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| Name: | Gallows Pole Hill |
| Hill number: | 16665 |
| Height: | 291m / 955ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2810 Black Hill |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Calderdale |
| Catchment: | Aire |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
| Grid ref: | SE 05586 20930 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: pasture |
| Drop: | 40m |
| Col: | 251m SE050199  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 104 (1:25k) OL21S |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 46 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Emma. | Simba | 01/02/2024 |
| As others, parked to west, up bridleway & across to high point. A group busy repairing drystone wall. | gerrybowes | 10/01/2024 |
| From lane to west, followed path to summit area then across field to HP | PeterD | 23/03/2022 |
| Parked on Butterworth End Lane (SE 0534 2127). Good tracks to trig, ROC Post and then hill top. | jonglew | 31/08/2021 |
| Gallows Pole Hill from GR: SE 05382 20986 | ronaldo333 | 08/05/2020 |
| Surprisingly pleasant mini walk from lane to west with good summit view. | Wycombe Wanderer | 07/12/2019 |
| 1 of 2 on 36 mile bike ride starting from my mums house in Dewsbury. Approached from garden lane then epic off-road downhill trail to reach main road | The-Z-Man | 03/11/2019 |
| Parked to the WNW on road: SE054210 | David Evans | 17/06/2019 |
| With Andrew | jthomson6nr9 | 18/05/2019 |
| Very easy bag from start of footpath north of the caravan site (alt 265m). Once into the summit field just head upwards when convenient. Under 15 minutes return. | moorsman | 05/10/2018 |
| On RoW from road to west | Mark Sims | 23/08/2018 |
| Parked in entrance to caravan park. Walked a few mts up the road and then up fp before entering sodden summit field. 10 minutes up and down. | Campbell Singer | 30/01/2018 |
| Up side of field behind caravan park then round to the top once out of sight! Easy enough, good spot to pull in just north of the crest on Scammonden Road | the_adam | 15/02/2017 |
| 2nd hill of a 7+mi walk from Outlane (via bus from Huddersfield) climbing Crow Edge first, Moor Hey farm Skirting Stainland over Black brook alongside Barsely clough over Saddleworth road and onto Greetland road a short distance before taking fp up branching off after about 30 m to climb upto pasture and from there easy stroll along to grassy prominence. Easy drop down to fp. Took Calderdale Way before using lanes to reach Sowerby Bridge. | Dazingdale | 27/12/2016 |
| Parked on the road to the west before bagging Norland Moor trig before Gallows Pole Hill. Then a short journey along the B-road to bag Greetland FBM. | Dugswell2 | 18/12/2016 |
| Car bagging with Dugswell. | Smudge | 18/12/2016 |
| Run from home. | richardsun | 17/12/2016 |
| Pleasant walk along edge of Norland Moor from car park near Moorcock Inn on cloudy,windy day.Extensive views.With Oscar. | catman | 04/12/2015 |
| With Catman. | oscarrosie | 04/12/2015 |
| From minor road to west. Then trig. to north. | ngthack | 08/11/2015 |
| From WNW. ROC bunker in field to N is unusually securely fenced. | RHW | 15/05/2015 |
| With Jo, walk from Norland Moor cp: paths to Gallows Pole Hill (crossed bw fence to reach summit), and then visited Norland Moor trig. Weather; overcast, mizzle, mild, moderate visibility. | amblerbob | 01/08/2014 |
| Done on route of the Calderdale Way path. | mrbob | 18/06/2014 |
| From minor road. Least interesting bit of Norland Moor, access to top via broken metal gate | Bramley | 03/05/2013 |
| A good area for trig spotters as well as summit baggers: a pillar, a surface block, an FBM and a Bernsten all lie within a couple of kms of here! | Aye Jimmy | 25/04/2008 |
| date a wild guess; during EPOC Dryathlon | IanHHill | 20/11/1991 |
| done while doing part of Calderdale Way. | joseph mitchell | 19/10/1991 |
| Matt | 16/08/2023 | |
| emily | 20/02/2023 | |
| Amelie806 | 09/07/2022 | |
| PM | 24/10/2021 | |
| Bag For Life | 07/12/2019 | |
| Longwojo | 04/04/2019 | |
| Andy West | 27/01/2019 | |
| andrew brown | 27/06/2018 | |
| Anton | 06/10/2017 | |
| Adrian | 23/09/2017 | |
| carole engel | 23/09/2017 | |
| GaryJones | 10/04/2017 | |
| Lucky | 27/02/2016 | |
| maknipe | 27/02/2016 | |
| Alan Caine | 23/12/2014 | |
| GordonAdshead | 29/10/2014 | |
| Moorponder | 09/04/2005 | |
| Martin R | 31/12/1999 | |
| malcorbett | blank |