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Name: | Helsby Hill |
Hill number: | 16821 |
Height: | 141m / 463ft |
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 49205 75435 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 5m NW of trig point |
Drop: | 54m |
Col: | 87m SJ502742 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 117 (1:25k) 267 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 153 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Up from Quarry car park, which was fine, but continuing on to the east was most certainly not, the paths being in an appallingly muddy (dangerously so) state. | desperate dan | 20/03/2024 |
From Helsby quarry cp, up good path, on to Woodhouse hill down to Frodsham, over the motorway and back via Helsby marsh. | Flatfield | 14/03/2024 |
Easy up and down from the Helsby Quarry nature reserve car park nearby. Up dead end road, then good path to rocky summit. The views are great for this size of the hill. Even on a grim day we could see the whole of the Liverpool skyline, across to Winter Hill and in the other direction to the Welsh hills. 66m ascent. A few people about. | DanTrig | 19/10/2023 |
From the quarry car park west of hill. Good path and superb viewpoint on a lovely morning. Mist over the Mersey. Could be a song title. | Campbell Singer | 01/09/2023 |
Excellent views from the summit. | justin_j_evans | 19/08/2023 |
walk with Y | Fabioski | 02/12/2022 |
Free car park at Helsby Quarry. Signposted path to summit. Fabulous views. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 24/11/2022 |
From parking to SSW. With ARC and his dad. Good views to Liverpool with it's cathedral on the skyline. As bellringers, we have a particular affinity with the enormous central tower which houses the world's heaviest ring of bells for ringing in the English Style (heaviest bell 82 cwt). | PGCE | 07/08/2022 |
with Harmony | GaynorSeymour | 01/01/2022 |
With R trig bagging. | Dan Baddeley | 18/12/2021 |
With Graeme, JJ and Judith on a circuit from Beacon Hill. | Phreerunner | 26/11/2021 |
A through walk from Frodsham to Helsby stations. From Alvanley Cliff, along roads, then paths. Descended to quarry car park, then nice FP to A56, and the station. | Minto | 13/11/2021 |
From layby on lane to SE via popular path. Fine hill with commanding view. | Wycombe Wanderer | 26/09/2021 |
Popular local sandstone Edge with trig and presumed view west over the Mersey estuary- not visible in today's fog. Pleasant woodland walk along Edge. | Denise | 29/11/2020 |
Popular spot with fine white painted trig on sandstone edge. Sadly no view today. | RichardM | 29/11/2020 |
Helsby Quarry Car Park to SSW at SJ 4908 7497 - Up road opposite & then path up through woodland to the trig point & summit. (S) | gerrybowes | 21/11/2020 |
From the car park SSW of the summit. An easy 30 minute stroll with great views of the Mersey. With GM. | bolton | 07/11/2020 |
up path leaving road at SJ497758, then good track through woods. | KeithByTheC | 08/08/2020 |
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. | ADT | 19/07/2020 |
Lovely views. Return visit today with Alex C to remove the horrible green paint and apply a coat or two of white paint by 14:15 before Charles The Covid Clown appeared to help with the final touches. | Dugswell2 | 14/07/2020 |
On a callout with Cheshire Search and Rescue | JK | 31/05/2020 |
Dedicated parking spot shown on the OS map. Cross the road and head up Helsby Hill Road until it becomes a track. This leads easily to the summit. | moorsman | 05/03/2020 |
With Jo, circular walk from Helsby Quarry car park: Helsby Hill and Woodhouse Hill. Weather, sunny, warm, good visibility. | amblerbob | 17/10/2019 |
Ticked off while travelling back to WK after cancelled trip to RMT Kendal gig. Walked up from the carpark at SJ490749. Great views across the Mersey. | Skip | 26/09/2019 |
Up from quarry car park. Despite rain, good views down to Liverpool. | fasgadh | 15/08/2019 |
Bagged en route on a linear hike from the quarry car park to Frodsham. With BC, SB and MH. | Man of Kernow1 | 05/08/2019 |
Parked in quarry car park. Well marked paths to summit and vista of petrochemical Britain. Great but slightly depressing view. | Argentum66 | 09/07/2019 |
Walked with South Cheshire | lizzy | 19/05/2019 |
A slow circuit around Helsby Hill from quarry car park. | chriswatson | 08/05/2019 |
The steep Triassic sandstone cliffs here are popular with climbers (as I did 25 years ago on 2 visits) and popular for those seeking a good multi sensory view as from here you can see far and wide across The Mersey to Liverpool with its iconic Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals. Less popular you can, wind depending, smell the pong of Stanlow oil refinery, and hear the roar of the never quiet M56 flowing below. It was also popular here 200 million years ago with a carnivorous Chirotherium dinosaur which left its clawed footprint in the sand to be discovered by quarrymen. Future archeologists might have the excitement of discovering evidence of more recent visitors such as Sharon and Daz who have kindly left their names carved into the soft rock. For a special claim to fame you could arrive here by train alighting at nearby Stanlow and Thornton station which had only 92 passengers in 2017 (but beating Tesside Airport with 74!) | Chris Pearson | 29/03/2019 |
One of many times up to the top | sturuss | 17/03/2019 |
A circuit of Helsby Hill and Woodhouse Hill, from Helsby Quarry car park. After a site visit in Irby. | BobHancock | 08/03/2019 |
Helsby, Helsby Hill, Sandstone Trail, Overton Hill, Frodsham. | WaggaWagg | 24/02/2019 |
Parked on Robin Hood Lane then up Helsby Hill then over to Woodhouse Hill. Nice walk but very cloudy. With dog. | John Eley | 20/01/2019 |
From Frodsham along Sandstone Trail, overton hill, woodhouse hill helsby hill, alvanley | Lancylass | 11/01/2019 |
From the old quarry car park to the S (SJ 4906 7497). Good track to the top. | jonglew | 23/11/2018 |
Ascent from Helsby Quarry car park up to green trig point and higher land just to north, then cross country to Woodhouse Hill, permissive path over summit from Sandstone Trail. | CreakingHiker | 14/08/2018 |
Coming from Oswestry, you can see this hill (35 miles away) from certain locations on a clear day, including some good views from near Selattyn. I fancied getting the opposing view, so travelled to Chester Services for dinner and popped up her to enjoy the sunset, where many others were. What a spot. Incredible view of Liverpool, the Wirral and the stunning elevations of Wales. There had been a heather fire here the day before. | tumpawumpa | 04/07/2018 |
From quarry cp as others. | Moorponder | 18/06/2018 |
With S and C. Fine views. | David Bremner | 29/05/2018 |
Early morning run up with Rick and Bryher. | jenx | 01/04/2018 |
Lovely hill. Nice view of m56, river Mersey and Stanlow refinery. One to return to. From Helsby quarry cp | Longwojo | 23/03/2018 |
From the quarry car park. A lovely walk with great views. | clivevilla | 30/11/2017 |
quick walk up to pick off the summit and os pillar | my-list | 22/10/2017 |
From quarry car park. Very easy but a fine reward of the view from the green trig | Colin Crawford | 06/10/2017 |
First hill you see from the M56 and always wanted to climb it. From quarry car park to SW and what a view. | Mark Sims | 14/07/2017 |
Solo | simon and co | 13/03/2017 |
6th and final hill of the day on a route from Tarporley to Helsby station, climbing Summerhouse Bank, High Bilinge, Pale Heights, Birch Hill and Woodhouse hill, dropping onto the North Cheshire way and following this to the top with fantastic views with Crepuscular rays defining the Clywdian Hills to the West and nearer the industrial chimneys of Runcorn. The Trig is green. I scrambled down slowly because of the very wet rocks, the aforementioned fissure (halfway point leads to a rocky platform)onto a footpath and followed this around before dropping more directly onto the streets below and winding my way to the station. A great day out in Cheshire West, 15 miles and 1004.60 metres of ascent/descent! | Dazingdale | 04/03/2017 |
Parked: Car Park SJ 49080 74984. Well marked path to summit. | David Evans | 07/01/2017 |
Easy walk from Helsby Quarry car park to S, then on to Woodhouse Hill. | Tony J | 01/08/2016 |