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Name:Woodhouse Hill
Hill number:16815
Height:147m / 482ft
Parent (Ma):2087  Cadair Berwyn
RHB Section:36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines
County/UA:Cheshire West and Chester
Catchment:Mersey
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:SJ 51021 75689
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:30m
Col:117m  SJ512756  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 117
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 107 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Walked past, wondered if it might be a Tump so went to top, checked later and it was! Helsby hill same day for trig point, primarily.desperate dan20/03/2024
from Helsby up steep path from Woodhouse with new steps. Up short muddy path to summit.Flatfield14/03/2024
6km loop from beacon Hill car park taking in Woodhouse hill. Beautiful views over Merseyside.1hr 30Nicky C17/12/2023
From Beacon Hill to the east. Good paths along Sandstone Trail. Paths lead all the way to top. Lovely walk. early morning.Campbell Singer01/09/2023
A nice opportunity to enjoy Snidley Moor Wood, with a permissive path to the summit.justin_j_evans19/08/2023
From Beacon Hill car park, across meadow then return along the sandstone rim with scramble up the buttress above ravine, to monument then indvertent short cut through hotel car park. Gorgeous day. Solo.Nick Canute02/06/2023
From Beacon Hill along the Sandstone Trail.sclater16/01/2023
Free walkers car park at Beacon Hill. Beautiful walk along the Sandstone Trail through woodland and meadows to the high point. Back same way. Solo.Dangerous Dave24/11/2022
Parked on lane to ESE by shepherds houses, along BW then FP and then path up to top.PeterD17/10/2022
Roadside parking by Shepherds Houses for a circuit of Woodhouse Hill, Alvanley Cliff and Birch Hill.PGCE22/09/2022
Beautiful early morning walk with Bryher and Rick.jenx21/03/2022
From Forest Hills, the old Sandstone Trail around edges. Still lovely after all these years!nordicstar21/03/2022
Beacon Hill, Woodhouse Hill, Hangingstone Hillkeithouk17/02/2022
A through walk from Frodsham to Helsby station. Hill 2, from Beacon Hill, across the golf course, and Sandstone trail path.Minto13/11/2021
From Dobers Lane. Wonderful walking round here; I had no idea this area was so nice. Sandstone seldom disappoints. No sound but the wind in the trees. Could have stopped here for longer. Bag For Life sang Autumn Leaves on the way out, which brought a tear to my eye.Wycombe Wanderer26/09/2021
On a 16km run from Frodshamsturuss29/03/2021
HP is by a twin oak and birch tree in mixed woodland, no view, but pleasant place to wander. Approached via steepish steps from SW, then continued S to Birch Hill.Denise 29/11/2020
From the W up steep stepped path through Woodland Trust woods. High point next to path in mixed Oak and Birch woods.RichardM29/11/2020
With Mike.. not 100% sure we reached the actual summit.GaynorSeymour27/11/2020
Good parking on the lane near Shepherds Houses. Lovely walk through woods and summit easily found. Solo.bolton07/11/2020
Solo from Helsby quarry car park. Helsby Hill, Woodhouse Hill & Overton Hill Memorial. North Cheshire Way Helsby to Woodhouse Hills, then Sandstone Trail to Overton War Memorial. Helsby & Overton summits are excellent view points. Woodhouse was covered with trees and carpeted in bracken making it difficult to locate the exact summit.ADT19/07/2020
Parked in business park on Tarvin Road opposite footpath. Short but steep walk on clear paths and steps to hilltop then following GPS through woods to high point.Argentum6606/03/2020
Easy parking down the lane to the east starting at Shepherds Houses. Lane drivable until the bend before the woods. Easy walk along good paths to the summitmoorsman05/03/2020
With Jo, circular walk from Helsby Quarry car park: Helsby Hill and Woodhouse Hill. Weather, sunny, warm, good visibility.amblerbob17/10/2019
Up from Shepherds Houses. Pleasant woodland.fasgadh12/10/2019
From car park near Overton at SJ 51887 76580, past the hotel, to join the Sandstone Trail, then path up to wooded summit. Then a loop on overgrown footpaths via Shepherds Houses back to the start. With BC, SB and MH.Man of Kernow111/07/2019
From Shepherds Houses to the east. Path goes within a few metres of the summit.Adrian03/06/2019
A 9km circular walk starting from the car park by Frodsham Parish Church at 521773. Approached high point from the East, taking path up through the rampart & continued up to the unmarked summit. (DB)gerrybowes11/05/2019
A circuit of Helsby Hill and Woodhouse Hill, from Helsby Quarry car park. After a site visit in Irby.BobHancock08/03/2019
Helsby, Helsby Hill, Sandstone Trail, Overton Hill, Frodsham.WaggaWagg24/02/2019
A Walk along the Sandstone Trail from Frodsham on a very mild afternoon.With Oscar.catman15/02/2019
With Catman.oscarrosie15/02/2019
From Helsby Hill with dogJohn Eley20/01/2019
From Frodsham, overton hill, woodhouse hill, helsby hill, alvaneyLancylass11/01/2019
Parked in the business centre car park (SJ 5052 7570) on Tarvin Rd. Good track leads up; several 'flights' of wooden steps and finally a steep scrambly bank to the woodland top on old hillfort ramparts.jonglew23/11/2018
Cross country from Helsby Hill, clockwise circuit of hill, permissive path over summit from Sandstone Trail.CreakingHiker14/08/2018
From road to westMoorponder18/06/2018
I walked up to the summit after finding a nearby geocacheAlancache23/04/2018
From Ridgeway. 45 minute roundLongwojo23/03/2018
Parked in a very small industrial estate at 50537 75705 and went up from the west. Steepish with wooden steps but not long.clivevilla30/11/2017
Along the Sandstone Trail then through the woods to the topColin Crawford06/10/2017
From Ridgeway lane South. Easy if not a tad muddy. Lots of folk about though not on the summit. No views from summit, except trees.. This completes CheshWest save for the irksome Mt.Manisty..stig_nest23/07/2017
On the Sandstone Trail from the south. Lovely walk through woods.Mark Sims14/07/2017
Solosimon and co13/03/2017
5th and penultimate hill of 6 today on a route from Tarporley to Helsby, climbing Summerhouse Bank, High Bilinge, Pale Heights and Birch Hill,crossing Manley road to take fp down steeply to link with Sandstone trail that then climbs up on the edge of Snidley Moor wood and then branched off to climb upto the summit, past information board. Summit is between a young birch and Oak tree. Descended to pick up the fp that drops steeply past Sandstone outcroppings onto the North Cheshire way which I followed towards Helsby Hill.Dazingdale04/03/2017
Parking to the South SJ 50776 74784. Followed Sandstone trail Northwards until description of hill fort (set in a large boulder), then head uphill Westish.David Evans07/01/2017
From Helsby Quarry car park via Helsby Hill.Tony J01/08/2016
Fabulous early morning walk up from the westvegibagger27/07/2016
Walk across the sandstone ridge, including Helsby Hill and Woodhouse Hill on a clear spring day. Bluebells and beautiful views. Convenient half-way stop at the Belle Monte Hotel for a pint.Lazylizzie23/04/2016
Solo - Weather lovelydentalchimp10/04/2016