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| Name: | Middlehope Moor [Burtree Fell] |
| Hill number: | 2768 |
| Height: | 611.9m / 2008ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Northumberland, Durham |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Tyne (Newcastle), Wear |
| Watershed: | Tynemouth, Wearmouth |
| Class: | Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg) |
| Grid ref: | NY 86269 43211 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: heather |
| Drop: | 38m |
| Col: | 574m NY851432  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 87 (1:25k) OL31W |
| Observations: | cairn 20m W at NY 86252 43211 is of similar height; trig point 600m ESE at NY 86791 42960 is lower |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 337 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From B6295 ample parking at county boundary. Easy up and back. | webmaster | 18/03/2024 |
| Up from the road. | robertphillips | 10/09/2023 |
| From Killhope mine centre to the ridge, Killhope Law, Stangend and Middlehope Moor. Back by footpaths to Lanehead then road. Flying visit from Australia. | dchill01 | 06/08/2023 |
| With Colin. | Chris Ellis | 06/06/2023 |
| 25 minutes out and back from the parking spot on the County boundary. | Donpeblo | 29/05/2023 |
| From 566. Another mercifully straightforward ascent; a bit wet underfoot but no real problems. | Wycombe Wanderer | 29/08/2022 |
| From the road to the W. Parking on the county border. Feint track follows the wall > Middlehope Moor. Large cairn which isn't quite at the summit | Lazylizzie | 24/08/2022 |
| Variation on Nuttall walk 10.2 from CP at highpoint on A689. | Longwojo | 16/07/2022 |
| Four tops in three short walks. Viewing Hill a mixture of the good track and easy if pathless ground. Supposedly on the bridle path from south of Rough Rigg but after the gate this does not seem to exist on the ground so ad libbed across to great Stony Hill and across to Three Pikes which does now have a small neat cairn. Then the short walk to Middlehope along the county boundary, this too now has a nice tall new cairn. | dickscroop | 08/07/2022 |
| Short walk up from the road, only one boggy crossing. | Walker Dan | 07/05/2022 |
| Wow, the 3 miles east from Killhope Law to Middlehope Law were the hardest part of all of my 6 day backpack in the Northern Pennines!! I was so relieved to get to the B6295 and from there it was an easy climb to the summit. | morgs4mountains | 25/03/2022 |
| from road, 22 mins return | jef | 25/01/2022 |
| From road | emily | 17/09/2021 |
| From the road to the W. Parking on the county border. Feint track follows the wall > Middlehope Moor. | JohnR | 13/09/2021 |
| A rough path starts from pt.587 on the B6285 and follows the wall/fence, through a short ‘floating bog’ then meets a light coloured ruined wall; from here, on R, multiple light ATV tracks lead to the summit | Isbjorn | 28/08/2021 |
| With Sue and NB from Cowshill car park. Blackhill and Middlehope Moor following tracks and some rough moor. Anti clockwise along wet in places border fence and good track back to Cowshill. | Frank | 10/08/2021 |
| Made a bit of a walk out of this one rather than the easy bag and go from the top of the road. Parked in the carpark by the pub at Cowshill. Followed the bridlepath from just North of the pub over burtree Fell to the bend in the track at 858428 then headed direct to the summit. Followed the fence from the summit around to the 607m trig point (wet underfoot in parts, but wasn't to bad today but it has been dry) then continued along the fence for a bit towards the 602m spot height at 871423, then cut down to pick up the footpath that goes to the west of Black Hill. Followed to the junction with the bridletrack which was then taken in a westerly direction until it hit the bottom of the valley and a lane leading back to the car (5 miles). Just under 2hrs walking for me. | JulieB | 09/05/2021 |
| Tall Cairn just Of fence line | 2510chris | 25/03/2021 |
| From 568 spot height. Mine track then well maintained shooting butt track nearly all the way to top of Killhope. Carried on to Stangend Rigg and Middlehope Moor. Surprisingly good underfoot. Short heather and bog free. Swirling mist in the valley and mostly sunny. With B and R. | jenx | 09/11/2020 |
| Solo | Madjonny | 21/09/2020 |
| Quick stomp up from the layby and back to bag Nuttall number four. Nice cairn marking the summit. | simocity | 31/08/2020 |
| 4th Nuttall of the day with my Dad. | Jake Simpson | 31/08/2020 |
| TD & C | This Dog | 31/08/2020 |
| From lay-by on B6295 on county boundary. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 07/08/2020 |
| Followed wall and fences to the summit - helped by quad bike tracks. A new summit cairn has been erected and I met the builder on the way down. | JohnW | 01/08/2020 |
| Up good track from Cowshill then followed fence to summit. | dgresty | 22/07/2020 |
| Cowshill to Middlehope Moor via High Greenfield. Along county boundary to Stangend Rigg to Killhope Law. Continue along county boundary Black Hill Quarries to The Dodd. Return to public footpath (Isaac’s Tea Trail) and descent to Dykeheads and Nenthead. Out to Nenthead Lead Mine and ascent via public footpath to Flinty Fell. Descent to track and follow track to Perry Dam. Ascent to Nag’s Head and on to Dead Stones. Return to Cowshill via Lamb’s Head, Highwatch Currick and Cleugh Head. | raymooremanx | 11/07/2020 |
| Followed fence and wall over featureless moorland from the west. | Campbell Singer | 04/01/2020 |
| Good parking at NY 8526 4323, for here and Stangend Rigg. | jonglew | 17/07/2019 |
| A run up from the Durham / Northumberland county boundary from the W and onto the summit, and then onto the trig. Reasonably easy following the vague path. | madaddo | 15/07/2019 |
| From the road top after climbing Killhope Law. Very wet underfoot. Headed to the trig but it wasn't worth the hassle of crossing all the puddles to be honest | Gary Heath | 09/06/2019 |
| with the dog from the northumberland Durham border its only a shortish walk but its very very boggy up on the moor at the moment loads of wildlife to see though | Darren-443 | 18/05/2019 |
| Easy afternoon walk from B6295 summit after waiting half an hour for the rain to ease off. | milimana | 18/05/2019 |
| After Stangend Rigg followed the wall most of the way snowing with Andy | colinfielding | 08/03/2019 |
| Down and up from Stangend Rigg. Wind and snow all the way. With Colin. | Andrew Pearson | 08/03/2019 |
| Middlehope Moor (Burtree Fell) > Wolfcleugh Common from GR: NY 85264 43243 | ronaldo333 | 27/12/2018 |
| Middlehope Moor (Burtree Fell) > Wolfcleugh Common from GR: NY 85264 43243 | Hippster | 27/12/2018 |
| Last of 3 hills on N side of Weardale, starting at Killhope Cross and ending at Cowshill. with SCM. | IanHHill | 04/11/2018 |
| From summit of the B6295. | Winterfloodian | 17/07/2018 |
| From road to west. | lenman | 04/06/2018 |
| Short ascent from large lay-by on B6295 on Co Durham/Northumberland border. Followed wall and fence to summit before continuing on to Wolfcleugh Common trig the return to road to bag Stangend Rigg. | Dugswell2 | 12/05/2018 |
| From Allendale Common where I parked in a lay-by next to a camper van whose owner’s dog eyed me doubtfully. This was a much shorter walk and the main points of interest were Dead Stones and Burnhope Seat to the south west, covered with snow. | peter4lc | 29/11/2017 |
| Parked in large layby beside road on county boundary. Poor path alongside wall then fence to small cairn at high point. Exact date not known. | John Lee | 06/10/2017 |
| From Cowshill | Slash3 | 30/09/2017 |
| Bagged on way to trig. | ger | 24/05/2017 |
| Nuttall Walk EN 10.2 Killhope Law from Cowshill, visiting The Dodd, Killhope Law and Middlehope Moor. 21km with 670m ascent in 7 hours. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 04/02/2017 |
| Walked on my own from the county border on the B6295.Sunny with a chilly breeze on top. A pleasant stroll from the road. | flockwatcher | 02/10/2016 |
| With Jo, from B6295: across moor to top and nearby Wolfcleugh Common Trig. Weather; overcast, windy, good visibility. Grouse shooting taking place on lower slopes. | amblerbob | 12/08/2016 |
| Continued from Killhope Law along the county boundary, over the road and followed the boundary fence. No major problems other than bog, heather, and a wide stream to cross. Summit is very small and not really worth the effort. Better to just take the car to the road and walk from there. | NorthernWayfarer | 07/08/2016 |
| From top of road. Walked the extra to the trig to make it a bit more of a walk. | clivevilla | 22/10/2015 |