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Name: | Little Heaplaw |
Hill number: | 16364 |
Height: | 438.5m / 1439ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2707 Cross Fell |
RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Western Fells |
County/UA: | Northumberland |
Catchment: | Tyne (Newcastle) |
Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | NY 68608 49115 |
Summit feature: | ground 3m SE of cairn |
Drop: | 31.4m |
Col: | 407.1m NY 6849 4906 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 86 87 (1:25k) OL31W |
Observations: | ground 100m E at NY 68711 49104 is lower |
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 47 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked just of the road opposite the gate and track onto the fell. Grid 69184980. Follow the track for a few hundred mts then take one of the ATV tracks up on to the fell, follow it up and around to easy slopes, continue up to the cairn then down on to the three currocks. Return down form here picking up ATV tracks back to the start. | smocks and denims | 20/09/2023 |
1 of 3 from castle nook. | robertphillips | 08/09/2023 |
Walked from Slaggyford via Pennine Way. | RobB | 31/12/2022 |
09:00, 5 degrees, sunny, calm (16 degrees heavy cloud later). This was a bit of mission creep as I didn't intend climbing Northumberland Tumps but noticing that I'm closing in on a Northern Pennines compleation, I thought I might as well go for it. Nice little start to the day - a shapely, heather-clad protuberance that looks vaguely Scottish. Fairly straightforward ascent from the east but does involve a wall - currently with a gap in it. | Wycombe Wanderer | 28/08/2022 |
Rambling Ray | 22/05/2022 | |
Little Heaplaw from GR: NY 69204 49673. Verge parking. Blizzard. | ronaldo333 | 04/12/2021 |
Little Heaplaw from GR: NY 69204 49673 | Hippster | 04/12/2021 |
From Alston YH with Richard, Richard Gillian, Graham and Selvyn no a grey but improving day. Summit at small cairn at W end of ridgelet, accessed over heather and bog from track to N. Onto interesting Epiacum Roman Fort and back to Alston. | Denise | 15/11/2021 |
Unhindered access from old quarry track gate on road. High point at W end of ridge marked by cairn. Misty views. | RichardM | 15/11/2021 |
From Alston YH. HP at western end of summit ring contour. Overcast morning. Roman fort nearby worth a look. With Gillian, Richard, Denise, Graham and Selwyn | richard69 | 15/11/2021 |
From A689 to NE. Room to park on verge near Kirkhaugh Cottage then track and rough grassland > Little Heaplaw. Then followed fences via Black Hill > Grey Nag. No paths but not too bad if you keep close to the fences. | JohnR | 03/09/2021 |
Added to beginning of Nuttalls walk partially frozen solo | colinfielding | 31/12/2019 |
Alan Caine | 13/09/2019 | |
Anton | 26/08/2019 | |
carole engel | 07/07/2019 | |
Martin R | 14/03/2019 | |
With G. From car parking area at Lintley Halt then south on Pennine Way to track to A-road at Kirkhaugh then gate to access land at NY691496 > Little Heaplaw then south to follow boundaries to Great Heaplaw > Grey Nag then Grey Nag North Top. Descended west to grouse butts above Wolf Cleugh then good shooting track NNE back to Slaggyford to pick up railway to Lintley. | RT1970 | 24/02/2019 |
mcbiydw2 | 17/02/2019 | |
short walk up quad track to summit. 3 cur ricks with summit cairn just beyond | cjo | 17/02/2019 |
johnbarnard25 | 05/12/2018 | |
Christo1979 | 17/11/2018 | |
clique | 21/08/2018 | |
13.3 mile circular from Castle Nook farm. Walked along Pennine Way south towards Alston then followed walled track onto the moors, climbed over easy walls onto Park Fell Summit and trig then left summit enclosure under barbed wire in broken wall, followed pathless but fairly easy ridge onto Benty Hill (all fence crossings are easy not barbed after Park Fell), then ascended Hartside Height onto Black Fell, followed broad ridge to Tom Smiths Stone Top Nuttall then Grey Nag, the numerous bogs on the way are still fairly dry at the minute. From Grey Nag descended east pathless at first then ATV track to Little Heaplaw, and descended steeply down to road, along road back to start. High Cloud/sunny, unsurprisingly saw no one all day. | DanTrig | 04/08/2018 |
Parked just off main road NW of Castle Nook. Up RoW then across to Little Heaplaw. Then following fence/wall to Grey Nag and Tom Smith's Stone Top plus a few other minor tops. Return route took me over Great Heaplaw. | Dugswell2 | 17/05/2018 |
GaryJones | 03/10/2017 | |
jimbloomer | 19/09/2017 | |
mae | 30/08/2017 | |
AlanD | 22/04/2017 | |
Also visited Great Heaplaw | Dave Geere | 30/12/2016 |
As others, parking on rough grass verge opposite gate at NY 69213 49680. | David Gradwell | 02/11/2016 |
George Gradwell | 02/11/2016 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 02/11/2016 | |
MM | 16/07/2016 | |
From NE, small access land gate next to metal gate. Simple ascent, quite a nice little hill. | Aye Jimmy | 25/11/2015 |
Parked opposite gate giving access on the A689. Followed track and then headed up from the west. Descended via three curricks to the east, and straight down the fell side. | Fisky Boy | 06/09/2015 |
With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 06/09/2015 |
On route to work, quick diversion to bag this hill, one of the few left in area. Good access description provided by others. | nordicstar | 23/03/2015 |
maknipe | 02/11/2014 | |
Lucky | 02/11/2014 | |
From gate on main road at NY691,496. This is Access Land. As others have mentioned this route avoids crossing any walls. Super little hill, with good summit cairn which I made NY68611,49118. Three further cairns east of the summit ( marked 'Curricks' on OS map.) | Crib Goch | 05/03/2014 |
A great little hill. Roadside parking alongside main road. Try and select a route up that avoids the walls as you are in sight of the farms below. Easy enough to do. Try and approach the cairns from the north as it avoids unnecessary climbing to the summit (there is a drop before it to the south). | moorsman | 24/10/2013 |
Best way is straight up from the road. Starting up Pennine Way involves walls without gates. | peebs | 06/08/2013 |
fine little summit, view of Roman fort & Alston; prominent cairns just < summit. e.g. from gate to ENE | RHW | 25/04/2004 |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
Rowan | 13/05/1990 | |
Laurel | 13/05/1990 | |
Jonnykent | blank |