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| Name: | Whaley Moor [Black Hill] |
| Hill number: | 5330 |
| Height: | 411m / 1348ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2812 Shining Tor |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
| County/UA: | Cheshire East |
| Catchment: | Mersey |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (400-499m), Ethel, Clem (Hu,Tu,4,E,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SJ 98992 82138 |
| Summit feature: | no feature 2m S of wall and 10m W of wall junction |
| Drop: | 105m |
| Col: | 306m SJ982822  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 109 (1:25k) OL1W |
| Observations: | ground within 5m radius is about as high |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 174 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Nell from Lyme Park. First to Sponds Hill then to Black Hill (Whaley Moor). Return to Lyme Park. | Glenelg | 28/02/2024 |
| On own. From Disley via Green Lane (Gritstone Trail) > High Peak School > Whaley Moor. Returned through Lyme Park > Lantern Wood > The Cage > Red Lane > Disley. Cold and dry. | Beeliner | 07/02/2024 |
| From lay-by at bend in road to east. Footpath then up by wall to summit. Direct line through sheep pastures back to the road. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 17/12/2023 |
| A Thirteen and half mile walk from the lay by on the A5004 south of Whaley bridge (00862 79872) taking in the Ethel tops of Sponds hill, Whaley moor(Black hill) and Eccles pike. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 03/12/2023 |
| From lay-by on Whaley Lane with D. Along road to FP which followed then track up wall. Top could be north or south side of other wall. Went to both. | PeterD | 01/12/2023 |
| On a 22 mile bike ride incl Combs Head and Eccles Pike. Return S along Goyt Valley. 91st Ethel. | steveb2006 | 21/11/2023 |
| From Shrigley Road parking - South along the canal - Sponds Hill - Black Hill then back via Lyme Park. Pleasant walks but foggy on the tops, R+R. | Dan Baddeley | 05/11/2023 |
| From a layby to the SE at a little wood. | LizH | 21/08/2023 |
| High hill with good views. True summit is behind drystone wall | freethehilltops | 28/07/2022 |
| From car park on Whaley Lane. | climbingkershaw | 31/05/2022 |
| From roadside to the W using RoW past school to access land then up to the top, return same way | JK | 10/02/2022 |
| Whaley Moor from GR: SJ 98167 82305 | ronaldo333 | 05/02/2022 |
| Whaley Moor from GR: SJ 98167 82305 | Hippster | 05/02/2022 |
| With H. | Chris Ellis | 09/08/2021 |
| Coming up from Whaley Bridge, the favourite lay-by is after a 2-car parking spot earlier on the bend. The favourite requires less road-walking. High point seems to be just to the north of the wall, as ground falls to the wall and then falls away rapidly to the S | henryfm | 26/06/2021 |
| With Gina. Started from layby in bend 200m SE of footpath. Followed footpath to se corner of public access land then followed wall on west side. Steepish ascent to start with and as it levels out ground becomes tussocky and boggy, but nothing too serious. Wandered around field corner to cover hp then climbed over wall were seemed slightly higher so wandered up and down wall to stand on hp. Return by following wall east to 2nd junction then SW to rejoin fp and back to van | mntainman | 25/06/2021 |
| From the lay-by. Lovely cold snowy day. Built a snowman on the summit area whilst Ivy had a nappy change in the emergency shelter. Managed a bit of sledging on the way back to finish off a good day. | Jephcote83 | 31/12/2020 |
| lovely wild spot with great views. Via access land to SW. Tussocky grass. | Denise | 19/11/2020 |
| From the W by RoW then steeply up the Access Land. Blue skies, sunshine and fine views. | RichardM | 19/11/2020 |
| Straightforward from SE. | Wycombe Wanderer | 15/06/2020 |
| Peter and Kay - parked in the layby mentioned short walk back up the road and easy tracks followed to the top. Came straight back down via the wall | PDR365 | 25/05/2020 |
| Ran down the canal from Marple, to the gritstone trail, along the road, across the field to the summit. No trigpoint but great views! | SB1066 | 03/05/2020 |
| Parked in the layby at 998820. A forty minute return walk following the path from Whaley Road at the 308 height and then directly to the summit. Solo. | bolton | 11/03/2020 |
| It's easier walking from the Southeast corner of the access land than from the Southwest. Very windy, but dry. | Peter_W_Mitchell | 01/03/2020 |
| From layby. | Longwojo | 04/01/2020 |
| From lay-by on Whaley Lane as others. Diverted to The Dipping Stone en route. | Clach Liath | 12/10/2019 |
| With Catman. | oscarrosie | 03/07/2019 |
| As others,from lay-by to east.Along road briefly,then pleasant path to foot of hill.Steep slog to top rewarded by extensive views.With Oscar. | catman | 03/07/2019 |
| From small layby, along road, over stile, then straight up beside wall. | PGCE | 23/06/2019 |
| From Whaley Lane, with Ellie dog. | BLACKHILL | 14/02/2019 |
| Parked in small layby at SJ 99709 82005 - NW along road for 200yd, over step stile and then along well-used RoW to wall at 989817 - Up E. side of wall and then, about 150yd from top, crossed easily to W. side (no barbed wire) - A short climb to unmarked summit. (S) | gerrybowes | 21/08/2018 |
| From the lay-by. Used very good path from a little further along road for most of the way, then animal tracks through tussocky ground to top. Detour to dipping stone on return and found another path back to lay-by with no need for road walking, With B and R. | jenx | 07/08/2018 |
| With Jenx and Bryher, from parking in lay by at FP leading off SW, we walked up the busy road to gain FP leading more directly, found on return from summit there there is a signed path that leads to the other path from the lay by obviating need for road walking | nordicstar | 07/08/2018 |
| Second in tour of 3 Humps from Chinley station, after Eccles Pike and before Chinley Churn. | IanHHill | 21/07/2018 |
| Parked in layby at 997820, walked up the road a short way then straight up by the side of the wall. One fence and two walls to clear. | clivevilla | 15/05/2018 |
| Usual ascent route. No issues with walls though.. I climbed 3 gates to arrive on the summit. Another decent viewpoint. | stig_nest | 26/03/2018 |
| Like most, from layby at SJ997820 on Whaley Lane. On fp to S, cut across pastures too early at remains of wall, directly to summit. We returned over tussocks, then ok ground in access compartment, to a delightful section of the fp, good gate at solid wall here (you should use this on way up, too), then back to layby. An uninspiring summit, but pleasant walking country. With Pete. | pwheeler | 11/03/2018 |
| Circular walk from Whaley Bridge. Good visibility, despite a dull grey day. | Lazylizzie | 27/01/2018 |
| From a small dirt layby (SJ 9970 8201). Walked back along Whaley Lane (NNE) to field gate, then diectly to summit. | jonglew | 23/01/2018 |
| Bagged in mist just before sunset on the shortest day of the year. Also went to the 408m spot height mound which seemed the more interesting top. | Alex C | 21/12/2017 |
| Same route as David Evans | ijpowell | 30/09/2017 |
| Parking: Small lay-by on Whaley Lane SJ 99741 81977. Route: Enter field on p/f at SJ 99593 82142 and follow until SJ 98970 81789 - then due north to the summit on access land. | David Evans | 05/02/2017 |
| 2nd hill of 2 today having been dropped off near the top of Disley Hill i climbed that and descended to Disley then followed the Gritstone trail to where it veers off into Lyne park. I took fp up to Higher lane and contined to jct off access land climbing on a bearing direct for summit, emerging from moor to summit field close to wall. Outstanding views to Roaches and Shutlingsloe. Descent SE to intercept fp dropping onto Whaley lane and following this all the way to the station | Dazingdale | 11/12/2016 |
| With Jo, from Lyme Park: paths to Sponds Hill (top and trig), then via the Bow Stones Crosses to High Peak School, then onto Whaley Moor before returning past the school and Lyme Park East Lodge. Weather; generally sunny with light breeze, mild, good visibility. | amblerbob | 23/09/2016 |
| From parking area on minor road to south east. Followed good track then up field edge by wall. | rhalstead | 20/08/2016 |
| With K. Walls and fences will fox you on the top whatever you do; from gate at east quickest way is straight up the wall. Made sure I did some sledging. | Ashley | 17/04/2016 |
| Snow down on hill then Sponds Hill and Reed Hill & back via Lyme Park | John Eley | 31/01/2016 |
| With Frankie. Very windy. Parked in layby just north of the school turn off. | BobHancock | 09/12/2015 |
| Gentle wander up from the'hotel' that's actually now a school, with Les Barcellos | vegibagger | 17/11/2015 |
| As part of a bigger hill bagging expedition in the area | Fergalh | 19/09/2015 |