| Name: | Ben Cleuch |
| Hill number: | 1642 |
| Height: | 721m / 2365ft |
| County/UA: | Clackmannanshire |
| Topographical area: | SC02 Cleuch-largo |
| SMC/RHB section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
| Donald area: | Ochil Hills |
| Catchment: | Forth |
| Historic County: | Clackmannanshire |
| Administrative County: | Clackmannanshire (1890-1975) |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Donald, Historic County Top, Administrative County Top, Current County/UA Top, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,D,CoH,CoA,CoU,DN,Y,P500) |
| Grid ref: | NN 90274 00632 |
| Summit feature: | trig point in windshelter |
| Drop: | 595m |
| Col: | 126.4m NN 9174 0894  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 58 (1:25k) 366E |
| Observations: | ground 20m E at NN 90299 00627 may be as high |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 701 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Lesley | Nick Canute | 18/08/2024 |
| From Ben Ever. | KeithByTheC | 01/08/2024 |
| Very cold wind, very sunny. Best day of the year. | Play2End | 16/04/2024 |
| with Frances | langskill | 31/03/2024 |
| On a hill-bagging walk out of Tillicoultry | PhilipChaston | 30/03/2024 |
| Ben Cleuch circular from Tillicoutry, with John. Up Mill Glen and followed path up to The Law (638m), then N and then NE to Ben Cleuch summit. Followed path around to Ben Ever and then dropped back down into Mill Glen and back out to the car. High winds and low cloud on summit, but clear views over to the Forth and even as far as the Forth bridges from the slopes of The Law. Total time, 3h 10min. | mproudfoot | 27/01/2024 |
| The Law, Ben Cleuch(8th ascent), Andrew Gannel Hill & King's Seat Hill. | duchally | 18/01/2024 |
| From Woodland CP via Kirk Craigs and return via the Cloves. With DRC. | TRG318 | 03/12/2023 |
| Round from Alva woodland parking. Including 2 donalds and 2 tops plus a tump. | cjo | 22/10/2023 |
| FRASER + PROBABLY 30 OTHER TIMES PREVIOUSLY | donmeister | 15/10/2023 |
| Ben Cleuch circular from Tillicoultry. Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 23/09/2023 |
| Dedicated parking in Alva 100m N of golf club car park (NS885976). PF up the Alva Glen, crossing burn several times, then sticking to zig zags on steep W flank until gate and stile. Through gate, thin path fades out, then zig zag up on grass between bracken, to gully up Wee Torry (not recommended in descent unless you’ve been up this route before), on to Mid Cairn, then Bengengie Hill. ATV tk to Blairdenon Hill and round to Craighorn before col at NN888010, then pathless to col at NN894005 and up to Ben Ever. Up Ben Cleuch, greatly assisted by the wind, on to Andrew Gannel Hill and col at NN928004, up King’s Seat Hill and back to col. FP down E flank of Gannel Burn seems to be falling into disuse. Back along A91 to Alva, to give wind a chance to dry everything out | Isbjorn | 21/09/2023 |
| Ben Cleuch horseshoe from Tillicoultry. | PeteF | 15/09/2023 |
| From Alva Glen up to Ben Ever, across to Ben Cleuch and then The Law. Steep descent to Tillicoultry. | the pigguy | 09/09/2023 |
| Ochil 2000s hill race. | ajwxyzt | 26/08/2023 |
| Solo. Hot!!! | garbo1103 | 10/08/2023 |
| With Dave | Oik | 22/06/2023 |
| From Tillicoultry, via Mill Glen, The Law and Andrew Gannel Hill. Descent via Ben Ever and its S ridge. | IanHHill | 20/06/2023 |
| Parked on Upper Mill Street and took the Tillicoultry Glen up to Ben Ever, then Ben Cleuch and down via The Law. | SootAndShale | 11/06/2023 |
| With Luna. Return via Ben Ever | Bingo999 | 10/06/2023 |
| 8 in the ochills 4 Donalds & 4 tops. Innerdownie, Whitewisp Hill, Tarmangie Hill, Kings Seat Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, The law, Ben Cleuch & Ben Ever. 1085m ascent | ChelseaMurray | 09/06/2023 |
| By way of Mill Glen and The Law; down by Andrew Gannel. | m0jla | 29/05/2023 |
| 116th time. | russell61 | 07/04/2023 |
| From Woodland CP, up Silver Glen to Ben Buck, over to Ben Cleuch, past Ben Ever to Millar Hill (Point 558) and steeply down between Wood Burn and the quarry. | TRG318 | 29/03/2023 |
| From the Woodland Park carpark (NS 8985 9749). The Nebit, Craighorn, Ben Ever and the 2 Ben Bucks first, then retraced steps up the hill to Ben Buck and followed fenceline to here on a good trod. On to Andrew Gannel Hill and The Law for a 19.2km round. | jonglew | 21/02/2023 |
| From Woodland CP: The Cloves, Craighorn, Ben Buck, Ben Cleuch, Andrew Gannel and back via Mill Glen. With SHC. | TRG318 | 22/01/2023 |
| From car park in Woodhill Wood Park along footpath to Silver Glen and on to rough track. Track along west side of the Nebit up Glenwinnal. Footpath up Ben Buck, on to Ben Cleuch. Descent via The Law, then dog leg down to Daiglen Burn, cross stream, follow contour path along west side of glen to quarry. Follow perimeter fence westward and descent to track and return to car park. | raymooremanx | 13/11/2022 |
| Another visit. Up to the Law and round Ben Cleuch and Ben Ever and down to Silver Glen. With PS. Too windy to stay on the tops. | Roblex | 26/10/2022 |
| #680 Tillicultry, Silver Glen, Ben Ever, Ben Cleuch, The Law, Andrew Gannel Hill, King's Seat Hill. | tim747 | 04/08/2022 |
| A day on the Ochill Hills (starting from Tillicoultry) visiting Elistoun Hill, King's Seat Hill, Cairnmorris Hill, Skythorn Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, The Law, Ben Cleuch, Ben Buck, Ben Ever and The Nebit. | RobB | 05/07/2022 |
| CK | SheilaS | 11/05/2022 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/7050303284/edit | Graham22b | 27/04/2022 |
| Solo (Ellie dropped off via The Law). From Andrew Gannel Hill. | MickyRoss | 15/04/2022 |
| From car park in Tillicoultry, up Mill Glen then across to Andrew Gannel and on to summit. Cold day with good air clarity; troposcope suggested 60 miles visability! | MichaelF | 03/04/2022 |
| Innerdownie, Tarmangie Hill and Ben Cleuch from Glen Sherup car park | hummusg | 11/02/2022 |
| Tillicoultry - Silver Glen - Ben Ever - Ben Cleuch - The Law - Andrew Gannel Hill - King's Seat Hill - Tillicoultry | davidpettit84 | 01/01/2022 |
| I met Dan Arnold at Tilly Glen, I drove us round to Rhodders Farm in Alva. From where we walked up the track along the Silver Glen to the sheep pen NE of the Nebit. Then an ATV track up to Ben Ever. We followed the path round to Ben Cleuch and then down The Law back to Dan's car. Sunny all day, strong cold northern wind, but great views all round. Could see Culter Fell and Tinto, the Sidlaws, Ben More and many more peaks, 03:50hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 21/11/2021 |
| Nine days late for MKG’s full house compleation – my first hill after 10 days of flu. Night sweats finally ended, so went for it. Up Mill Glen, down to Alva and back along woods path. Very windy, bright day. Weak and slow. | Rounsfell | 01/11/2021 |
| Starting in Mill Street, Tillicoultry. King's Seat Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, The Law, Ben Cleuch, Ben Ever | tsharp | 23/10/2021 |
| With @Adrian from Alva Glen CP up The Nebit, Ben Ever, Craighorn, Ben Cleuch, The Law, Andrew Gannel Hill and King's Seat, then descent down to Tillicoutry. Very easy route with sheepy paths for most of it. | sclater | 01/10/2021 |
| Loop from Tillicoultry | twg27 | 17/09/2021 |
| From Alva for a round of The Law, Ben Cleuch, Ben Ever, Craighorn, Blairdenon Hill, Bengengie Hill and Mid Cairn. | rhalstead | 06/09/2021 |
| Round via the Law, Andrew Gannel, the broad King’s Seat ridge track. With R, warm and bright, not much wind, v relaxed walking, fairly quiet. | niallp | 05/09/2021 |
| Midge Apocalypse | sjharrison | 24/08/2021 |
| Hard slog up from Mill Glen in hot sunny weather with JMcd and Belle. | barnz48 | 10/08/2021 |
| A fine day for my first new Scottish hills since late 2019. A dozen well won Tumps overlooking the Firth of Forth including Ben Cleuch, Dumglow and Knock Hill. Certainly a really memorable outing to get things on the move once again then definitely. | Alex C | 02/08/2021 |
| on Maddy Moss Hill Race route solo, CH HillGP. Warm and overcast but improving. Misty up top, partial views. Tough climb over the Law to B Cleuch and then fine running descent over AG Hill and across burn to join path descending SW from King Seat. | niallp | 27/07/2021 |
| From Alva up track then left to Craighorn on atv/path. Then followed a bog trot (path after fence) to Blairdenon Hill repeated returning to Ben Buck and Ben Cleuch in patchy visibility. Returned by Ben Evers to track and car. | SS | 13/05/2021 |
| Climbed solo from Woodlands Car Park up Silver Glen over Ben Ever, Ben Cleuch and The Law. Down Mill Glen. | ColB | 21/04/2021 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 15/04/2021 |