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| Name: | Pilsbury Hill |
| Hill number: | 16554 |
| Height: | 395m / 1296ft |
| 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 (Tu,3,E) |
| Grid ref: | SK 12074 63956 |
| Summit feature: | grassy mound |
| Drop: | 38m |
| Col: | 357m SK108651  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24W |
| 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 88 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Pilsbury Hill and Carder Low from Sparklow. | rhalstead | 26/12/2023 |
| Good access, easy walk to summit, beautiful views | Kniverbee | 25/11/2023 |
| An evening walk to High Wheeldon (422m, summit and trig), Pilsbury Hill (summit, 395m) and Carder Low Hill (summit, 380m). Beautiful views. /D | meltdiceburg | 05/09/2023 |
| Circuit of Carder Low and Pilsbury Castle Hill. Slow progress as, it was such a hot day. Very good views from the summits and encountered out first naked hiker on Pilsbury! | Lazylizzie | 03/09/2023 |
| Walk with family | visionset | 26/08/2023 |
| Parked in the center of Hartinton village for a Nineteen mile walk reaching Six Ethel tops Wolfscote hill, Wetton hill, Ecton hill, Revidge, Pilsbury hill and Carder Low, finishing in under Nine hours with about an hour in the pub at Warslow. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 14/05/2023 |
| With E. Parked on minor road at St Michael and All Angels Church, Earl Sterndale. Circular walk to Parkhouse Hill > Pilsbury Castle Motte and Bailey Norman earthwork remains > Pilsbury Castle Hill > High Wheeldon and return to Earl Sterndale. | Beeliner | 23/02/2023 |
| A circuit of Carder Low, Pilsbury Castle Hill and Sheen Hill from Hartington Car Park. | summitsup | 08/12/2022 |
| Pilsbury Castle Hill from GR: SK 12417 63670 | ronaldo333 | 29/10/2022 |
| Pilsbury Castle Hill from GR: SK 12417 63670 | Hippster | 29/10/2022 |
| Hartington hills - Using bike - End Low, Lean Low, Pillsbury Hill, Carder Low and Sheen Hill. Pilsbury Hill from the east. | steveb2006 | 28/09/2022 |
| Solo walk. Parked at 107650 first High Wheeldon then to the valley bottom past Pilsbury Castle to Carder Low. Back to Pilsbury Hill and along the top of the escarpment to the car. | Glenelg | 13/07/2022 |
| The second Hill in a clockwise circuit starting from Hartington. | johnbarnard25 | 19/06/2022 |
| Parked near pond to SE so not much climbing required. Simple walk across access land. With the boys. | RoguePulsar | 22/05/2021 |
| A grassy hill which was very windy lots of sheep went with Dad and Ptolemy. | speedyclimber | 22/05/2021 |
| Verge parking to SE. Over stile, and up access land to summit. | PGCE | 17/04/2021 |
| Smooth ascent from Pilbury lodge along access land side of wall. Looking forward to walking in the Wolfscotedale mountains. | Wycombe Wanderer | 17/04/2021 |
| Well marked open access land all along the ridge. Sunny day, great views on summit. | Joel451 | 27/02/2021 |
| Coldish autumn day - good viewpoint to N and S | davechaffey | 28/10/2020 |
| Second of three hills on a very pleasant circular trek from Hartington. With Mart + Daisy | John Eley | 21/06/2020 |
| From the east. Summit field had a family of a bull, a cow and three calves in it which was not a good combination. I walked along the fence well away from them and they did not bother. | clivevilla | 15/06/2020 |
| Route: Parsley Hay, Darley Farm, Custard Fields Farm, Pilsbury Lodge, Pilsbury Castle Hill, Pilsbury Lodge, Tissington Trail, Parsley Hay | RobPollitt | 09/06/2020 |
| From access stile to SE. Verge very soft | PeterD | 30/11/2019 |
| Parked to the south east by the road bend - farmer suggested I used the grassy field edge on the north side. Climbed stile and ascended by following the wall through the access land. | JohnW | 05/09/2019 |
| As others from access stile to SE. Parked on grass verge at SK 12402 63679. | David Gradwell | 07/07/2019 |
| 10.8 mile circular from Parsley Hay, followed minor road and footpaths to Carder Low via Vincent House farm, from Carder Low followed footpath to Pilsbury Castle Hill then followed unofficial path through the access land to road at Crowdicote, from bend followed path up onto High Wheeldon (2nd time visited), then onto Aldery Cliff with easy access back to the road east, followed footpaths north-east to High Peak Trail then followed this back to Parsley Hay. Deep snow for majority of the walk, this looked amazing with the cloudless skies today, temperature ranging from 0 to -5 all day, with a cold wind. | DanTrig | 02/02/2019 |
| Pilsbury castle below is surprisingly impressive and unusual for Derbyshire. hazy views. possible tumulus in sheep pasture | Denise | 04/06/2018 |
| From the SE over Access Land. Summit has grassed over remains of tumulus on low ridge of limestone. Sheep pasture with plenty of nettles. | RichardM | 04/06/2018 |
| Roadside parking between Pilsbury Lodge and the open access land (alt 363m). A track leads from the start of the open access all the way to the summit. 20 minutes return. | moorsman | 08/03/2018 |
| Walked up after parking passed the farm with Martin. | Dugswell2 | 04/11/2017 |
| A nice circuit from Hartington on a hot day but with a cooling breeze. Carder Low climbed from the highest point of the footpath to the south, followed the wall up then hopped over the wall below the summit. Overgrown limestone pavement makes rough going back down to join the FP to Pilsbury Castle hill, easy stroll, good views. Down to Pilsbury on FPs and road, over the Dove and up FP to road, then via farm track and fields (gates) to Sheen Hill, the best of the 3 hills. Very nice walk back to Hartington, great views and very pastoral. | Gill | 26/05/2017 |
| With ramblers | SS | 21/05/2017 |
| IOG Walk from Hartington. IOG Hartington Hall Easter Trip 2017. Went to Pilsbury Castle but not to the summit of Pilsbury Caste Hill, so will revisit. | dancingqueen101 | 14/04/2017 |
| Parking: Near access stile, SK123636. Route: Over access stile then NW all the way to the summit. Time taken: 14 minutes. | David Evans | 02/04/2017 |
| From south at cattle grid. Cows docile. No walls. Rare for Derbyshire. | Campbell Singer | 11/10/2016 |
| On way home from watching Derby County beat Preston 2-1. Easy walk up from minor road to see the sun setting. | Mark Sims | 12/09/2015 |
| A bull and cows with calves -all watched me inquisitively then thankfully ambled away as I gave them a wide birth. Later I looked up the incredibly confusing legal situation re bulls on Rights of way ( access land here) from the BMC . It states that it is an offence to allow a bull over 10 months old and on its own to be at large in a field crossed by a r.o.w. It is also an offence to keep a bull of a recognised dairy breed (even if accompanied by cows/heifers) on land crossed by a r.o.w The exceptions are bulls not more than 10 months old, or bulls which are not of a recognised dairy breed (currently defined as Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry) and are accompanied by cows and heifers. In practice, it may be difficult for a user to know whether bulls will be likely to be dangerous or not, and farmers should, wherever possible, not keep bulls in fields crossed by r.o.w. | Chris Pearson | 26/07/2015 |
| On tour of small hills from Hartingtom with Phil | climbingkershaw | 25/05/2015 |
| One of two tops today from Hartington | Neil Haslewood | 28/09/2014 |
| Easy parking to SE by access stile. Stroll to summit mound and thistles everywhere. | Aye Jimmy | 13/09/2014 |
| Nice new Access Stile at SE | GordonAdshead | 26/03/2014 |
| From Earl Sterndale via Hitter Hill, High Wheeldon and Crowdicote. | Wheelsy | 02/02/2014 |
| 2nd Hill of the day after Carder Low on circular from Hartington. I stayed at Hartington YHA, Beautiful sunny crisp January day. Walked up to Summit from access stile next to minor road on SE corner. No problems and as other hillbaggers have stated, it has some nice Limestone outcrops and even pavement. As with other hills in the Dove valley, great views and scenery especially to the limestone reef knolls of Chrome Hill and Parkhouse hill. | Dazingdale | 19/01/2014 |
| from SE, park by 1st gate, permissive path. Tatty Limest pavement, grassy knoll | RHW | 18/11/2012 |
| Has a bit of limestone pavement, a rarity in Peakland. | Jake994 | 18/12/2004 |
| Andy West | 18/03/2024 | |
| DC11main | 25/11/2023 | |
| GreatandPowerful | 26/09/2023 | |
| ACorner | 17/09/2023 | |
| stevedixon | 02/04/2023 |