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| Name: | Aleck Low |
| Hill number: | 16550 |
| Height: | 398m / 1306ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2812 Shining Tor |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
| County/UA: | Derbyshire |
| Catchment: | Trent |
| Class: | Tump (300-399m), Ethel, Clem (Tu,3,E,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SK 17367 59537 |
| Summit feature: | embedded limestone rock |
| Drop: | 59m |
| Col: | 339.1m SK 1510 6296  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24E |
| Comments: | col in railway cutting, offset to local railway summit which, coincidentally, is in a subway |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 75 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| On own. From Minninglow car park following High Peak Trail to Upperhouse Farm then footpath running W which crosses S side of summit. Deviate N through 2 field gates and into summit copse. Scruffy woodland and thick vegetation cover to mossy limestone pavement. Return same route. | Beeliner | 11/08/2023 |
| A 23 mile walk from the picnic area north of Brassington to reach five Ethel's Harboro rocks, Bolehill (Cromford moor), Blakelow hill (bonsall moor), Aleck low and Minninglow hill, with 3660ft of ascent, pub stop Winster after five hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 17/06/2023 |
| Parked at the junction of the A515 and the A5012. Walked down the A515 to path that takes you almost to summit. Visited trig and true summit, nice little walk. First of 3 Ethel's bagged on way to Ashbourne for a bank holiday weekend away. | Lazylizzie | 29/04/2023 |
| Minninglow and aleck from minninglow car park. First to minninglow, then back past the car and easy up and down aleck. Muck recently spread on field, so smelling pretty ripe, but no problems. 1hr 30 return, but pretty pacey to get back for paddling! | Nicky C | 06/04/2023 |
| Parked at Minninglow CP then followed the Pennine Bridleway until Upperhouse Farm then left on ROW to S of summit. Gap in DSW to N of field to the SW then gate to SW of the summit round copse which is otherwise surrounded by DSW and barbed-wire. Nice walk with Felix, Ptol and Dulcie. Still some snow in places! | RoguePulsar | 18/03/2023 |
| From car park we went on a long path all the way past a factory to a field went through the field to the top. With Dad, Dulcie and Ptolemy. | speedyclimber | 18/03/2023 |
| Parked near Ivy House. ROW, then through 2 gates to summit. Also visited trig. | PGCE | 02/02/2023 |
| Parked on the Biggin road then a quick walk up to the trig (which is not the top) and over a gate to the true top in a copse. | Glenelg | 11/10/2022 |
| Along with Harborough Rocks which I later find Ive already done. Nettley high point in walled wood. | steveb2006 | 18/08/2022 |
| Too fenced off to get to top | chelec | 20/05/2022 |
| Aleck Low [S4115] from GR: SK16474 59226 | ronaldo333 | 19/02/2022 |
| Aleck Low [S4115] from GR: SK16474 59226 | Hippster | 19/02/2022 |
| Two mile run from our home for the week - Church View Cottage in Biggin. A couple of inches of snow on the ground and more falling. | Herbert Anchovy | 19/02/2022 |
| 40 mins round trip from Biggin | Longwojo | 11/02/2022 |
| Parking not easy in the area so parked at the junction of the A515 and the A5012. Walked down the A515 to path that takes you almost to summit. Handy gate into copse and then high nettles! | Alan Caine | 15/08/2021 |
| With H. | Chris Ellis | 29/06/2021 |
| Parked on corner at SK16474 59226 then took fp past house due E. Rescued a sheep caught in fencing, crossed fields then turned N over gate to wooded area. Entered wood via gate then stumbled across overgrown limestone pavement + fought thru 6 foot nettles to summit! With Mart | John Eley | 28/08/2020 |
| From r o w to south, from High Peak Trail | CreakingHiker | 24/07/2020 |
| Parked in layby by the houses at the start of fp to the west. There was obviously a fairly big building where the summit is. It is in a copse and there is a lot of rubble which is mostly covered by ground cover making it potentially ankle breaking. | clivevilla | 15/06/2020 |
| From foot path which crosses S side deviate N through 2 field gates and into summit copse. Scruffy woodland and mossy limestone pavement. No nettles this time of year. Disturbed Buzzard mewing noisily overhead. | RichardM | 28/01/2020 |
| Escaped from YNot with Zoe and Sarah! | davechaffey | 26/07/2019 |
| in wood beside trigpoint | cjo | 25/05/2019 |
| Parked in Newhaven and headed along path at side or road S to Cardle View, although there were a couple of parking spaces here I could have used. Followed PRoW E through fields until S of summit, then used two metal gates to access the plantation. A small breach in the wall to the E of the plantation allowed access from there to the trig point and a further collapse of the wall to the S of the trig allowed access back into the field with the PRoW in. | Wheelsy | 30/09/2018 |
| Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: From N53° 07.801' W1° 45.267' (Ivy House) following ROW, then into field for trig and back to gate (N53° 07.941' W1° 44.593') to venture up to TUMP. | thejackrustles | 08/07/2018 |
| Small parking space by the postbox in front of the houses at Cardle View (alt 340m). Look hard for the unsigned footpath (immediately next to the keep Out notice on the access to the adjacent house). Follow the signed path actross a few fields and head upwards when the surrounding trees come into view. Found access across a weakness in the wall to the east | moorsman | 08/03/2018 |
| snow on the ground | Adrian | 06/03/2018 |
| Parked on the minor road to Biggin then used footpath and gate to gain access to trig then onto bag the limestone summit in the wood. | Dugswell2 | 02/11/2017 |
| Parking: SK 19442 58150 car park on High Peak Trail. Route: Followed High Peak Trail NW. Then W on ROW at SK 18198 59183. Field edge NW at SK 17733 59260. Trig first then summit. Time taken 1 hour 20 minutes. | David Evans | 14/04/2017 |
| Parked on Biggin road. Via fp and then across field into wood. Treacherous underfoot with limestone pavement covered by undergrowth, mostly nettles. | Campbell Singer | 11/10/2016 |
| Parking on A515 by start of bridleway then footpath east past hungry sheep and over couple of gates into summit copse, then out on east side for trig. | Mark Sims | 01/01/2016 |
| - Park PlaFirst hill of six having got off the 442 bus from Ashbourne at the turning to Biggin so i walked along the A515 and then took the fp next to footpath that heads across the fields just lower down and was able to climb over two gates to enter wooded summit area. Summit is a limestone rock covered in nettles. Descended to Trig pillar and then a field took me back onto fp leading to the Pennine bridleway. | Dazingdale | 04/06/2015 |
| Parked on grass verge of A515 opposite public footpath at SK 16496 59240. Good path through fields then north to summit walled enclosure. Gate at SK 17269 59502. | David Gradwell | 29/03/2015 |
| A short diversion off path in the snow to visit trig first then the top. | Father Ted | 08/02/2015 |
| Gentle amble from W with footpath signs much of way. Visited oddly sited trig first, then into wood on top of hill. Unlike nearby Johnson's Knoll, this contained dense vegetation, especially nettles. At high point loose limestone rocks under the veg may be natural or the remnants of an old construction. | Aye Jimmy | 26/09/2014 |
| T&E | tim747 | 07/10/2013 |
| Returning to D of E group at Edale after geography conference at Derby Uni. A sunny evening run from west.Very long grass in field off path leading up to copse.Then to trig. | Chris Pearson | 09/04/2010 |
| From the roadside at Cardle View, a short trespass to the top. Such a shame there's no legit access! Highest top for some distance so a great viewpoint. | Jake994 | 10/04/2009 |
| pleasant pasture approach from W, summit is wooded limest pavemt, unable to find trig, wide rolling High Peak view. FP from W across pasture | RHW | 08/12/2001 |
| Andy West | 19/03/2024 | |
| PeteF | 10/02/2024 | |
| mae | 31/10/2023 | |
| ACorner | 24/08/2023 | |
| jthomson6nr9 | 18/10/2022 | |
| gavinbonsall | 09/10/2022 | |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 07/02/2022 | |
| Matt | 30/01/2022 | |
| ianwatson | 15/01/2022 | |
| GreatandPowerful | 10/01/2022 | |
| geoffreycurnock | 19/06/2021 | |
| Barry Smith | 21/05/2021 |