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| Name: | Gun |
| Hill number: | 2823 |
| Height: | 385m / 1263ft |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
| County/UA: | Staffordshire |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Mersey, Trent |
| Watershed: | Humber Estuary, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Liverpool Bay, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Ethel, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,3,E,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SJ 97007 61518 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 168m |
| Col: | 217m SJ983630  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 118 (1:25k) OL24W |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 524 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Rob Jackson | 30/03/2024 | |
| Kevin ball | 08/03/2024 | |
| Parked below The Roaches for a Sixteen and half mile walk taking in Five Ethel’s Hen Cloud, Ramshaw rocks, Merryton Low, Gun and The Roaches returning to the car in Seven hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 11/02/2024 |
| Quick stroll from the South. Decent views from top. | willyross | 07/02/2024 |
| lindaross | 07/02/2024 | |
| rainonthewindows | 28/11/2023 | |
| Martyn1 | 16/10/2023 | |
| Glenysj21 | 16/10/2023 | |
| Short walk from the south. Crackin view. | sturuss | 27/08/2023 |
| On my own, HnZ, breezy, whilst staying at Don Whillans Hut on FRCC meet. | alwaysinshorts | 30/07/2023 |
| Parked off road at the byway junction to the SW - space for 4-5 cars. Followed path to the trig point. Lovely views across to the Cloud and the Roaches. Land is now owned by the Staffs Wildlife Trust. Solo. | richard69 | 13/07/2023 |
| With Mary. A quick out and back from the road. | Glenelg | 26/06/2023 |
| ACorner | 22/06/2023 | |
| dave g | 09/06/2023 | |
| fionnag | 09/06/2023 | |
| Ratboy87 | 02/06/2023 | |
| BasherBob | 22/04/2023 | |
| Parked at the Tittesworth Water Visitor Centre (£5 per day) and walked through Meerbrook. Then up the eastern side via 2 farms. Down the West side and back on the road through Meerbrook. | gbeniston | 27/03/2023 |
| With E. Parked to S in small parking area where minor road meets track. Up footpath to trig. Great views. | Beeliner | 22/03/2023 |
| From cp at Meerbrook res, up tracks and fields past Oldhay Top farm and New Zealand. Over to Back tor, Luds Church and the Roaches in snow! | Flatfield | 08/03/2023 |
| Many visits 2004/2008 | Deego | 04/03/2023 |
| from cp to south | underhill | 13/01/2023 |
| Leek Circular: Longsdon Hill, Rea Cliff, Gun and Hen Cloud | PhilipChaston | 04/12/2022 |
| DFRYER | 10/09/2022 | |
| Part of 4 hill day cycling from Wincle, Croker Hill, The Cloud, Gun and Hen Cloud | steveb2006 | 31/08/2022 |
| Mike The Tyke | 19/08/2022 | |
| From road to SW. Space for a few cars. Some distant hills visible from summit to SW. | peter4lc | 15/07/2022 |
| MGT67 | 30/06/2022 | |
| sakey | 25/06/2022 | |
| gavinbonsall | 11/06/2022 | |
| Re-visit... Path from South with Maria Jones to trig S2615 | vegibagger | 27/05/2022 |
| vuirich | 08/05/2022 | |
| jthomson6nr9 | 01/05/2022 | |
| A promising nature reserve and easy walk from the car park to the SSW. | summitter | 17/04/2022 |
| milopodesta | 27/03/2022 | |
| Parked on road to SW then followed PRoW up and down. | JK | 05/02/2022 |
| Gun 385m [S2615] from GR: SJ 96792 60926 | ronaldo333 | 16/01/2022 |
| Gun 385m [S2615] from GR: SJ 96792 60926 | Hippster | 16/01/2022 |
| Cold, cloudy, would be nice views to distant Roaches. | davechaffey | 03/01/2022 |
| Parked by Rolling Hills View and a straightforward walk to the summit | jamiequackers | 25/11/2021 |
| With H. | Chris Ellis | 22/10/2021 |
| Easy to find, obvious parking spot at the highest point on the closest road. Great views, the Roaches, the Cheshire plain, Jodrell Bank radio telescope. Easy 15 mins there and back. | Malcvolm | 10/10/2021 |
| briansv650s | 09/10/2021 | |
| PDR365 | 03/10/2021 | |
| tks365 | 03/10/2021 | |
| ketzster | 14/09/2021 | |
| With my daughter, from the layby on the road to the south (well next one, about 50m further north) 600m along footpath and same way back. (Staffordshire wildlife trust has just purchased Gun Moor after raising the money) | Walkingthedog | 29/08/2021 |
| Parked in layby near southern entrance to nature reserve, followed by short (500m) pleasant walk north through heathland along path to summit. Superb views of the Cloud (with sun setting behind), Roaches ridge, Hen Cloud, Ramshaw Rocks, Shuttlingsloe and Shining Tor from summit. | southern_rambler | 10/08/2021 |
| Short walk, unambiguous summit, good views. 3/5 Marilyns today. | paulhilder | 08/08/2021 |
| Richard Gunn | 22/06/2021 |