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Name: | Welbeck Colliery |
Hill number: | 19337 |
Height: | 135m / 443ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
RHB Section: | 37: The River Tees to The Wash |
County/UA: | Nottinghamshire |
Catchment: | Trent |
Class: | Unclassified (Un) |
Grid ref: | SK573701 (est) |
Drop: | 58m |
Col: | 77m SK544683 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 120 (1:25k) 270 |
Comments: | Added to Tumps July 2017, deleted September 2017 after fresh tipping. |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 23 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
No need at all to look for a hole in the fence! Parking at the road summit to the west immediately before the footpath signpost. Walk to the signpost and follow the track from where you will see a vehicular entrance through the surrounding fence. After this there is a good path up to the first, false summit. From here you can see the true summit ahead. On reaching this point a contractor's lorry pulled up and asked me if I was lost! After an explanation he pointed out that, as no tipping was scheduled on the day I could proceed at my own risk. Tipping is still going on so the appearance will change. The obvious pyramid-like, non vegetated hill is still growing and may overtake the others for the highest point. Currently however,the ground north west is higher. | moorsman | 23/11/2023 |
Parked in layby, through the woods to the fence with the hole in it, up the track and walked along the ridge of the soil heap. After that there is an apparently higher pyramid of red sand which I also climbed. All very temporary and not all that interesting. | clivevilla | 09/11/2023 |
Found a hole in the fence and rode up to the summit before the big development starts. | visionset | 24/08/2023 |
From layby WSW, gap in fence. Big piles of muck on top, still being landscaped and currently very muddy following recent heavy rain. | Nick Canute | 25/02/2022 |
Parked to the WSW in layby on A60 near start of P/F SK568697. Follow P/F until about SK568700. Whole sections of the fence are missing, so easy access to the hill. It looks like it is getting higher on a daily basis as fresh soil, sand and others have been freshly dumped. The top at present is mounds of hay and straw which looks strangley rock like from a distance. | David Evans | 17/10/2021 |
06:30, 8 degrees (sunny max 12 later). Dawn raid on stinking summit from Metz Lodge. | Wycombe Wanderer | 15/10/2021 |
Roadside parking at Metz Lodge. Walk through trees to large gap in fence. Easy walk to industrial summit. The high point must change locations on a regular basis! Met two other groups of locals out for an Easter Sunday walk! With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 04/04/2021 |
Definitely still growing! (20 mins from layby to West) | Nicky C | 11/10/2020 |
From dirt layby E side road (SK 5672 6977). Track to gap in fence (SK 5687 7009), then near enough direct line to top. HP now 142m at SK 5721 7014, but it's a work in progress. | jonglew | 05/02/2020 |
WIP Heaps of material being dumped and heavy earth moving machinery working on summit area, areas of trees newly planted on summit slope. | RichardM | 15/01/2019 |
7 of 7 on brilliant 37.3 mile bike ride. Enjoyed this one. Including Mansfield colliery, silverhill, newton Wood Lane and the boundary, robin hoods hill, Mansfield hill and welbeck colliery | The-Z-Man | 28/09/2018 |
Drizzly Sun eve, from E as per Campbell. Summit is currently fresh topsoil, its designation seems premature | RHW | 03/09/2017 |
Completed Nottinghamshire again only to find another one had bee added today which I passed in the car in blissful ignorance. Parked in lay by on A60 and took fp along fence. Ignored first gap and went through gap at SK 56870 70100. Easy climb through wood and then over gaseous soil. Fine vantage point. Dusk on Sunday so no security issues. | Campbell Singer | 06/08/2017 |
As AJ, but the second gap in the fence felt more like 200m along to me. Notts completed for the Nth time. | GordonAdshead | 30/07/2017 |
Failed on first attempt on Friday - same starting point as others before, but as I made my way up towards the summit I was spotted by some guys in a black Range Rover (presumably security), who upon seeing me started heading down in my direction at quite a rate of knots. Decided to beat a hasty retreat. Popped back through the fence half an hour later but there were still lots of lorries tipping spoil. Came back on Sunday when the place was deserted - no problems. | Wheelsy | 16/07/2017 |
On my way home from a walk at Ranskill. Used same route as Aye Jimmy. No one around, no problems. Good summit with extensive views. My 200th P30 and Notts recompleted... again. | Richard Gunn | 15/07/2017 |
A foray to this hill en-route to Renishaw Hall & Gardens with my mum and my daughter. I parked up in Meden Vale on Eggmanton Street while my family patiently waited for me and then took fp heading at first East and then North, where it turns East again i climbed Fence topped with barbed wire to then push my way through trees to get to a lush woodland ride, i followed this before deciding to push and crawl through the Hawthorn scub barrier to arrive at the fenceline of the solar farm; I followed the perimeter of this before veering off for the summit. Topsoil dumped on top but summit is nicely grassed prominent knoll further ahead. Marked summit as SK57358 70127. Lots of wildflowers evident on descent Sw parallel with solar farm boundary then headed South to follow track on inside of boundary. I headed SE and then NE on the track before using a gap in the fence to regain fp and then road back to the car. | Dazingdale | 15/07/2017 |
Same starting point as ngthack, followed path by fence ignoring awkward hole in fence until after 100m and around bend is an easy walk-through gap. If one keeps to L for while below summit field as far as an instrument on tripod (rain gauge?) there's an easy road up. Summit in long grass about 30m beyond small gorse bush. Took reading at spot now marked by a few cobbles. | Aye Jimmy | 09/07/2017 |
Parked at SK 568698. 2 lay-bys at crest of hill on A60. Just after start of FP, there is a hole in the fence. Faint overgrown path for a bit, then opens out to deep grass & solar farm on south slopes of hill. Across to recently deposited topsoil to west of summit. Then easily to top. Summit well grassed over, with a lone gorse bush. Good views. Active regeneration to W,E & N of hill, but doesn't look likely to overtop the current summit. 
Notts regained. | ngthack | 04/07/2017 |
Ben Rinnes | 07/09/2023 | |
Matt | 20/08/2022 | |
Martin R | 13/09/2020 | |
andrew brown | 14/07/2017 | |
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