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Name:Christianbury Crag
Hill number:15920
Height:487m / 1598ft
Parent (Ma):2313  Sighty Crag
RHB Section:33: The Scottish Border to the River Tyne
County/UA:Cumberland
Catchment:Esk (Gretna)
Class:Tump (400-499m)
(Tu,4)
Grid ref:NY 57773 82226
Summit feature:rock tor
Drop:44m
Col:443m  NY587822  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 80
(1:25k) OL42W 324
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 36 users)ByDate of Ascent
With Minto. Don't do tumps and didn't do this one. Need to come back with a rope.mntainman28/10/2022
After a 50 minutes thrash through the heather from the road end to NE, disappointed to find summit tor rocks were very greasy. In fading light and 20mph wind it was deemed to scary. Head-higher than top rule doesn't apply to standing on nearby cliff top, so NOT TICKED.Minto28/10/2022
Cycled from Cuddyshall bridge car park, then followed the ROW up. Decided not to climb the tor as I was on my own and not the place to have a fall.Andrew Simmons14/05/2022
Very horrible path from The Flatt but not as bad as what was to follow. However the summit had a great short scramble to the summit. Mantle shelf move was actually easier to reverse.conanharrod02/05/2021
11:45, 11 degrees, north-westerlies, showers. Via public 'footpath' from Flatts. As others have said, this is exceedingly tough going, difficult to follow in both directions and involves a couple of wades (at least). Having said that, it certainly gives a feeling of wilderness adventure (but then so does the film Deliverance). The summit tor was dry and with a bit of coaxing from Bag For Life I hoisted myself onto it in a heavy shower. Getting off is the bigger problem but it's easier dropping down than it looks. Helped Bag For Life on and off the tor and we ate our sandwiches on a sunny ledge, out of the wind and admired the view of Criffel and the Lakeland fells. Mighty relieved to have ticked this one at last. A very tough hill. Return 17:30.Wycombe Wanderer25/09/2020
Not ticked but writing about this as a warning to others. Exceedingly tedious hack from Glendhu Hill only to find an unexpectedly tricky tor - see summit photo from Jez Turner with trekking poles for scale. There is a clear breach in the defences but it involves climbing on to a sloping ledge with no real holds. I could've made it but realised that reversing the move would potentially mean losing my balance and falling backwards. I might have felt more comfortable if the rock hadn't been very slippery and I hadn't been tired, cold and wet and with only half an hour til sunset. At least there was a nice path back, I thought. Wrong! I was soon knee deep in swamp on the worst excuse for a path I've known. Luckily it was still light enough to see the waymarks as there are a couple of unexpected turns. I made it back to the track at last light but to round off probably the two least enjoyable days of hillwalking I've had, I lost my expensive headtorch somewhere on the path. If combining thiWycombe Wanderer18/12/2019
From the Flatt via RoW. Rough but do-able in felled sections (most of lower sections). But, river crossing exciting after recent heavy rains. Summit tor too greasy to contemplate.Moorponder07/10/2019
Good forest roads to 413m spot height (NY 5703 8376), after which followed a poor (mapped) track to NY 5758 8347 then followed forest edge until the Crag came into view whence took a direct line to it. Rough tussocky ground cut by many deep and peaty drainage channels. Interesting summit area and nice final scramble to attain the summit.jonglew14/03/2019
Tracks to Reamy Rigg 413 junction. Then the worst walking ever across to this crag from forest edge. Only made pleasant by watching the dog thouroughly enjoying bouncing through the heather. Better route back keeping to old fence line as far as Beckhead Crag.jenx02/09/2018
After Glendhu Hill, tracks initially through edge of forest good, then the last few km a dreadful hack through knee deep heather, groughs and stream beds. Followed the higher ground back round to then descend to the way we came in. The crags themselves give interesting scrambling that some might find hard in the wet. Easier up than down too. Nevertheless the main edge provides head above the top stuff!nordicstar02/09/2018
Walked fron Cuddyshall Bridge car park via Blacklyne House on forestry track, path up through forest ride to Crags very boggy, great views from top, Graffiti from 1800s on the rocks makes interesting reading.alanm915/05/2018
From carpark ar Cuddyshall Bridge with bike.jimbloomer18/04/2017
Long approach, as per Colin Crawford. (A faint path offers relief from the tussocks for the section above the trees.) One route obviously less difficult than the alternatives. A single move onto a ledge, not excessively exposed. Back the same way.mae18/04/2017
Walked from WSW near Cuddy Hall, waymarked track past semi-derelict Black Lyne Cottage. Route suddenly veers off across heather to fence by wood, this leads directly to crag. Upper part very boggy, much easier 10m inside wood. Several routes available for summit tor, but not for today - cold, wet, windy so care required, no place for an accident when you're on your tod! Used CC's route (Diff) from SE, a pull out of an alcove using good jug and grass, then a few metres to top. Several circular pots on top full of water. Does seem slighty higher than nearby rocky edge.Aye Jimmy02/01/2016
A bike is the ideal tool for this one, allowing an easy and relatively fast approach along the forest roads. From what I could see, the footpath looked as horrid as others have described. From the track end at NY569822, an easy break leads out to open hill, though an area of savage tussocks has to be crossed to gain the crags. The tor is undoubtedly the highest point, with only one reasonable ascent route to the east. This involves an ungainly thrutch to get yourself onto a sloping slab, with a distinct lack of hand or footholds. I trusted to the strength of the grass, perhaps foolishly, but the exposure wasn't too great. Descending was a simple slide down the slab. The place felt quite remote, so it was nice to have a long downhill bike ride to look forward toColin Crawford18/10/2015
Extensive logging makes the first part of the walk a dangerous undertaking. Parking available outside The Loan in a large forestry area. This is alongside the public footpath to Christianbury Crags signpost. The path between The Flatt, the ford and Shiel Knowe is covered in fallen trees, thick brash and piles of logs. It is totally unusable, walkers very slowly having to pick the best way through. With no sign of it ending I climbed east (across more trees and brash) to the forest road. I followed this (much quicker)on its long detour to the first crossing of the Bridleway. Unusable again so continued to the second crossing. Was able to pick it up here. Once alongside the boundary fence there were bogs, deep gullies and detours round obstacles. 5.25 miles, 3 very hard hours to the top. On the return I did cut down along the bridleway between the first and second crossing points. Not bad descending but would have seem awful going up. Stuck with the road to the Loan. Not a pleasant dmoorsman02/08/2015
Came from Sighty Crag, so this describes descent. Followed FP RoW down. To start with (the straight section), not too bad, though some mud-holes tricky to avoid. Way off straight section blocked by fallen trees. Once got past, not too bad to first forest track. Then rougher to the next -- deep undergrowth. Beyond that, even worse; trees had been planted on the line of the path. The path seems to go along the burn for a little (not even on a bank). Eventually emerged from trees into a felled area covered with brash. No clearing done for RoW; very slow going. As soon as I could I trespassed into the neighbouring field for the last 300m returning to the Flatt (I'd rather face a cross farmer than that brash, but didn't meet anybody). The worst RoW I had encountered for some years.david.carreg01/08/2015
I didn't climb the summit tor which is way beyond my climbing skills: I think it's the highest point, but I may be wrong. The path back to the Flatt is marked but not trivial to find in places, and has lots of fallen trees. A big diversion low down for this.Pete R14/09/2014
Parked at The Flatt and visited en route to Sighty Crag. Climbed during a thunder storm with hail the size of five pence pieces and so I didn't visit the highest tor, which looked tricky.Sprog08/08/2014
Hard slog from Glendhu Hill. Too tired to consider the tor but the east end may be of similar height.peebs10/06/2014
Track most of the way from Cuddy Hall, heather and tussocks for the last part. Followed marked footpath back, probably easier but wetter.Walker Dan30/01/2014
Bagged on way to Sighty Crag. 5 hour yomp as James Trail's route with yellow way markers to near Christianbury Crag in dry sunny condition with fierce east wind. Final English Marilyn.Dugswell213/05/2009
excellent with summit tor (VDiff?), cloudberry in fr, cow-wheat, poss PE plucking post with 2prs of ringed legs presumably belonged to RG. RHW26/07/1998
Staindrop Group. From the West at 521807 via Blacklyne Ho & Kettle Hall to forest edge at 573824.Vin10/06/1992
With Mag,Greta,John and Jet. Dry, fine but cool day. From the Flatt.iredale01/10/1981
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Bag For Life25/09/2020
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