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| Name: | Trowbarrow [The Trough] |
| Hill number: | 16330 |
| Height: | 73m / 239ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2682 Hutton Roof Crags |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Lancashire |
| Catchment: | Kent |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
| Grid ref: | SD 48115 76017 |
| Summit feature: | rock on rim of quarry |
| Drop: | 33m |
| Col: | 40m SD484762  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 97 (1:25k) OL7S |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 75 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked in pull-in to S. by start of RoW - W. along RoW for less than 20m to gate, turned right & N. along concessionary to gate into quarry - N. along bike track for about 100m to SD 48139 75789 & start of path up through trees to quarry rim - Up path, over wooden fence & then N. along good path to summit rock. | gerrybowes | 29/02/2024 |
| Another day, another episode of questioning ones life choices- wet, scrambly rock to the West of the rock face at the far end of quarry, over wooden fence. Easier track down to with no scrambling by continuing round the east. | Alfa1M | 31/07/2023 |
| Good parking at the road junction to the south. Following previous advice I tried to access this hill via the open access. Big mistake. Much longer and with obstacles to climb. Considering there is a roadside gate from the road to the north of the parking area which gives direct access to the summit the first way is a no-goer. | moorsman | 13/07/2023 |
| A thin brambly path goes along the top of the quarry, accessed from quarry bottom south of the high point. | Alan Moore | 30/11/2022 |
| Leighton moss via Summerhouse hill, Cringlebarrow and Thrang Brow, though Gaitbarrows into woods and up the actual trough into the quarry, up climbers descent route and back to Leighton moss. | Flatfield | 16/10/2022 |
| 4 tump round walk - Thrang Brow, Trowbarrow, Summerhouse Hill, Cringlebarrow. Starting from pull in by woods at Yealand Storrs road junction. Good clear day, bit windy. | Argentum66 | 29/01/2022 |
| Found path, which ascends round and up the wood, which is probably used to put out bird nesting boxes. Eventually a path leads to the highest point. | JohnW | 24/06/2021 |
| From Wharton cragg, via Summerhouse and Thrang brow. Over stile above recess at lowest end of cliff up climbers path to high point. Back to Wharton through Leighton moss. | Flatfield | 22/11/2020 |
| with Andy from Heald brow | colinfielding | 09/11/2020 |
| With Colin from Heald Brow. | Andrew Pearson | 09/11/2020 |
| From Storrs Lane. Two paths are in the wood to the east side of cliff. The lower one starts at gate where path enters in the corner of the quarry (by an information board). The higher path that is close, but not on, the edge, starts from about halfway between the south end of the quarry and the huge boulder by the centre main entrance to the quarry. A steepish path goes up to a substantial wooden ‘ranch style’ fenced enclosure. The path near the edge goes directly up from there to the rock summit. Slippery in the wet. | Nick Caunt | 22/10/2020 |
| While rock climbing. Many cracking routes in this quarry! | sturuss | 12/09/2020 |
| Initially missed the route above the quarry. Returned to near quarry entrance and finally found fp which followed a line of close to the vertical cliffs, but quite safe. Top is a great viewpoint. | Campbell Singer | 30/07/2020 |
| 2 2/2 Up from Yealand Storrs using path recommended beside litter bin slip style. Then used nature reserve land to get across to Trowbarrow Quarry which approached through the trees to the West, then down the path along quarry edge South, into Quarry pit to watch climbers then back via Hawes Water. | nickywood1 | 05/07/2020 |
| From South into quarry then up to small track that led to top of quarry rim. Big boulder at top. | PeterD | 30/12/2019 |
| Hp is edge of steep sided and impressive disused quarry , accessed through woodland. | Denise | 27/12/2019 |
| From the SSE over field of pasture then through open woodland to quarry rim. High point by Yews with great views S along the disused deep quarry workings. | RichardM | 27/12/2019 |
| Parked to the South in small lay-by SD481755. P/f leads to concession path and on to quarry, then when entering quarry, (I think unofficial) path goes through wood almost to summit. | David Evans | 09/12/2019 |
| A circular route accessed from the permissive path to the quarry starting at Storrs Lane GR SD480753 where there is room to park in a layby opposite. A shorter route could be taken from further along Storrs Lane at GR SD481755 where there is a rough muddy pull in & a gate giving access to the path into the quarry. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 07/10/2019 |
| From dirt pull-in (SD 4818 7557). Walked the length of the quarry then scrambled up to the quarry edge. Nice little track runs along it. Dropped back down into the quarry, emerging at SD 4814 7579 - which would be a non-scrambling route up. | jonglew | 29/08/2019 |
| From RSPB car park. Trowbarrow,Thang Brow and Cringlebarrow | mart0797 | 27/06/2019 |
| Longer walk than planned because the footpath over the railway line N of Silverdale station is closed. Walked south and east on lanes and came to permissive path N after golf course on left. Into quarry then round back and found path up to top- continued over top to N to pick up path back to Red Bridge | Mark Sims | 03/04/2019 |
| Easily approached from N or S. From N, open wood and sparse vegetation, entering wood over fence at SD 481 763. From S, into quarry to find path from SD 4814 7579 up to and along edge of quarry | carole engel | 15/09/2018 |
| From RSPB Morecambe Bay car park . Heald Brow, Trowbarrow, Thrang Brow, Cringlebarrow, Summerhouse Hill. 3.5 hour round. | Longwojo | 19/05/2018 |
| From path to north | peebs | 24/07/2017 |
| From Thrang Brow, on to Heald Brow | bardolph | 16/02/2017 |
| From the West, walked up old track into quarry then circuit f the rim, nice scrambling to get up there. Looks a lot easier from the road to SW! | nordicstar | 11/02/2017 |
| With David. Train to Silverdale, then Trowbarrow, Thang Brow, Cringlebarrow Hill, Summerhouse Hill and Heald Brow. | ADT | 31/01/2017 |
| Climbing with Keith,John and Mark | Dave Geere | 22/01/2017 |
| With Darren on 6 tump circuit from Milnthorpe. A challenging scramble up cleft on left side side to visit summit boulder -probably not visited when I climbed here in the 1990s (Jean Jennie and Coral Sea - two popular VS crack climbs). The quarry is now a SSSI nature reserve with fossilised corals visible on the rock faces. Formed in a tropical sea 350 million years ago.This quarry is where tarmac was invented using crushed limestone added to bitumen tar -originally the tarmac was called Quarrite- promoted as the new dustless paving. | Chris Pearson | 30/07/2016 |
| From s, path into quarry, to foot of main cliff at about SD 48157 75791 then up R to good path leading along clifftop to summit | RHW | 05/03/2016 |
| Arnside to Silverdale via Yealand Storrs. S-N rimming route. Note: Both Red Bridge access points currently closed due to public safety issue. | Smudge | 11/10/2015 |
| took lower path then up over fence to summit | Bramley | 08/04/2015 |
| From Silverdale train station. Did a clockwise circuit of the quarry - some nice easy scrambling up in the woods on the NW side. Very airy top, nice and dramatic. Evidence of recent rockfall. Returned to Silverdale station and did Heald Brow. | Jake994 | 17/01/2015 |
| Now a Nature Reserve. Follow citygent. | jimbloomer | 24/12/2014 |
| Took a bit of care over the limestone covered in slimey mud | GordonAdshead | 28/11/2014 |
| Arnside-Arnside Knott-Middlebarrow Hill-Heald Brow-Trowbarrow-Thrang Brow-Cringlebarrow Hill-Yealand Hill-Warton Crag-Hunting Hill-Carnforth | campagvelocet | 19/11/2014 |
| Revisit, used to climb here years ago. Sections of E side of quarry keep falling down. Cracks that once were finger width you can now get your arm and leg in! | Aye Jimmy | 15/08/2014 |
| Verge parking to south at SD 48049 75377. Permissive footpath into quarry then climbed up the rim to summit from southern end. | David Gradwell | 19/01/2014 |
| parked near bus shelter at SD 47188 75961, as others anticlockwise from quarry floor, summit is rock and stunted saplings on rim of quarry over easy fence (SD 48113 76017), rough terrain trying to follow fence down to NW, so returned same way. | George Gradwell | 29/12/2013 |
| Used footpath from west, over the railway then track to quarry floor with Martin Richardson. Then up quarry edge from right to left. Not so easy going around left from the summit but we managed it. | Dugswell2 | 08/12/2013 |
| Unusually for a Tump turned out to be an interesting little hill with a sense that someone moves the landscape around as you attempt to walk the full length of the quarry top. | Martin R | 08/12/2013 |
| From quarry floor a footpath leads from near a large boulder at the right hand end of the quarry and goes right over the top coming down by a fence at the left end. Nice spot, no bared wire. I felt most welcome!! | citygent | 17/10/2013 |
| A few times while climbing | conanharrod | 01/01/2010 |
| Rock climbing. | ngthack | 08/06/1997 |
| Climbed Jean Jennie VS -(up central cracks) and Coral Sea. Unlikely we visited the exact summit along top ridge so not ticked | Chris Pearson | 13/04/1991 |
| 1971? Climbing - various routes. | summitsup | 01/01/1952 |
| Rambling Ray | 15/06/2023 | |
| Adrian | 01/05/2023 | |
| PM | 29/12/2022 |