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| Name: | Bleaklow Head |
| Hill number: | 2808 |
| Height: | 633m / 2077ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
| County/UA: | Derbyshire (CoU) |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Mersey, Trent |
| Watershed: | Humber Estuary, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Liverpool Bay, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem (Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,BL,Bg,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SK 09462 96068 |
| Summit feature: | tiny cairn on peat hag |
| Drop: | 128m |
| Col: | 505m SK064900  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 110 (1:25k) OL1W |
| Observations: | cairn is 0.75m higher than top of large cairn 50m W at SK 09415 96075 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Comments: | Nuttalls give the large cairn at SK092959 but mention that the new location is slightly higher. Bridge also gave this position together with an alternative at SK115963. Dropped from Trail 100 list Jan 2020 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 830 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Snake Pass to Higher Shelf Stones to Hern Stones to Wain Stones to Bleaklow Summit and then back along Pennine Way to Snake Pass. Went up the grough to the E of the large cairn too as it looked a bit higher. | JK | 29/07/2020 |
| Camped at Wildboar Clough on way up. | gavopeo | 24/07/2020 |
| A figure of eight walk from A57 taking in High Shelf Stones, Bleaklow Head, Featherbed Top and Mill Hill on a beautiful September day. | Ramblingpaul | 19/09/2019 |
| Bleaklow walk from Snake Pass | jmistry86 | 15/02/2019 |
| Followed Route 13.1 from Nuttall's book. Started at Old Glossop, path past Blakemoor Plantation and joined the Penine Way at Clough Edge (there's no clear route on the very last bit after the grouse butts and I had to scramble through the heather a little). Great cloud inversion here, rest of day was misty with no views. Didn't fall for the trick of assuming the Bleaklow peak was the one with the pile of stones with the wooden post, it's the hump next to it with one tiny stone on top. Route to Higher Shelf Stones was surprisingly unboggy. Loved the graffiti. Doctor's gate back to start. | tsharp | 11/01/2019 |
| From layby on Snake Pass following the Pennine Way on way out. Returned via Higher Shelf Stones. Frosty but barely icy ground made the walk a lot easier than if was just the mud underneath. | muzza2 | 09/01/2019 |
| Repeat with Jenx and Bryher from PW at Stake Pass, inc Higher Shelf Stones | nordicstar | 09/01/2019 |
| Along the Pennine Way from Stake Pass road. Frozen and chilly. Back via Higher Shelf Stones. | jenx | 09/01/2019 |
| G,Mn,My | Idris | 29/12/2018 |
| Morning after wild camping at bleaklow. | axoree | 03/12/2018 |
| with Higher Shelf Stone and the aircraft Wreckage | Jephcote83 | 18/11/2018 |
| Debs and Talisker from top of Snake Pass | Mountain Goat | 09/11/2018 |
| From Snake Pass along Pennine Way. Weather fine on way and turned to hail on the way back via Higher Shelf Stones where a hail shower made it tricky for ten minutes or so. | Longwojo | 28/10/2018 |
| 24.5 miles, 3899ft Pennine Way to Bleaklow Head and Glossop walk. | stephenbuda | 09/10/2018 |
| Dearne Valley Walking Group Walk | SteveP | 02/09/2018 |
| From Snake Pass to Higher Shelf Stones - Lower Shelf Stones - Hern Stones - Wain Stones - Bleaklow Head - Bleaklow Hill - Bleaklow Stones - 12 miles on a dry but very windy day. | Delta68 | 18/08/2018 |
| Easy 8km along Pennine Way from Snake Pass | rlee5040 | 27/07/2018 |
| Bleaklow Head > Bleaklow Hill > Bleaklow Stones from GR: SK 08805 92901 | ronaldo333 | 21/07/2018 |
| Bleaklow Head > Bleaklow Hill > Bleaklow Stones from GR: SK 08785 92921 | Hippster | 21/07/2018 |
| Came up from Torside car park. Same route up along the Pennine Way as last time. With Shan Gallagher, Finn & Alfie. Drove here from Beverley for a day in The Peaks. Fabulous place to visit! We were here to find the Bleaklow Stones. Much better than the summit of Bleaklow Head. Back the same way. Celebratory pints in the Monk's Walk, Beverley. | Dangerous Dave | 11/06/2018 |
| Started from Torside CP. Tried shortcut beneath Long Gutter Edge but ended up battling through undergrowth. Stuck to the Pennine Way on the return. 433m ascent | RoguePulsar | 09/06/2018 |
| Our usual trek from Doctors gate to join the often paved track to bleaklow head then back across the moor to see the remains of the Superfortress | Waylander | 21/04/2018 |
| From Snake pass. Featherbed Top, Higher Shelf Stones, Bleaklow Head and Alport Moor. Grey and Windy. | Alunrees33 | 06/04/2018 |
| Out and back from Torside Reservoir to Bleaklow Head and Higher Shelf stones along PW | Dan Baddeley | 11/03/2018 |
| From Snake Pass Inn via Snake Woods, with Higher Shelf Stones. | RedAndy54 | 14/01/2018 |
| From Old Glossop via Yellow Stacks, Dog Rocks and Shelf Moss on to Pennine Way. Pennine Way to Bleaklow Head. Back down Pennine Way and out to Higher Shelf Stones. Back to Pennine Way down Devil's Dike and Doctor's Gate to Old Glossop. | raymooremanx | 02/12/2017 |
| Third visit to Bleaklow Head. With Dave on a cold dreich day. Parked at Crowden and ascended Wildboar Clough. Very green and slimy, ice in places, treacherous underfoot - enjoyable though. Hill fog on plateau, ideal for nav practice. Walked to Bleaklow Head then followed Pennine Way back to Crowden - got down as dusk fell. | Skip | 02/12/2017 |
| Night assault along the Pennine Way from top of Snake Pass. Track mostly good although lost (and re-found) a few times. Detoured via Higher Shelfstones on the return - peat hags much more interesting in the dark. ***Re-visited 31 Dec 2019 en-route to Bleaklow Stones. In daylight the few stones (cairn?) on peat hag would appear higher than large cairn with pole stuck in it... which I missed in the dark 2 years ago. | jonglew | 03/11/2017 |
| 13.6 mile circular from Glossop in clear, cold and sunny conditions, Followed road from Glossop to Hadfield and walked along Longdendale Trail to where it meets Pennine Way, climbed Pennine Way onto Torside Clough and followed it to summit, took Pennine Way south for little way then cut across moor and bog to the plane crash and trig on Higher Shelf Stones, back along trails to Pennine Way then followed Doctors Gate Path back down to Glossop. Classic walk, quite wet and boggy on paths, this is our 8th ascent of Bleaklow. | DanTrig | 29/10/2017 |
| From Snake Pass along the Pennine Way. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 14/10/2017 |
| Late afternoon walk in the sunshine. From Snake Pass; back by Higher Shelf Stones. | Winterfloodian | 28/09/2017 |
| not too boggy despite lots of rain recently solo continued on with the pennine way | colinfielding | 12/09/2017 |
| Pennine Way walk | Taz38 | 23/08/2017 |
| Layby By Devils Elbow - Peak Naze - Clough Head - Pennine Way - Shelf Moss - Bleaklow Head - Harrop Moss - Small Clough - Cock Hill (Trig) - Clough Head - Layby By Devils Elbow - Sunny and Blue a beautiful day. | briandavies | 16/07/2017 |
| Ashton Clough, Yellowslacks, Bleaklow Head, and Higher Shelf Stones | hillexplorer | 26/05/2017 |
| Evening ascent from Torside Reservoir following Pennine Way alongside Torside Clough to Bleaklow Head, the cutting across to the Hern Stones, and on to Higher Shelf Stones. Returned via the same route, ~ 16 Km, 500 m ascent, beautify sunny evening. | VirtualMountain | 23/05/2017 |
| Parked at the Snake Pass and went up the Pennine Way, on a family hillwalk. A lovely lunch at the summit and then on to Higher Shelf Stones. With ST, JT and HT. | Sprog | 07/05/2017 |
| From Birchen Clough Bridge via Doctors Gate to Bleaklow Head | davestillravin | 07/05/2017 |
| Completed on Easter Sunday minus my middle daughter who had no intention, completed with my wife, eldest daughter and Son.Weather was shocking, also underfoot was pretty poor too. Never the less another one bagged. | cushy | 16/04/2017 |
| On circular Transpeak walk led by David out and back from Glossop. Weather misty and cool at this point, underfoot boggy but okay. | JOHNS | 15/10/2016 |
| Very windy | Alex17595 | 29/09/2016 |
| Duke & Bob Z1402hrs. | DukeNukem | 09/09/2016 |
| Didn't seem much of a climb from Snake Pass, but enjoyed it none the less. | Altheus | 09/08/2016 |
| From the Snake Pass road in the mist . | Haygalzer | 16/07/2016 |
| nice short walk with a group kelly debs carl and others | Darren-443 | 19/06/2016 |
| From Wildboar Clough | John Eley | 05/06/2016 |
| Part of a circuit that included Bleaklow Head | hillexplorer | 05/05/2016 |
| 1/3 First of three. This day had everything rain, wind, sun, fog, snow, hailstones (Bleaklow Head/Higher Shelf Stones/Alport Moor) | Fergalh | 30/04/2016 |
| From Snake pass via Higher Shelfstones. | mart0797 | 10/04/2016 |
| Revisiting Bleaklow with Dave and his parents. One-way two-car walk from summit of Snake Pass to Higher Shelf Stones and Bleaklow Head then descend to Torside visitor centre. Good weather again - hazy sunshine. | Skip | 20/03/2016 |