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Name: | Beacon Hill |
Hill number: | 16320 |
Height: | 87m / 285ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2668 Kirkby Moor [Lowick High Common] |
RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness |
Catchment: | Leven (Ulverston) |
Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
Grid ref: | SD 26459 71035 |
Summit feature: | no feature: pasture |
Drop: | 47m |
Col: | 40m SD270715 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 96 97 (1:25k) OL6S |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 34 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
As CJO, very wet underfoot. | Minto | 28/12/2023 |
Up PROW to the west, sheep grazing. | cjo | 15/10/2023 |
9/10 Easy parking in Gleaston. Followed public footpath to summit pasture, then a short beeline for the summit. | silveracorn_alan | 18/02/2023 |
From Gleaston up FP from SW and then on to top. Very wet underfoot. | PeterD | 28/12/2022 |
Grass verge parking at Gleaston Castle. PFPs to top, field boundary (wall) to S is dismantled | Isbjorn | 27/07/2022 |
Parking on the green in Gleaston. The footpath east is horrendously bad so a fresh line has been created leading you straight upwards to the summit. | moorsman | 13/05/2021 |
A short walk round the block from Gleaston. Cracking views for such a low hill. Gleaston Mill is interesting too. Then on to Leece for three more. | nickywood1 | 11/07/2020 |
Parked by footpath start then directly up to summit | Colin Crawford | 01/03/2019 |
From FP to W. | Wycombe Wanderer | 28/01/2019 |
Soggy roadside verge parking (SD 2615 7123). Took the RoW initially, then direct over a soggy sheep pasture to the top. | jonglew | 10/12/2018 |
8th tump of 11 today on a 32.2km loop from ASkham to Ulverston, climbing Park Knotts, High Haume Beacon, Hagg Hills, The Billings, Yarlside, Roosecote Hill and Scarbarrow Hill, after lunch in the ASh tree I joined a track over a stream then footpath to lane south of Dendron, cut across field to join lane just before Boggart bridge (No Boggarts present though)taking lane to and through Gleaston then footpath heading Ene and where it veers Nnw I ascended direct for the summit. No Cattle log problems just an easy wander around the rounded summit. Descent North then Nw to join cycle route 700, heading for Birkrigg common... | Dazingdale | 31/03/2018 |
circuit around southern tops | nordicstar | 08/12/2017 |
Parked in Gleaston,then took footpath from east of village.Simple ascent but spent much time searching for lost phone which I eventually found(on second search)in my car!With Oscar. | catman | 01/02/2017 |
With Catman. | oscarrosie | 01/02/2017 |
22 sets of road works on the M6 but no delays meant I was two hours early for Barrow parkrun. So, just after dawn I climbed 1632 to find the summit had been claimed by ~30 bullocks. It was windy and they were both curious about and agitated by my presence. Attempts to shift them worked momentarily but were followed by a general charge in my direction - main risk being if I fell the stopping front runners would be barrelled over me by the unsighted second and third rank (this information subsequently had from my vet cousin). So after 20 minutes of shouting and waving and the retreating back to and over the gate I jumped up in the air... this unexpected behaviour caused a slow retreat and gave me 10 seconds on the summit. I am sure the views must be great - over Morecambe bay and down the coast... I can't remember | M3WDD | 24/09/2016 |
Parked below farm near Gleaston Castle then up the footpath to bag the pasture summit then on to bag Gleaston Watermill. | Dugswell2 | 08/10/2015 |
From W, aj route | RHW | 01/08/2015 |
From Gleaston | peebs | 09/06/2015 |
Started due W of hill at 'Public Footpath Coast Road' sign. Lane and hedgeline lead to gently rounded summit pasture. | Aye Jimmy | 29/04/2015 |
Parking by path start 200m S of Gleaston castle. No fences. Fine views to Snowdonia and Scafells. | jimbloomer | 19/11/2013 |
Rambling Ray | 02/10/2022 | |
Dusty | 25/02/2022 | |
Martin R | 11/01/2022 | |
conanharrod | 05/02/2021 | |
DC11main | 05/12/2019 | |
andrew brown | 01/09/2017 | |
GaryJones | 29/08/2017 | |
Bramley | 23/06/2017 | |
mae | 03/06/2017 | |
GordonAdshead | 03/12/2016 | |
stevent0809 | 13/06/2016 | |
Alan Caine | 02/05/2016 | |
Jim B | 18/09/2015 | |
Dave Geere | 26/03/2014 |