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Name: | Ashurst's Beacon |
Hill number: | 16778 |
Height: | 172m / 564ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2829 Billinge Hill |
RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
County/UA: | Lancashire |
Catchment: | Ribble |
Class: | Tump (100-199m), Clem (Tu,1,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SD 50090 07928 |
Summit feature: | ground by SW corner of tower |
Drop: | 58m |
Col: | 114m SD518038 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 108 (1:25k) 285E |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 123 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Tick in the early morning murk. | Play2End | 17/12/2023 |
circuit from Parsonage Brow (Skem) via Dean Wood, Gathurst and Appley Bridge. Countoured back through Beacon Country Park. | KeithByTheC | 13/09/2023 |
From car park to south up through the woods. Large tower and interesting information boards. | clivevilla | 12/09/2023 |
phil101 | 03/09/2023 | |
Halfdecent | 28/04/2023 | |
Short walk from car park to S. Disappointing views due to trees. | PGCE | 26/02/2023 |
apmbwood | 27/01/2023 | |
Short walk from car park on our way to Holyhead. Icy foggy but pleasant enough lunch stop | nickywood1 | 12/12/2022 |
Alfa1M | 18/10/2022 | |
circuit from Parsonage Brow (Skem) via Dean Wood, Gathurst and Appley Bridge. Countoured back through Beacon Country Park. | KeithByTheC | 13/09/2022 |
Andy West | 12/09/2022 | |
circuit from Parsonage Brow (Skem) via Dean Wood, Gathurst and Appley Bridge. Countoured back through Beacon Country Park. | KeithByTheC | 03/09/2022 |
A handy car park to the SW. | summitter | 29/08/2022 |
PeteF | 03/06/2022 | |
Ben Rinnes | 23/03/2022 | |
Ashurst's Beacon | keithouk | 25/02/2022 |
Ashurst's Beacon | keithouk | 10/11/2021 |
chevyfire | 13/10/2021 | |
A quick ascent from the nearby car park | JK | 30/04/2021 |
circuit from Parsonage Brow (Skem) via Dean Wood and Roby Mill. Countoured back through Beacon Country Park. | KeithByTheC | 24/04/2021 |
As Keith (below), with Keith and 4 others. | Phreerunner | 24/04/2021 |
Ashurst's Beacon | keithouk | 21/04/2021 |
Howellsey | 25/03/2021 | |
2nd time on here. From car park across the road and then a 6 mile circular walk into Dalton | Wayne Mac | 17/01/2021 |
From Beacon lane car park with Andy | colinfielding | 10/12/2020 |
Up and down from the CP. With Colin. | Andrew Pearson | 10/12/2020 |
LANGDALE | 26/11/2020 | |
From the car park to the south. The views are gradually disappearing as the trees get higher! With GM. | bolton | 12/11/2020 |
Sprog | 07/11/2020 | |
Quick walk up from car park on Beacon Lane to SW. | lecube | 25/10/2020 |
Harrock Hill, Ashurst's Beacon | keithouk | 25/10/2020 |
Dawn Oldham | 25/10/2020 | |
Lucky | 26/09/2020 | |
maknipe | 26/09/2020 | |
Car park off Beacon Lane at SD 5002 0773. From S. end of car park, up path through trees, across road & then well-used path up through trees to the SW corner of the tower. (S) | gerrybowes | 08/08/2020 |
David84 | 01/08/2020 | |
jamiehighton | 12/07/2020 | |
A run from Appley Bridge | sturuss | 04/07/2020 |
From car park. Up to beacon and down via north east path then cutting west towards Ashurst Hall and looped back to car park skirting the golf course. | Stormcrow | 16/06/2020 |
Beacon lane, appleby bridge, gathurst, Stoney Brow, Beacon lane | Lancylass | 13/06/2020 |
Walked up from Skem, via the Alma Field trig and Beacon Road. | Sprog | 17/04/2020 |
johnkenyon | 18/03/2020 | |
Good free parking site due south on Beacon Lane. From the car park, exit it by the opposite end you came in and there is a gate straight opposite. This opens on to a path which leads directly to the summit. 20 minutes reurn. | moorsman | 07/03/2020 |
circuit from Parsonage Brow (Skem) via Roby Mill, Gathurst and Appley Bridge | KeithByTheC | 10/01/2020 |
ssstevesreeves | 29/04/2019 | |
cactus_chris | 23/04/2019 | |
Parked to the South in car park SD500077 | David Evans | 30/03/2019 |
Woodland car park due S. Short walk on a RoW to the beacon - also a trig intersected station. | jonglew | 26/11/2018 |
A part of my extended All the Beacons of Mainland Britain Challenge | M3WDD | 06/10/2018 |
From CP at SD500076. Intrigued by the valley of the R Douglas when crossing on M6 so broke the journey to explore a little. | summitsup | 04/08/2018 |