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| Name: | Knoutberry Hill |
| Hill number: | 2742 |
| Height: | 668m / 2192ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness, Durham |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Tyne (Newcastle), Wear |
| Watershed: | Tynemouth, Wearmouth |
| Class: | Deleted Nuttall (xN) |
| Grid ref: | NY 80251 42078 |
| Summit feature: | heathery knoll about 30m from pool |
| Drop: | 10m |
| Col: | 658m NY799418  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 86 87 (1:25k) OL31W |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 112 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Killhope Cross, along the fence. On to Nag's Head. | PGCE | 25/01/2023 |
| En route to Burnhope Seat from Kilhope Cross. Paths nice and dry and able to bounce through the peat hags without deviation. Fine and sunny and the ideal time to be up here with a nice breeze on the tops. Only saw one person all day. | Walker Dan | 11/08/2022 |
| Circular walk from parking at Killhope Cross. Down to old workings, Priorsdale, Little Gill Hush, Burnhope Seat hp & trig, Dead Stones and Knoutberry Hill. Overcast, misty at times. With Gillian, Graham and Selwyn | richard69 | 14/11/2021 |
| With Kay, out and back from Killhope Cross to Dead Stones, about 8k in total. Going was excellent after the dry weather, 2 hrs return. | PDR365 | 22/09/2021 |
| From pt 627 (Killhope Cross) on the A689. Not as bad as it could have been. The mapped track on the E side of the wall, isnt. A promising thin rough path on the W side of the wall becomes intermittent, interspersed with oodles of lurid yellow-green bog, hags and self-levelling lakes of black peat. Sections of good going keep spirits up. Not sure which is worse a) the next 50 m of fence ahead receding infinitely into fog or b) the fog lifting and exposing the full horror of the distance to cover. High P nice weather? pah! Cold wind, low cloud and mizzle, drizzle, rain, all day - its a Bank Holiday! | Isbjorn | 29/08/2021 |
| With Sue and NB from parking area at Kilhope Cross, follow border boundary line to Knoutberry, Nags Head and Dead Stones. Surprisingly dry. Came back followed fence and followed West side from Knoutberry on better ground to start. | Frank | 01/06/2021 |
| From parking area at Kilhope Cross - on A689 - a walk following wall/fence southwards to Knoutberry Hill (and Nags Head). | RobB | 18/04/2021 |
| Burnhope Reservoir - Cowshill - Killhope - Knoutberry Hill - Nag's Head - Dead Stones - Burnhope Seat (both summits) - Burnhope Reservoir> Sunny, frozen ground, no wind | Gary Heath | 10/04/2021 |
| See Route for Dead Stones. | smocks and denims | 10/03/2021 |
| Walked along fence line from killhope cross. Found a little pile of stones just off were top should be. | 2510chris | 26/02/2021 |
| From high point on road to north. Mist and murk. Luckily much of the ground was frozen. With Bryher. | jenx | 28/11/2020 |
| From Killhope summit A689 then on to Nags Head | Neil Midgley | 09/09/2020 |
| From road to north. Not sure I hit the exact summit and not sure I care. On to Nag's Head. | Wycombe Wanderer | 09/09/2020 |
| From Killhope Mining Centre via forest road and old grouse butts up re-entrant onto plateau. | Jim T | 29/08/2020 |
| with Andy from Killhope cross | colinfielding | 24/08/2020 |
| From Killhope Cross following the fence. With Colin. | Andrew Pearson | 24/08/2020 |
| from Killhope Cross | jef | 10/08/2020 |
| From parking spot at Killhope Cross. Followed fenceline south to Dead Stones, picking up several HB and non-HB tops. Then due east to Dead Stones E Top and Highwatch Currick (both non-HB hills). Lot of wet ground and masses of peak hags after couple of days of rain. | jonglew | 06/03/2019 |
| Yad Moss to Killhope Cross, with Joe. | John Lee | 13/06/2018 |
| Knoutberry Hill > Nags Head North Top > Nags Head (Old top - 673m spot ht) > Nags Head > Dead Stones > Dead Stones East Top (Scurraberry) > Highwatch Currick from GR: NY 79938 43225 | ronaldo333 | 26/05/2018 |
| With Jo, from Killhope Cross. Followed fence to Knoutberry Hill and Nag's Head on a sunny, warm day with good visibility. | amblerbob | 19/05/2018 |
| Thought I'd picked this one up en route to Burnhope Seat after parking at head of Weardale valley on A689 and running here, however on my return journey I noticed a more likely high point than the fence corner, and sure enough a miniature cairn greeted me. Fairly uninteresting 'summit'. | madaddo | 16/07/2017 |
| Parking area at the Cumbria/Durham border on the A689 then relatively dry moorland plod over Knoutberry Hill, Nags Head to Dead Stones and bag in around 2 hours. Sunny but windy at times. | Dugswell2 | 01/07/2017 |
| With G. & others. Repeat of 16/03/2016. Nenthead > Black Hill > Three Counties Boundary (NY 800 441) > Killhope Cross > Knoutberry Hill > Nag's Head via old crosses > Dead Stones > Nenthead via Priorsdale & lead mines. | RT1970 | 22/06/2017 |
| From parking area at the Cumbria/Durham border on the A689 en route to Burnhope Seat. Followed the boundary fence/wall, summit approx 30m from fence near a roughly 90 degree turn in the boundary. Pretty flat but some decent views once the mist had gone. | muzza2 | 06/04/2017 |
| From the main road to the north west | Alan Caine | 03/12/2016 |
| With G. & others. Nenthead > Black Hill > Three Counties Boundary (NY 800 441) > Killhope Cross > Knoutberry Hill > Nag's Head via old crosses > Dead Stones > Nenthead via Priorsdale & lead mines. | RT1970 | 16/03/2016 |
| From parking area at Killhope Cross to the north. Ground was reasonably dry, but gets rougher further on towards Nag's Head. | Fisky Boy | 10/09/2015 |
| With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 10/09/2015 |
| From Killhope Cross carpark. Easy walk on plastic mesh road, then dried up peat hag area. Summit given as heathery knoll between pool and bend in fence, but the knoll next to fence bend looked as high. | Aye Jimmy | 31/08/2013 |
| easy walk as a mesh track had been run from the car park to the north, almost to the top, presumably to help with the new fencing work | TeasyChris | 07/05/2013 |
| From road to the north, and then on to Nags Head. Followed early tips and used wellies - glad I did. Ground was mercifully frozen about 2 inches below the surface - the walk would have been horrendous otherwise. Another top I will never return to. | Crib Goch | 03/03/2013 |
| From road head at KillhopehEad, as Webmaster. Semi dry, August, but went in wellies. Hill to Knoutberry Ok, but on to and over Nags Head is desperately boggy. Wellies good choice. On over to Dead Stones and its fine howf. Back same way in fine weather. | nordicstar | 09/08/2012 |
| Cold, Wet | andying | 07/01/2012 |
| KeithByTheC | 12/10/2011 | |
| 5th of 7 'tops' on anticlockwise round of head of Weardale from Cowshill. Thankfully easier ground than west of Killhope but summit not as good. On top at 1345. | signyred | 25/08/2011 |
| With Eire. | Dangerous Dave | 15/05/2011 |
| En route to Dead Stones | webmaster | 17/03/2010 |
| petey | 11/08/2009 | |
| Solo Nordic Skiing. Killhope Cross to Knoutberry Hill, Nags Head & Dead Stones then return, including Killhope Law. A fine Nordic Skiing day. | Vin | 13/02/2009 |
| Second ascent. | thenomad | 01/10/2008 |
| from nent head | Loz_mck | 25/02/2007 |
| With Jo, circular walk from Nenthead: By road to Dykeheads, then track and bridleway to The Dodd, south over rough ground to Killhope Cross onto Knoutberry Hill, Nags Head, Dead Stones, west pass Hunters Cleugh onto Flinty Fell, descending through Dowgang Hush. Weather; High cloud, cool breeze, good visibility. | amblerbob | 08/10/2006 |
| From camping barn near Cowshill, en route to Dead Stones | Moorponder | 01/08/1992 |
| Followed wall from road. to Nags Head. | arranc | 06/05/1990 |
| En route to Nags Head and Dead Stones | PeterD | 31/03/1984 |
| With Mike C and John C from Killhope Cross | Alan Moore | 26/05/1979 |
| Not in PJWS List | Peterdunscar | 14/08/1976 |
| mcbiydw2 | 11/04/2023 | |
| Smog | 18/09/2022 |