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| Name: | The Bent |
| Hill number: | 16623 |
| Height: | 335.8m / 1102ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2825 The Cloud |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Staffordshire |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Mersey, Trent |
| Watershed: | Humber Estuary, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Liverpool Bay, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
| Grid ref: | SJ 91561 59323 |
| Summit feature: | ground by trig point |
| Drop: | 51m |
| Col: | 285m SJ908621  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 118 (1:25k) 258 268S |
| Observations: | base of reservoir 450m S is 0.7m lower |
| 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 58 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| As others have noted, we parked up on layby a few metres from summit then walked along the road and accessed trig via gate to farm and then walked over the field over to the summit. Back the same way. Great views all around from Trig point. | Lazylizzie | 04/02/2024 |
| After Long Edge i parked up on layby just a few metres from summit but walked along the road and via gate to farm then easier and less conspicuous access into field and then over to Trig point. Back the same way. Great view to Shutlingsloe from Trig point. | Dazingdale | 18/03/2023 |
| Over wall/under fence to trig, then down the road and over gate to top of reservoir. | Nick Canute | 17/04/2022 |
| The source(s) of The Trent (UKs 3rd longest river) lie on the SW of this hill and results in the main British watershed(LEJOG) bending away from the Peak District here to trace the Trent watershed around Stoke-on-Trent (the clues in the name). The Trent and its tribuatries then flow and and drains most of the metropolitan central northern Midlands before swinging N to the Humber -the result of channel shifts due to ice dams. I made a hash of this simple outing by arriving in the early morn dark and crawling under and snagging my jacket on a bwf in the wrong field and had to crawl out again -to do it the simple way like everybody else. | Chris Pearson | 30/03/2022 |
| On way to the Gun and Roaches area. Quick hop over the wall two minutes. | nickywood1 | 13/06/2021 |
| Parked in Lay-by by trig, first gate blocked by barbed wire fence so entered field via entrance to Upper Shirkley Farm, south of the Lay-by. | Dave | 29/03/2021 |
| From the S, initially on track to Upper Shirkley before ducking under single wire electric fence and over pasture to trig and high point. Fine views. | RichardM | 29/03/2021 |
| Handy lay-by next to trig. Nipped round through entrance to Upper Shirkley, although the road is about as high as the summit. | RoguePulsar | 15/12/2020 |
| Layby close by 5 min | Nicky C | 25/10/2020 |
| Trig easily visible from the road. I went over the bwf which is a little awkward because it is right against the stone wall. If I had walked 20 yards up the road there is a gate. | clivevilla | 26/05/2020 |
| From adjacent lay-by short distance to trig and HP. | PeterD | 05/10/2018 |
| Congleton - The Cloud - Long Edge - The Bent - Gun - Hillswood Hill - Leek. Snow most of the day, 2-3 inches lying everywhere and hills in thick cloud. | Mark Jackson | 09/12/2017 |
| Trig Pillar | cjo | 29/05/2017 |
| From roadside. The resv down the road is higher but is clearly artificial, not that that seems to matter anymore.. | stig_nest | 17/04/2017 |
| Quick hop over the fence from layby. Good views east. | davidpettit84 | 04/03/2017 |
| A murky day with snow falling - from the layby its just a quick hop over wall/fence at the old gateway into the snowy field to bag summit & trig. Following our retreat visited the Moortop Café for a drink & warm. | briandavies | 11/02/2017 |
| Parking directly alongside the trig and over a fence or, like I did, park alongside the farm access track 100m south and cross the field. | moorsman | 20/01/2017 |
| Dark and Misted cloud. Foolishly clambered into the field on trainers insured of putting wellies on. Immediately got wet feet Trig by torchlight and photos with flash. | vegibagger | 28/12/2016 |
| Quick straddle over wall and barbed wire and 20 yards to trig from pull-in on road. Solo. | David Evans | 01/10/2016 |
| Over gap in wall from near layby. Grassy rises 2-3m N or S of trig seem higher than trig itself. | Aye Jimmy | 30/03/2016 |
| petey | 21/02/2015 | |
| Biddulph Moor - Ride (via Strava) | visionset | 03/05/2014 |
| Drive by on the way to Biddulph Grange Gardens, after taking a peculiar turn at the nasty bend just to the north. Nice day out apart from the drive... | DanHolme | 24/07/2013 |
| Over a wall and barbed wire to column 2649. 11.30 | arranc | 15/04/2012 |
| On walk from The Cloud back to Rudyard Reservoir. | Wheelsy | 06/11/2010 |
| Quick hop over the fence from the road on a circuit of The Cloud, Head of Trent, Mow Cop and Congleton Edge. | Jake994 | 25/04/2009 |
| Trigpoint Log | Deego | 09/08/2003 |
| RHW | 16/02/2002 | |
| Andy West | 17/03/2024 | |
| rainonthewindows | 30/01/2024 | |
| Adrian | 29/07/2023 | |
| PM | 10/04/2023 | |
| GreatandPowerful | 02/04/2021 | |
| Denise | 29/03/2021 | |
| BaggerGutt | 01/12/2020 | |
| Bag For Life | 04/11/2020 | |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 04/11/2020 | |
| taff | 26/04/2020 | |
| Martin R | 05/12/2019 | |
| Tufty | 24/09/2019 | |
| jimbloomer | 06/08/2019 | |
| mae | 01/12/2017 | |
| Alex C | 27/07/2017 | |
| Mark Sims | 14/01/2017 | |
| andrew brown | 12/01/2017 | |
| mart0797 | 20/03/2016 | |
| Condoverman | 10/07/2015 | |
| ngthack | 12/11/2014 | |
| PeteF | 25/01/2014 | |
| carole engel | 28/12/2013 |