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Name:Penhale Hill
Hill number:19254
Height:226m / 741ft
Parent (Ma):19290  Hensbarrow Downs
RHB Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
County/UA:Cornwall
Catchment:Fal
Class:Hump, Tump (200-299m)
(Hu,Tu,2)
Grid ref:SW 91769 57252
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:101m
Col:125m  SW937605  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 200
(1:25k) 106
Observations:flat summit area
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 52 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Passing on the A30 so went for it - horrible! Wouldn't recommend the gorse/heather/rhodo/bracken thrash, may be better staying on the path and seeing if the track on the 1:25K map exists. Once gain, why?tim74708/07/2023
From minor road to north. Parked in layby near start of permisive path. When path turns right take small path up through small trees/bushes which goes more or less straight up until it turns left to gate into grassy summit area.mart079723/03/2023
Also known as Pines Tip and now fully vegetated/ reclaimed. Built by the English Clay Co.(est. 1919) and since 1999 in the hands of IMERYs, the French mining giants, who have 20+quarries and employ 1000 in Cornwall producing 1 million tons of china clay (kaolin) each year which is used in paper (makes it shiny and smooth) cardboard, porcelain, bricks, paints, sealants. This will produce 5 m tons of waste a year so presumably new tumps could yet appear. Be careful if following PGCS's route, dont turn left on the 1st crossing path but continue steeply uphill through the gorse until you reach a T junction where you turn left to reach the 5 bar gate and lovely open grass. If you turn left too soon you come to a crossable fence in @30m. Go back now unless you really want to fight up through thick rhododendrons & brambles -even a few metres of which will leave you cursing, shredded and in tears. I know. IMERYS have discovered Lithium here so more landscape changes are likely.Chris Pearson20/01/2023
Plenty roadside parking. Through gate, shortly after bend turn left uphill through trees. Snapped off loads of branches. At a level clearing straight ahead up through more trees, again snapping branches as I went. At level track went L to where trees block the way, then R zigzag uphill through tall weeds past a few trees to a fence. Over this on easier ground to summit.Minto01/07/2022
Ridiculous overgrown spoil heap. Path through vegetation so far then a thrash through briars etc to barbed wire fence. Hop over and you're there - but why ?NormanW30/06/2022
After Hensbarrow Downs, strange to spend one's holiday climbing spoil heaps- this one in a more advanced stage of vegetation. If you don't have a GPS with you, PGCE's route description is most helpful. At the clearing, carry on straight, plunging into rhodedendron (at least, not prickly!) before emerging at the cross track, now more like a L turn on the path. Open pasture summit area. With Pete.pwheeler12/06/2022
As Des and others. 1.03 km, 55 m of ascent. No cattle today.malcorbett26/04/2022
Permissive path from the north - not quite where the footpath should be. After 100 yards a small path off to the left. Follow reasonably easily. Keeping left all the time and finally reach the gate. Then easy. Whole route not recommended in shorts. Brambles and overgrown in places.destaylor21/10/2021
As PGCE. Easy verge parking opposite the permissive path at SW 9163 5748 - S. along path for about 50m & then left up increasingly overgrown path to meet 'crossing track' at SW 9172 5732 - Turned left & along path for about 140m to gate - Over gate & then less than 100m up to the summit GR. (S)gerrybowes16/06/2021
Nice day for a summit, good view over west cornwall where penwith hills could be seen, cycled up a really nice footpath behind fraddon moto park, then took left up some zig zaggy steep climb to a style, cows resident on top of hillFelixClayhill13/09/2020
Path opposite field gates were you can park easily. Followed directions of others. Featureless on top and not the most inspiring. Solo.bolton24/07/2020
Parked on a minor road to the north. Followed a path south, picking up a geocache or two before zig zagging up to the summit.jigglybones18/02/2020
The route previously described by PGCE worked just fine for me. Had the added bonus that as this was the last hill of the weekend it had great access to the main road home.Father Ted05/05/2019
AS PGCE, I hate the brambles down in Cornwall.cjo05/04/2019
Permissive path starts about 100m west of path shown on map, opposite field gates (parking spaces). 50m along, take faint path left (getting overgrown) to a faint crossing track (further up after the clearer bit just after a small bump). Turn left to reach gate, then easy ground to overgrown summit area. (Direct route up is now getting very overgrown - take a strimmer!).PGCE06/07/2018
Up the permissive path to the artificial summit. Not at all satisfying, artificiality in extremis...nordicstar17/05/2018
From north on permissive path. A route took me to a gate and then easily to HP in rough stuff.PeterD24/04/2018
From lane to the north. The permissive path is marked as such and leads you close to the top. The last bit is still a bit of a whack but not for long.clivevilla12/11/2017
as for denise very dense stuff at top.arranc14/07/2017
Used permissive path from road to access HP over vegetated quarry spoil easily, though a bit over grown with bramble and gorse in places. Top obvious, possibly marked with small embeddded rock. Hazy views over over working quarries- even on a sunday!UDenise 19/03/2017
From the N starting on Permissive path then path up vegetated slope to summit plateau. We had intended to continue to Halwyn Pyramid and Melbur Mound but too much activity on roads and in works to make this feasible even on a Sunday morning.RichardM19/03/2017
Only because it's someone else's idea of a hill and spoils my Hump total if I ignore it like I should do.Martin R17/03/2017
From permissive path from the north. Not to much bramble but wouldn't want to do it in summer or autumnDARRENG15/03/2017
Parked to the SW then made use of paths when available to find flattish gorse filled summit with Iain Brown.Dugswell209/03/2017
From roadside parking at start of path, simple up and down, may not be one for the summer.rhalstead04/03/2017
Permissive path runs roughly S from SW9162057460, with parking on N side road. A divert off the path required at some point and a fence to negotiate to gain top of a flat hill with plenty of gorse. HP not easy to determine but some gorse is higher than others.jonglew22/02/2017
There's a permissive path from the road but it falls shy of the summit.Chris Peart16/01/2017
Sketchy paths to summit, top rather indistinct amidst gorse.Colin Crawford16/01/2017
Early morning trip down to St Austell. Good parking on wide minor road to caravan site. Scrubby top in gorse bushes. With AW.Campbell Singer08/12/2016
SW 91770 57257, 223m, mature gorsy brambly summit, permissive path from nnw, well used. Noticeably higher viewed from NE summit or from Treviscoe to east.RHW27/11/2016
Tom Mundell30/12/2022
Adrian13/07/2022
Matt16/04/2022
Andy West25/03/2022
Tricky16/06/2021
davefh22/04/2021
Lindsay M11/09/2019
AngusDog08/03/2019
jimbloomer25/01/2019
Kiltie23/05/2018
jenx17/05/2018
GaryJones14/01/2018
AndyS06/10/2017
ARC06/07/2017
carole engel03/05/2017
Man of Kernow109/04/2017
Tony S01/04/2017
Lorna S01/04/2017
andrew brown15/03/2017
iaindbrown09/03/2017