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| Name: | Turner's Hill |
| Hill number: | 5481 |
| Height: | 271.2m / 890ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2870 Walton Hill |
| RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
| County/UA: | Sandwell |
| County (CoA): | West Midlands (CoA) |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Severn, Trent |
| Watershed: | Humber Estuary, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Severn Estuary, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m), Current County/UA Top, Administrative County Top, Clem (Tu,2,CoU,CoA,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SO 96742 88722 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground by fencing |
| Drop: | 87.2m |
| Col: | 184m SO 9691 8654  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 139 (1:25k) 219N 219S |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 162 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 6/8. As hillbagger91 although I couldn't find any hole. Lots of brambles meant doing a circumnavigation of the top compound would have been very slow. A disappointing hill considering its location and prominence - should be a country park or something. | Mark Jackson | 19/03/2024 |
| Dixons Green-Cawney Hill-Turner's Hill-Netherton Hill-Merry Hill Centre | campagvelocet | 26/01/2024 |
| From the bus stop at the bottom of Portway Hill, along the road and up to the metal gate, which is easily bypassed. Past unbothered horses on left and up to next gate, again easily bypassed. Next fence has a hole. Strolled around the perimeter fence of both towers and found a suitably high point to be the top. | hillbagger91 | 06/11/2023 |
| Parked near golf course, then short walk to horse paddock. Under BWF then over to compound fence. Gap in outside fence. Got as close as possible to summit by inside fence. Area very overgrown atm. Solo | RoguePulsar | 21/05/2023 |
| Worth doing as part of walk from Wheatsheaf (City Rd bus stop) to Netherton Church. The route, down via the Golf course to Cobb's Engine house then the towpath via Highridge Rd cutting, through basalt, was very pleasant and interesting and green with lots of wildfowl. A contrast to when I was at schoolnand it was said the pigeons few back'ards so as not to get smuts in their eyes! Sunny with views to Malverns and Clee Hills. HP attained through vandalised fence to N. today. | pwheeler | 28/04/2023 |
| Parked on Turner's hill near Dudley golf club and walked up the lane. Compound fence easyish to cross. I don't know why people have got a downer on this hill; it's pretty decent for these parts. A bit of green country in the heart of the Black Country. | Wycombe Wanderer | 05/01/2023 |
| Parked near the golf club, walked into the horse paddock (ow, nettles!); barbed wire prevents the very top. Back on the lane met a more committed topper who went through the fence, nettles and brambles to the peak! | cjwilliams | 01/07/2022 |
| Parked on Wheatsheaf (closed pub) car park to N. Lane passed golf course and new houses to main gates which were locked. Retreated and crossed horse paddock, climbed wall / broken outer security fence to reach inner fence and gates below main tower. | Minto | 28/05/2022 |
| From Warrens Hall Park by B4171, gates to outer compound open so easy to reach summit. Descended SW to canal and back by tunnel entrance. | AlanD | 23/02/2022 |
| Did the West Midlands County top by doing Turner's Hill and Darby's Hill. Darby's Hill was easy to reach the summit however, Turner's Hill was unsurprisingly not. By the 1M rule though, me and my cousin were not bothered doing bullshit on that summit as we already had reached 270m above sea level on Darby's Hill. It is definitely one of those controversial county tops where the summit is literally in that massive Radio Mast area. Honestly though, I don't care if I didn't really do the summit of the hill of Turner's Hill, because I could still technically argue that Darby's Hill is part of the hill of Turner's Hill meaning that me and my cousin were 270m above sea level on Turner's Hill anyway. So in my opinion, that counts anyway and, for the summit of West Midlands by the 1m rule, the qualifies as the summit as well. But, you have to be exactly at the highest point of Darby's Hill as the 270m area is very tiny. | DavidHiner | 04/01/2022 |
| Cycled from home in Milton Keynes. Not really worth the effort by itself but I got a nice 200+ mile ride out of it, with a camp near Kinver, and it was my last county top. | AndyS | 13/10/2021 |
| We walked from the canal at Windmill End on a longish circular route. We reached the locked gates close to the large tower with GPSr reporting about 135ft away. | Sapphirites | 25/09/2021 |
| From Netherton Tunnel, on the way to Dudley Premier Inn. | DanHolme | 14/08/2021 |
| This and Cawney Hill on an 11.5km run. Very hard work in plenty of powder snow! | sturuss | 25/01/2021 |
| Old tumble down trig point located off golf course. Snowy day. | Pretty Butterfly | 01/01/2021 |
| Parked on roadside opposite golf course entrance. Continued up service track for radio station turning left on public fp north of summit, breaking off to right to fence boundary. HP close to fence boundary possibly higher ground within fence boundary close to hole in fence. | mntainman | 30/07/2020 |
| Same route as Wheelsy. Horrible little hill. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 07/07/2020 |
| Walked over from Bury Hill park, before enjoying the views on the golf course :-) | AJH | 25/04/2020 |
| Merry Hill to Old Hill. | Smudge | 01/03/2020 |
| After orienteering event at Baggeridge Country Park. Main gate locked so crossed horse paddock from the footpath/track junction and accessed via one of the breaches in the fence. Easy to balsam bash at this time of year. A tick with no aesthetic value but oddly satisfying. | summitsup | 01/01/2020 |
| Was passing through the area so parked on the lane next to the golf course and wandered up the track. Very spooky atmosphere on a cold, foggy, and very dark December night! | jkl | 27/12/2019 |
| Drove as far as possible up track then on foot. | CreakingHiker | 20/12/2019 |
| . | tim747 | 20/12/2019 |
| Parked outside golf club. Short walk to entrance to outer compound - gate locked. A climbable bit of fence a short way back, by stone pillar (with high ground just behind). Easy to reach highpoint once inside outer compound. | PGCE | 13/10/2019 |
| On own. Parked outside Wheatsheaf pub then walked up Turner’s Hill to outer gates - locked. However if you walk back to public footpath running SW < > NE and cross field aiming for tower there are gaps in the wall/fence. Then a short scramble through the undergrowth brings you to inner gates and hp. | Beeliner | 02/10/2019 |
| Parked in residential road to N then followed RoW from road SW until I saw a breech in the BWF. Under this and then across a field of horses to a crumbling wall and broken down 'chain link' fence. Then through nettles and brambles heading slightly W until I could get onto track leading up to masts. Compound gates locked so back the same way. | Wheelsy | 08/09/2019 |
| Parked to the North in Lane near clubhouse SO966889. | David Evans | 01/08/2019 |
| Parked by Dudley Golf Club, two minutes to highest accessible point! On way back from 6 Shropshire Summits. | MichaelF | 09/06/2019 |
| Footpath from NE. Secure compound, didn't see the need to access it, likely nothing higher inside. | jonglew | 28/03/2019 |
| Very short stroll | lamcdougall | 15/11/2018 |
| The main target of the day, having seen it dozens of times from the M5. From the canal at the south end of the Netherton Tunnel, up through Warren’s Hill NR, then left along the B4171 turning right up the footpath leading to Oakham Road, turning right here then right into the Golf course entrance road. From here, under the barbed wire fence, across the paddock, through a gap in the wire fence surrounding the compound, and through the Japanese Knotweed to the high point next to the radiation sign. | Mariana Trench | 27/08/2018 |
| Parked at Countryside car park on B4171 headed north west for short distance to pick up path. headed uphill and across golf course to lane and towers, returned same way. | dgresty | 20/08/2018 |
| 3rd log of 7 today,visiting Netherton Hill via line81 bus from Coseley then Warley Park via 126 bus from Dudley bus station then straight line passing through Causeway Green, Whiteheath Gate and Portway (With Deli stop-off en-roue) taking Fp to the N, over easy Bw fence, across paddock then up crumbled wall and then Japanese Knotwood mmini-jungle to arrive, covered in Greenfly at the corner of the comms compound and the summit. Exit the same veering off to take fp theough Dudley Golf club, en-route to Cawney Hill. A very hot day! | Dazingdale | 30/06/2018 |
| Parked at the gates short walk up the lane to the compound | jmistry86 | 02/05/2018 |
| Simple walk from Golf club car park to the communication towers. Brutalist architecture worthy of a post apocalyptic landscape. | stooch | 13/02/2018 |
| 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 |
| Solo expedition looking for a few county tops after performing with Brass band at Walsall Arboretum. This hilly area looks great from a distance! It is quite profound and looms over Birmingham dominantly. Parked at the Golf club. Asked some locals if I was going the right way for Turners hill, they seemed confused as to why I'd want to go up there, and warned me that it was all shut off. They said nearby Darby hill was higher. They were wrong, clearly, and the gate was wide open, despite the signs warning of radioactivity. Stood atop the highpoint just outside the fenced area. I felt very strange here, I think due to the radio waves. I've had this feeling before standing under pylon lines. I got a headache after standing here, which lasted for about half an hour. | tumpawumpa | 24/09/2017 |
| County top reached after Parking by the hedge next to the entrance to the golf course car park on turners hill and walked up the tarmaced lane to the communications tower, found the first gate open so continued to the inner gate which was padlocked, a meter In front of the gate seems to be the highest point here I got the grid reference and the height according to OS Locate. Went into the paddock you pass on the left to walk around perimeter but could not find a higher spot good views of Birmingham though if your into that sort of thing. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 17/07/2017 |
| Drove through open gates to radio mast compound. There'should no sign to say you can't. | ijpowell | 15/07/2017 |
| Parked in golf club car park. Gates still open so entered the compound to the high point easily enough. You feel that something more could be done with this area which was a bit of a disappointment. | Herbert Anchovy | 03/02/2017 |
| Parked on road to golf course and walked up to compound through large unlocked gates. | mart0797 | 27/12/2016 |
| Frustratingly late in the gloom of dusk Missed the views from the roads driving up and down to the golf course clubhouse | vegibagger | 23/08/2016 |
| Easy access from golf club, scruffy. | rhalstead | 14/08/2016 |
| Cycled up on Black Country high point tour. We decided high point was outside locked gate by golf course. Disappointing views , rather overgrown and scrubby - a missed opportunity for a pleasant high point , but good to be here after seeing it from afar so often. | Denise | 04/08/2016 |
| Second hill on a cycle around the West Midlands. Much easier to access than imagined. Take road to golf course and continue past vehicle barrier towards concrete comms. tower. Through tall open gates which don't look as if they have been closed in a long while to high point by gate with radiation sign. Tower is on slightly lower ground. Trees limit views. | RichardM | 04/08/2016 |
| Stroll up from near golf club | Bramley | 30/07/2016 |
| Notable mainly for the commando-style raid under the barbed wire on one of the few hot days of the summer so far. | edmundjohnson | 14/07/2016 |
| As per Peter D | Ramblingpaul | 23/05/2016 |
| Short walk up track. Gate open allowing access to summit by fence. | PeterD | 22/05/2016 |
| As previous loggers. Parked just outside the golf club and up barriered off lane. Past the bored horses and through open gate on to summit which is just before the buildings. I can only imagine how mind blowing the view would be from up the tower. | stig_nest | 22/04/2016 |
| Parked at golf club and strolled up the track and in to compound. | Barbara Singer | 27/03/2016 |
| I assume that the sign stating that police are aware of anti social behaviour occurring in this area does not refer to hill bagging although my wife might disagree. Scruffy summit at foot of impressive radio mast. Superb vantage point. | Campbell Singer | 27/03/2016 |
| Parked at the golf course road. A short walk to under the main tower. Open access through the gate. | Play2End | 03/03/2016 |
| Went at 7.30pm very dark, No one around. Great night views of city lights. Had a wee on the golf course. Highest point to the left of larger radio tower, Had to work trough some brambles to bag it. Will return soon to get a daylight view. | Viroco | 24/02/2016 |
| A triple CoU with Minnie. Cawney Hill-hard work & dissapointing, lots of brabmles. Sedgley Beacon, CoU dissapointing but the Beacon is a nice raised area for a walk & intersting little tower. Turners Hill nice walk up from canal through golf course, great views of the conurbation. loveley dry cold frosty morning. | apricorum | 20/01/2016 |
| From golf club, up road. | ngthack | 29/11/2015 |
| My 'local' - parked at bottom of Portway and walked up from there. Not the most attractive of summits, but quite pleasant out on the golf course, with great views of the Clent Hills. | Stuzinho | 21/06/2015 |
| Parked at Golf Club. Easy walk up tarmacked road up to transmitter station. Outer gates open and access available up to inner fence. On way down crossed field to high points on N and W of station. Good weather, clear views. | Argentum66 | 25/05/2015 |
| 2/5 Quick walk up from road through a barbed wire fence pass the horses to fence on edge of transmition towers | Fergalh | 24/04/2015 |
| On another bagging spree! 6th top of 7 today. | mcallmar | 10/04/2015 |
| As Gerrybowes, but climbed gate opposite golf club and easily ducked under bw fence into horse field. | GordonAdshead | 22/01/2015 |
| Walked up road next to golf club until met locked gates. Nice radiation sign. | electricratman | 19/10/2014 |
| Parked by barrier on access road next to Golf Club – Up road for about 100m and then cut across corner of pony field – Climbed over a 'collapsed' section of the wire-mesh fence and then battled through the undergrowth to summit. Shorts not advised! (Solo) | gerrybowes | 03/08/2014 |
| Peered through the locked gates close to the large tower. | bolton | 05/06/2014 |
| Cloudy and rainy. Parked near to Dudley Golf course. Very short walk to hill top- big fences and gates bar you from actually standing on the top due to some sort of aerial/power station there. | andyhudson | 10/05/2014 |
| climbed with dave on the way to athlethics | mr bounce | 29/06/2013 |
| #2 of 3 today. As close as we could get along closed-off Turner's Hill that otherwise only goes to another golf course. Security fencing seems to have been upgraded since earlier logs. | Newton Maximus | 16/11/2012 |
| Visited while doing several county tops in the area, parked at the golf club, scruffy place but had a good explore. | magirob | 06/11/2012 |
| Bill Moseley together with Graham & Karen Fewtrell 'Bagged' for the 2012 Morris Lubricants County Top Challenge for the TCT. Thanks to Dobbin for his support role in the photographs. | morrislube | 06/10/2012 |
| Meg an me, did this one by train. Got off at port Dudley and walked along canal. Make sure you get the correct arial mast as we did an early photo at the wrong point then realised we were a mile off. The other mast had better views | Roland Brooks | 02/09/2012 |
| I am working my way through the Historic County Tops with my 2 Dalmatians - Celsie our 6 year old girl and Sandy our 4 year old boy - we have written a full log, with pictures, of this walk (and the others) which you can read at "http://blog.schunikka.co.uk" | Schunikka | 05/05/2012 |
| Walked up from the golf club car park. | sjb | 16/03/2012 |
| Scruffy tat hill number one | simon and co | 25/02/2012 |
| As SE. Golfers must have been at 19th hole. | destaylor | 13/01/2012 |
| KJF | crazy | 27/08/2011 |
| Able to get very near main communication tower by entering horse field from golf practice area that does not encourage hill-baggers. | Dugswell2 | 08/02/2011 |
| Walked with Shadow | daveapotter | 23/10/2010 |
| After a third interview for a job in Birmingham. Didn't get the job, but I got this Tump so it wasn't a wasted journey. Went to work in Scotland instead. All's well that ends well. | Pete R | 25/06/2010 |
| Snow and fog, sure it would have been a good view ! http://www.heavyhorses.co.uk/humps | heavyhorses | 05/01/2010 |
| Tricky to get to this one. make sure you got some thick clothing on. | The Team | 25/04/2009 |
| Climbed in the pursuit of geocaching. Nothing to see except a whole lot of rain and mist in the early morning!!! | pastorev | 17/04/2009 |
| Point outside gate near main communication tower. Access to outer compound through breaks in the fence on Northern side. | webmaster | 08/02/2009 |
| From next to Dudley Golf Club. Two large masts and rubbish abounds. | Aye Jimmy | 08/01/2009 |
| Smile as you trespass - you're on 24 hr video surveillance! Shame my 'home county' top is such a dreadful despoiled piece of land.Happy 100th birthday to AW today | signyred | 21/01/2007 |
| Bagged in darkness - views of Birmingham by night much better than by day! Had to navigate back down using phone and GPS backlights - needless to say got stung and scratched quite badly as we wandered off route! | wheresthepath | 13/11/2004 |
| edge of fenced transmitter compound, fine view of Rowley & surrounding Dudly/Bham conurbation. access from rd adjacent, via pasture N of summit | RHW | 30/12/2001 |
| Parked at the club house. Managed to get into the aerial compound via tatty fences to the north. Seems strange to have such an expensively defended gate but leave the sides alone. | garyhoney | 29/12/2000 |
| Just back from Aconcagua a few days ago - quite a contrast. | Chris Pearson | 05/01/1999 |
| Sordid litter and refuse, including needles, disfigure the top. | arranc | 03/09/1998 |
| 1997. | peter.stone | 01/01/1997 |
| Solo. Done en route to John K's wedding. Good views of city from summit inside the fence. | mikejacobs | 21/09/1996 |
| Followed the directions below and found summit, just beginning to go dusk | rock1974 | blank |
| Highest point of the West Midlands - before it was split up. Got to the top of this hill long time ago - Grandparents used to live in Tividate. | ChinnockC | blank |
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