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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 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 247 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
quick walk from cat and fiddle | WhiteFeather | 24/03/2024 |
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/10078337985 | dazedemon | 21/10/2023 |
from cat and fiddle no path on ridge | underhill | 18/09/2023 |
On own. From Cat and Fiddle following bridleway then faint footpath with boundary posts to flat summit with no distinguishable hp. | Beeliner | 11/08/2023 |
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. | richard69 | 12/07/2023 |
A sunny evening walk taking in Axe Edge Moor, Axe Edge, Cheeks Hill and Whetstone Ridge. /D | meltdiceburg | 24/05/2023 |
Made this harder than it should have been .. Bit of Bog hopping following the old boundary posts. | Deego | 29/04/2023 |
From the Cat & Fiddle. | summitsup | 03/04/2023 |
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. | pwheeler | 16/03/2023 |
Just over 2km out and back from the cat and fiddle. Track to gate then up track made by quad bike. 25 mins. | Nicky C | 12/02/2023 |
From Cat and Fiddle solo | colinfielding | 05/12/2022 |
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. | KeithByTheC | 04/11/2022 |
On a trail run from Derbyshire Bridge. | Wheelsy | 30/10/2022 |
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 Moore | 28/10/2022 |
From Clough House car park: Whetstone Ridge, Three Shires Head, Birchenough Hill and Shutlingsloe. Beautiful clear day with great visibility. | Lazylizzie | 09/07/2022 |
A post-pint perambulation from the Cat & Fiddle. | summitter | 19/05/2022 |
From Cat and Fiddle in the mist. With B, B and R. | jenx | 18/11/2021 |
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. | nordicstar | 18/11/2021 |
From Cat and Fiddle | rfoster | 01/11/2021 |
Walked from A54 layby | Kniverbee | 05/09/2021 |
Long day out. Circular walk Whetstone Ridge, Shining Tor, Cats Tor, Waggonshaw Brow, Brink, Whitehills and Shutlinsloe. | Arbie | 24/07/2021 |
Parked opposite Cat and Fiddle. ROW until gate then left to summit. Watch out for golden plover nests! With whole family. About 35m ascent | RoguePulsar | 04/07/2021 |
Went through some heather lots of cotton plants went with whole family. | speedyclimber | 04/07/2021 |
Parked at Cat & Fiddle. Good track most of the way. | jonglew | 22/06/2021 |
Ethel bagging walk starting at Errwood Reservoir | HanPen71 | 12/06/2021 |
Shutlingsloe, Whetstone Ridge, Whitehills, Tegg's Nose | keithouk | 23/05/2021 |
A simple walk from the Cat and Fiddle, south along the bridleway to the gate then SE up to the unmarked summit. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 14/04/2021 |
From Cat & Fiddle. Broad ATV track, later near posts, to summit. Potentially very boggy, but frozen solid today. | PGCE | 25/12/2020 |
10:30, 8 degrees, mostly sunny, south-westerlies, from Cat & Fiddle with Bag For Life. | Wycombe Wanderer | 25/10/2020 |
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&steven | 17/10/2020 |
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. | Buck | 19/09/2020 |
From Cat and Fiddle,along track to gate then simply up to grassy summit.With Oscar. | catman | 29/07/2020 |
With Catman. | oscarrosie | 29/07/2020 |
Over the moor from Axe Edge trig. Attractive peaty groughs on the E slope. Somewhat vague high point, good if murky views W. | RichardM | 09/06/2020 |
rather wild -feeling on open moorland with no obvious HP | Denise | 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 ROWLETT | 22/02/2020 |
Whetstone Ridge > Shining Tor from GR: SK 00111 71894 | ronaldo333 | 17/03/2019 |
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. | PeterD | 05/10/2018 |
Whetstone Ridge, Birchenough Hill, Oliver Hill, Axe Edge, Cheeks Hill, Axe Edge Moor, Burbage Edge | keithouk | 30/09/2018 |
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 B | 15/09/2018 |
Sunday morning stroll from the Cat & Fiddle. Yellow goblet-shaped fungi everywhere along the path below the summit. | Nick Down1 | 02/09/2018 |
From Cat and Fiddle prior to Shining Tor. Horrible squally rain. With Rosie. | Longwojo | 27/08/2018 |
From Shutingslow | Flatfield | 17/07/2018 |
With CP | garth87 | 24/06/2018 |
Park opposite Cat and Fiddle followed by a yomp across heather moor. Would have been a struggle in the wet. | Ramblingpaul | 17/06/2018 |
Silver NNAS Assessing with Gareth | JK | 17/02/2018 |
From parking opposite Cat & Fiddle (closed) took bridleway S to stile them NE to unmarked summit | climbingkershaw | 05/11/2017 |
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. | Dazingdale | 09/07/2017 |
From Cat & Fiddle along Row to a gate then up to boundary posts on ridge and the summit. | mart0797 | 04/02/2017 |
Parked at Cat & Fiddle, Whetstone Ridge, Cheeks Hill, Axe Edge with Mart & Daisy in strong winds. | John Eley | 26/12/2016 |