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Name: | Castle Head Hill |
Hill number: | 16351 |
Height: | 37m / 121ft |
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: | Kent |
Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
Grid ref: | SD 42141 79666 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground by two trees at S end of summit copse |
Drop: | 31m |
Col: | 6m SD421800 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 96 97 (1:25k) OL7S |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 31 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Drove up to the Field Centre and parked in the visitor parking area. Found some workmen and asked permission, but they did not know where the staff were, so said to go up anyway. As others, followed the path on the west side of the building, then up the ridge past the ruin to the camp fire circle at the top. Pity the tres obstructed the view. | silveracorn_alan | 20/02/2024 |
First tump of the year. Outdoor centre empty so drive in. Path to summit area with firepit in trees. HP between two yews. | Denise | 01/01/2024 |
From Castle Head Field Centre reached by road from the SW. From W side of buildings path ascends through woods past assault course and crumbling castle walls to summit. High point between 2 large Yews. Area deserted today. | RichardM | 01/01/2024 |
Guessed correctly the centre would be closed, so no problems driving to and parking there. Path at right most edge of buildings. | Minto | 29/12/2023 |
Went up east facing slopes very steep. Sign at top says out of bounds. Summit by fibreglass shelter with sign saying sttep slope. Descend to north via ruined building, keep out construction site. Past assault course no access without supervision. A well managed activity centre. Some sort of yoga meditation class taking place by carpark. | cjo | 16/09/2023 |
Up from Manchester. Asked if OK to park in CP for 10 mins. Great little Hill | GordonAdshead | 18/11/2022 |
Drive down the access road and immediately before entering the centre grounds is a sign to visitor parking. Extensive buiding work going on so walked beyond parking area and turned left on a track which soon became a path which gave access to summit area. | moorsman | 14/07/2021 |
Parked opposite the field centre and walked up the western path, seeing no-one, but arriving at the summit to find the smouldering embers of a camp fire and equipment for a marshmallow feast. | Nick Down1 | 20/10/2020 |
Short boxing day walk from the house, dodging the rain. Easy up the path to West of the field studies centre, stepped path leads up past the ruin which you must avoid. Takes about ten mins max. | nickywood1 | 26/12/2019 |
From Meathop Hall via Meathop Fell. Path up to W of the Field Centre, up N ridge With PM, NC, PB, Vic, Lisa & Danial. | CJM | 13/01/2019 |
From Meathop Fell with CM, PB, NC, Vic, Lisa and Daniel on the weekend of his 60th bash. A pleasant walk up. Centre deserted so no access problems. | bolton | 13/01/2019 |
From the deserted FSC CP. May have seen Bolton, there same day, party acting guardedly as I scampered up the wrong left. East side of the centre. Better to the right / West side of centre as Wheelsey says, to path that goes to summit beyond the crumbling structure there | nordicstar | 13/01/2019 |
Parked at the Field Centre, seemed deserted. Short walk on a good track to the top, past the partially ruined walled gardens. Access might be problematical if the centre occupied. | jonglew | 02/12/2018 |
Was working at the FSC so it was a 5 minute walk from the house after dinner. A path on the W side of the hill gives better access and avoids the FSC as much as possible - the route I took up the E side was very steep. | Wheelsy | 25/07/2018 |
Overcast, still, 6 degrees C. Fine hill and interesting place. Summit is next to igloo. | Wycombe Wanderer | 05/02/2017 |
Drove in from sw, used visitors parking, path to summit, drive out using the much better road exiting to North. All quiet at activities centre, Monday lunchtime | RHW | 03/08/2015 |
Summit beyond ruin at S end of the summit copse, by two tall yews (and some eyesore contraption from the activities field centre). | Aye Jimmy | 02/04/2015 |
From W lodge to Field Centre then easily up and down NW ridge. | chalky1953 | 09/01/2014 |
malcorbett | 24/03/2024 | |
DC11main | 14/02/2022 | |
dickiewren | 24/01/2022 | |
Martin R | 24/09/2021 | |
conanharrod | 15/03/2021 | |
Rambling Ray | 25/09/2020 | |
Jim B | 30/06/2018 | |
GaryJones | 04/08/2017 | |
mae | 26/04/2017 | |
peebs | 10/11/2016 | |
Alan Caine | 19/09/2015 | |
Dave Geere | 24/12/2014 | |
jimbloomer | 01/11/2013 |