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Name:Badger Edge
Hill number:16578
Height:379m / 1243ft
Parent (Ma):2810  Black Hill
RHB Section:36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines
County/UA:Oldham
Catchment:Mersey
Class:Tump (300-399m)
(Tu,3)
Grid ref:SD 97042 07744
Summit feature:no feature: grass
Drop:42m
Col:337m  SD962084  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 109
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 53 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Easy roadside parking, 40m or so NW of junction at 969081 - From junction, up steps, over stile & up over rough grass to summit; no sign of a path.gerrybowes10/10/2023
Parked on flytippers lane. Short round walk to summit, climbed and sat on top of nearby stack of stones, also visited nearby monument, trig and viewing table.Nick Canute20/04/2022
Parked near road junction and followed FP most of way before diverting to HP. Also went to monument and trig while there.PeterD11/10/2021
Gravelly flattish area near pylon in horse pasture, frozen today with cold wind. Ground somewhat disturbed so had a good wander around possible HPs. Pinkish clouds appear snow laden and it soon arrived. Nearby stone shaft is lower.From Delph and onto trig and monument.Denise 24/12/2020
Footpaths from Delph. Levelish summit, disturbed ground. High point just SSW of pylon.RichardM24/12/2020
Also visited stone tower then over to trig n monumentAdrian05/10/2020
Bishop Park s2769 > Badger Edge from GR: SD 96655 08221Hippster26/07/2020
Bishop Park s2769 > Badger Edge from GR: SD 96655 08221ronaldo33326/07/2020
From Ox Hey Top via Linfitts and Hey Barn Farm. Early evening walk in arcadian surroundings; hard to believe we were a stone's-throw from Manchester. Spent a comfortable night under the stars (well, the orange glow) before a 06:30 start, ascending a wonderful bridleway up the heathery slopes to Hill Top Lane and the summit. Looked across Manchester in the slight morning mist, then headed for Delph Hill in increasing sunshine.Wycombe Wanderer26/04/2020
From car park on Ship Lane, up to monument but turned back from bee line because the ground was so wet and went down to road and back up again.Mark Sims05/12/2019
5 of 8 on 21 mile grueller bike ride. Was going to head back to the car after this one but decided to push on for the other 3The-Z-Man15/07/2019
Litter strewn summit fieldDavid Evans21/01/2019
The summit is currently changing. The farmer is filling in a large whole and will regress. He was in his digger as I reached a new high point and so we had a chat. Remeasurement required??Campbell Singer11/11/2018
Parked in layby at SD9687908141 then took fp SSE to summit jumping over a barbed wire fence and crossing a road on the way. Did on thick mist but still noticed lots of litter. Managed to startle some grazing horses.John Eley21/10/2018
As per Bramley.arranc12/08/2018
With Jo, from Bishop Park car park: followed Crompton Circuit to Crompton Moor, then Oldham Way to Crow Knowl trig, then returned past Rough to CC. Then went onto Bishop Park trig and Badger Edge. Weather; generally cloudy, mild, good visibility if somewhat hazy distant views.amblerbob14/04/2018
After pillar followed tracks NE and SE to top.Dusty25/11/2017
What a dumpPeteF09/08/2017
Easy short stroll from NW.RobertP26/02/2017
5th hill of 9 today on a long walk from Marsden to Mossley station via Pule hill, Ox Hey top, Harrop Edge and Delph hill, through Delph, briefly on Tame Valley Way onto Grains road, steeply up through access land to Hill top lane and then up to summit near trash-filled hollow! Very disappointing top. Descent through conifer copse to series of fields with stiles to get to Badger Edge lane, continuing on to Wharmton.Dazingdale29/10/2016
From car park up to monument, down to road and up steps to stile, beeline for topBramley27/08/2016
From the car park up past the trig then down and over to the summit. returned to car park via the path to corner of field, back up to trig and down. Field full of debris, highest point is just to the south of the big hole.bluewater28/04/2016
Derker to Newhey.Smudge31/10/2015
Popular car park for a leg stretch and taking in the the views. Linked from the lower Trig along lane and fp passing fly tipping signs, warning of big fines. Ironically the landowner (presumably) had dumped scrap metal and old mattresses etc into a rubbish filled hollow near the summit.Chris Pearson05/08/2015
Ran from car park to west of Crompton Moor, up that then over to Badger Edge.stever22/05/2015
Parked below path to monument and trig which once bagged I returned to the road and walked to the T-junction where a footpath was followed to the summit in horse field.Dugswell201/05/2015
From N: rough rocky verge.RHW26/04/2014
Parked at visitors' carpark at Grains, near monument and trigpoint. Walked across to Badger Edge, soggy and horsey in places. Obvious square object on skyline to L of spinney is a large unstable looking cairn/monument, but not at summit. Latter is featureless grass, with nearby rubbish tip in pit. Much litter about.Aye Jimmy01/04/2014
clear, sunny, cool wind. done with Crompton Moor, Harrop Edge & Oxhey Top from Grains Bar.joseph mitchell14/11/2013
Parked on verge of minor road to north at SD 96898 08136. Took footpath at road junction (stile is high up above road) path shown on map doesn't really exist on ground but terrain no problem. All walls shown on 25k map are ruined or don't exist. No feature for highest perceived point at SD 97041 07745 but it's very close to 379m spot height on 25k map.David Gradwell05/05/2013
Parked just before the road junction then a short walk across rough fell to the top. The hill sporting the monument to the north west looks higher but the OS map states otherwise.moorsman28/01/2013
Slogged it along roads from Greenfield and found the top very disappointing. The top with the monument to the north was more satisfying.Jake99417/05/2010
Halfdecent08/12/2023
emily03/08/2023
Alex C06/05/2023
Andy West21/12/2021
Moorponder04/07/2021
thenomad28/07/2020
andy6309/05/2020
Bag For Life26/04/2020
PM01/01/2020
GaryJones02/09/2018
carole engel18/11/2017
andrew brown18/04/2016
ngthack01/10/2014
GordonAdshead06/09/2014
Alan Caine24/05/2014
vegibagger08/12/2013
Edwin Gradwell05/05/2013
Nirobi9921/09/2012