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Name:Black Chew Head
Hill number:3636
Height:542m / 1778ft
Parent (Ma):2810  Black Hill
RHB Section:36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:The Peak District
County/UA:Derbyshire, Oldham
County (CoA):Greater Manchester (CoA)
Catchment:Mersey
Class:Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Ethel, Current County/UA Top, Administrative County Top
(Tu,5,Dew,E,CoU,CoA)
Grid ref:SE 05613 01965
Summit feature:ground 3m N of small cairn with large post near stile in fence
Drop:33m
Col:509m  SE060046  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 110
(1:25k) OL1W
Observations:ground c 20m N is 10cm lower; ground c 40m E over fence is 15cm lower
Survey:Abney level
GPS data:show GPS entries for this hill
Notes:
  • Greater Manchester (1974) administrative county top
  • Oldham current county/UA top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 297 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
GuyF04/04/3636
From free car park at Crowden. Up Pennine Way to Laddow Moss. Through gate, then right along fence to summit. KeithByTheC07/03/2024
peter ault14/01/2024
With finn loop from dovestones car parkWhiteFeather01/01/2024
From Crowden including Featherbed Moss en route. Very cold and clear. With Janet.steveb200628/11/2023
Walked from Greenfield Station on tarmac road, up past Dove Stone Reservoir and gravel track to Chew Reservoir. From Chew Reservoir path becomes boggy and difficult to follow. At gate and stile turn left and go up to summit north of small cairn. Views of barren moors for miles around. Onwards to Black Hill. The best county top yet.hillbagger9114/10/2023
Rambling Ray23/09/2023
ACorner31/08/2023
Followed fence line up from right of way about 300m to the south. A small cairn seems to be close to but not at the actual summit. Excellent 360 viewVulcan09/08/2023
Janice Barker25/06/2023
Stephen Hall25/06/2023
gavinbonsall27/05/2023
victoriaemmah14/05/2023
JJR1703/05/2023
tomcr8801/04/2023
milopodesta06/02/2023
Park Crowden Pennine way to Laddow Moss out and back to Featherbed Moss tp then Black Chew Head return to the Pennine way to Black Hill then return south surprising good path but navigation still required very flat top to White Low and Hey Edge tp return path on edge of quarry.underhill11/01/2023
followed pennine way from A635BLACKHILL03/12/2022
Wet wet wet with Rob and Frances.colinfielding12/10/2022
Followed Pennine Way from CrowdenCrumblie211/09/2022
From Crowden via Lads Leap to Featherbed Moss then on to Black Chew Head back on the Pennine Way with Mary and Nell the dog.Glenelg29/07/2022
Did it very late near the evening with my cousin. Very boggy county top at the top and to walk too lots of spot heights to truly do the summit of Greater Manchester very close too Derbyshire.DavidHiner30/06/2022
Pennine Way from Crowden, then cut off path just beyond end of Laddow rocks, didn't find any path. Over stile to top then back to Pennine Way and on to Black Hill. Back down old Pennine Way over White Low.Flatfield28/06/2022
From Crowden CP along Pennine Way and path to top via Laddow Moss. Walked a bit with man on his 2nd day on the PW.chrisbien28/06/2022
Alan Moore11/06/2022
dubvine08/06/2022
3/5 From Wessenden Head we walked along the road to collect West Nab then back onto the Pennine Way up to Black Hill (Revisit) and followed it down towards Crowden to use as a ramp up onto Black Chew Head and along easy path to Featherbed Moss. Then back u to Black Hill (Revisit of the Revisit) and out on the Footpath South West to get White Low which looks miles but walks out and back very well in under an hour. So therefore we Revisited the revisit of the revisit of Black Hill (getting a bit silly now) and finally decided to go home. A lovely round in a very cool June wind. (NB no big stick in the cairn here today)nickywood104/06/2022
daddybond29/05/2022
Short diversion off the Pennine way when descending from Black Hill with a group returning to Crowden. Sunny dry weather. Small cairn on grass just over stile.Denise 09/05/2022
Tony J08/05/2022
Only a short detour from the Pennine Way. High point peat hag on W side of fence.RichardM08/05/2022
Short diversion off Pennine Way.PGCE07/04/2022
Alphin Pike - Hoarstone Edge - Featherbed Moss - Black Chew Head. With R+R.Dan Baddeley02/04/2022
GreatandPowerful06/03/2022
Via Laddow Rocks, Castles, Crowden Clough.Nick Canute01/03/2022
Geoff Briggs13/02/2022
thenomad12/01/2022
1 of 3. Thought I’d climbed this in 2014 but wasn’t quite sure if I ever reached the summit. Returned today to make sureThe-Z-Man14/11/2021
19 miles 2960ft walk. Start at Crowden campsite, to Hay Edge, White Low, Black Hill Black Chew Head and Featherbed Moss, back to Crowden campsite.stephenbuda10/10/2021
Nomad Perkins08/10/2021
From Crowden.MichaelF24/09/2021
From Crowden on Pennine Way,then left onto Chew Reservoir path.From stile in fence,good paths north to Black Chew Head and south to Featherbed Moss and trig.With Oscar.catman06/09/2021
With Catman.oscarrosie06/09/2021
From Crowden, up onto Peninne Way to Laadow then up to Black Chew Head. Next cut across the Moor to Featherbed Moss then back down to Crowden. 10km loopdazedemon05/09/2021
From CrowdenSlash331/07/2021
From Crowden Caravan & Camping Club site, up the Pennine Way to Laddow Rocks. Turn left off PW at cairn then after 400m follow fence to the right to summit marked by small pile of stones on west side of fence. Visited likely high points on east side of fence which may be as high. Then off to Waystone Edge.mntainman23/07/2021
Evening walk with H.Bugeau, didn't make top of the Black Hill this time.WillToppo17/07/2021
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/383489718outlawcatcher03/06/2021
Black Chew Head and Featherbed Moss from Crowden car park. Bone dry apart from the boggy bits!tim74702/06/2021
Barry Smith21/05/2021