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Name: | Chelmorton Low |
Hill number: | 16508 |
Height: | 446m / 1463ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2812 Shining Tor |
County/UA: | Derbyshire |
Topographical area: | EP07 Kinder-shining |
SMC/RHB section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
Catchment: | Trent |
Class: | Tump (400-499m), Ethel (Tu,4,E) |
Grid ref: | SK 11435 70640 |
Summit feature: | tumulus |
Drop: | 61m |
Col: | 385m SK118696 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 119 (1:25k) OL24W |
Observations: | tumulus 40m WSW at SK 11397 70623 may be as high |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 91 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
7+8/8 Ethel bagging day. Chelmorton Low + Sough Top from Chelmorton. Initially up Chelmorton Low over access land, then followed footpath east to the trig at Sough Top, returning by the same route in lovely evening sunshine. | silveracorn_alan | 07/10/2024 |
Parked outside the Church Inn in Chelmorton, 5km out and back to Chelmorton Hill and sow top. Almost all on footpath. Just over an hour all in. Didn't hang around as the weather wasn't great! | Nicky C | 07/05/2024 |
From road bend to NW along PRoWs 
Bull, cow and calves in the access land. Only low ruined wall between access and non-access land. | JK | 24/11/2023 |
from Chelmorton 6 mile loop | holtsd | 30/09/2023 |
On own. From parking by The Church Inn in Chelmorton (the highest village in Derbyshire). After Sough Top via access land across to Chelmorton Low. Visited both tumuli. | Beeliner | 11/08/2023 |
From Taddington on what turned out to be a nice day after a morning of rain: Chelmorton Low and Sough Top. After a weekend away at Crewe Hall. | Lazylizzie | 06/08/2023 |
Road ride for some Ethels | visionset | 20/07/2023 |
Parked by the school in Taddington for a circuit of Sough Top (Ethel), Chelmorton Low (visited both tops) and Priestcliffe Low. | PGCE | 27/06/2023 |
Solo from Chelmorton to Chelmorton Low then over to Sough Top and back to the village. | Glenelg | 19/04/2023 |
Parked by Church Inn. Though gate to access land, bridleway going NW then farmer's track slanting back to just below the summit. From the HP a more obvious track went S, easy to zigzag down steep ground just above bridleway. Our luck with the showers ran out on this hill, which looked worth spending longer upon. Instead, we hurried down and enjoyed sitting by the stove in the inn with a super pint of Pedigree. | pwheeler | 16/03/2023 |
From Topley pike lay by on the A6, a nineteen and half mile walk to reach four Ethel’s Chelmorton Low, Sough top (Taddington moor), Bole hill and Fin Cop returning via the Monsal trail. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 12/02/2023 |
Parked to NW then along ROW to access land and then up hill. Visited both tops. Nice hill, no bull. | PeterD | 04/12/2022 |
From plentiful parking at the junction of Senners Lane and the A5270. South along the bridleway for 100m, then a rising traverse to reach the summit without difficulty. | Mark Jackson | 01/10/2022 |
Chelmorton Low from GR: SK 11214 70946 | ronaldo333 | 25/09/2022 |
Chelmorton Low from GR: SK 11214 70946 | Hippster | 25/09/2022 |
Fron NW, then E to Sough Top | steveb2006 | 14/08/2022 |
Parked by Church Inn. Though gate to access land, down bridle way then easily up hill along farmer's track | climbingkershaw | 05/05/2022 |
From the lovely village of Chelmorton with Sough Top | Longwojo | 11/02/2022 |
With K and H. | Chris Ellis | 10/06/2021 |
Walked from Chelmorton Village into cow pasture with apparently friendly bull. HP obvious grassy lump, possibly a sunken tumulus.Lovely clear, sunny day. | Denise | 01/12/2020 |
Summit shared with large bull. Extensive and clear views. | RichardM | 01/12/2020 |
As David Evans. Easy parking on Senners Lane at junction with A5270 at SK 1122 7095 - Over stile & along RoW to gate in corner of field - Through gate into access land & up over pasture to both tumuli. Lots of pats, but no cattle. (S) | gerrybowes | 13/11/2020 |
Parked at end of the road to the south in Chelmorton, through the gate on to the steep hillside and straight up. Cattle at the top but they ran off when I got there. I thought we were going to have a stand off as they were on the summit to start with. | clivevilla | 28/10/2020 |
From the RoW below. Walls are all tumbledown so no issues. Sheep on summit showed indifference to my presence. Amazing views from the top. | Wheelsy | 12/08/2020 |
With Sal, nice spring day on way to Lakes for orienteering at Stickle Pike | davechaffey | 17/05/2019 |
Quick bag from Chelmorton, fairly steep pull up grass to summit tumuli. Earlier that day did a 8 mile walk re-bagging Black Edge and Combs Head. Afterwards bagged nearby Sough Top trig. High cloud and warmish all day. | DanTrig | 08/04/2018 |
Mild and clear day for a steep walk to bag both tumuli after parking below the church. | Dugswell2 | 11/01/2018 |
Good parking in Senners Lane SK 11229 70949. ROW to access land, then straight up to (both) summits. On return I had to vault over the field gate to avoid very frisky cattle. | David Evans | 21/05/2017 |
20k romp up Chelmorton Low, Nether Low, along Deep Dale and up Cow Low. Along the beautiful Wye Dale and Chee Dale then up Priestcliffe Low and back to car on Old Coalpit Lane. Fantastic limestone scenery, with Mart. | John Eley | 12/03/2017 |
Ample parking at entrance to Senner's Lane. Steep but straightforward. One bwf wf to cross but could have been avoided if I had taken the alternative path to the west. | Campbell Singer | 14/12/2016 |
Straight up off ROW with easy parking on corner of A road to north west. | Mark Sims | 21/02/2016 |
Easy parking alongside Chelmorton church (alt 1213ft). No difficulty with route finding .... just head upwards after the bridlegate! 0.55 miles return. | moorsman | 29/01/2016 |
4/15 Fourth of fifteen on a wet and very windy day (Fir Hill/Foredales Head/Bee Low/Chelmorton Low/Nether Low/Dow Low (Brier Low)/High Wheeldon/Revidge/Merryton Low/Wolfscote Hill/Wetton Hill/High Edge/Upper Edge/Thirkelow Rocks/Sir William Hill) | Fergalh | 29/11/2015 |
Parked by church in Chelmorton. LH of two gates onto access land. Fairly steep at first then long grass to couple of tumuli on top. The most easterly seemed highest. Presumably for World Cup, SW side of hill has ENGLAND and St George's flag (not at half-mast!) in 'White Horse' sized letters visible from miles away. | Aye Jimmy | 22/06/2014 |
Parked SK112709 end of track next to stile. | Anton | 19/02/2014 |
Branched off from the Pennine bridleway at Sk121705. Two bridleways a few metres apart converge near the church. A spring nearby Called Bank pit water gurgles merry. I took the gate onto access land next to large sycamore with rope atyre dangling. I followed the bridleway for about 100 m and then climbed straight to the top. TWO tumulii compete for the high ground. NICE views over Chelmorton and the limestone landscape. | Dazingdale | 09/11/2013 |
Used to live in a caravan near here but never climbed it, so one day parked in the village and mooched to the top, where someone has since written ENGLAND in stones! Some nice mines, and apparently the dowsing is good amongst the tumuli. | DanHolme | 26/04/2009 |
From Monyash via Flagg with a return along Highstool Lane. Highest point on a prominent east-west ridge. | Jake994 | 17/04/2006 |
Finished D of E work at Thorbridge so went bagging 400m tops around Buxton. Beautiful colours and light. | Chris Pearson | 21/08/2003 |
fine summit tumuli (no view - fog). from FP to S | RHW | 21/12/2002 |
Ben Rinnes | 20/06/2024 | |
A W Bryan | 03/06/2024 | |
Meanderer | 05/02/2024 | |
Paulf | 05/02/2024 | |
mavero10 | 29/12/2023 | |
DFRYER | 08/09/2023 | |
Andy West | 28/08/2023 | |
ACorner | 31/05/2023 | |
victoriaemmah | 01/05/2023 | |
AndyS | 25/02/2023 |