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Name: | Great Close Hill |
Hill number: | 16358 |
Height: | 465m / 1526ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2788 Fountains Fell |
RHB Section: | 35B: The Central Pennines |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Yorkshire Dales - Southern Fells |
County/UA: | North Yorkshire |
Catchment: | Aire |
Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | SD 90237 66810 |
Summit feature: | ancient cairn |
Drop: | 41m |
Col: | 424m SD900671 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 98 (1:25k) OL2S |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 130 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked at Street Gate, easily up this one and then to Abotts Hill on the way back, excellent views across the tarn | matty1971b | 08/10/2023 |
Out and back rom Malham Tarn car park, using obvious paths from the tarn up to the top. Great views of the surrounding area. | Jake994 | 31/12/2022 |
A circular walk from Street Gate up the bridleway towards Arncliff Cote, then onto Clapham High Mark, across to the Parson's Pulpit, then west to the new summit for me at Height, and down to the Arncliff bridleway, then back by Middle House Farm, over Great Close Hill to Street Gate. Then a quick nip up Abbot Hills. 12.7km with 570m ascent taking 3h 40m. | silverwolf_alan | 25/12/2022 |
Great Close Hill, Black Hill | keithouk | 25/09/2022 |
From carpark south of Tarn, over Parsons Pulpit and down Monks Road to saddle adjacent to Hill, small path up and back then down to Tarn. | Flatfield | 24/07/2022 |
Parked at Street Gate, easily up this one and then to the High Mark’s with C. | PeterD | 11/07/2022 |
1 of 4: From Malham tarn CP. With Karen. | ChrisR | 26/04/2022 |
with Sue. a short walk | HardenC | 19/01/2022 |
Solo from NT car park @ SD 894 658. Great Close Hill & Abbot Hills. Neither particularly inspiring by Yorkshire Dales standards. | ADT | 09/08/2021 |
Coming down from Parson's Pulpit, was dicombobulated by Memory Map on phone showing POI for this hill W of Middle House Farm. Scrutiny showed where hill actually is - easy crossing of fields via gates and bridge across stream and then directly up hill | henryfm | 30/06/2021 |
Easy ascent from Malham Tarn. Must have walked by and admired on many occasions whilst on the Pennine Way. | JohnW | 27/06/2021 |
hill 1000 on hill bagging done with Andy | colinfielding | 03/04/2021 |
After Abbott Hills. Great all round panarama. With Colin. | Andrew Pearson | 03/04/2021 |
A circular round of Malham Moors with Chris from SD 947 655, visiting Proctor High Mark, Clapham High Mark, Parson’s Pulpit and Great Close Hill and back along Mastiles Lane. 18km with 550m ascent in 5h50m. | silveracorn_alan | 19/03/2021 |
With Graeme. Freezing but nice little too with good views. Also to Malham Cove | Fionalevey | 23/12/2020 |
Easy parking at Street Gate at 905656 - N. along bridleway to bend by Great Close Plantation - Left track & picked up a faint path through rocks; path becomes more distinct over the final 250m or so to the hollowed-out ancient cairn & shelter. (S) | gerrybowes | 07/12/2020 |
1/5 From Malham Tarn, Great Close Hill, down to Middle Farm, round South of walls to get Clapham High Mark, Parson's Pulpit and Proctor High Mark, then down to Mastiles Lane and back to pick up Abbot Hills. A nice walk 5 hours total. Only one small easy wall, just directly West of the summit of Proctor High Mark. Key to that one was to walk up to the two stones balanced on each other, after Parson's Pulpit, and curve round the natural valley to find this wall. | nickywood1 | 17/10/2020 |
First of Circuit including Parson's Pulpit and Proctor High Mark. Started from Street Gate | justin999 | 16/10/2020 |
large limestone cairn and windshelter, full on nettles, on top, slightly hazy but excellent views in hot breezy sun. | Denise | 25/06/2020 |
From the tarn by grassy W flank. Hollowed out tumulus(?) at summit. Good views. Hot and thirsty. | RichardM | 25/06/2020 |
Round of Clapham High Mark, Parsons Pulpit, Proctor High Mark, Great Close Hill and Abbot Hills from Street Gate. 9 miles, 3 hours 26m. A lot of the route was pathless but it is still fairly easy going. | clivevilla | 08/06/2020 |
Roadside parking on Malham Moor Road (roughly SD 955 652). First visited Malham Moor, before setting out in a big arc to the north to bag Proctor High Mark, Clapham High Mark and Parson's Pulpit. A few awkward wall crossings where no convenient stile or gate. Joined Monk's Road from Arncliff and followed it to Middle House Farm. Then popped up the super little Great Close Hill and later Abbot's Hill, before returning along Mastiles Lane. 20km with 670m ascent in 6 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 16/05/2020 |
Parked at street gate. Met a famous hill bagger (RHW) walking back the other way along the track, Quite windy on top | GordonAdshead | 23/11/2019 |
Stuart & Duke Saturday 16th/11/2019 Z 1202 hrs. | DukeNukem | 16/11/2019 |
Climbed from Malham via the Pennine Way then diagonally up to summit | robert | 17/09/2019 |
Walk around the tops from Street Gate. Lovely complex limestone terrain. With Rick and Bryher. | jenx | 16/06/2019 |
Horrows Hill, Abbot Hills, Great Close Hill | keithouk | 03/03/2019 |
Circular walk from Street Gate. Clapham High Mark + alternative summit > Parson's Pulpit > Back Pasture Hill > Back Pasture > Highfolds > Great Close Hill. | David Gradwell | 26/02/2019 |
Near Darnbrook House -> Fountains Fell South Top -> Fountains Fell -> Darnbrook Fell -> Near Darnbrook House | briandiggle | 18/02/2019 |
From Street Gate: a circuit of Great Close Hill, Parson's Pulpit and Proctor High Mark. | summitsup | 11/12/2018 |
Picturesque little dome east of Malham tarn | vegibagger | 27/09/2018 |
Walk in from Street gate | Arbie | 27/09/2018 |
Wandered up here from Great Close. | 3 kinnears | 21/07/2018 |
2nd top of 10 today on a 34.5km route from Malham to Settle climbing up beside Malham Cove then across to Abbot Hills easily descending to track then ascending directly just past a copse of conifers to get a good view of Malham Tarn before arriving at the cairn. Descent NE to track then over gate avoiding the sheep in the adjacent field to climb wall in corner and then over pasture to access land followed by a herd of curious sheep but left behind in the rougher terrain as i ascended to Clapham High Mark..... | Dazingdale | 25/03/2018 |
From Abbott Hills. On to Clapham High Mark. | Wycombe Wanderer | 25/11/2017 |
From Abbott Hills. On to Clapham High Mark. | Simba | 25/11/2017 |
On a night hike from Gordale Scar campsite, when my bivi got flooded out! Walking across the Malham Tarn area in the dark and cloud was extraordinary, and this hill was great fun. | DanHolme | 15/08/2017 |
From Malham via Parson's Pulpit | Northender | 01/07/2017 |
Solo. Plenty of roadside parking at Street Gate. | Dangerous Dave | 31/03/2017 |
With Mora, Great Close Hill > Parsons Pulpit > Proctor High Mark, from Street Gate. | BLACKHILL | 19/02/2017 |
Malham Tarn circuit | Martin R | 20/01/2017 |
Abbot Hills - Great Close Hill - Clapham High Mark - Parson's Pulpit - Proctor High Mark | ronaldo333 | 14/08/2016 |
with SCM | IanHHill | 14/04/2016 |
Malham run | richardsun | 06/04/2016 |
Swiftly from S. | jimbloomer | 25/08/2015 |
From Malham via Janets Foss then Gordale scar-Waterfall scramble, then Pennine Way to Malham Lings, Malham Cove & Malham, perfect weather, sunshine, some cloud, dry all day. | apricorum | 12/10/2014 |
Malham, Goredale Scar, Abbot Hills, Clapham High Mark, Proctor High Mark, Parson's Pulpit, Great Close Hill, Malham Tarn, Malham Cove. | ijpowell | 05/09/2014 |
Parked in the car park at Low Trenhouse then walked to the east of Malham Tarn then Great Close Hill, Clapham High Mark, High Mark, Proctor High Mark, Kilnsey Moor Trig, Malham Moor, The Weets then heading back via the Roman Camp and Street Gate on a warm sunny day. | Dugswell2 | 15/07/2014 |
From parking spot at Streets Crossroads. Nice little hill with summit stone shelter inside which you'd expect to find a trig... alas none. Fine views. | Aye Jimmy | 10/02/2014 |
A lot easier climb from the north! | moorsman | 30/01/2014 |