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Name:Reake Hill
Hill number:16341
Height:50m / 164ft
Parent (Ma):2671  Gummer's How
RHB Section:34D: Southern Cumbria
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Far Eastern Fells
County/UA:Westmorland and Furness
Catchment:Leven (Ulverston)
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:SD 34127 79414
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:43m
Col:7m  SD351797  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 96 97
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Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 27 users)ByDate of Ascent
From car park. At cattle grid I went left to 1st yew tree, then up limestone, zig zag hi gbu Der cable overhead. Gate higher up won't latch properly.Minto29/12/2023
A welly-shod scramble up the craggy west face - led to a drying gale buffeted yomp along the edge to an open pedestrian gate onto open pastures up to the top. Wild dramatic views over the adjacent Leven Estuary with the choppy tide in. The Leven viaduct is seen well from here, and must in 1857 have been a feat of engineering gambling when it was built into the shifting sands and tidal currents. The 49 cast iron piers subsequently corroded and were encased in concrete in 1915. It should be good for another 25 yrs following a major refurb in 2006, completed on time despite the chief engineer complaining that the weather 'had not been kind' - a sanitised version of his true feelings no doubt. Some things never change.Chris Pearson19/09/2023
As NickDown1 Lovely views over the estuaryHugh Taylor14/04/2023
From car park at road bend, along road then permissive path, through gate and followed track round then up to top.PeterD29/12/2021
Holker Estate .... it's ours .... get off my land ..... attempt 2. Despite the notices alongside the car park (permit holders only .... go away. No parking/turning/breathing after here),there are turning points and parking places beyond it .... it appears that the estate just don't want you there. Parked where the road branches, carefully avoided the no parking area. Turn right (signposted PERMITTED ACCESS ROUTE). Go through the gate and immediately bear left up the hill. A clear, easy, hindrance free walk right up to the summit.moorsman14/07/2021
1/2 Parked at the car park by the embankment and walked along embankment, up the limestone and over field to summit of Reake Hill. Nice longhorns at summit - friendly. Then back to car park, along to the entrance to the permissive path in Old Park Wood, crossed driveway to the caravan site, up permissive path and veer off right near top to the summit. Easy 1.5 hours stroll. Nice weather gap between showery days. Holker estate no problem, plenty of people about.nickywood119/12/2020
A delightful walk from the road end car park along the embankment, up steps of limestone opposite the cattle grid, through sparse gorse to a terrace with yew trees and views over the estuary, then over a stile and up to the summit area. A grassy knoll 20 yards west of a stile over a neat stone wall is the highest point.Nick Down120/10/2020
From CP at road end, out to Old Park Wood on Lanes, then similarly to Reake Hill. Last of the 10 in a day in gathering gloomnordicstar13/01/2019
From the private car park (SD 3360 7869). Nice walk along top of the dyke towards Reake Cotts, then up into woodland from SD 3405 7901 eventually to break out into open pasture. Nice top.jonglew04/12/2018
Up limestone and along edge in early evening light.Wycombe Wanderer09/06/2018
4th tump of 9 today on a 33.37km route from Cark station to Ulverston climbing Mount Barnard, Ellerside and Old Park wood, using minor road then up steeply via rock and bracken then more gently to the top amongst the mossy clumps. Descent through woodland then a traverse to the road in between White Moss and Reake Moss,heading for Stribers Brow....Dazingdale30/03/2018
From sw, vaguely reminiscent of Humphrey Head.RHW03/08/2015
From Old Park Wood car parkBramley18/07/2015
Used car park at end of Old Park Wood, at sharp bend where notice appears 'No parking beyond this point'. Easy walk along road by embankment then up onto gentle hillside above small limestone cliff.Aye Jimmy13/04/2015
Good parking at SD336786. Went up the steep limestone after crossing the cattle grid.jimbloomer31/10/2013
Rambling Ray09/02/2023
Martin R14/01/2022
DARRENG27/06/2021
conanharrod12/02/2021
jimbloomer215/01/2021
DC11main26/01/2020
Alan Caine02/11/2019
GaryJones04/08/2017
mae26/04/2017
chalky195304/12/2016
peebs18/07/2016
Dave Geere24/03/2015