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| Name: | Silverhill |
| Hill number: | 5478 |
| Height: | 204.3m / 670ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
| RHB Section: | 37: The River Tees to The Wash |
| County/UA: | Nottinghamshire |
| County (CoA): | Nottinghamshire (CoA) |
| Catchment: | Trent |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
| Grid ref: | SK 47068 62124 |
| Summit feature: | ground by miner's statue |
| Drop: | 44.3m |
| Col: | 160m SK470620  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 120 (1:25k) 269 |
| Observations: | landscaped colliery spoil heap; ground in 5m radius of statue flat |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica 530 Survey of Highest Point Nottinghamshire (Final).doc |
| Comments: | Official County top of Nottinghamshire according to notice boards |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 172 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 8.2 mile walk over the 3 Tumps with claims to being the top of Nottinghamshire. | KevPalmer | 20/12/2023 |
| Near 360 view at the summit by the bronze miner | Vulcan | 07/08/2023 |
| On a trail run from home. | Wheelsy | 26/07/2023 |
| ad-lib | 12/06/2023 | |
| phil101 | 10/06/2023 | |
| wonderful walk for 5th of the day. easy track to summit monument to the miner's of the district then wandered around the tracks | grumpy | 17/01/2023 |
| thenomad | 11/01/2023 | |
| Revisit. Guided walk from Teversal Visitors Centre led by Chris Thompson. | Richard Gunn | 01/01/2023 |
| Large, free carpark to the south. Intially a solid track across the grass as far as a stoned road which leads left to the summit. | moorsman | 15/03/2022 |
| dubvine | 27/02/2022 | |
| From car park to S. Nice statue and views. | PGCE | 21/12/2021 |
| Silverhill from GR: SK 47015 61660 | ronaldo333 | 23/11/2021 |
| Andy West | 31/10/2021 | |
| milopodesta | 25/08/2021 | |
| From car park. Another fine bing. | Wycombe Wanderer | 14/08/2021 |
| Bag For Life | 14/08/2021 | |
| Trail run from Skegby in the snow. Arrived as it was going dark. | Wheelsy | 15/01/2021 |
| Good way to spend the last day of the year :-) | AJH | 31/12/2020 |
| Smog | 06/12/2020 | |
| With Missy, from secondary car park but joined main path. Damp day. | alwaysinshorts | 22/11/2020 |
| johnkenyon | 15/11/2020 | |
| With E. Lovely autumn day. After an enjoyable walk through National Trust grounds at Hardwick we took a short detour to bag Silverhill and Newtonwood Lane (Boundary). Easy bags. Preferred Silverhill for the views. | Beeliner | 15/10/2020 |
| A quick tick whilst jogging from the Caravan Club Camp site | Shutterlag | 24/09/2020 |
| maknipe | 01/09/2020 | |
| Lucky | 01/09/2020 | |
| Another day out to bag some of the county tops from Jonny Muir's book and a few additional hills. This was the third of the day. I walked up from Teversal Visitors Centre and took the circular route around Silverhill Wood Country Park. Park quite busy. | Buck | 15/08/2020 |
| Alan Caine | 28/06/2020 | |
| Round of 8 hills, cycling from Nottingham (90km). Early start and beautiful weather. Robin Hood's Hill, Herrod's Hill, Newton Lane, Newton Lane (Boundary), Silverhill, Mansfield woodhouse Colliery, Anne Bower Hill, Mansfield Hill. | Nicky C | 15/05/2020 |
| Fabulous statue. Highlight of the day | Longwojo | 06/03/2020 |
| AlanD | 24/02/2020 | |
| Parked in the layby at the bottom of the path up. Lovely statue. | clivevilla | 28/01/2020 |
| kev65 | 18/01/2020 | |
| Been aware of this gig just off the east side of the M1 between jnc 28 n 29 for couple of years. Finally after dreadful delays on the road or of York to the birth had already made me an hour and a half later getting here than I'd normally expect, today it seemed appropriate just to add another 20/25 Minutes and get it done. Fabulous miner sculpture on the summit | vegibagger | 27/09/2019 |
| With Stephen, on our way to Notts Forest v PNE. | ADT | 31/08/2019 |
| Miner statue | PeteF | 15/08/2019 |
| Walked up from car park. Fabulous statue. | Ramblingpaul | 22/07/2019 |
| Short walk from car park. | RobertP | 12/05/2019 |
| Stopped on way back down from Leeds w/ Flopsy | penbet | 21/04/2019 |
| Steady walk from the car park with a team of geocachers | Lannbot | 23/02/2019 |
| Last day of the year around the park and up for this county top . statue of miner is great . | D SID | 31/12/2018 |
| With Smudge. | Clachaig | 08/12/2018 |
| beckybags | 23/10/2018 | |
| A Peckish | 23/10/2018 | |
| 2 of 7 on brilliant 37.3 mile bike ride. Enjoyed this one. Including Mansfield colliery, silverhill, newton Wood Lane and the boundary, robin hoods hill, Mansfield hill and welbeck colliery | The-Z-Man | 28/09/2018 |
| Break of journey. From CP south of the top. | summitsup | 26/09/2018 |
| holtsd | 06/07/2018 | |
| From lay-by to south, easy stroll to top. Good view. | PeterD | 09/05/2018 |
| An easy climb through country park | dazedemon | 29/04/2018 |
| With Corrine and Ernie | NottsOutdoorLad | 17/03/2018 |
| Lisa | 17/02/2018 | |
| A day trip down to Birmingham to collect a speaker cabinet...and 15 new hills completed on the journey :) All done by the simplest methods already given by others | the_adam | 27/01/2018 |
| Disused colliery, landscaped. Bronze(?) statue of a miner at HP. Good roadside parking to S. With Carole Engel. | jonglew | 28/12/2017 |
| carole engel | 28/12/2017 | |
| Parked in layby to the South by caravan park SK 47226 61524. Straightforward amble up to summit. | David Evans | 27/12/2017 |
| Stestag | 25/11/2017 | |
| I took a walk up from Teversal Visitors Centre and took the circular route around Silverhill Wood Country Park. It was a beautiful clear morning with a good frost. The circuit takes you round to the Miner statue from where you get a great view out over the county. I dropped back onto the road and headed back to the visitors centre for a drink and a flapjack. All round a great little tump. | simonshrewsbury | 19/11/2017 |
| Biffin | 25/09/2017 | |
| Interesting summit with good views | Endurance Adventures | 20/08/2017 |
| Enjoyable circular walk from car park taking in summit. | Kate_and_Euan | 29/07/2017 |
| Walked up from car park. An easy ascent with good views from the top. Interesting summit with information and statue of miner. | Neil Haslewood | 24/07/2017 |
| charlie586 | 10/07/2017 | |
| DC11main | 08/07/2017 | |
| Cycled up Silverhill on my bike. | Blosspot2006 | 23/05/2017 |
| Walked up Silverhill with my family. | SBW | 23/05/2017 |
| With Sarah, Libby and baby Toby. Toby's second hill bag. | Wheelsy | 23/05/2017 |
| With my family on a sunny day. | TLBW | 23/05/2017 |
| During orienteering course | Kirsten | 05/03/2017 |
| Great to find a summit without fences and reservoirs to contend with - even if man-made. Really quite a delightful place and view point. The summit statue is particularly fine. Lunch in warm sunshine. Cycle from Derby to Sheffield. | RichardM | 07/02/2017 |
| Easy walk from car park, much better than the real county top. | Tony J | 04/12/2016 |
| Andy-k | 04/12/2016 | |
| Nomad Perkins | 04/11/2016 | |
| steve18566 | 23/10/2016 | |
| From car park. | mart0797 | 25/08/2016 |
| Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 30/06/2016 |
| with Katy. Circuit with Newtonwood boundary | George Thompson | 23/05/2016 |
| Remarkable what can be done with an old coal tip. pleasant walk from car park to the west. Summit is a great vantage point. | Campbell Singer | 02/02/2016 |
| captainslow | 25/01/2016 | |
| davidpettit84 | 24/01/2016 | |
| Climbed with my shared dog, Lexi Rue. Started at Glapwell alighting from Pronto bus. Wked through estate and then fp linking to minor lane leading to boulevard inside the Hardwixk park estate. Stopped for soup at Stables cafe and then into Lady Spencers wood, climbing down over one fence to skirt Dovedale wood,clambering over stream through Willow carr vegetation and out into a field again crossing stream and climbing up thickly vegetated slopes, backtracking N about 20 metres to find faint path traversing the hillside which eventually led to gravel track which we followed to the summit. Fantastic views!! Descent by continuing on track to Fackley | Dazingdale | 20/10/2015 |
| ngthack | 16/08/2015 | |
| A smoothly landscaped hill with trails made from the spoil of the former Silverhiil Colliery. On top is a detailed sculpture of a miner testing for gas. When built five extra metres were added to the top to make it the highest point in Nottinghamshire -(as still claimed on sign below) but detailed surveying (see data base of British hills) has calculated the honour goes by 30cms to Newtonwood Lane. The surveying did not include the large rocks placed on top at the points of a compass or under the statute. | Chris Pearson | 08/08/2015 |
| Lionel Bidwell | 27/02/2015 | |
| Susan Bidwell | 27/02/2015 | |
| From car park to south. They've made an excellent job of landscaping that's for sure. Nice spot apart from dog muck. | Aye Jimmy | 23/10/2014 |
| mnixon | 04/10/2014 | |
| elijah | 04/10/2014 | |
| joshua | 04/10/2014 | |
| Nice 10 minute walk up from the car park. Good views all around. | bolieve | 23/08/2014 |
| ianwatson | 08/06/2014 | |
| Family trip up the Teversal trail | Caddy2000 | 31/05/2014 |
| GordonAdshead | 16/05/2014 | |
| Chester | 25/04/2014 | |
| Went up to get photos of the sunset. | Wheelsy | 27/02/2014 |
| jamiehighton | 23/02/2014 | |
| Janie | 19/01/2014 | |
| adriane | 19/01/2014 | |
| Walked up Silverhill to the Miner and then over to Newtonwood Lane. Interesting views from Silverhill in all directions (unlike Newtonwood Lane). | callumorr | 12/01/2014 |
| Easy parking on road to SSE. | destaylor | 20/09/2013 |
| With Nat | magirob | 20/09/2013 |
| After Newtonwood Lane. Because it's there. | Newton Maximus | 18/09/2013 |
| Done with CM, PB, CW on our way to Leicester. | bolton | 16/04/2013 |
| Mark Sims | 19/03/2013 | |
| From the car park walked along paths to summit sculpture 'Testing for Gas'. Then a drive to Newtonwood Lane to bag the county top. (S) | gerrybowes | 21/12/2012 |
| Ran from Newtonwood Lane to this one, just to make sure! :) | madaddo | 19/12/2012 |
| Knobbly Stiles | 04/11/2012 | |
| Despite being man-made and lower than Newtonwood Lane, decided to bag anyway for completeness. Good car park, paths and miners summit at top - certainly the best slag heap I have ever seen! Gt Grandad worked at Pleasley Colliery (now museum), which you can see from the top. Great uncle and namesake died at nearby Glapwell pit in 1924. | Hillsidenick | 31/10/2012 |
| Jacqdaw | 31/10/2012 | |
| Very nice small hill. Good amount of parking in the car park and good views at the top. | Daddy and Greg | 20/10/2012 |
| johnoz | 18/09/2012 | |
| Parked as others and jogged up slope. Bit strange, the spruce is growing up nicely, although bronze miner and views are nice its clearly artificial, nearby Whiteborough hill (Newtonwood Lane) is real and therefore preferred. | nordicstar | 11/09/2012 |
| Nick Down1 | 19/08/2012 | |
| Richard | 05/08/2012 | |
| . | Martin R | 27/06/2012 |
| Dusty | 03/06/2012 | |
| Ben Rinnes | 29/05/2012 | |
| victimofmathema | 08/05/2012 | |
| Nice even though slightly fake county top, walked up disused railway from Blackwell. Better than the true county top of Nottinghamshire. | DanTrig | 15/01/2012 |
| Actually rather beautiful, even if it is man made. Could make out Lincoln Cathedral quite clearly from the top, so it's a hell of a view. Someone has decorated the miner with lipstick... | DanHolme | 21/08/2011 |
| KJ | crazy | 22/07/2011 |
| Not sure of date, walked with sks and 'rents | dsas | 05/05/2011 |
| andrew brown | 29/04/2011 | |
| Bramley | 02/04/2011 | |
| I agree, nice top with big view. | simon and co | 08/02/2011 |
| Quick bag to view the bronze miner....lovely and good photo Tony. | Dugswell2 | 30/01/2011 |
| Pleasant walk up beautified slag heap. Nice statue on summit | citygent | 19/01/2011 |
| Ascended during orienteering event. | JohnW | 09/01/2011 |
| Better top than Newtonwood. parked in public car park then short walk (in fog) on paths through country park to summit. Good place to walk with family. | Argentum66 | 29/12/2010 |
| From Teversal Visitors Centre. Robin Hood Way event. | Richard Gunn | 07/11/2010 |
| siabod | 05/11/2010 | |
| Kevgbl | 18/07/2010 | |
| carolml | 18/07/2010 | |
| didn't realise how many collieries there were | DARRENG | 07/07/2010 |
| Adrian | 08/05/2010 | |
| mae | 08/11/2009 | |
| 5 minute walk from the car park to the top. Nice statue and good views. | The Team | 05/04/2009 |
| Condoverman | 31/03/2009 | |
| AndyS | 26/12/2008 | |
| denzil53 | 15/12/2008 | |
| Just over the road from the campsite. Did a circular walk link this top with Newtonwood Lane. | Overthehilljill | 14/11/2008 |
| geoffreycurnock | 07/06/2008 | |
| Easy stroll from car park to the south.Nice miner with bird poo on head. | electricratman | 02/06/2008 |
| Nice walk to top.Excellent views and statue is superb. | chris creedy | 25/05/2008 |
| plodderslot | 25/04/2008 | |
| Nice place to walk the dog or have a picnic. Good views from the top and the miners' statue is very well made. | Nick | 21/04/2008 |
| veganvixen | 08/03/2008 | |
| A simple walk up from the nearby parking. Interesting statue. | kaapiovuohi | 13/01/2008 |
| Visited as a stop off on the way to Leeds, much more interesting than the other top | rhalstead | 26/10/2007 |
| Visited the then county top of Herrod's Hill (as given by Paddy Dillon's County Tops of the British Isles) on rest day of the Trent Bridge Test v India in 1996. Revisited area on 29/9/07 to go to both Newtonwood Lane and Silverhill. | andy | 29/09/2007 |
| dutch | 08/06/2007 | |
| angellica | 19/05/2007 | |
| Marginally higher than the rival Herrod's Hill or Newtonwood Lane, but man-made (does it count?). This will be a very nice stroll once all the trees have grown a bit, but I hope they don't obscure the excellent view. Very busy, even on a cold day. | wheresthepath | 27/04/2007 |
| caunton | shirley pbgv | 18/12/2006 |
| David Purchase | 09/09/2006 | |
| Best 'non-mountainous' county top I've done - superb view, superb artwork (bronze miner 'testing for gas' in tribute to the miners of the Notts Collieries, all 65 of them from 1819-2005) plus a tricky little mantleshelf if you want to pat his helmet! | signyred | 17/08/2006 |
| stevent0809 | 29/05/2006 | |
| Out of the carpark head up the old spoil heap to the miner statue at the top. (Takes about 5 mins) Views are excellent on a clear day. | y8c | 15/04/2006 |
| asbown | 08/04/2006 | |
| Pleasant family walk to the top of the spoil heap. The place was swarming with tiny insects, but excellent views towards Hardwick estate. Can't be many counties with a man made highest point! | Cirrus9uk | 18/08/2005 |
| Landscaped colliery spoil heap | webmaster | 11/04/2005 |
| Father Ted | 24/11/2004 | |
| davefh | 20/11/2004 | |
| Using GPS for first time. No statue on my visit. Also went to Newtonwood Lane and a monument at Strawberry Bank with best view. | arranc | 11/02/2004 |
| Bing | fasgadh | 18/04/2003 |
| It was once a colliery but has now been reclaimed. The hill has been vegetated with grass and trees only the rough ground belies its former state. The route up was from the car park on the SW side. | garyhoney | 21/09/2002 |
| RHW | 26/01/2002 | |
| David Purchase | 30/12/2001 | |
| nice man made county top | johnfwoolley | 27/06/2001 |
| On way to Sphinx meet at DPC | MichaelF | 05/02/2001 |
| Moorponder | 27/01/2001 | |
| Halfdecent | 00/00/2000 | |
| Date unknown | RHW | 01/01/1990 |
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