| Name: | Horseshoe Hill |
| Hill number: | 3604 |
| Height: | 519.8m / 1705ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| County/UA: | Durham |
| Topographical area: | EP01 Crossfell-micklefell |
| SMC/RHB section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Eastern Fells |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Tyne (Newcastle), Wear |
| Watershed: | Tynemouth, Wearmouth |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey (Tu,5,Dew) |
| Grid ref: | NY 98510 44872 |
| Summit feature: | no feature 25m SSW of trig point |
| Drop: | 36m |
| Col: | 484m NY972450  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 87 (1:25k) 307 |
| Observations: | summit is 23cm higher than trig point base and 15cm higher than ground 5m W of trig point (NY 98523 44893) |
| Survey: | Leica NA730 Survey of Horseshoe Hill.pdf |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 139 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Out with Team HAM consisting of Meltdiceburg & AlmaAurea, we had stopped for the new Geocaching Virtual, then bagged the two trigpoints, so I was able to bag the hill too! | Hitman9956 | 26/08/2024 |
| Very easy using mast track. With B and R. | jenx | 24/10/2023 |
| Stanhope, Collier's Law and over to Bolt's Law | Flatfield | 07/04/2023 |
| Just a bag from the road. Bleak.. | Pete Pozman | 02/03/2023 |
| Quick walk up track to trig and summit. Road peters out and then a little bog hopping to the trig | matty1971b | 28/12/2022 |
| P by track to Steward Shield Meadow. Track almost to trig then to top and then track near mast. | chrisbien | 08/11/2022 |
| Parking at NY984446. E along road for 100m then up mast access track. Trig in a sea of trackless heather. | Isbjorn | 12/08/2022 |
| Parked by the track down to Steward Shield at NY 98386 44587, and took the aerial track, leaving it to hike a short way over heather up to the summit. Return was via the aerial compound and track. 1.3km, with 30m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 02/07/2022 |
| Pleasant, good views. | Nick Canute | 29/05/2022 |
| Horseshoe Hill, Collier Law, Boltslaw West, Dry Rigg from nearby roads. Ran over easier sections of Boltslaw West and Dry Rigg. Quite dry conditions generally, but caught out on some wetter areas on approach to Dry Rigg. | RobertP | 16/04/2022 |
| I'd planned on walking from Dead friars to the standing stone on the main road but on a whim decided to climb Horseshoe Hill to bag the trig point! Weather was awful! | deadheaduk | 30/08/2021 |
| With the family. | richtea5040 | 16/08/2021 |
| Tiny Tibbetts 1 walked and Tiny 2 in the carrier. | Louise | 16/08/2021 |
| From Parkhead Station | Slash3 | 17/07/2021 |
| Short walk from pull in to South. | rhalstead | 31/05/2021 |
| With K from large car park to south east | Ashley | 21/05/2021 |
| 2/5 Dewey Day. A medley of 5 Deweys on the north side of Weardale from nearby roads: Collier Law, Horseshoe Hill, Bolt’s Law, Dry Rigg, Brownley Hill. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 17/05/2021 |
| Have visited several times on cycling days out, but never had summit details with me. Short walk today, with summit details. | ger | 19/04/2021 |
| Walked from the top car park at waskerly resivour along to park head station and across to the hill. Walked with Lee Jones. | 2510chris | 31/12/2020 |
| Almost a ‘drive-up’. Walked over to here from Colliers Law to enjoy frozen terrain and big views | wychwood | 24/12/2020 |
| Quick walk up track to trig and summit. | PGCE | 08/12/2020 |
| Quick walk up from the road to visit the trig. | 3 kinnears | 22/10/2020 |
| Parked at NY988 445, short walk up track and across moor. | dgresty | 20/09/2020 |
| A short walk from the camper van parked half way up the track to the mast. | summitter | 09/08/2020 |
| A short walk to the trigpoint / summit. | meltdiceburg | 27/07/2020 |
| Parked at 00270 43112 and used tracks to reach the trig for Collier law returned the same way and then walked on to Horseshoe hill using the NCN route North West. Two and half hours for the combined eight miles. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 06/06/2020 |
| Horseshoe Hill (and Collier Law) from Car Park at Parkhead Station Tea Rooms | RobB | 27/01/2020 |
| From Bolts Law, followed fence to old rail line, then road to Horseshoe Hill. Very Very windy, gusts up to 70mph, enough to almost blow you into the road and almost enough to blow you over. Rain. Stunning views but dreary track/road walking. 3/4 Durham Deweys (Dry Rigg, Bolt's Law, Horseshoe Hill, Collier Law). Left summit to follow road/track to Collier Law. | NorthernWayfarer | 26/01/2020 |
| Drove up to the mast. Short walk to an indeterminate top. | Campbell Singer | 04/01/2020 |
| Just a few mts from mast. | Barbara Singer | 04/01/2020 |
| Horseshoe Hill from GR: NY 98384 44609 | ronaldo333 | 22/04/2019 |
| Horseshoe Hill from GR: NY 98384 44609 | Hippster | 22/04/2019 |
| A quickie from the nearby road. | summitsup | 30/09/2018 |
| Climbed from the layby at the top of Crawleyside Bank. | Gary Heath | 11/09/2018 |
| Start ~ Roadside, 979447. Followed RoW. up from the road. With Wombourne & Pat. | steve hudson | 13/07/2018 |
| Parked at GR 979447. Followed the ROW across a bone dry moorland to the summit. With SH and PR. | wombourne | 13/07/2018 |
| Drove up mast service road to junction at 985447 & then a short walk across heather to the unmarked summit & trig point. (PM) | gerrybowes | 05/04/2018 |
| A very short 10 minutes from the car up the access road. With GB. 5th Dewey for the day. | bolton | 05/04/2018 |
| Drove up to comms mast. Short walk across heather moorland to trig and unmarked hill top. | jonglew | 06/12/2017 |
| CX bike from home via Waskerley Way, home via Blanchland. | John Lee | 29/09/2017 |
| Parked up at the top of the downward track then ran back along the road and up the track to this one | madaddo | 26/05/2017 |
| With Evan. | Dangerous Dave | 03/09/2016 |
| With Jo, from Fell Haven along Wilkinson’s Cut, returning along road. Weather: overcast, breezy, good visibility. | amblerbob | 30/06/2016 |
| Started at Fell Haven and walked along Wilkinson's Cut to Meadows Edge and then the track to the mast branching off right off the track onto another track which was followed to the trig and top. Next a walk along the moor to the B6278 by a small quarry marked on the 2.5 OS map but couldn't see it. Over the road and across the moor to the top of Collier Law and down the mast track to Fell Haven. Moor a bit wet in places and quite a bit of quod bike track to help. Definitely a grouse moor with the odd grouse flying up from the ground by my feet. | MikeM | 10/04/2016 |
| Parked half way up track then straight to trig and summit, back via mast. | SS | 12/03/2016 |
| Solo in the snow. | simon and co | 20/01/2016 |
| Surveyed with level and staff with G&J | Galltywenallt | 02/12/2015 |
| Stanhope, Ashes Quarry. Crawleyside Incline, Parkhead, Boltslaw Railway(CTC) Horseshoe Hill and return | ghullgd | 03/06/2015 |
| Easy bag. Drove to mast at dusk, short walk to trig over possibly higher ground. Not bad for an autumnal stroll after work. | nordicstar | 29/10/2014 |
| The easiest of walks from Meadows Edge! | Fisky Boy | 15/10/2013 |