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Name: | Gorse Hill |
Hill number: | 16858 |
Height: | 57m / 187ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2087 Cadair Berwyn |
RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
County/UA: | Wirral |
Catchment: | Mersey, Catchment Boundaries |
Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
Grid ref: | SJ 30406 93636 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground on bank |
Drop: | 50m |
Col: | 7m SJ212870 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 108 (1:25k) 266N |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 71 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
To add to the particular pecularities of this hill, when stood proudly astride the rugged summit, a group of boisterous youngsters were climbing a nearby tree to a branch just slightly higher than where we stood... | TK | 19/03/2024 |
An easy walk up from New Brighton railway station. | suzannerowcliffe | 17/03/2024 |
Second day of walking the Wirral coast. First port of call the community garden (gates open) and finding the high point. | PhilipChaston | 20/11/2023 |
A tour of Gorse Hill, Caldy Hill and Poll Hill (but not Prenton Hill) after Mount Manisty cruise. 
Pleasantly peaceful in the community greenspace. 
From Gorsehill Road. | summitsup | 01/09/2023 |
Parked on the road just outside the park. | justin_j_evans | 22/07/2023 |
Alfa1M | 15/07/2023 | |
Ben Rinnes | 26/03/2023 | |
with Y | Fabioski | 20/02/2023 |
Velocette | 20/02/2023 | |
Matt | 08/12/2022 | |
Wandered over each of the likely summit options. Take your pick. | summitter | 25/11/2022 |
AS PGCE SAYS, THE GORSE IS OPEN ONCE AGAIN. 
LOCKED UP AT 4PM IN WINTER. | chriswatson | 24/11/2022 |
Parked near the entrance to park on Gorsehill Road. Gates open 8:30 to 4 (winter) or 5:30 (summer). Nice park. Visited several likely highpoints. | PGCE | 24/11/2022 |
A whistlestop motorised tour of Wirral tumps with CW. | Smudge | 22/11/2022 |
It's on Gorsehill Road, not Gorse Hill Road. As chriswatson says, closed for a few weeks owing to vandalism and it's got a serious fence. I was lucky enough to meet a lady at the gate with a very disappointed looking dog, who put me in touch with the very nice key holder, who showed me round. Her son turned out to be a Munroist and Wainrighteer. I left a donation to help restore the gardens. However - the best bit about the area was visiting the incredible Byzantine-style Roman Catholic church across the road where I sat in awe of the splendour and gave thanks for my relatively blessed little life. | Wycombe Wanderer | 26/10/2022 |
Minto | 26/10/2022 | |
In the area dropping of a family member. Be rude to ignore this one. Nice and quick summit from the road. | Pilotralph | 03/08/2022 |
Pleasant small community park.With Bridget and Fox. | catman | 03/07/2022 |
Very pleasant. Lovely garden and a bit of fun seeking out the high point candidates. Steep knoll by the badger grotto or boulder | fasgadh | 26/05/2022 |
What a lovely little community park. Highest point seems to be by large stone. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 24/04/2022 |
Easy parking opposite 11 Gorsehill Road & next to the Millennium Garden gates. Visited two areas of banking to the rear of the garden; the one to the right alongside the path and sandstone rock at SJ 30409 93638 looks to highest. First day of spring & a butterfly sunning itself on the rock. (S) | gerrybowes | 01/03/2022 |
David84 | 29/08/2021 | |
walked from promenade up to Gorse Hill Rd and Millennium Park | Lancylass | 14/12/2020 |
I used to live a 8 minute walk from here but I never got to the highest point as it was privately owned by NWWA. It became a park in 2000. I revisited the area today and it is a lovely community garden. So I give thanks to the volunteers who run it. | Alan Moore | 26/11/2020 |
Rob50 | 17/07/2020 | |
Plentiful parking down Gorse Hill Road. Greeted on leaving car by the man who has overseen the park's transformation from a gorse hill to a brilliantly accessible town park. Easy trails round it, solid underfoot, plenty of seats and litter bins. Path to top misses actual summit by a metre or so but an easy off-piste venture. | moorsman | 05/03/2020 |
Situated somewhere in the lovely Gorsehill community park. High point hard to pinpoint exactly but probably on a vegetation covered mound surrounded by easily accessible tracks. Watertower nearby is stunning.Easy parking on Gorsehill Road. | Argentum66 | 12/02/2020 |
Prenton Hill, Caldy Hill, Gorse Hill | keithouk | 28/05/2019 |
Ten years ago, this was the first Tump that I visited just because it was a Tump. Back then, I didn't realise that it was possible to leave the road. So when I was back in the area, I came back and did it properly. Rob's gap in the corner has been bricked up, so we need to visit during opening hours. No idea when that would be! Probably whenever Billo gets over the road. He's a good man, and has done a great job there. | Pete R | 17/05/2019 |
Should be renamed Gorse-less hill thanks to the sterling strimming efforts of the volunteers who look after this lovely micro park. Overtopped by the water tower and dominating dome of St Peter and Pauls church, which can be seen from afar and was nicknamed the Dome from Home by returning mariners. | Chris Pearson | 29/03/2019 |
6/7 wirrumping with Nwormgage. Bit confusing at first, Grid ref took us way off again. Found scrubby area by Millenium park which is the tiniest park I've ever seen. Actually a nice area, with a very Liverpudlian feel to it. A rewarding enough bag. | tumpawumpa | 03/01/2019 |
Quite rewarding, sire. Urban sprawl tumping! May I discourage future baggers from navigating with an OS Explorer map in the Wallasey and Birkenhead areas. | nwormgage | 03/01/2019 |
Longwojo | 02/12/2018 | |
The copse behind Millennium Park is riddled with paths, allowing an easy bag | carole engel | 17/11/2018 |
GaryJones | 08/11/2018 | |
BrianMatthews | 29/10/2018 | |
At back of Gorse Millenium Park. 3 possible HPs all about same height. Two Probably man made. | PeterD | 07/10/2018 |
Parking: Gorse Hill Road near tower SJ 30409 93545. | David Evans | 21/01/2018 |
mae | 04/12/2017 | |
In thick gorse towards the back of Gorse Millennium Park whose entrance is in Gorse Hill Road. | clivevilla | 30/11/2017 |
Nipped into the park and into the wild area at the north side. Some nasty stinging nettles around even in November. Amazing water tower. The Wirrall seems to specialise in these structures. Four Wirrall Tumps completed in just over one hour. On to Liverpool and Manchester. | Campbell Singer | 26/11/2017 |
Barbara Singer | 26/11/2017 | |
Roadside parking, nipped into park and out the back into scrubland. Easy bag. | jonglew | 07/10/2017 |
Two visits necessary as the gate was locked at 9.30am. I returned later and wandered through park and scrub | Colin Crawford | 07/10/2017 |
Alex C | 07/10/2017 | |
Parked next to water tower and walked into the small nice park, a thrash in scubbery beyond ironically the best top of the day on my venture into the Wirral :-( | nordicstar | 22/07/2017 |
Stormer | 20/06/2017 | |
Martin R | 09/06/2017 | |
Mark Sims | 25/05/2017 | |
3rd of the 4 Wirral hills today; I climbed Poll hill and Caldy hill from Heswall station and then took a train from Hoylake changing at Birkenhead Noth for New Brighton. I was in no rush so wandered down to the breakwater next to the Lighthouse. As others i found banking now covered in Bluebells about 5m from house. The Water tower looks foreboding! Descent back to New Brighton station. | Dazingdale | 29/04/2017 |