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Name: | Harboro Rocks |
Hill number: | 16577 |
Height: | 379m / 1243ft |
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 24279 55330 |
Summit feature: | rock outcrop 18m SE of trig point |
Drop: | 65m |
Col: | 314m SK196582 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24E |
Observations: | trig point is at SK 24266 55346 |
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 139 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked at Harboro Rocks car park and walked up through the rocky outcrop to the summit and trig pillar. Nice summit on a wild winter day. | Lazylizzie | 22/12/2023 |
Parked at Harboro Rocks car park and walked up through the rocky outcrop to the summit and trig pillar. Then over to Longcliffe Hill | matty1971b | 29/10/2023 |
High Peak Trail to Harboro Rocks, marked footpath to the trig point. | emylou | 07/10/2023 |
On own. From Harboro Rocks car park on Manystones Lane. Footpath past factory crossing High Peak Trail then onto access land to summit and trig point. Noise from factory and nearby clay pigeon shooting event detracted from short walk. | 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 |
From Harboro Rocks Car Park then over the High Peak Trail and up through the outcrops to the summit and trig pillar. Got wet! But then the rains cleared to reveal the views. The Peak District always looks lovely even when it's wet. | praenterprise | 05/05/2023 |
Harboro Rocks and Longcliffe Hill from P @ SK 2430 5486. | summitsup | 02/04/2023 |
From Longcliffe Hill via High Peak trail and took FP up from behind factory to trig and rock HP. Nice little hill except for view of factory. Onto Middleton Moor. | PeterD | 05/12/2022 |
KeithByTheC | 20/11/2022 | |
Small car park at 24332 54851. West a few yards along the road then north along path along the side of a factory and on to open ground and up. Nice hill. | clivevilla | 09/11/2022 |
30 min loop of harboro rocks and longcliffe hill. Grizzly day, but nice to be out. Parked at harboro Rocks car park. | Nicky C | 30/10/2022 |
Parked at Harboro Rocks car park and walked up through the rocky outcrop to the summit and trig pillar. Windy today but still had extensive views of the surrounding Peak District countryside including the High Peak Trail towards Minninglow and to Carsington Reservoir. Afterwards walked along the Trail to Hopton Top and back. | praenterprise | 19/10/2022 |
Also on 18/8/2022 along with Aleck Low on a bike/walk circuit (forgotten I'd already done it). Plus various times climbing. | steveb2006 | 18/08/2022 |
Brassington Fell race | visionset | 28/07/2022 |
Solo walk from Nine Miles Plantation along the High Peak Trail first to Harboro' Rocks then back via Minninglow. | Glenelg | 01/06/2022 |
Great spot for lunch on a sunny day | climbingkershaw | 29/04/2022 |
Harboro Rocks [Harborough Rocks S4140] from GR: SK 24322 54872 | ronaldo333 | 19/02/2022 |
Trig bagging with R. | Dan Baddeley | 29/01/2022 |
With members of Bassetlaw Hill & Mountain Club. Clear and breezy. Parked at Carsington water. | alwaysinshorts | 05/12/2021 |
I parked just to the east of the works at 8:30am. I headed along the track with the Great Crested Newt signs where I saw a Whitethroat and Redstart. I headed up to the trig and summit rock. Lovely views to Charnwood Forest and the Midlands Plain ruined by the noisy works and the wind turbines. I then headed down to the Midshires Way which I followed before heading up Longcliffe along the Limestone Way. To gain the summit I had to get over the double barbed wire fence. I saw Magpies Mistle Thrushes a Wheatear and Goldfinches amongst others. Lost the Limestone Way and ended up to far west so had a longer road walk back to the car. Time taken 75 minutes for 3.14 miles. Solo no other walkers. | isabelle | 02/08/2021 |
From picnic area to WSW via ROW to SW. Nice but somewhat spoiled by the noisy works. Solo. About 130m ascent | RoguePulsar | 17/07/2021 |
Parked in lay-by south of Manor farm from where I bagged 3 summits. Harboro Rocks, Longcliffe Hill and Slipper Low. Also visited the cave and the trig point | dazedemon | 19/09/2020 |
With Ed after Longcliffe Hill. Enjoyed climbing here but found the footholds very polished. | John Eley | 06/09/2020 |
Car park by right of way full, but extra parking for about three cars at wide field gate by road corner a few yards further along lane. Up right of way, across High Peak Trail and to top. | CreakingHiker | 14/08/2020 |
T&E | tim747 | 14/08/2020 |
From Manystones Lane layby while waiting for the rock to dry for climbing. | welshyboyo | 09/08/2020 |
From High Peak Trail. On the route of the proposed Derbyshire GeoWalk. | PGCE | 06/08/2020 |
From the High Peak Trail up Hopton Incline with Libby and Toby. | Wheelsy | 03/08/2020 |
From the High Peak Trail up Hopton Incline with my dad and big sister Libby. | TLBW | 03/08/2020 |
13 mile circuit of Carsington Water with Harboro as an add on- extremely hot today | Mark Sims | 31/07/2020 |
Mon run with Sal, Brian and Graham. Clear. Not the first time... | davechaffey | 03/06/2019 |
trigpoint heavy rain | cjo | 26/05/2019 |
Climbed to the Trig Point with Frank & Cookie the Pugs for a Geocaching Event. | Abstractflipper | 12/05/2019 |
A lovely sunny day. Easy climb to the trig point. 
Lovely views all around | Lannbot | 12/05/2019 |
With Dez, Pete and Mark | NottsOutdoorLad | 22/03/2019 |
Great top. From High Peaks Trail where it was clearly signposted. Full day running from Cromford to Matlock (35k) with hill tops inc Harboro Rocks, Longcliffe Hill, Slipper Low, Minninglow Hill, Blake Low, Blakelow Hill, Masson Hill. With L1bby. | Fionalevey | 14/08/2018 |
Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: 
 
Struggled a tad to get to this as the water board had blocked the road near N53° 05.551' W1° 39.024' and we had to do a big detour. Great spot, shame about the plant below but you could ignore that. Could see this would be a popular climbing spot. Very hot by now, scorching to be honest! | thejackrustles | 06/07/2018 |
Small parking area 50m east of where the summit footpath meets the road to the south (alt 326m). A well waymarked path leads from the road to the summit. | moorsman | 10/03/2018 |
Clear and mild afternoon walk to Harborough Rocks Tump and trig followed by Longcliffe Hill with its sheep skeletons. Parking to the SE after factory and RoW. | Dugswell2 | 11/01/2018 |
Part of a late night summer cycle on the high peak trail in July! | Joel451 | 05/07/2017 |
Parking: For both Harboro Rocks and Longcliffe Hill, good sized layby SK 24322 54872. Julie had a sit-down in the stone 'chair' on Harboro Rocks. | David Evans | 14/04/2017 |
A run in the snow from Carsington, via the non-existent footpaths in the works above Harboro Farm, to bag Harboro rocks. Probably done it before whilst climbing but just checking. Then the High Peak Trail and Limestone way to Longcliffe Hill. A couple of walls and barbed wire fences to contend with, but the electric fence is non-functional. Not the most exciting hill in the world. Back via HPT, and a fab bum slide into Carsington to cap it off. | Gill | 11/02/2017 |
Short walk from S. Interesting summit of limestone outcrops. | RobertP | 11/12/2016 |
With Penda, from home, via Carsington and Brassington, then on to Longcliffe Hill and Harboro Rocks and back via Carsington. 4h 45m. 
Been here many times, but wasn't aware it was a Tump until recently. Fabulous 360 degree views as always. | beorwulf | 25/10/2016 |
Took fp from east of quarry. Lots of crags. | Campbell Singer | 28/09/2016 |
Along Pennine Bridleway. Super little hill. Very easy. Derby Mountain Rescue were carrying out an exercise when I was there. Helicopter, ambulance etc. At least I hope it was just an exercise... | trimarc2 | 07/08/2016 |
Parked on the B5056 near Longcliffe - Concessionary bridleway to Midshires Way the thread through the Cave Works on Harboro Rock to find the summit trig - back same way (trig 2 of 3 for today) | briandavies | 12/06/2016 |
Solo | simon and co | 29/02/2016 |
Beat the rain on a 10 mile local Saturday morning walk around the High Peak trail taking in Harboro Rocks (good),Longcliffe Hill, Minninglow Hill (good) and Slipper Low ( frisky cows) | Mark Sims | 14/11/2015 |
From layby/parking area on minor road to south at SK 24333 54840. Couple of private signs before reaching access land but good path through them all the same! Cave to left of path at SK 24220 55227 worth a tiny detour. My brother Ed (who's an expert in these matters) give it score of 7 out of 10 for general darkness! Highest point is rock outcrop 18m SE of trig at SK 24279 55330 (Abney) | David Gradwell | 02/04/2015 |
Large parking space to S, then f/p (sign up for clay pigeon shooting) just to E of works. F/p continues to rocks and trig. Misty so no views. | Aye Jimmy | 10/02/2015 |
Guessed date - walked from Matlock Bath | MrChris1980 | 01/06/2014 |
One of many visits to this one, came off the High Peak Trail this time. Some outstanding views here. | timday | 04/03/2014 |
Accessed off Pennine Bridleway. I started at Middleton top having already walked up from Middleton by Wirksworth. I had intended to start the White to Dark trail but needed to get off the bus as i was dying for the toilet so I started the Pennine Bridleway instead! Weather was great all day and this looks like a good trail to branch off occasionally to explore the higher ground at various points. I ended up at Sparklow and then ran to Bakewell in order to catch the Transpeak bus back to Nottingham. There is a cave at Harboro rocks. | Dazingdale | 02/03/2013 |
Walked up incline and along old railway, 2nd visit, last time in 2005. Part of a 15 mile walk. | DanTrig | 01/11/2012 |
From Manystones Lane. | Wheelsy | 10/06/2011 |
With the dog, from the layby at the works, past Harborough Rocks Cave and the rock chair, to the trig. Views right to Charnwood Forest (and even Shropshire on a good da0> | DanHolme | 04/06/2009 |
Orienteered here along with Carsington Pastures on several occasions. This was one occasion when the summit was crossed. | JohnW | 22/06/2008 |
Short walk from the car park on Manystones Lane, but Harboro is too fine a viewpoint to simply tick off. It's quite possible to spend half a day playing on the superb rocks too. | Jake994 | 13/05/2006 |
Run from Black Rocks, Cromford. | Flatfield | 23/04/2005 |
Nice walk up old railway incline to Middleton Top and along trail to Harboro Rocks, one of the most windy days ever near got blown off the top! | DanTrig | 12/02/2005 |
RHW | 16/01/2005 | |
Visit after an orienteering event. | fasgadh | 02/12/2001 |
With Samantha. Along with Rainster Rocks and Black Rock (Cromford}. | Richard Gunn | 26/08/1997 |
Family outing. Climbed rocks with Samantha. | Richard Gunn | 27/05/1995 |
Trig visited during my 1st climbing visit to these wonderfully 'juggy' limestone rocks -low enough to solo -and lots of easy grades. With Pete Hemmings after a night on top of Win Hill doing HPM checkpoint. | Chris Pearson | 02/03/1991 |
And again on :- 
04-08-2014, | RichardM | 16/06/1990 |
From car park to the E of the factory, across high peak trail and round to the right. Found ourselves in a clay pigeon shooting area, passed a number of new-looking “throwing” machines, then passed a warning notice. Climbed to the trig point and down past the old mine structures. Interesting self supporting staircase, erosion cleared the once supporting structure beneath it. Onto the high peak trail heading NW. A rusted 5 bar field gate on the left gives easy access to Longcliffe Hill. A choice of 2 summits on a N S line. From there down to the road by a gate beside a new looking electricity sub station and back to the car park. | Malcvolm | blank |
While climbing, in the 90's | Flatfield | blank |
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