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| Name: | Waggonshaw Brow |
| Hill number: | 16537 |
| Height: | 410m / 1345ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2812 Shining Tor |
| County/UA: | Cheshire East |
| Topographical area: | EP07 Kinder-shining |
| SMC/RHB section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Catchment: | Mersey |
| Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
| Grid ref: | SJ 97348 76304 |
| Summit feature: | small pile of rocks c 4m from wall/fence |
| Drop: | 62m |
| Col: | 348m SJ978757  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 118 (1:25k) OL24W |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 69 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| East Cheshire 5 hills on bike and foot. Styperson Park, Nab Head, Charles Head, Waggonshaw Brow, Sponds Hill. Long bike climb out of Bollington. Quick nip up from path to east. High point is mound on W side of wall | steveb2006 | 17/07/2024 |
| Lamaload res, up Shining Tor, Cats Tor through Thursbitch and up road to fp, up grass to summit. | Flatfield | 12/03/2024 |
| from Goyt 20 mile round | holtsd | 09/03/2024 |
| Parked at end of track for a quick up and down. Crossed fence to slight bump on NW side. | PGCE | 02/07/2023 |
| On a loop from Lamaload via Thursbitch, Salterford hall and the Memorial Stone . Short dash up the hill Didn't cross the wall but GPS had me close enough. | Deego | 01/05/2023 |
| From RoW to the SE. Didn't cross the fence to the OSGR, it seemed just as high where I was. | Alan Moore | 13/03/2022 |
| Parked on Erwin Lane, use RoW and then a short sharp slog in some snow. Back same way | JK | 10/02/2022 |
| From Epwin Lane | rfoster | 01/11/2021 |
| Long day out. Circular walk Whetstone Ridge, Shining Tor, Cats Tor, Waggonshaw Brow, Brink, Whitehills and Shutlinsloe. | Arbie | 24/07/2021 |
| Grassy mound by wall in pasture. Foggy and damp. From Kerridge Hill. | Denise | 30/10/2020 |
| From Common Barn over sheep pasture with abundant pale yellow/cream Waxcap fungi. High point a tiny rise on NW side of fence/wall. Misty. | RichardM | 30/10/2020 |
| Parked on the road just N of Buxter Stoops Farm. Used ROW to S then short climb up the steep bank to summit. No views as visibility was about 20m. A dozen or so horses in the field to S of ROW. With Tol. | RoguePulsar | 21/10/2020 |
| Dashed to the top from track at the bottom on circular walk from CP at Lamaload reservoir. Had some horses in the field but they didn’t seem that bothered. | hannah&steven | 17/06/2020 |
| Parked at the T junction as others, walked up the road then over two gates and left to the high point by the wall. No horses today. | clivevilla | 11/12/2019 |
| Good parking on hardstanding by T-junction at 968765 - E. along road for about 500m to farm gate at 9734 7649 - Through gate (karabiner closure) & along ATV track to another gate - Over gate & then ESE up field of passive horses to summit. (S) | gerrybowes | 12/07/2019 |
| Parked at road junction beyond Blue Boar Farm, from FP came across farmers wife walking dogs and goat, so asked permission to go to top. Granted but with a strange quizzical look. Low cloud and drizzle. Quick easy ascent.Hp on other side of wall. | PeterD | 05/10/2018 |
| Parked opposite farm entrance and yomped up to the top and back in around 5 mins. A fair view | stig_nest | 26/03/2018 |
| Lamaload Reservoir Car Park circular with Steve G. Used gates to descend N to Ewrin Lane which was fairly busy (Sunday afternoon) with cars heading to Goyt Valley. | Smudge | 05/11/2017 |
| 5th hill of 7 today on a route from Adlington to Macclesfield station, climbing Styperson Park, Nab Head Billinge Hill and Charles Head, continuing South before veering off over Broad Moss on fp to Bank lane heading for Blue Boar Farm but took Ewin Lane briefly before climbing over gate and then fence to head for the top @ Sj97349 76305. Continued over one fence to follow fenceline South heading for Ely Brow. | Dazingdale | 22/07/2017 |
| Very quick and easy | Colin Crawford | 09/06/2017 |
| Parked close to entrance to Waggonshaw Brow Farm, over gate into pasture and at top within a few minutes. Very misty so no views. | Campbell Singer | 09/11/2016 |
| Parked SJ 96874 76522 (good parking for one or two cars. Walked on quiet road to start of PF (SJ 97463 76339) at track to farm (farm still for sale). Headed westish up hill and into field of disinterested horses. | David Evans | 07/11/2016 |
| Started near Blue Boar Farm on roadside, 5 mins to summit then along footpath past Yearns Low to Ely Brow. Sunny day but me and Ed got soaked by a deluge returning to the car. | John Eley | 25/09/2016 |
| walk from Cat & Fiddle to Cats Tor and used road and pleasant footpath to get nearly to top. Lots of barbed wire around field in which top is located | trimarc2 | 20/04/2016 |
| petey | 10/04/2016 | |
| No dedicated parking available so pulled in as close to the hedge as possible opposite the start of the Waggonshaw Brow Farm road (alt 1294ft). New fencing stops a direct line so it is necessary to walk to the end of it before ascent. Thence an easy walk up. 300m return. Under 5 minutes. | moorsman | 28/01/2016 |
| 3 of 3 on a circular walk from home. | BobHancock | 18/10/2015 |
| Charles Head - Waggonshaw Brow - Ely Brow - Rainow. Quick walk up from the road. Not the most inspiring hill but the environs are beautiful. | Jake994 | 08/09/2015 |
| 10/11 Hopped over wall and walked to rubble strewed top | Fergalh | 04/05/2015 |
| out on a wander | AvidSockWearer | 22/02/2015 |
| Parked in gate entrance just toSE over style 150 m through gateless opening turn right up hill and on summit in minutes. Collected some interesting fungi in the field yellowish and red. | vegibagger | 29/09/2014 |
| Parked to ENE just inside lane leading to Waggonshaw Farm - up for sale plus 12.5 acres, so you could own your own TuMP! Lot of junk lying around at summit. | Aye Jimmy | 05/05/2014 |
| Schools out for summer. bagging spree. 400m tops, trigs, Clems -anything! | Chris Pearson | 12/07/2011 |
| pleasant pasture summit; atrtractive view; prob c.407/8m but not checked in any detail. from gateway immed to N | RHW | 25/01/2003 |
| andy63 | 27/02/2024 | |
| rainonthewindows | 12/10/2023 | |
| Alfa1M | 14/02/2023 | |
| rachelcawley | 28/08/2022 | |
| Nirobi99 | 05/05/2022 | |
| Adrian | 10/02/2022 | |
| PM | 23/10/2021 | |
| Barry Smith | 21/05/2021 | |
| GreatandPowerful | 06/02/2021 | |
| BaggerGutt | 26/11/2020 | |
| DARRENG | 19/11/2020 | |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 22/10/2020 | |
| Bag For Life | 22/10/2020 | |
| PDR365 | 19/09/2020 | |
| tks365 | 19/09/2020 | |
| Martin R | 20/03/2020 |