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| Name: | Rushy Hill |
| Hill number: | 16637 |
| Height: | 317m / 1040ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2820 Freeholds Top |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Lancashire |
| Catchment: | Mersey |
| Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
| Grid ref: | SD 88895 16716 |
| Summit feature: | large rock c130m WNW of trig point |
| Drop: | 31m |
| Col: | 286m SD892175  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 109 (1:25k) OL21S |
| Observations: | large embedded rock on edge of 15th tee 100m ENE at SD 88991 16739 could be as high; rock 50m E at SD 88945 16703 is 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 70 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked at Acre Street OL12 8QT and went firstly north to Brown Wardle Hill and then south to Rushy Hill. The golf course and club house were deserted. | clivevilla | 18/03/2024 |
| One way walk from Whitworth to Wardle via this hill and around Watergrove Reservoir. Two buses back via Rochdale. | Nick Caunt | 05/03/2024 |
| With O+O after Healey Dell. Brown Wardle Hill and Rushy Hill from parking bottom of Acre Street at 88666 Failed attempt of Gandy Brow, too much activity will return. | Alfa1M | 24/01/2024 |
| From the N. As moorsman, parked opposite the clubhouse at SD 89025 17387. No golfing today, but may be an issue when course is busy. Parking area 150m to NW is a good alternative - Along track to farm & then less than 100m to large summit stone. Fairly flat summit area. | gerrybowes | 21/11/2023 |
| Adrian | 03/09/2023 | |
| Rossendale Round bagging hills and Marilyns, with drifting snow on the Moors. | PhilipChaston | 11/03/2023 |
| Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: Looking at the route on my GPSr pretty sure we walked over the high point. What a dreach walk to this from SD 88228 16584. | thejackrustles | 22/07/2022 |
| Watergrove reservoir, took track west below dam to waterworks and turned south to pick up track, barn field lane. No sign of any footpaths at Sald fold so followed track to access land. PBW over golf course to pylons, then up to summit. Returned over Brown Wardle and Freeholds top. | Flatfield | 09/07/2022 |
| 2 of 3 on 5.8 mile hike. From gandy brow following pennine bridleway. Visited top and trig onto brown wardle | The-Z-Man | 06/05/2022 |
| TheWanderer27 | 04/04/2022 | |
| chevyfire | 24/11/2021 | |
| Parked below Rushy Hill. Walked to Whitworth. Returned via Brown Wardle Hill and Rushy Hill. Pleasant evening walk. | meltdiceburg | 05/07/2021 |
| Run w/Devon. Brown Wardle Hill, Rushy Hill loop from Home. | ZacField | 26/06/2021 |
| Easy access from track to W. 5cm of snow and no golfers today. | RichardM | 11/04/2021 |
| Denise | 11/04/2021 | |
| failed to find a route to top of Gandy Brow up ending rake to Rushy hill and back to the car almost 12miles with Andy | colinfielding | 24/03/2021 |
| After Birch Hill and a walk around Gandy Brow trying to find a way up - and failing. Back to car below Brown Wardle hill for a total of about 11.5 miles. With Colin. | Andrew Pearson | 24/03/2021 |
| From Watergrove Reservoir: Brown Wardle Hill, Rushy Hill, Gandy Brow. Lovely sunny July afternoon. Faint little used paths. Lots of semi-wild ponies with foals and cows with calves. Lovely local walk. | Lazylizzie | 12/07/2020 |
| Lucky | 01/07/2020 | |
| maknipe | 01/07/2020 | |
| From Brown Wardle Hill. Imagined the amazing transformation a few million trees could make to the area. Current Lancashire compleat. | Wycombe Wanderer | 01/02/2020 |
| Bag For Life | 01/02/2020 | |
| As part of 15k route from Watergrove reservoir- Brown Wardle Hill, Freeholds Top then Rushy Hill. Golf course was covered with horses but no golfers! | John Eley | 29/05/2019 |
| Route back home with the dogs | Paganknight73 | 28/04/2019 |
| PM | 13/04/2019 | |
| mags87 | 11/04/2019 | |
| Parked on A671 in good sized lay-by SD885159. (Also Gandy Brow). | David Evans | 18/02/2019 |
| From Brown Wardle Hill followed the Rossendale Way to the col and then ascended the Pennine Bridleway. Left the path to reach the summit and trig. Descended back to the car near the golf club. With JT and HT. | Sprog | 20/01/2019 |
| jimbloomer | 08/01/2019 | |
| Thick fog at dawn. Plenty of muddy parking on the road just before the golf clubhouse. Also parked here for Brown Wardle Hill. | Campbell Singer | 30/12/2018 |
| From car park below Golf clubhouse at dusk. Good track most of way alongside golf course. HP Boulder beyond golf course below power lines. On to trig. | PeterD | 06/10/2018 |
| Solo, Rushy Hill then Brown Wardle Hill. Parked near Lobden Golf Club, Clubhouse (OL12 8XJ). | ADT | 07/08/2018 |
| Andy West | 20/05/2018 | |
| exploring healey fell with Cissy so had a short walk along the PBW and up to the trig. | AvidSockWearer | 30/03/2018 |
| Aimless Rambler | 24/03/2018 | |
| Quick bag on a snowy Saturday afternoon. Along the Bridleway. Then left uphill. About 50 minutes return | Longwojo | 25/11/2017 |
| After Gandy Brow,up Pennine Bridleway and over to top and trig.Then over golf course(more horses than golfers)to Brown Wardle.With Oscar. | catman | 25/08/2017 |
| With Catman. | oscarrosie | 25/08/2017 |
| andrew brown | 29/06/2017 | |
| Bramley | 09/04/2017 | |
| GaryJones | 09/02/2017 | |
| 3rd hill of 7 today on a route from Rochdale to Littleborough, climbing Bagslate Moor & Gandy Brow onto P B'way before veering off to visit summit with rock, then trig and large boulder next to Golf course and then back onto the PB and onwards to Brown Wardle hill saying Hi to a gaggle of geese and 2 Alpacas first. | Dazingdale | 08/01/2017 |
| Easy parking in a large area directly opposite the Lobden Golf Club clubhouse at the top end of Whitworth Rake (alt 967 ft). From here a clear path leads all the way to just shy of the summit. | moorsman | 20/10/2016 |
| An late afternoon stroll after the East Lancashire Bus rally in Heaton Park. New territory for us - Healey Dell - Broadley Fold - Prickshaw - Healey Dell - Broadley - Rushy Hill - Healey Dell | briandavies | 04/09/2016 |
| RobertP | 15/03/2015 | |
| Easy little hop up from the Pennine Bridleway. Ignoring the pylons, the view is quite fine. Visited on a long walk from Todmorden to Rochdale via Tooter Hill, Freeholds Top and Gandy Brow. | Jake994 | 14/03/2015 |
| A 9 mile walk around the TuMPs surrounding the village of Wardle. Rushy Hill (3); Ratcliffe Hill (2); Birch Hill (2); & Gandy Brow (2) + a visit to the trig point on East Hill at SD91881758 | joseph mitchell | 27/02/2015 |
| From High Peak Lane. Great unexpected views over Rochdale and Manchester | Mark Sims | 23/02/2015 |
| From picnic area near clubhouse. Visited trig as well. | ngthack | 21/12/2014 |
| Up (indistict) footpath from West | GordonAdshead | 11/10/2014 |