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Name:Chapelfell Top
Hill number:2722
Height:700.3m / 2298ft
Parent (Ma):2714  Burnhope Seat
RHB Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:North Pennines - Eastern Fells
County/UA:Durham
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Tees, Wear
Watershed:Wearmouth, Tees Bay
Class:Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Submarilyn,
Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem
(Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,sMa,BL,Bg,Cm)
Grid ref:NY 87577 34605
Summit feature:no feature: ground by ditch
Drop:142.1m
Col:558.1m  NY 8419 3525  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 91 92
(1:25k) OL31W
Observations:cairn 170m N, described by the Nuttalls, at NY 87586 34778 is of similar height
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 364 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
GuyF04/04/2722
Nuttall number three of five, all round pretty unpleasant. no views, and boggy beyond belief.simocity11/02/2024
Tom Mundell12/11/2023
dickiewren11/11/2023
Chapelfell top and fendrith hill from road HP.robertphillips09/09/2023
From Swinhope Head, and combined with Westernhope Moor. 13.5 km round trip. Not peaks that are likely to be in anyone's list of favourites. Bleak peat moors, but the light ended up being niceRockdoctor20/08/2023
Race watching. Up and down from St. John's Chapel. Thick mist, rain, very wet underfoot!Geoff Briggs23/07/2023
Solo, with Fendrith Hill and Westernhope Moor. Off to camp in Dufton afterwards.dchill0114/07/2023
nigelcmason216/04/2023
Harthope Head - track to Harthope Bank Quarry - track E past grouse butts - across moor to Fendrith Hill - Chapelfell Top (very eroded and rough going on col) - Harthope Head (very groughy and wet until 650m contour).Mark Jackson31/12/2022
Smog28/08/2022
Nuttall walk 10.4: From parking near Weardale Ski Club: down road to Swinhope bridge, Ascent to Cockran's Cabin using wall- ChapelFell Top- Fendrith Hill, Dora's seat, over the road to Black Hill and Westernhope Moor. Fine weather, good views but lots of pathless sections.Lazylizzie26/08/2022
From Swinhope Head first to Chapelfell top following the wall virtually all the way, easy going in this dry spell. Then back across road for similar walk to Westhope Hill. Drove round to above Coalcleugh for another easy walk to Killhope Law.dickscroop10/07/2022
From Swinhope Head. Fendrith Hill and Chapelfell Top on one side of road followed by Westernhope Moor on the other side. Enjoyed Chewing the cud with a couple of fellow baggers near the peak of Fendrith.Longwojo18/06/2022
jamesaitken4228/05/2022
David S10/05/2022
neilmcoward01/05/2022
I approached from Fendrith Hill and it was a tough approach. I found the ditch on the right hand side of the fence and that made the approach much easier.morgs4mountains26/03/2022
pwithnall11/01/2022
A W Bryan25/11/2021
Tony S14/11/2021
RichardG23/10/2021
Charli Wisbey03/10/2021
Elwyn_Summers03/10/2021
From pt.627 (NY862350). Good veg and terrain reading skills required. Initially trackless tough toody blussock grass, after which, with luck, you’ll find and be able to follow the peaty L side of a linear ‘corridor’ through the hagsIsbjorn26/08/2021
Warm & sunny. With George. With Frendrith Hill & Westernhope MoorKatyT01/07/2021
PDR36527/06/2021
tks36527/06/2021
belly05/06/2021
From Swinhope Head. Fendrith Hill and Chapelfell Top on one side of road followed by Westernhope Moor and others on the other side.matty1971b30/05/2021
oldbagger2717/05/2021
Solo walk from Swinhope Head. After a period of dry weather the conditions underfoot were virtually dry. Over Dora's Seat to Fendrith Hill (small cairn is higher than trig point) then onto Chapelfell Top (visited both cairns and pole) back over Swinhope Head to Westernhope Moor (knoll and trig point). Back to Swinhope Head.Glenelg23/04/2021
With NB fromLangdon Beck to St Johns Chapel road up hill dodging peat hags to summit Chapelfell Top then along sort of track to Fendrith Hill. Return easier than ascent via down to quarry to car.Frank13/04/2021
With FR from Langdon Beck to St Johns Chapel road up hill dodging peat hags to summit Chapelfell Top then along sort of track to Fendrith Hill. Return easier than ascent via down to quarry to car.Bheinn13/04/2021
Came up from fendrith hill along fence line Very boggy and weather poor2510chris10/03/2021
Christo197927/02/2021
P at Green Lord's Seat - Fendrith Hill - Dora's Seat - dropped N into valley to Swinhope Burn @ 460m then ascent to Chapelfell Top (both summits & S Top) - back to P via Quarry (SE End).ger04/11/2020
SoloMadjonny22/09/2020
From Fendrith Hill in the mist slowly unlocking a route through the peat hags. I doubt we'll be back.milimana08/09/2020
arjh08/09/2020
TD & CThis Dog01/09/2020
Nick Canute31/08/2020
Jrobholland26/08/2020
From Swinehope Head via Dora's Seat and Fendrith Hill. Good walking along the drain.Peter_W_Mitchell 07/08/2020
Walked up lane from Westgate to bridge over Swinhope Burn then followed Nuttalls route 10:4.dgresty24/07/2020
poppiesrara24/07/2020
After a failed attempt at Meldon Hill due to access closure drove to do Chapelfell Top and Fendrith Hill. Parked at the top of the road at Harthope Head (862350) followed fence to the summit ridge, and crossed the fence at the top corner, bits of path and could be quite a boggy route after it has been wet. From there picked up the ditch that goes along the ridge to the summit. Followed the ditch back all the way along the ridge to Frendrith Fell, a pretty easy going 1.2km but again I expect it could be very wet after damp conditions. From the summit of Fendrith Fell headed directly towards the track at Harthope Bank quarry, across much easier terrain than the ascent, picked up a line of shooting buts and an ATV track that led to the track. Then only a short distance back up the road to the car.JulieB25/06/2020
From Harthope Head, went on to do Fendrith Hill and Three Pikes after. Peat dry from drought.NorthernWayfarer29/05/2020
Kendall16/05/2020
Parked at the start of the quarry track to the NW. Wet, boggy, windy, low cloud to the trig at Fendrith, then along to Chapelfell Top. Reasonable descent path down to Harthorpe Head. With Gillianrichard6902/01/2020