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| Name: | Cribden Hill |
| Hill number: | 16543 |
| Height: | 401m / 1316ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2820 Freeholds Top |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Lancashire |
| Catchment: | Mersey |
| Class: | Tump (400-499m), Clem (Tu,4,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SD 79947 24039 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground immediately E of fence |
| Drop: | 60m |
| Col: | 341m SD798260  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 103 (1:25k) 287 |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 72 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Cribden End Lane BB4 8UB. Obvious route. | clivevilla | 18/03/2024 |
| From the sculpture car park. | summitter | 31/10/2022 |
| Walked from Rake Foot | OneGirlAndHerDogs | 08/05/2022 |
| Parked on road near halo car park followed rd and footpath. | colinfielding | 12/01/2022 |
| From the Halo CP (NB: non-official looking signs threaten ANPR monitoring of non-resident cars using the road to the CP). | summitsup | 03/11/2021 |
| From Whittaker Park, up south-east side after passing ski slope | KeithByTheC | 11/04/2021 |
| From The Halo | IWC | 05/04/2021 |
| Rawtenstall - Hail Storm Hill - Hail Storm Hill (boundary) - Cowpe Lowe - Cribden Hill - Rawtenstall. | Mark Jackson | 27/03/2021 |
| A revisit. Parked on the A680 and did a 4 mile round walk. | Alan Caine | 24/12/2020 |
| Cool & sunny revisit. | Dugswell2 | 07/12/2020 |
| From Haslingden after parking near the Co-op. Walked up past the Halo and did a nice 6.5 mile circular route including the summit, which gives some great views of Manchester and of the surrounding hills. | Lazylizzie | 07/06/2020 |
| With Lucky (dog) whilst self isolating. Stopped briefly at the Halo which looked like a complete waste of money and effort. Then along road E to fp at SD79943 23783 which contours W round hill then turns steeply E up to the summit. Pleasant enough | John Eley | 21/03/2020 |
| rawtenstall, via halo, | Lancylass | 19/03/2020 |
| From The Halo cp. | Campbell Singer | 03/12/2019 |
| From the old mill at Longshoot. First visited The Halo, then followed the track along Top of Slate and Cribden Side and the track along the side of the wall near Brow Edge to the track along the ridge which was followed to the summit with its non existent trig pillar. Followed wall West to track back to the car | Wayne Mac | 02/10/2019 |
| Parked just below the Co-op in the free John Street Long Stay Car Park - Up to the top of John Street, right into Regent Street & then left into Church Street - Followed brown signs to 'Halo' & continued past mast to RoW junction at 799238 - NNW to wall & then RoW alongside walls to unmarked summit. There's a small car park near 'Halo' at SD 79274 23603, but road closed for resurfacing. (S) | gerrybowes | 08/08/2019 |
| 10km trail run up Cribden and past the ski slope | ByronHaywood | 15/04/2019 |
| Outstanding views of all of the other Lancashire Hills and the Yorkshire 3 Peaks and Fountains Fell. Probably the most central hill in Lancashire. From the excellent Griffin Inn around Height End (superb panoramic walk) and up to Cribden End from just after the Ski Slope. Return via The Halo. Grand day out. | Nick Caunt | 02/01/2019 |
| Parked in the free car park next to the co-op and walked upto the Halo. From there walked along the wall to the top ridge and then along to the HP. the footpath was damp but not wet which was a nice surprise. Solo | Andrew Pearson | 01/01/2019 |
| So The Halo is a sculpture- had been wondering . Parked near then back on lane to reach ROW and steeply up to top. | Mark Sims | 12/09/2018 |
| Parked near The Halo. Wet and boggy in places after the steep part of the ascet. | mart0797 | 02/02/2018 |
| 2nd hill of four today on my R01 Topo completion route from Hapton station to Whitworth climbing Great Hameldon and then continuing SW on an obvious track to an intersection of Footpaths at May road well, following fp Ese then boundary Wall South before cutting across to cross stream dropping into Mitchell's house reservoirs in an area known as Snipe Hole then across rough ground to meet Rossendale way following this to Sw edge of Goodshaw Hill before continuing on tricky fp through edge of Lane top Farm (with a vicious Airedale Terrier gnashing its teeth at my heels) continuing South across rough ground then Sse to reach Cribden Moor path beside wall, following this all the way to the summit-My GPs recorded 407m @ SD 79945 24040 but i visited both sides of the wall before heading down Ese to meet footpath dropping into Cribden End then footpath at head of several streams dropping steeply ENE. I used fp to pass beside a school then down Schofield road, Haslingden road to Rawtenstall st | Dazingdale | 10/12/2017 |
| With Rosie walked from cp next to co-op. Followed signs for halo(not always obvious). Past halo keep going and hill is on left. Battled Storm Brian to get to the top. | Longwojo | 22/10/2017 |
| From lane near Halo along wall and cut across steeply to summit via kissing gate | Bramley | 03/05/2017 |
| From free car park next to Haslingden Co-op. Followed brown signs to the Halo, then on to Cribden Hill summit. Solo. | ADT | 02/03/2017 |
| Parking area about 200m beyond the Halo parking area on Cribden End Lane(where a road/track goes off to the left). Alt 1059ft. Short walk along the road then over a stile and a bee line for the easy to each summit. 1.29 miles return, 255 ft ascent, 35 minutes. | moorsman | 20/10/2016 |
| With Jo, from Haslingden High Street: up Higher Lane to The Halo, then onto Cribden Hill, along the ridge to Cribden Moor before descending to the By-road past the recycling centre and back down Higher Lane from Slate Farm. Weather; generally, breezy, warm, good visibility. | amblerbob | 04/10/2016 |
| As marktrengove on pleasant warm summer's day.With Catman. | oscarrosie | 15/08/2016 |
| With Oscar. | catman | 15/08/2016 |
| From church with tower in Rawtenstall, through streets, up bw to Cribden End. Farmer followed us through farmyard, hid in trees and shouted at us to follow waymarks (we were following path about 10m off official route). Good summit - seems more than P60. Barking dogs - nice cat. | Wycombe Wanderer | 23/07/2016 |
| 9/9 Last of Day County Tops and others (Howden Edge/Horse Stone Naze/Cartridge Hill/Scholes Height/Bull Hill/Cowpe Low/Hail Storm Hill/Hail Storm Hill (Boundary)/Cribden Hill) | Fergalh | 14/05/2016 |
| Parked off the lane near the path to The Halo sculpture at SD 79274 23575 - room for 3-4 cars. After visiting The Halo, took the lane and track east past the aerial, and then RoW over stile and steeply up by a wall to a small stile, then path north by another wall to the summit. With AT and JT. Repeated the ascent all the way from the car again, on realizing when we got back I'd left my GPS on the summit! Solo. | Man of Kernow1 | 20/09/2015 |
| Up from recycling site. Cairn on wall added to. Halo visited on way down. | ngthack | 18/03/2015 |
| From Rawtenstall bus station. Steep but pleasant climb via Cribden End. I built a small cairn on the wall at what appears the highest point, hopefully it will survive and grow. Continued along the rough wet ridge to Great Hameldon. | Jake994 | 13/09/2014 |
| From Cribden Side to NW of hill, parked near local waste disposal site. Round back of this, then very muddy walk up. Route not recommended. | Aye Jimmy | 23/03/2014 |
| from road with Carol | citysyd | 06/02/2014 |
| Climbed with Jack in the dark after visiting Halo. Good fun and excellent views up here on a beautiful night. | meltdiceburg | 03/09/2013 |
| (1) pleasant summit, Millenium beacon; 401m TP not found, understood to be gone; (2) grass E side of wall. (2) from SW, park by mast; | RHW | 15/12/2012 |
| Steeply up from the east. whist driving from the Dales back to Sheffield. | Chris Pearson | 19/05/2012 |
| Used to be a trig now removed. | Alan Caine | 27/08/2010 |
| Roadside parking just after junction at SD 78879 24479. Visited impressive panopticon (The Halo) on the way back. | David Gradwell | 17/02/2010 |
| Date is first visit. Notes from later...(1) pleasant summit, Millenium beacon; 401m TP not found, understood to be gone; (2) grass E side of wall. (2) from SW, park by mast; (1) from S, drive to gate 797237 (but no parking) then simple climb | RHW | 09/03/2002 |
| Climbed this hill 2-3 times when living and working in Rawtenstall for 18 months from summer of 1993. | Dugswell2 | 30/06/1994 |
| Alfa1M | 03/03/2023 | |
| andy63 | 28/02/2023 | |
| Andy West | 11/04/2022 | |
| IainT | 27/03/2022 | |
| TheWanderer27 | 01/03/2022 | |
| BaggerGutt | 11/04/2021 | |
| PaulineC | 05/04/2021 | |
| Pat1967 | 02/10/2019 | |
| AdyGray | 20/05/2019 | |
| jimbloomer | 08/01/2019 | |
| mae | 04/08/2018 | |
| PM | 16/09/2017 | |
| andrew brown | 06/09/2017 | |
| malcorbett | 10/05/2017 | |
| GaryJones | 04/10/2016 | |
| MM | 22/02/2016 | |
| Sprog | 20/09/2015 | |
| chevyfire | 17/03/2013 | |
| carole engel | 21/07/2010 | |
| George Gradwell | 21/03/2010 | |
| Ozymandias | 26/12/2007 | |
| Edwin Gradwell | 08/11/2002 | |
| Anton | 13/04/2002 | |
| GordonAdshead | 01/10/2001 | |
| andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
| Martin R | 31/12/1999 | |
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