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Name:Whetstone Ridge
Hill number:3633
Height:547m / 1795ft
Parent (Ma):2812  Shining Tor
RHB Section:36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:The Peak District
County/UA:Cheshire East
Catchment:Mersey
Class:Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Ethel
(Tu,5,Dew,E)
Grid ref:SK 00194 70873
Summit feature:no feature: grass
Drop:40m
Col:507m  SJ998733  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 119
(1:25k) OL24W
Observations:ground 30 NW at SK 00176 70896 is nearly as high; very flat summit area
Survey:Abney level
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quick walk from cat and fiddleWhiteFeather24/03/2024
Ethel's bagging. 17.5 mile loop bagging Shutlingsloe, Oliver Hill, Axe Edge, Axe Edge Moor, Cheek's Hill, Cheek's Hill (Bdy) and Whetstone Ridge. Start/Finish at Standing Stone's car park. Strava route here https://www.strava.com/activities/10078337985dazedemon21/10/2023
from cat and fiddle no path on ridgeunderhill18/09/2023
On own. From Cat and Fiddle following bridleway then faint footpath with boundary posts to flat summit with no distinguishable hp.Beeliner11/08/2023
From the Cat & Fiddle. Followed bw S to where it crossed the fence from where a faint path leads onto the flat top. 30min round trip. Solo.richard6912/07/2023
A sunny evening walk taking in Axe Edge Moor, Axe Edge, Cheeks Hill and Whetstone Ridge. /Dmeltdiceburg24/05/2023
Made this harder than it should have been .. Bit of Bog hopping following the old boundary posts.Deego29/04/2023
From the Cat & Fiddle.summitsup03/04/2023
A bonus Tump for today as we realised what a short drive it would be from Grin Low car pk to The Cat and Fiddle from where we walked. Up the bridleway with its good surface. Then better going than expected to the HP. From here, we could follow the path shown on the Explorer Map and marked by stakes. It was hard to make it out from the bridleway and would have been harder work going up on the spongy ground. Our route made a nice circuit and the birdlife was the best of the week with large flocks of ca. 100 Dunlins and a few pairs of Golden Plovers on the moor. Showers more or less held off; Shining Tor had cloud on and off. With brother, Pete.pwheeler16/03/2023
Just over 2km out and back from the cat and fiddle. Track to gate then up track made by quad bike. 25 mins.Nicky C12/02/2023
From Cat and Fiddle solocolinfielding05/12/2022
From Derbyshire Bridge via bridleway from Cat and Fiddle. Ascended to summit from south of summit where very faint path rises over low fence. Looks like £5 parking charge will be introduced soon. KeithByTheC04/11/2022
On a trail run from Derbyshire Bridge.Wheelsy30/10/2022
Better to use the bridleway to get close to the top rather than go straight across the wet tussocky ground from the Cat & Fiddle,Alan Moore28/10/2022
From Clough House car park: Whetstone Ridge, Three Shires Head, Birchenough Hill and Shutlingsloe. Beautiful clear day with great visibility.Lazylizzie09/07/2022
A post-pint perambulation from the Cat & Fiddle.summitter19/05/2022
From Cat and Fiddle in the mist. With B, B and R.jenx18/11/2021
With Jenx and dugs in the clag from main road by the car and fiddle pub to North. Decent path and short moorland trot section.nordicstar18/11/2021
From Cat and Fiddlerfoster01/11/2021
Walked from A54 laybyKniverbee05/09/2021
Long day out. Circular walk Whetstone Ridge, Shining Tor, Cats Tor, Waggonshaw Brow, Brink, Whitehills and Shutlinsloe.Arbie24/07/2021
Parked opposite Cat and Fiddle. ROW until gate then left to summit. Watch out for golden plover nests! With whole family. About 35m ascentRoguePulsar04/07/2021
Went through some heather lots of cotton plants went with whole family.speedyclimber04/07/2021
Parked at Cat & Fiddle. Good track most of the way.jonglew22/06/2021
Ethel bagging walk starting at Errwood ReservoirHanPen7112/06/2021
Shutlingsloe, Whetstone Ridge, Whitehills, Tegg's Nosekeithouk23/05/2021
A simple walk from the Cat and Fiddle, south along the bridleway to the gate then SE up to the unmarked summit. (S)silveracorn_alan14/04/2021
From Cat & Fiddle. Broad ATV track, later near posts, to summit. Potentially very boggy, but frozen solid today.PGCE25/12/2020
10:30, 8 degrees, mostly sunny, south-westerlies, from Cat & Fiddle with Bag For Life.Wycombe Wanderer25/10/2020
Quick dash with Daisy from the Cat&Fiddle while waiting for a DofE group. No path to speak of and hard to identify the summit with such a flat top, Very wet underfoot but with some amazing flora.hannah&steven17/10/2020
Parked at Trentabank reservoir and headed out for the day. Shutlingsloe - Whetstone Ridge - Cheeks Hill - Shining Tor - Cats Tor - back to the car. Sunny, windy and a pleasure too be out. Peak view tea room for afternoon tea.Buck19/09/2020
From Cat and Fiddle,along track to gate then simply up to grassy summit.With Oscar.catman29/07/2020
With Catman.oscarrosie29/07/2020
Over the moor from Axe Edge trig. Attractive peaty groughs on the E slope. Somewhat vague high point, good if murky views W.RichardM09/06/2020
rather wild -feeling on open moorland with no obvious HPDenise 07/06/2020
Parked opposite the Cat and Fiddle pub on the A537 and first used path to get close to the hill and then some heather walking to reach the unmarked summit. Just under a mile in 25 minutes.WAYNE ROWLETT22/02/2020
Whetstone Ridge > Shining Tor from GR: SK 00111 71894ronaldo33317/03/2019
From Cat & Fiddle, BW then boundary posts to indistinct top. Came back down direct to join BW to SW by gate. Would have been easier ascent route.PeterD05/10/2018
Whetstone Ridge, Birchenough Hill, Oliver Hill, Axe Edge, Cheeks Hill, Axe Edge Moor, Burbage Edgekeithouk30/09/2018
With RO Transitions group. From Grin Low via Turncliff, Brand Side, Axe Edge, Danebower. Very quick bag from the path to the Cat and Fiddle. Then on to Shining Tor, back via track north of the A537 to Canholes.Owen B15/09/2018
Sunday morning stroll from the Cat & Fiddle. Yellow goblet-shaped fungi everywhere along the path below the summit.Nick Down102/09/2018
From Cat and Fiddle prior to Shining Tor. Horrible squally rain. With Rosie.Longwojo27/08/2018
From ShutingslowFlatfield17/07/2018
With CPgarth8724/06/2018
Park opposite Cat and Fiddle followed by a yomp across heather moor. Would have been a struggle in the wet.Ramblingpaul17/06/2018
Silver NNAS Assessing with GarethJK17/02/2018
From parking opposite Cat & Fiddle (closed) took bridleway S to stile them NE to unmarked summitclimbingkershaw05/11/2017
1st of 5 hills today on a route from the Cat and Fiddle to Leek. Took fp South then soon veered off to climb to summit. Ground 25-30m North of given summit appears as high. Nice views and feel with abundant Cotton grass present. Descended Sw to follow fp next to Danethorpe Brook over A34 to flank of Cut-thorn hill. Next hill: Gradbach.Dazingdale09/07/2017
From Cat & Fiddle along Row to a gate then up to boundary posts on ridge and the summit.mart079704/02/2017
Parked at Cat & Fiddle, Whetstone Ridge, Cheeks Hill, Axe Edge with Mart & Daisy in strong winds.John Eley26/12/2016