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| Name: | Upper Cliff |
| Hill number: | 17298 |
| Height: | 232m / 761ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2870 Walton Hill |
| RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
| County/UA: | Staffordshire |
| Catchment: | Trent |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
| Grid ref: | SK 03527 14206 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground in trees 8m E of track |
| Drop: | 35m |
| Col: | 197m SK034138  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 128 (1:25k) 244 |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 75 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Loop of 6 hills, disappointingly bland! Hopefully the northern end of the Chase is prettier! Parked on Rugeley Road below Rawnsley Hill just after the last house. Rawnsley Hill, Stile Cop, Upper Cliff, Castle Ring, Wimblebury Hill, Hednesford Hills. 15km in 3 hrs. | Nicky C | 18/12/2023 |
| Walk up from jubction to the S | JK | 12/03/2022 |
| Followed MTB track down off Stile Cop to Marquis's Drive, then up path to top. | Wheelsy | 22/02/2022 |
| 2 of3 on 4.5 mile hike with with of my 4 lads Cody, Reece and Joey. High point just off the path | The-Z-Man | 22/02/2022 |
| Parked at track entrance as others | johnkenyon | 19/11/2021 |
| A 1hr 50 min circular walk / jog from Hazelslade over 3 little tumps lined up close together like dominoes in a row (Rawnsley Hills, Upper Cliff, Stile Cop) with a loop over Hednesford Hill then tacked on. Mountain Biking is big on Cannock Chase with two well known established waymarked trails called the `Monkey Trail' (15 miles) and the 7 mile 'Follow the Dog`. This latter trail designed for competent riders comes over the summit of Upper Cliff where signboards point the way and list lots of safety tips. Next year Birmingham hosts the 2022 Commonwealth Games with new trails to be built on Cannock Chase to host the mountain bike events. | Chris Pearson | 19/11/2021 |
| walked up after dropping G off at drama | davert123 | 21/07/2021 |
| N/S traverse along wooded MTB track, muddy in place. HP to E of path. | Denise | 01/01/2021 |
| As others, parked in track entrance to south. | PGCE | 26/12/2020 |
| Parking at track entrance (SK 0350 1399). Straight walk up to HP on E side of track, near start of a MTB route. | jonglew | 17/08/2020 |
| Circuit starting at Castle Ring taking in Stile Cop, Upper Cliff, Rawnsley and Hednesford Hills and Wimblebury Hill. Rather gloomy top but just off the main path. | milimana | 03/08/2020 |
| Up and down from 03511 13996. | clivevilla | 18/05/2020 |
| Up track to HP in trees. MTB tracks nearby. | PeterD | 23/09/2019 |
| Down and up from Stile Cop on good paths. | Andrew Pearson | 23/08/2019 |
| Quick up and down from road... Forestry work taking place in this area so access may be limited during working hours.... | heavyhorses | 28/12/2018 |
| Walked over to from Castle Ring | mart0797 | 27/12/2018 |
| 2nd of 8 hills on a 26.9km route from Rugeley to Hednesford station, climbing Stile Cop, then heading South on a ride to reach track that I followed up South then Sw upto the summit area. I recorded 232m @SK 03528 14209, 231m @ SK 03531 14207 and 230m @ SK 03521 14237. Continuing on good track Ssw then on the busy Rugeley road heading for Rawnsley Hills... | Dazingdale | 25/11/2018 |
| Hednesford - Littleton Colliery - Badger's Hills - Rawnsley Hills - Upper Cliff - Stile Cop - Castle Ring - Wimblebury Hill - Hednesford Hills - Hednesford. | Mark Jackson | 22/09/2018 |
| Small CP to SSW of summit. Short steep climb to the top near the path. Plenty of mountain bikers around. With Tol and Felix. 37m ascent. | RoguePulsar | 29/08/2018 |
| I was with my family. It was a 37 metre ascent. | speedyclimber | 29/08/2018 |
| Steep track from road | Colin Crawford | 05/01/2018 |
| Ascended by steep path from the south, where room to park. | JohnW | 24/09/2017 |
| Circuit of the SE Cannock Chase hills - Stile Cop, Upper Cliff, Rawnsley Hills, Hednesford Hills, Wimblebury Hill and Castle Ring. Start / finish at Stile Cop car park. (Free - Forestry Commission). | BobHancock | 18/09/2017 |
| Stile Cop - Upper Cliffe - Rawnsley Hills - Wimblebury Hill - Badger's Hills - Littleton Colliery. 12mile linear route. Close to the track. | Moorponder | 24/07/2017 |
| From Baswich on the bike, wasn't sure if this counted, but then reasoned that folk will drive up some hills and at least my legs did the work.. (not a motorbike). Top in undergrowth but track passes close by. Came in via Haywards Slade and Marquis drive. | stig_nest | 13/03/2017 |
| Parking: Carpark SK 03486 14004. Wide track to summit. | David Evans | 04/03/2017 |
| Woodland pull-in then track uphill passing a mountain biker then right into trees for summit. | Dugswell2 | 01/03/2017 |
| As for Aye Jimmy. | arranc | 04/02/2017 |
| Steep little climb up from car park, loads of MTB lads but they were on the nearby 'Snap It' track. Summit just off path in trees to E. | Aye Jimmy | 09/10/2016 |
| As per Aye Jimmy | chrisbien | 06/10/2016 |
| Small car parking area only a few minutes from hp. Good track all the way although last few ms in the wood. | Campbell Singer | 11/07/2016 |
| Sunny intervals. From Castle Ring following Heart of England Way to Upper Cliff (232m) and returning via Lodge Bank. Distance = 6.28km. Average moving speed = 5.7km/h. Time moving = 1:05. Ascent = 91m. | paulnewby81 | 17/05/2016 |
| Short walk from road following forestry track | Ramblingpaul | 31/03/2016 |
| Wide track crosses summit, high point in trees just to E of track. And again:- 01-01-2021 with Denise, | RichardM | 07/03/2016 |
| Light snow. Very nice. No view. | ijpowell | 15/01/2016 |
| From cp to south. | ngthack | 02/12/2015 |
| Short simple walk from car park to S | RobertP | 15/11/2015 |
| Short steepish climb from parking area, then into trees for high point | Bramley | 13/11/2015 |
| With Cabe. | simon and co | 16/08/2015 |
| wooded top | Adrian | 10/05/2015 |
| Milford to Hednesford. | Smudge | 21/02/2015 |
| From Hednesford station to Rugeley Town station via Hednesford Hills, Rawnsley Hills, Upper Cliff and Stile Cop. Agree with RHW on top location. | summitsup | 14/02/2015 |
| From SW, dense trees just E of track | RHW | 20/12/2014 |
| Approached from the north and a little diversion off the Heart of England Way that I was walking part of today. Track all way up, initally through cleared forest then through young forest. | Father Ted | 17/10/2014 |
| From Rugeley road Car park, straight forward up and down. | rhalstead | 27/12/2013 |
| Enjoyed a walk on Cannock Chase. | Alancache | 11/07/2013 |
| malcorbett | 18/05/2023 | |
| Halfdecent | 11/05/2023 | |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 29/04/2022 | |
| mae | 19/12/2021 | |
| Martin R | 25/08/2021 | |
| Tony J | 30/06/2020 | |
| Sprog | 07/12/2019 | |
| Alex C | 22/10/2019 | |
| IainT | 08/09/2019 | |
| Andy West | 07/09/2019 | |
| carole engel | 17/03/2019 | |
| Alan Caine | 26/01/2019 | |
| Smog | 20/01/2019 | |
| GaryJones | 25/05/2016 | |
| Jacqdaw | 08/05/2016 | |
| Hillsidenick | 08/05/2016 | |
| DC11main | 20/02/2016 | |
| DARRENG | 01/02/2015 | |
| climbingkershaw | 10/01/2015 | |
| stevent0809 | 06/12/2014 | |
| GordonAdshead | 29/08/2014 | |
| andrew brown | 17/08/2014 | |
| PeteF | 30/06/2014 | |
| Craig67 | 20/06/2014 | |
| Tammy72 | 20/06/2014 | |
| BrianMatthews | 30/04/2014 | |
| Mark Sims | 06/09/2013 | |
| davidpettit84 | 04/09/2011 | |
| mnixon | 27/11/2010 |