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| Name: | Currock Hill East Top |
| Hill number: | 5306 |
| Height: | 258.6m / 848ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Gateshead |
| County (CoA): | Tyne and Wear (CoA) |
| Catchment: | Tyne (Newcastle) |
| Class: | Current County/UA Top, Administrative County Top, Clem (CoU,CoA,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NZ 10650 59362 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground in field |
| Drop: | 10.2m |
| Col: | 248.4m NZ 1028 5947  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 88 (1:25k) 307 |
| Survey: | Survey of Currock Hill.pdf |
| Comments: | Hill renamed and the Hump relocated to hill 19212 in August 2016 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 140 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| We like to tick off County Tops on our travels around. Luckily this one is close to the road as its raining today. We parked at the end of the track, got to the very muddy entrance to the field. Used vehicle tracks to get as high as we could without damaging the crop. I think the helpful field boundary on the OS map has been taken away. | RowanP | 01/04/2024 |
| As others, Parking at the start of the bridleway then along the path to parallel with the summit, very muddy | matty1971b | 10/12/2023 |
| Matt | 29/07/2023 | |
| Space to pull in at the start of the footpath to the NW. Crop in the field but lines left by the tractor meant I could get to the top. | Wheelsy | 14/07/2023 |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 20/01/2023 | |
| Currock Hill East Top from GR: NZ 10474 59497. County Durham Definitive List COMPLETION | ronaldo333 | 27/12/2022 |
| Currock Hill East Top from GR: NZ 10474 59497 | Hippster | 27/12/2022 |
| On own. Parked on Lead Road, along a track and up to the hill summit. Note the boundary hedge/fence shown on OS map has been removed leaving a large open field. Very muddy underfoot. | Beeliner | 17/10/2022 |
| What a dramatic start to locking your keys in the car! Fortunately, a local Jordy was kind enough to help get my keys from a little metal rod under a tiny open bit of window. Fortunately then, I was free from being stuck in Chopwell. The County Top was just as I expected. Aggressive cows that ran towards me but by then, I really couldn't care less what they do as this was the last county top that was definitely bullshit to do in England. They ran away from me eventually as I showed no fear in me and got to the summit which was literally a big pile of dump! What a way to do the highest point of Tyne and Wear!! | DavidHiner | 28/08/2022 |
| I was here 02/01/22 but did not go to hp, not wanting to trample on the newly planted crops. Back today after harvesting and no problems walking across stubble field. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 21/08/2022 |
| AlanD | 07/05/2022 | |
| Beware the rivers of dung on the approach from the minor road. | mrs_ts7 | 06/04/2022 |
| dubvine | 17/03/2022 | |
| RobB | 02/11/2021 | |
| Nomad Perkins | 07/10/2021 | |
| Christo1979 | 29/08/2021 | |
| Parking at the start of the bridleway then along the path to parallel with the summit. | moorsman | 02/07/2021 |
| Parked in track entrance without blocking it before a quick walk into the field. | rhalstead | 27/09/2020 |
| tim747 | 07/09/2020 | |
| mntainman | 11/12/2019 | |
| mcbiydw2 | 05/09/2019 | |
| Verge parking (NZ 1047 5950). Chatted with farmer who was about to sow the field, happy for me to walk over to the high point, which would seem to be pretty much on a grubbed up field boundary - shown on my 25k mapping. | jonglew | 31/08/2019 |
| DRS | 04/06/2019 | |
| MichaelF | 26/05/2019 | |
| Alan Caine | 14/05/2019 | |
| Clach Liath | 13/04/2019 | |
| poppiesrara | 12/10/2018 | |
| Ben Rinnes | 09/10/2018 | |
| Christo1979 | 15/09/2018 | |
| PM | 19/08/2018 | |
| Parked in the entrance to the footpath that goes past the wooded area and then past the top which is in the first field on the left. The crop was established when I arrived so could only use the tractor tracks to move around so as not to damage the crop being a responsible hill bagger that I am, closest I could get was 10650 59346 so that will have to do, the top was between two tracks so was only about two meters off. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 04/08/2018 |
| PGCE | 18/04/2018 | |
| Tricky | 26/03/2018 | |
| ianwatson | 24/03/2018 | |
| Parked on side of the road, along a track and up to the hill summit | jmistry86 | 24/03/2018 |
| Repeat visit to the much improved manure heap and ploughed filed. The fence line is still missing | nordicstar | 13/11/2017 |
| jenx | 13/11/2017 | |
| Parked off road in muddy lane to NW. High point in field E of track. Followed tractor lines to crest of hill. | John Lee | 18/10/2017 |
| geoffreycurnock | 16/10/2017 | |
| From access track to HP in field. Farmer is currently moving soil and rubble into north end of field creating artificially higher point. | PeterD | 08/04/2017 |
| carole engel | 28/03/2017 | |
| adventurecrazy | 22/01/2017 | |
| Dave Geere | 18/12/2016 | |
| Derek_Snaith | 01/12/2016 | |
| Liz_N | 01/12/2016 | |
| jamiehighton | 25/10/2016 | |
| the_adam | 25/10/2016 | |
| Field in which the footpath from Leadgate plantation to Ashtree farm passes through. The 259m point by the water tower at Moss/Crossbanks plantation is in Northumberland. The radio masts, slightly north of Broomfield Farm makes a slightly more interesting summit even if it falls about a metre short of the field. While the actual summit itself is not so spectacular there are some very nice vistas of the Derwent and Tyne valleys from the Lead Road. You can see as far as Hexham to the West and the outskirts of Newcastle to the East. The Cheviot and Hedgehope Hill are visible on a clear day to the North. | NorthernWayfarer | 04/10/2016 |
| Parking by entrance to field. Very flat summit. Abney indicated that the Hump summit is to the W and not here! | jimbloomer | 30/07/2016 |
| Bramley | 07/07/2016 |