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Name:Linley Hill
Hill number:16785
Height:166m / 545ft
Parent (Ma):2825  The Cloud
RHB Section:36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines
County/UA:Cheshire East, Staffordshire
Catchment:Mersey
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:SJ 81916 54417
Summit feature:knoll on E side of lawn
Drop:32m
Col:134m  SJ819541  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 118
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 33 users)ByDate of Ascent
Roadside parking about 50m NE of fingerpost at SJ 82325 54486 (space for 5 or 6 cars between double yellows) - Along narrow path between high fencing, crossing stream at 821546 - Up through woodland with a fair bit of bramble at start & then fairly thick rhododendrons & holly - Reached a path on ridge at SJ 81971 54466 & then fairly straightforward to summit.gerrybowes20/01/2024
3 of 10 as part of 27 mile bike ride. From Linley road took the path on the right. Headed over a fence then pushed bike up through a field before reaching woods and over Barb wire fence. This brought me into a garden with steps that led upto summitThe-Z-Man13/01/2024
A challenge for determined baggers only. There is room for about half a dozen cars in the dead-end layby found if you turn into it just before the roundabout on Butt Lane. Down the signposted footpath until it turns sharply south-west. After 20m look for a track crossing a small wooden sleeper bridge on your right, This track leads right up to the fields to your west. Follow the field edge until level with (north of) the summit. The woods form part of the garden of Linley Hall and their lawned garden stretches down until level with the summit point. There is a barbeque area close by and it is necessary to trample through dense trees to reach the actual summit, The choice is yours. I sat for 10 minutes until I was aware of there being no people about. The summit is a clump of trees slighly higher than the surrounding areamoorsman06/09/2023
Parked up in Old Butt lane close to footpath that squeezes past buildings and into woods, easy detour to field margin and then as PGCE a careful squeeze up to the summit being very careful of where i was treading. Quite impressive crags and wonder whether access has been granted for boulderers. Made sure I visited exact high point, in rhododendron thicket. Onwards to Gill Bank...Dazingdale01/04/2023
As Wycombe Wanderer. ROW, then up edge of field. Into woods for final ascent to summit. Done on a Sunday evening after rain, so no dry and crackly undergrowth. Good conditions for a stealthy bag!PGCE24/07/2022
Followed the good route finding of RHW and others from Old Butts Lane once Id found the correct fp squeezed between high fences with dusty construction work on one side. As summit bushes approached I became hyper sensitive to every twig that crunched and snapped underfoot. Garden swimming pool adjacent to bushes. A nice sunny morning - thankfully nobody poolside.Chris Pearson24/03/2022
From Old Butt Lane, along footpath next to wretched new development. Crossed stream shortly after footpath swings south west (would be very muddy after extended wet weather) then followed path north through woods up to field. Done at dusk but upset the birds who were settling in for the night, which could have given me away. Recommend dawn ascent.Wycombe Wanderer17/10/2021
From fp, up wooded NE slope. HP appears to be a thicket of rhododendrums and holly within mature sweet chestnut, with bramble and bracken understorey. House is quite close.Denise 27/12/2020
Up the wooded NE shoulder with disused quarries. High point amongst wild rhododendrons on bank above the E edge of a lawn. Roost of pigeons take flight noisily in the silence.RichardM27/12/2020
From layby on A5011, along ROW driveway the across a broken stile into and across a pasture into woods. Found the steps up which lead all the way to the top although there are a couple of bits where I was in full view of the house. Nobody came until I was back down on the driveway where I told an old lady in a car that I was lost and nothing more was said.clivevilla26/02/2020
From layby N side A5011 (SJ 8189 5401). RoW to SJ 8196 5421 then veered off up through woodland, found the stepped path which eventually leads into Lindley Hall garden; veered off that to find the HP located in rhododendron E side house. Noise kept to a minimum, no-one seen.jonglew08/08/2019
At dusk. Got my feet wet again. No gmol problemsLongwojo11/01/2018
Parked in parking lay-by in new housing estate to SE of FP @ SJ 8237 5443 - probably residents only but no signs. Being a night bag, did not find the described informal path. Ascended hill from stile @ SJ 820 542, up fence line into wood and stepped path to topcarole engel01/01/2018
As for Mark Simsarranc04/09/2017
Early Sunday morning to avoid GOML person. From RCS Controls via fp. Then from east through wood. No problem.Campbell Singer02/07/2017
Four-Tump circuit from Bradwell. Approached from the east as described by RHW. Once back on public footpath, followed it SW across hall drive without incident.davidpettit8423/04/2017
Took care ref previously logged GOML issues . Parked in blind road 100 yds north of NW end of Church St . Taking path NW from little cul de sac didn't work. Eventually found another ROW next to RCS Controls building and followed this through woods . On way back found RHW's informal path ( It goes from top of stream outlet ) then followed his route.Mark Sims15/04/2017
From Gill Bank via Kidsgrove. A short bus ride to the A34. Then on foot again and accessed via footpath off roundabout on Butt Lane. There seems to be some ground clearance going on and there was the smell and sight of smoke in the air so a sensible approach taken.stig_nest14/03/2017
Severe goml situation right at the start on the footpath about to cross field to the SW. Black woman in black sports car,doubtless lives at Linley Hall, driving out of road shouting I'm on private field and refuses to get out of car and look at ROW sign I was asking her to look at. Kept pretty calm initially but she was bolshy, arrogant and ignorantly snobby.Evaded up me calling her a very rude woman. Became quite a row and she called the police and they were actually arriving as I got back to my car across the road to drive off.vegibagger22/12/2016
Restricted parking nearby, so parked in Church Street SJ 82504 54598. Same as RHW.David Evans14/11/2016
Same as RHW and AJ.PeterD22/03/2016
Followed RHW's instructions - spot on. F/p starts where waste-land fence meets industrial building just off from roundabout.Aye Jimmy12/03/2016
From E, RoW then informal path peels off R, follows field edge and continues almost to summit. Suddenly presence of implements and proximity of house indicates the summit is effectively part of garden. Summit among rhododendrons.RHW24/01/2015
Got as near to the top as I am ever likely to get. I gave up trying to find a way across the border fence, so I walked up from the road up the front drive, and banged on the door of the Left hand house to ask permission. Nobody in, so I crept round the side and struggled through some nasty brambles in the woods.GordonAdshead19/12/2014
skimby18/02/2022
GreatandPowerful11/04/2021
BaggerGutt17/03/2021
RoguePulsar01/12/2020
Martin R06/03/2020
Adrian15/09/2019
Dave McG08/08/2019
Alan Caine13/04/2017
andrew brown26/07/2016
ngthack31/03/2015