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| Name: | Ferny Hill |
| Hill number: | 16661 |
| Height: | 285.1m / 935ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2812 Shining Tor |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Staffordshire |
| Catchment: | Trent |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
| Grid ref: | SK 00189 52861 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: rough grass |
| Drop: | 37.2m |
| Col: | 247.8m SK 0063 5312  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24W |
| Observations: | ground 30m NE at SK 00212 52888 is of similar height |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 37 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| As others, from pull-in on sharp bend to NE - Over stile & across two fields to pedestrian gate - Through gate, under a single strand of bw, stepped over a low wall & then N. through enclosed area of young trees to high point. | gerrybowes | 13/12/2023 |
| Quick up and down from the road corner to NE. | PGCE | 06/10/2023 |
| Parked bend in road to N, footpath to top. | Nick Canute | 25/06/2022 |
| Lovely young copse of oak and birch. Cow friends with ram. | Wycombe Wanderer | 27/10/2021 |
| Over the stile at 0033 5307, through the wood to a broken stile then right up the edge of a pasture with cows before hopping over the bwf into a youngish oak plantation where the hp is situated. | clivevilla | 26/05/2020 |
| 4 of 6 on 23 mile bike ride. From RoW from west at Basford bridge. Very saturated at stile at top then just over fence into rough grass for summit | The-Z-Man | 08/01/2020 |
| Direct line over heather and bilberry from stile at SK 0033,5307. A somewhat ill defined summit amongst rough grass and young Oaks. | RichardM | 11/11/2019 |
| On RoW from Basford bridge. Off to N. | Moorponder | 11/03/2019 |
| Parked at SK 00530 53007. Followed ROW SW until near summit then across BWF/brick wall. Friesians gave no trouble. With Tol and Felix. 36m ascent | RoguePulsar | 31/08/2018 |
| I was with my family. It was a 36 metre ascent. | speedyclimber | 31/08/2018 |
| 5th tump 6 on a route from Middle Mayfield to Leek via the Weaver Hills, Cauldon Lowe, Hemmings Low (a new tump I found en-route) and Ipstones Edge also detouring to explore the very attractive Sharpcliffe Rocks for scrambling practice before crossing the Coombes & Churnet Valley nature reserve. Fp access into pasture field then over Bwf into rough tussocky vegetation with immature trees widely spaced. Spent about 5 minutes wandering around before re-tracing route and then onwards to Revedge Hill.... | Dazingdale | 17/02/2018 |
| As per stg nest. | arranc | 21/08/2017 |
| From bend on road and across two fields. Old watertank in field not the rop. Over b/w into tussocky rough grass. Indistinct and uninspiring. | stig_nest | 17/04/2017 |
| Five Tump walk around Leek taking in Longsdon Hill, Hillswood Hill, Kniveden Hill, Revedge Hill and Ferny Hill. Summit among scattered trees over fence from footpath. | davidpettit84 | 04/03/2017 |
| With Cabe | simon and co | 04/12/2016 |
| Parked at second fp which was rather overgrown. Over complex gate arrangement and up field before crossing bwf into overgrown heathery summit. | Campbell Singer | 03/11/2016 |
| Parked at RSPB carpark. Combined Revedge Hill and Ferny Hill. Ferny Hill: Walk SW downhill on road then enter field at SK005530. Head SW until fence, then almost due westerly and hop over fence into wooded area. Solo. | David Evans | 16/10/2016 |
| Parked at sharp bend to NE. Summit is rough ground in open trees. | Aye Jimmy | 15/03/2016 |
| Summit is in rough open woodland next to cow pasture. The nearby Coombe Valley nature reserve in summer is a carpet of wild flowers in an oak woodland and a good spot for viewing birds and butterflies galore including the oddly named green hairstreak; the only green coloured butterfly that can be found in the UK. | Chris Pearson | 26/07/2015 |
| Verge parking to northeast at SK 00328 53076. Took public footpath SE (vague/overgrown initially) then W (ish) to stile. Climb fence to right here. (Not shown on maps.) Highest point in rough area planted with trees. No summit feature just rough grass at SK 00192 52865. Returned by following fence back down to footpath. | David Gradwell | 28/03/2015 |
| 287M, 2M, tussocks. from N, parking by gate | RHW | 18/03/2012 |
| Went through the top's contour ring | Alan Moore | 10/01/1993 |
| Halfdecent | 05/04/2023 | |
| Matt | 09/02/2022 | |
| Adrian | 12/08/2021 | |
| BaggerGutt | 04/09/2020 | |
| taff | 07/08/2020 | |
| Martin R | 04/12/2019 | |
| carole engel | 28/01/2018 | |
| andrew brown | 27/02/2017 | |
| George Gradwell | 28/03/2015 | |
| Edwin Gradwell | 28/03/2015 | |
| Alan Caine | 09/03/2015 | |
| ngthack | 26/11/2014 | |
| Mark Sims | 18/09/2014 | |
| GordonAdshead | 02/07/2014 | |
| PeteF | 25/01/2014 |