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| Name: | Westerton Hill |
| Hill number: | 16448 |
| Height: | 203m / 666ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Durham |
| Catchment: | Wear |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m), Clem (Tu,2,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NZ 24029 31070 |
| Summit feature: | mound NE of tower |
| Drop: | 69m |
| Col: | 134m NZ251289  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 93 (1:25k) 305 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 52 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Jo, parked as Matty1971b. Weather; sunny, mild, good visibility. | amblerbob | 24/01/2023 |
| Parked on minor road next to Thomas Wright observatory | matty1971b | 12/08/2022 |
| Westerton Hill from GR: NZ 23939 31032 | ronaldo333 | 30/10/2021 |
| Cycling from home. Visited Brandon Hill first & then Westerton Hill (my 58th visit since start of first lockdown). | ger | 21/02/2021 |
| Easy parking ditrectly alongside the tower. Slightly behind the tower is a tall garden wall so it is not possible to what is behind. Top taken as alongside the wall. | moorsman | 25/10/2020 |
| Surprisingly interesting summit and views | Adrian | 03/08/2020 |
| Unusual top above surrounding low lying ground. | Campbell Singer | 05/01/2020 |
| Land on other side of wall North of tower, where there is a large concrete reservoir, is Northumbrian Water's. There may be a natural slight high point between wall & reservoir - another two higher points look to be on made up ground. | ger | 14/05/2019 |
| High point in small paddock behind and very close to house - NZ 24058 31106. Was dusk for me, otherwise wouldn't have dared without permission. Initial access via gate at NZ 2413 3106 | carole engel | 31/12/2018 |
| Often pass just below summit when local cycling. As reaching the road high point corresponded to achieving 100000m total ascent (walking & cycling), so far this year, I revisited high point on tower side of wall. | ger | 27/12/2018 |
| Passing nearby so couldn't resist. | summitsup | 19/12/2018 |
| Parked on minor road next to tower! | Fisky Boy | 22/05/2018 |
| With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 22/05/2018 |
| Hill Bagging 5 Durham TUMPS by bike. 80k ride. Rode bike up rough drive to Tower. High point appears to be wall junction just behind (N) of Tower. | John Lee | 16/10/2017 |
| On way to Durham so a detour for the view | nordicstar | 26/07/2017 |
| No mention of the answer being 42. | Martin R | 16/04/2017 |
| Excellent TuMP, if only they all had such interesting summit features as this! Easy roadside parking near observation tower. Natural top probably by stone wall. There is a small mound other side of wall on private land (don't ask) but this looks man made to me - pile of earth against wall? | Hillsidenick | 10/04/2017 |
| Marathon training said I need to do 18 miles and, according to Google Maps this is 8.6 miles from home. Perfect! Good panoramic views from around here. | madaddo | 19/03/2017 |
| After night in Richmond a few hills circuiting the dale before route home | nordicstar | 06/12/2016 |
| Wall junction visited as others. Wonder what Thomas Wright would have made of gravitational waves, dark matter & dark energy. | ngthack | 25/02/2016 |
| No danger of flooding in this village | peebs | 18/02/2016 |
| Parked near tower in Westerton. High point round back near junction of walls, but wall too high and too public to see what's on other side. A plaque on the tower explains: 'This observatory tower was erected by Thomas Wright, born at Byers Green 1711 died there 1786. To commemorate his treatise 'Theory of the Universe' published 1750 this tablet was placed by the University of Durham 1950.' | Aye Jimmy | 09/11/2014 |
| Summit by wall? Couldn't see over to know whether higher ground beyond | Bramley | 18/07/2014 |
| On way at night to Durham. called by and parked at foot of tower. The walk up the grass bank is easy, views from the top into the night pretty expansive around the surrounding areas. Not bad at a P69, deserves better status! | nordicstar | 29/01/2014 |
| Good view and interesting observation at the top | mcbiydw2 | 10/11/2013 |
| Being in the rain shadow of the Pennines nearby Bishop Auckland receives only about half of the average annual UK rainfall amount. On average 643.3 millimetres (25.33 in) of rainfall falls whereas the average annual rainfall for the UK is 1,125 millimetres (44.3 in) | Chris Pearson | 24/06/2012 |
| summit is by (?Peel) tower, highest pt may be in priv gdn or just outside, pleasant location & view. park on main street adjacent summit | RHW | 17/11/2002 |
| Various runs | w1ght | blank |
| Tricky | 13/04/2024 | |
| FinnTumps | 03/01/2024 | |
| GaryJones | 23/12/2023 | |
| Halfdecent | 17/09/2023 | |
| Matt | 25/07/2023 | |
| chrisbien | 09/11/2022 | |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 26/08/2022 | |
| iainwalton | 30/03/2021 | |
| jamiehighton | 04/06/2020 | |
| kitp | 08/05/2020 | |
| Barbara Singer | 05/01/2020 | |
| Alan Caine | 15/09/2019 | |
| Ben Rinnes | 11/06/2019 | |
| Christo1979 | 08/09/2018 | |
| andrew brown | 03/08/2018 | |
| mae | 25/07/2018 | |
| Tony J | 05/02/2018 | |
| Jacqdaw | 10/04/2017 | |
| Dave Geere | 11/12/2016 | |
| GordonAdshead | 17/08/2016 | |
| maknipe | 26/12/2014 | |
| stevent0809 | 08/03/2014 |