summit is between holly trees inside the woodland and thick brambles bordering it. Descent Sw through pleasant beech trees and then at a pond profiling round and up to reach fp at the top. Took fp's through estate to reach the Railway Inn near Rose hill station. Afterwards onwards to Marpleridge.Dazingdale10/12/2016
Glorious morning walk from footpath to west along southern riverside to where there is a Ford just before the footbridge then south across very dewy field. Glad I'd donned my Hunter wellies. Two easy babies to cross and the up through lovely beech and oak woods with lots of historic carvings on the trunks and on to the flat open summit with nettle thisle and docks. Stockport complete.vegibagger10/10/2016
An interesting hill to finish Stockport UA.Alan Caine19/12/2015
Accessed from the right of way to the west over a gate. Is possible to avoid all the overgrown stuff here, though does mean you have to cross somewhat overlooked private land.Alex C12/12/2015
Jungle warfare. Took me 3 attempts to find a way down the steep slope in the woods following vague paths, made I guess by local kids playing and exploring. Overgrown thistles and nettles in July blocked easy progress until I finally fought through to a track at the bottom where I left a cairn to find my way back into the vegetation! Easy going up track leading up to west of summit for a final thrash through / round long grass / nettles / thistles. No sight of anything man made from summit as tree encircled, An unusual adventure in a built up area.Chris Pearson31/07/2015
From Rose Hill Marple station. From the green near the school followed Aye Jimmy's directions. The path goes right after the gap in the fence, very slippery down under a mossy cliff. Cross the field and veer left up a bank where there's a faint path which avoids the worst of the brambles and holly.Jake99409/02/2015
From S, housing estate. Aye Jimmy description spot on. Quite an adventurous descent! Keeping L at bottom it's possible to avoid mossy balancy log for an easier stream crossingRHW01/11/2014
Started at Marple School to south (quiet on a Saturday). Lane leads to green, then path L for about 80m until new section of fence on R. Gap between fences into wood and path down steep slope with occasional steps to emerge from wood at ditch. Mossy log over this, then across heavily overgrown pasture to quad tracks, so there must be another approach available. Up through trees to pasture covered in thistles and nettles and encircled by wood. Flattish summit area.Aye Jimmy20/08/2014
Not many people go up this hill; patches of shoulder high nettles from 943892GordonAdshead07/06/2014
nice spotAvidSockWearer01/01/2012
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Martin R13/03/2020
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