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Name:Ranksborough Hill
Hill number:17342
Height:191m / 627ft
Parent (Ma):2869  Cleeve Hill
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Rutland
Catchment:Trent
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:SK 82233 11379
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:40m
Col:151m  SK818110  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 130
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 45 users)ByDate of Ascent
Approached along the bridleway from the west, having parked just to the south of the start. The track is quite rough and overgrown in places though signed with yellow posts, There is no evidence of horse riders using it. Eventually the track is left and an ascent made through a belt of woodland to a grassy but overgrown top, which is quite distinct.JohnW16/09/2023
Very long ride on gravel bike and farmer caught be going up to Round Hill so missed that one visionset13/09/2023
1st hill of 12 today. Parked at Northfield Farm and followed the 'Dead End' marked bridleway. A very nice walk.Mark Jackson04/02/2023
As others, from near Northfield Farm.PGCE06/12/2020
From Northfield Farm, down one field then up a few.clivevilla10/11/2020
From Northfield Farm, roadside parking area for 4-5 cars. Walked road to S for 300m then PRoW across pastures etc to hill top.jonglew20/07/2019
Found a spot to park near the field boundary to the S of Northfield Farm at SK 81249 11758. Followed RoW SE and the summit is a short detour once the bridleway becomes a path.Wheelsy24/04/2019
Park to the SE at The Range SK839110 and f/p leads almost to summit.David Evans11/03/2019
From Dead End Gate and followed FP. Then easy up to HP.PeterD16/08/2018
2nd Rutland Tump of day with Jenx and a Rutland completion the day after our wedding celebration dinner with families. Dead end path from NW. Path through bottoms overgrown however someone had been through recently and trampled it down. Field edges thereafter easy to use to cut direct through this copse to summit. Great views but no whisky, enough spirits last night!nordicstar17/06/2018
From Langham.rhalstead25/02/2018
Used 'Dead End' gate and f/p from NW then field edges. Summit rough vegetation just beyond crop field. Met two ladies on horses on way back, keen to point out that the upper part of the hill was on private land. No doubt ties in with f/p sign pointing wrong way and notice near start mentioning private land, legal action etc...Aye Jimmy13/05/2017
Langham to Burton Lazars. Approached from E along ROW which is undefined across arable fields then followed permissive route (expires end 04/2017) to Stone House Farm.Smudge01/04/2017
By bridleway from the NW. Best hill of the day with distinct top, views and interesting pieces of iron-pan in the rock fragnents.RichardM28/03/2017
Muddy and wet walk but very glad of my wellies.Dugswell203/03/2017
From Dead End gate. Reacquainted myself with the dubious charms of Leicestershire/Rutland clay and returned with my footwear having doubled its weightColin Crawford08/01/2017
Rutland high point. From SE. Footpath ploughed up across two fields. Didn't take brolly and rainstorm blew in on summit. Got wet but coming off the summit the sun had come out again and there was a brilliant rainbow to the north.vegibagger16/10/2016
From the NW. Managed to pass the misleading signpost test and easily picked up the footpath. It fizzled out once into the arable but I was able to follow grass field margins and then tram lines all the way to the summit. Sun setting on my return.Herbert Anchovy20/07/2016
From verge on A606, Rocott Lodge and on wide field boundaries to HP. Last field had a convenient tractor run up to top. Easy.arranc22/05/2016
Parked at Northfield Farm. Up road & through dead end for horses gate. Up through fields to summit. First of a massive 17 tump Rutland & Leicestershire day.ngthack10/02/2016
Up from the 'dead end' gate ROW from the west. Solo.simon and co13/10/2015
Found parking on a minor road to the south and started my trek from the “Dead End” gate. Ordinance Survey maps are a must here as the finger post is pointing in the wrong direction plus on my visit the paths had vanished due to recent cultivation. This made it tough going on the legs and with no path or signage my GPS receiver with mapping became my most essential tool. To find the summit you need to navigate around a small wooded area with great views to be had from the top.timday17/09/2015
Footpath sign from road to west points about 90 degrees in the wrong direction.Mark Sims10/06/2015
My 2nd hill of five today starting from Oakham station and then climbing to Cold Overton Park, then taking minor track N (good views of Rutland water) onto Rutland way to Langham, taking a fp that twists and turns through the village until moving past Ranksborough hall and out on a bridleway,past a fairly new farm. I cut across the field to the yellow waymarker as the fp had been ploughed up and from there it was fairly straightforward ascent to the east side of the ridge. I climbed up and then walked across to the summit. Nice beech trees nearby, marking the UA boundary.Dazingdale02/04/2015
Good footpath from the W, but can only park at SW corner of first field. Went down second field ignoring the unfriendly notice. Pleasant top, but the shooters were out in force: bangs every 5 mins: never saw anybodyGordonAdshead19/03/2015
ploughed field.Adrian27/09/2014
Rape crop, compact summit, 188m +/-4m. from WNW, park half on verge, frisky bullocks at start (can avoid by gate to S), path well marked across fields RHW08/05/2011
Minto08/08/2023
Martin R26/01/2022
Barry Smith23/08/2020
Andy-k16/07/2020
geoffreycurnock22/05/2020
johnkenyon08/05/2020
carole engel13/02/2019
DC11main04/11/2018
Wycombe Wanderer17/07/2018
jenx17/06/2018
Tony J16/07/2017
KC05/07/2017
BrianMatthews09/08/2016
Campbell Singer21/06/2015
Barbara Singer21/06/2015
andrew brown12/06/2015
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