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| Name: | Watch Hill [Setmurthy Common] |
| Hill number: | 2355 |
| Height: | 255.4m / 838ft |
| RHB Section: | 34A: Lake District - Northern Fells |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - North Western Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Catchment: | Derwent (Workington) |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Wainwright Outlying Fell, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,2,WO,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | NY 16000 31823 |
| Summit feature: | in forest 83m E of knoll by fence |
| Drop: | 158m |
| Col: | 97m NY161301  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 89 (1:25k) OL4N |
| Observations: | knoll by fence at NY 15917 31818 is 1m lower |
| Comments: | Forest boundaries are shown incorrectly on 1:25k map |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 499 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked in the layby to the SW by the road junction as others. Pleasant lunchtime walk in the sun up to the Wainwright and Marilyn tops. Solo. | richard69 | 04/03/2024 |
| from Watch hill its another 10 mins further on to the corner for the summit. on the way down Bec slipped flat on her back side. once down she cleaned up and we went for a drink in the Lake Road Inn in Keswick before going to Teebay for tea. got home and made tea and watched more Trigger Point. Went to cheshire Oaks the next day for boots and a Lebonese 3 course meal | Scotty 2 Hotty | 24/02/2024 |
| With neil | VerySlowPlodder | 22/11/2023 |
| yorkielad | 15/10/2023 | |
| A lovely walk up through the forest. No queue on the summit. | Play2End | 07/10/2023 |
| Same as Watch hill, high point is up in the wood. | smocks and denims | 29/09/2023 |
| Solo trip in the rain. Approach through the forest from the south. | Invicta14 | 18/09/2023 |
| over Watch hill and along grassy ridge, grassy knoll out of woods then very easily into woods and easy through trees to top. | Flatfield | 27/08/2023 |
| Revisit: Up through woods, busy with mountain bikes today, then onto wainwright summit. | cjo | 06/08/2023 |
| From the layby at 137312. About 4 spaces. Row up to trees, then along the edge of the trees. | iangalbraith | 19/07/2023 |
| Found highest point after fighting through trees. | peter4lc | 05/04/2023 |
| Visited Wainwright top and Marilyn top in wood. | russell61 | 31/03/2023 |
| Up tracks from car park to East. | davechaffey | 31/12/2022 |
| Used AW route in Outlying Fells book. | Hirta | 08/11/2022 |
| Parking for Watch Hill and Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common) to the SWW at road junction lay-by NY136312. With J. | David Evans | 24/09/2022 |
| 3 of 4 parked up in the lay-by of aurs drive for a couple of days. From the golf course got onto the main road and turned left up into forest track. WO no. 10. Marilyn no. 68 | The-Z-Man | 21/08/2022 |
| Veryhappybunny | 14/04/2022 | |
| A dusk up-n-down of the two Watch Hill summits from the ROW. | summitter | 15/01/2022 |
| We followed AWs route. The far fells were in cloud. Parked at the gate to the field. | RowanP | 17/09/2021 |
| I followed the route in AW's Outlying Fells. Parked at the road junction. Easy stroll up Watch Hill. View not great due to low cloud and rain. | Nick | 09/09/2021 |
| Easy climb parked in small lay-by just before the gates. Windy and wet August day. Another climb with my son. | smiffy77 | 10/08/2021 |
| See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/410800871 | outlawcatcher | 05/07/2021 |
| New top in forest with Andy after original AW outlying top. | colinfielding | 22/06/2021 |
| After Watch Hill. Visited both the old Wainwright top and the offial top. With Colin. | Andrew Pearson | 22/06/2021 |
| Parked on the road at the forestry track at hills wood. followed the track to the end then headed west to the summit. With Richie. | Zoe Little | 07/10/2020 |
| Parked in layby opposite Forestry Commission entrance, followed forestry road up through woods to highest point and then steep minor path west to stile and summit, followed ridge to Watch Hill. Clear sunny day, good views of the high fells, including Grisedale Pike Skiddaw, Grasmoor and Mellbreak. | Lazylizzie | 27/09/2020 |
| With Carol. After Watch Hill (return via the same same route to the main road). | DABT | 26/08/2020 |
| With ernie | studuncan | 13/08/2020 |
| From the lay by opposite the forest track we headed up a fire break and then through the bike routes to the top. Descent down a very sloppy steep route following the fence | ChinnockC | 03/03/2020 |
| from E end of Cockermouth | IanHHill | 22/01/2020 |
| date estimated | fellstoby | 01/01/2020 |
| Parked at junction of Cockermouth to Embleton Rd. Up on footpath to summit and then made circular walk through Selworthy Common. | MichaelF | 02/12/2019 |
| As Wainwright | abbo0001 | 05/11/2019 |
| Parked in a small pull-in 200m west of the forest. Through the gate and diagonally upwards to the summit. Went on to Watch Hill along the ridge but straight back down to the car. Easy walking and a good deal shorter than parking at the forest entrance. | moorsman | 17/10/2019 |
| Parking at road junction to SW, then easy out and back. | milimana | 06/10/2019 |
| Parking on side road off the old Cockermouth to Keswick road in wooded area. Very well climb through pine woods, tracks are well defined, veered off man route where track turns 90 degree right. I took the less steep left option, brings you to corner of woodland and stole. Summit is in field, small of stones mark the summit. Descended back the way I came. Good 45min walk | giant_hiker | 26/09/2019 |
| A Pleasant walk with LP. | wombourne | 02/06/2019 |
| Sunny Day. Great view of the fells, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Seen 3 planes, lots of sheep, and a Stone Circle. Great walk, but the pub was shut at the end. With Shelly and Trish. | DAB81 | 22/05/2019 |
| Walked up from Cockermouth | Buteobuteo | 09/05/2019 |
| 4 of 4: From the Wainwright top. With Karen and Sam. | ChrisR | 09/04/2019 |
| With K. Easy up through plantation, which is a mountain biking zone. Ascended track to highest point then followed mountain bike trail through wood. Easy access. | Ashley | 25/03/2019 |
| Ascent from Cockermouth (road junction near School/Playing Fields) to Watch Hill. Along ridge to Setmurthy Common summit. Descent through forest via Dodd Crag to road. Return to car along road. | raymooremanx | 17/03/2019 |
| A quick walk through the trees to bag another couple of the outliers, Watch Hill Setmurthy Common and Watch Hill. | Chipstertrain | 05/02/2019 |
| With G. From road NY 134 312 > Watch Hill > Setmurthy Common. Return via same route. | RT1970 | 06/01/2019 |
| With Deb Conlin with Watch Hill. | jonesj2 | 05/01/2019 |
| With Deb Colin | kirkfell19 | 05/01/2019 |
| with Deb | outlyingfells20 | 05/01/2019 |
| From north east, through woods. One field mushroom on top. Saw red squirrel at car park. Very windy. | Rounsfell | 09/10/2018 |
| CJ BW SW JW | chrisj1965 | 01/09/2018 |
| An late morning Jog on a days mopping up exersize | Shutterlag | 05/07/2018 |