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Name:Alsagers Bank
Hill number:16722
Height:227.4m / 746ft
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 (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:SJ 80661 48794
Summit feature:ground in trees in mast/reservoir compound
Drop:71m
Col:156m  SJ812496  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 118
(1:25k) 258
Observations:ground by wall 200m SSE is 1.5m lower
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 40 users)ByDate of Ascent
Roadside parking above the school & up to reservoir gates & gap in fence - No chance of squeezing through, so continued NE along The Drive to pedestrian gate & stile - Along RoW, up to high point on E. side of reservoir, over stile & through woods to high point on N. side of reservoir. Walking the perimeter fence meant entering someone's garden, so back same way.gerrybowes20/01/2024
Parked on The Drive and squeezed through the same gap as everybody else - grateful for my thinness!Mark Jackson01/04/2023
Parked by the road junction and walked down past the school to the aforementioned gap in the fence. It was a tight squeeze for me and I am not a big chested man so it may not work for others.clivevilla13/01/2023
Small gap in fence just to left of entrance to reservoir compound. Small enough for me to squeeze through and visit the summit.PGCE25/11/2022
Modest hill top rising above 3 separate former coal mines now all turned into country parks, Bateswood, Silverdale and Apedale - the last having a heritage centre and underground mine tours - but its a walk along a drift incline rather than going down a shaft in a cage lift.Chris Pearson24/03/2022
Currently a hole in the fence just big enough for svelte baggers.Wycombe Wanderer01/03/2022
Parked beyond school, along track to FP, then around reservoir perimeter fence.PeterD10/03/2020
From CP as othersM6KIO06/02/2020
5th top of 7 today, on a loop from Madeley to Keele University, climbing Bar Hill, Madeley Hill, Heighley Hill and Knowl Bank then down via track, passing under M1 then loosely following fp across some very waterlogged fields and through a flock of over-friendly sheep to reach lane, veering off on fp that heads to the North of the reservoir. I skirted perimeter then used a fortuitous tree to investigate natural land within the fenced area. High point in brambly undergrowth and trees as shown on Os maps, I recorded 226 there, Ssw of the reservoir, the land that runs into the reservoir, i recorded as 223m high. Exit via spiky gate then fp heading South for Bank Top Hill...Dazingdale30/11/2019
Friendly water services guy let me in. Follow inside of perimeter fence to the left. From high point of path, wooded top is easily accessed. Lots of natural ground inside the perimeter fence.malcorbett10/09/2018
Started from CP at visitor centre. With whole fam. Via miners memorial through Watermills Wood and up to resv. Highest I could get was perimeter fence as others. 86m ascentRoguePulsar10/08/2018
I was with my family. We saw a reservoir.speedyclimber10/08/2018
From Banktop Hill via Black Bank trig. Highest point is wooded mound to W of covered reservoir and annoyingly within reservoir enclosure. Grassy ridge at field/garden boundary S of Reservoir is only slightly lower and higher than anything on the perimeter fence line. Also easy access and good views.RichardM27/02/2018
Circumnavigation of compound perimeter found me in a garden - to west - with dog barking ferociously. Another failure.carole engel04/02/2018
Very secure reservoir. Had to be satisfied with high point to east of compound.Campbell Singer02/07/2017
Past church and up to compound fenceBramley28/04/2017
From Banktop Hill. Most of the route along footpaths. What looked like being just anothwr boring top is actually a stupendous view. Head towards Church Farm. Today I could see beyond the cooling towers of Runcorn.stig_nest31/03/2017
As for Aye Jimmyarranc19/02/2017
Six Tump loop from Keele village (Bar Hill, Madeley Hill, Heighley Hill, Knowl Bank, Alsagers Bank, Banktop Hill). Walked around three accessible sides of reservoir security fence but natural ground inside is probably a little higher.davidpettit8407/01/2017
Parked half on pavement at SJ 80313 48842. Followed PF Easterly-ish through fields and into wood. Got through gap in immature hawthorn hedge to highpoint on East side of compound. On way back passed a film crew filming on 'The Drive'. I should of asked them what the film was called. With Julie.David Evans06/11/2016
F/p from WNW past church and up into wood to mast compound. Followed fence round L and R as far as possible, no openings. Overgrown mound at W end within compound and behind houses (may be natural) could not be reached. Not very satisfactory.Aye Jimmy08/03/2016
With Cabe and Bevsimon and co30/11/2014
Alsagers Bank STWC resr: highest pt is covered resr but SE edge opf compound seems +/- = natural summit. FP from E thru wood then edge of arable fld, compound itself hi-sec fenced RHW09/05/2004
petey01/01/1990
Halfdecent07/12/2023
Matt06/02/2022
BaggerGutt17/03/2021
Martin R07/03/2020
jimbloomer06/08/2019
lizzy03/08/2019
mae01/12/2017
Adrian25/11/2017
GaryJones29/10/2017
Mark Sims16/02/2017
Alan Caine28/01/2017
andrew brown26/07/2016
stevent080911/06/2016
ngthack15/07/2015
andy.painter10/02/2015
GordonAdshead27/07/2014