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Name: | Darlton Quarry |
Hill number: | 19726 |
Height: | 256.9m / 843ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
County/UA: | Derbyshire |
Catchment: | Trent |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | SK 21329 75807 |
Summit feature: | vegetated rock |
Drop: | 35.1m |
Col: | 221.8m SK 2118 7571 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24E |
Observations: | hill created by quarrying |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 24 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
18.28 evening scramble up through the steepish northern woodlands after picking up the car with two new front tyres. | vegibagger | 25/09/2023 |
ianwatson | 06/09/2023 | |
Layby parking near turn to Eyam. W along road to SK 2142 7590, then straight up. Steep. Tall bracken and nettles near the top (regretted doing this one in shorts!). | PGCE | 28/06/2023 |
Have climbed here quite a few times - these have not been as vegetated as the scramble up the north slope to the tiny cairn. | steveb2006 | 14/10/2022 |
Came up Farnsley Lane and headed eastwards to see the cliff-face. You can then easily skirt northwards into the heavily wooded slope and scramble to the top. | Altheus | 28/05/2022 |
Tried and failed from the quarry a couple of weeks ago- came back and used the WW route hanging on to the trees. | Mark Sims | 26/04/2022 |
Followed the route as per Wycombe Wanderer and Alan Caine. Quite simple, if a little steep and overgrown towards summit. | David Evans | 27/09/2021 |
There were workers at the quarry so went for the straight up the steep wooded option to the east. Not too bad and plenty of vegetation to hang onto. Even an old wall half way up. Ridge is overgrown at this time of year and there's a little jumbled cairn underneath the hawthorn tree. | Alan Caine | 10/06/2021 |
steve18566 | 25/04/2021 | |
I don't know what all the fuss is about. This is no more difficult than many other Tumps and routine for a seasoned bagger. Easy roadside parking near quarry entrance. Walk about 200 yds west along the road and go up steep, wooded slope. No quarries to walk through, rocks to climb, rakes to find, ledges to teeter along etc. Not one for the dark though. | Wycombe Wanderer | 03/04/2021 |
Bag For Life | 03/04/2021 | |
Had to see someone nearby so made the detour. Up the bridleway from the junction below Eyam, across the quarry floor and round the bottom of the vertical tower at the west end. Scrambled up fairly solid rock steps left of this and along ridge. Descended more easily, well R of route up (looking out), down mossy scree and small trees, then cut left to arrive below tower again. Would be awful in summer when the vegetation is high, but ok this time of year. | IainT | 13/11/2020 |
From layby SK 2178.7580 almost opposite turn-off to Eyam. Stoney Middleton Heritage Trail steeply up wood to large track, followed W until yellow gates on R led into vast quarry. Crossed quarry floor to far W end of the massif. Steep insecure scramble up rocky ridge with saplings and vegetation for aid, worse on the way down... Highest point vague amongst vegetation along ridge, took readings at a couple of points, one had small cairn. | Aye Jimmy | 22/09/2020 |
Martin R | 14/09/2020 | |
Parked at the north end of the bridleway and followed up to the second quarry entrance. Crossed the base of the quarry to the west end of the face, and scrambled up a steep vegetated rake to the left of the sport climbing crag (which was in use). Descended north from the hawthorn tree at the summit, then traversed east to reach the northern section of quarry base and from there the bridleway. Summit brambles / nettles weren't as bad as I expected based on other users' comments! | davidpettit84 | 30/08/2020 |
Finally got to the top to recomplete Derbyshire for the Nth time ! Glorious warm dry day so I recruited my younger son Tim to join me to ascend the NE ridge. Parked at the bottom of the bridle way and crossed the second set of gates into the lower quarry floor and along to the corner at the bottom of the ridge. 
We roped up with 20m of rope and belayed to suitable trees in about 6 pitches. I had to carry my crutches to use at tho top, but I found it easier to get up the 40 degree slope on hands and knees. Although I was carrying my gloves I forgot to put them on when we reached the bracken and brambles, and the backs of my hands are still stinging like mad four hours later. I found descent very easy - mostly bum sliding. All in all I found it much easier than I expected. We retired to the Moon Inn at Stoney and celebrated with a most welcome pint. | GordonAdshead | 31/07/2020 |
1st of three recently added Derbyshire tumps. I parked up in a cul-de-sac in Eyam and made a wonderful circular incorporating the top. I desscended via a fp near Furness quarry deviating to check out some wonderful wildflowers before continuing into Middleton dale through some woodland to reach the A6 then headed up through trees to break into meadow then onto obvious quarry track, descending left to pick up a safer route through the steep but well vegetated slope to reach the brambly top but also under adjacent Hawthorn tree a good contender. I descended via a similar route but then used the trees to descend back to the A6 to then walk through Cucklet Delf nature reserve,scrambling through the gorge to return me back to Eyam. Onwards to Dove Holes... | Dazingdale | 18/07/2020 |
Wear thick trousers, long sleeves and gloves to minimise effect of bramble and nettles, possibly easier with less growth early in year? Parked at Lane Head road/ bridleway jtn to S. From BW, gate after c 200 m on w enables descent to quarry floor. Traversed nice ledge of impressive outcrop from w to E then scrambled up east ridge on loose boulders- not particularity recommended. Thrashed through thick vegetation west, as close to ridge as possible- blocked by trees, to high point by hawthorn. Descended NE- upper section is thick vegetation, then steep and loose but with hawthorne trees to help and then exited East via large quarry track back to bridleway , just S of A road. Descent route better. | Denise | 12/07/2020 |
An unexpected delight, the peak initially quite hard to spot. We start from the base of the impressive prow at the SW corner of the peak. Several nice looking bolted climbs start from here at around 6a,b,c standard (Hidden Quarry - Sit Down Buttress). Pick our way E along 'Gordon's Ledge' and then back W up the blast shattered blocky E ridge (not recommended) to the vegetated summit slope. Thrash around in the nettles bracken and brambles to various possible high points. Descend NE into trees and pick up path of sorts which emerges in quarry floor at SK21416,75866.(much easier than our ascent route). Quarry no longer worked and has been landscaped leaving impressive tiers of limestone. | RichardM | 12/07/2020 |
What a torture! After turning into Farnsley Lane to the west of the hill there are two good parking areas immediately on your left. Follow the road upwards for 100m or so and look for an entry into the quarry on your left. This follows a good path right into the quarry bottom. The hill stands proudly straight ahead. Three faces, the south, the west and the east are sheer quarry faces and unclimbable withour proper equipment. The north face is half unclimbable but has a tree strewn weakness. This is the only access and is horrendous. Ascend at your peril. Steep faces which require clinging onto trees and branches more in faith than hope. Remember as you ascend, you have to come down. My last attempt at such a hill. Reached within 20 vertical metres of the summit but a sheer face ahead, so that will have to do. Descent is just as perilous. | moorsman | 11/07/2020 |
From E, RoW, admired cliffs then across quarry floor to W side, picking up path but leaving it before Gordon's Ledge, keeping L then R up obvious steep grassy line (Brown's Spur), a little worrying in damp but likely nice in dry with proper studded fell shoes. Sizeable tree, fine prow above cliff, with highpoint on vegetated ridge, probably at this W end, followed brambly baggers path E 20m then descended N via Campbell's Bank, 40 degree mossy slope and clearly simplest safest route. Great little hill by the described route ideally in dry conditions. | RHW | 08/07/2020 |
Parked to the south SK 212 750 and followed track north. Turned left over gates and into old quarry. Getting there is easy. Getting to the top is horrible. Nasty, vegetated, steep scramble up the west side is bad enough but the top is full of brambles, stinging nettles and bracken. Enjoy. | andrew brown | 05/07/2020 |
Far harder than I had bargained for. Parked on one of the many pull ins on the main road. Straight up steep limestone rock slope covered with moss. Trees to hang on to. Over a flat bit of quarry floor, west for 100mts and then more of the same followed by head high bracken and nettles. Covered in stings. Oh Joy!! | Campbell Singer | 30/06/2020 |
Wandered over the top of this one in order to abseil down the cliff face and bolt/clean rock climbs there (known to climbers as Hidden Quarry, Darlton is down the road to the east and this bit was also referred to as Darlton 2) | Nick Canute | 01/01/2015 |