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Name:Burnhope Seat - Trig Point
Hill number:8036
Height:746.5m / 2449ft
Parent (Ma):2714  Burnhope Seat
RHB Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:North Pennines - Eastern Fells
County/UA:Durham
County (CoH):Durham (CoH)
Catchment:Triples, Catchment Boundaries, Tees, Tyne (Newcastle), Wear
Watershed:Wearmouth, Tynemouth, Tees Bay
Class:Historic County Top
(CoH)
Grid ref:NY 78789 37536
Summit feature:Trig point
Drop:0.1m
Col:746.5m  NY 7878 3752  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 91
(1:25k) OL31W
Observations:grassy mound 390m WNW at NY 78445 37561 (hill 2714) is 1.3m higher and highest point of fell
Survey:Abney level
Comments:Durham County Top, given as summit in the Nuttalls book. Highest point of fell is hill 2714 in Cumberland.
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Notes:
  • Durham historic county top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 252 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
A wet and misty day.EricMoore06/10/2023
Solo. From Crookburn Bridge. Along the fence to Scraith Head and the Burnhope Seat Trig Point, using the eastern side of the fence as this was a little easier. Went west to the true summit of Burnhope Seat (grassy mound) and down to the road at Darngill bridge. Back to Crookburn Bridge on the road. Dry.pwbellarby10/08/2023
From the parking area at NY771376, followed the ski tow and then the fence. Thick mist, rain, very wet underfoot!Geoff Briggs23/07/2023
Cycled up to Yad Moss and then followed the grouse butts to the summit. Fantastic views, glorious weather.pclyndes29/05/2023
Walk up from Yad Moss lay-by and followed the ski tow up the hill. Conditions above 600 metre were awful; heavy snow and white out with about 3-6 inches of snow with deeper drifts. This was a revisit. This time visited the cairn, the true summit and the trig point. Returned by the same route. Time taken 1 hour 20 minutes for 2.5 miles.isabelle12/04/2023
Up past the ski tows.PGCE25/01/2023
Crookburn Bridge - fence to Scraith Head - Burnhope Seat (trig point and summit) - fence to within 150 yards of Harwood Common summit - across country to Crookburn Bridge.Mark Jackson31/12/2022
Final CT in E&W, except for equivalents and until someone changes them although this historic top should stand.Newton Maximus06/10/2022
From Burnhope reservoir, Nuttall walk 10.1: Three Pikes (hideous boggy mess),Great Stony Hill, Harwood Common, Burnhope Seat Trig and true summit, and Dead Stones. Good walking weather, cool with good visibility. This is a really tough walk due to the terrain (peat hags, heather & bog) and long sections with no paths.Lazylizzie25/08/2022
Walked up 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. Feel sorry for those who have tramped through bogs in the wet.Walker Dan11/08/2022
From Burnhope reservoir,Three Pikes,Great Stony Hill, Harewood Common, Burnhope Seat and Dead Stones. 5.5 hours, overcast but no mist.Longwojo13/06/2022
With J en route to/from Burnhope Seat main summit.NotReallyABagger22/05/2022
3 of 4: From the HP.ChrisR28/04/2022
Circuit from Crookburn Bridge (NY781357) with Alex, taking in Harwood Common, Burnhope Seat trig & Burnhope Seat summit. Very misty, no views today.Tony J14/11/2021
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 Selwynrichard6914/11/2021
From burnhope reservoir up the causeway track then across to burnhope west and down via high watch currick. Mostly an uninspiring bit trot would hate to be here when the ground is sodden as it was mostly dry and I still had to avoid bogs.emily18/09/2021
With Burnhope SeatRockdoctor19/07/2021
From Harewood Common again followed the fence line up to the trig point on Burnhope Seat. After visiting trig walked alone fence again to the 747m point but no stones or cairn. Again very boggy2510chris05/03/2021
Nuttalls 10.1maclrc17/09/2020
From Harwood Common. The Pennines definitely need something - a couple of billion trees for instance (native species or something like acacia that might survive global warming). Descended to road and walked back to start. 4 hours.Wycombe Wanderer10/09/2020
With Andy love the boggy penninescolinfielding24/08/2020
From summit. First real bit of bog hopping on the walk so far. With Colin.Andrew Pearson24/08/2020
from Kilhope Cross via Dead Stonesjef10/08/2020
on skiPete Pozman05/03/2020
From here take Route over to Great Stony Hill.smocks and denims29/11/2019
Parking area at bottom of ski slope. Up past ski lift to BurnhopeSeat trig. Then out and back to Harwood Common and out and back to Dead Stones and Nags Head. Lots of boggy ground, peat hags and tussocks. Made sure of Burnhope Seat on return and the cairn. Some views over to Cross and tghe Dun fells but hazy. Bit of a slog.mart079725/07/2019
Easy walk up from layby beneath ski tow. Dry conditions thankfully; ground beyond ski tow could get very boggy and difficult. Trig point and true summit visited. True summit marked by tiny cairn.Eliza10016/07/2019
As per Nuttalls' 10.1 minus Three Pikes. Lovely clear day and vey dry underfoot.milimana23/05/2019
Went to this point first then over to real summit on way back down. Company: Soloiandesbottes13/05/2019
From Reservoilenman04/05/2019
With G. From Ashgill Bridge then minor road at Mid Ashgill to access land just south of Harelaw Hill. Followed boundaries > Burnhope Seat > Burnhope Seat Trig > Dead Stones. Headed west / WSW to pick up good track at Little Gill Hush then back on minor road to Ashgill.RT197023/02/2019
Nuttalls route, very wet underfoot after snow meltGary Heath17/02/2019
Yad Moss > Burnhope Seat > Burnhope Seat trig from GR: NY 77153 37663ronaldo33315/09/2018
Yad Moss > Burnhope Seat > Burnhope Seat trig from GR: NY 77153 37663Hippster15/09/2018
Reached from the pull in area where the border fence comes down to the B6277. Two hour walk with boggy bits but using the fence meant navigation was a given as the fence leads all the way to the trig. Finished off with a visit to the true summit.WAYNE ROWLETT04/08/2018
Yad Moss to Killhope Cross with Joe.John Lee13/06/2018
Burnhope Seat from the B6277, up through the ski tows. Went on to visit the trig. A round trip of 4.4 km in 1h20m. (S)silveracorn_alan31/05/2018
CW circuit of Flinty Fell, Nags Head, Dead Stones & Burnhope Seat, starting from Ashgill Bridge - fine weather - a bit too hot!ger06/05/2018
With KAshley22/04/2018
DR Nordic-SkiingVin08/03/2018
Parked in a layby across a pathless moor then over the boundary fence to the Trig then back over fence to the Marilynjmistry8631/01/2018
From B road to W. Boggy transferring from the marilyn to here.jonglew06/12/2017
Walked up under the ski tow from the road., Very frosty & clear therefore the bogs were frozen over.lozinworcester20/11/2017
From Burnhope Seat to Dead Stones.peter4lc27/10/2017
With E. From small lay-by on B6277 next to MS (NY7749236407) across open moor to trig point then onto grassy mound and Burnhope Seat summit other side of fence. Return same route.Beeliner06/10/2017
Parked up at head of Weardale valley on A689 and ran here. Trig didn't look to be at the highest point, so plodded 50+ yards over to the point that looked higher also (with a couple of stones there, so clearly other people had the same thoughts). As I've not yet done Mickle Fell, this is the highest I've ever been on land in my home county :)madaddo16/07/2017
Solo. Parked at a lay-by on the B6277 below a ski tow. Then followed the line of the ski tow and then a fence to trig point.ADT09/07/2017
before going onto summit (qv for log of walk)pwheeler06/05/2017
From parking area at the Cumbria/Durham border on the A689 en route to Burnhope Seat. Trig point on Durham side of the fence, approx 50m away. Can't miss it.muzza206/04/2017
Solo climb. Straightforward.Dartmoorman02/04/2017