| Name: | Allestree Park |
| Hill number: | 5497 |
| Height: | 138m / 453ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2812 Shining Tor |
| County/UA: | Derby, Derbyshire |
| Topographical area: | EP07 Kinder-shining |
| SMC/RHB section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Catchment: | Trent |
| Class: | Current County/UA Top (CoU) |
| Grid ref: | SK 33979 40629 |
| Summit feature: | low bank E side of road |
| Drop: | 6m |
| Col: | 132m SK338409  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 119 128 (1:25k) 259E |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 304 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| An evening stroll around the park taking in the high point. | garyhoney | 25/08/2024 |
| Return ride from tumping in Derbyshire, love this bike descent down through park from the summit by road, just south of water tower. | visionset | 17/07/2024 |
| Highest point seems to be close to where the footpath enters the park. Tree-covered summit so no views. Parked in CP around 300m south. | Vulcan | 21/01/2024 |
| Parked in car park about 300m to S and walked through woods to high point. Returning from a bike ride to do Chellaston and Pistern Hills | steveb2006 | 11/12/2023 |
| Solo, very brief walk as parked in lay-by at footpath entrance. | Fidget | 28/07/2023 |
| Parked in dirt pull-in by footpath sign into woods - Out of car & a few metres S. to low bank on E. side of road. | gerrybowes | 04/06/2023 |
| Not often I start a 'hill' walk from a Premier Inn - casual stroll through northern Derby on the A6 (a lot smarter than I expected), up to the top then back down via the river path into central Derby. | Richard | 13/04/2023 |
| 1 of 5 on 22 mile bike ride starting on church lane in darley abbey. Up the lane and to park entrance next to roadside | The-Z-Man | 24/12/2022 |
| Very little to be said. Parking almost on the summit and as long a walk as you wish! | moorsman | 29/06/2022 |
| After visit to Kedleston Hall and walk around the grounds there. | Nick Canute | 04/06/2022 |
| Allestree and Chevin CX - Ride (via Strava) | visionset | 12/02/2022 |
| From Allestree Park car park. | CreakingHiker | 23/08/2021 |
| With CreakingHiker | tim747 | 23/08/2021 |
| Walked from home, about 1 mile away, doing my virtual parkrun (passed it again on way home at 9:20). Highest point is right next to the road, with a small layby opposite. Not exactly Everest! | Spartanhouse | 26/06/2021 |
| Visited on way back home from SIB | GordonAdshead | 15/05/2021 |
| Ride out from Nottingham on a beautiful day.via drum hill (breadsall moor). Shame about the lack of views, but the woods were very green! | Nicky C | 21/05/2020 |
| On a Google Maps diversion on the way home | johnkenyon | 28/12/2019 |
| TD, C & H | This Dog | 27/08/2019 |
| Parked opposite and had a walk round entrance to wood, not much else to say. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 23/08/2019 |
| With E. Small lay by at side of road. Quick out of car in heavy downpour, to hp earthbank on east side of road next to fp sign, back in car. Done. | Beeliner | 28/07/2019 |
| Small dirt pull-in opp entrance into woods, seemed about as high as it gets. | jonglew | 23/07/2019 |
| Completed during a quick trip to Derby to visit the in-laws. Have been to Allestree many times over the years but never bagged this 'summit' before! Nice easy access along Woodlands road. | Gerry the Ranger | 13/07/2019 |
| After Allestree Urban. | davechaffey | 16/06/2019 |
| With my wife Sharon. Parked in small lay-by opposite summit. Also visited Allestree Church (cut benchmark). Lovely lunch in the Red Cow next door. Finished with a walk on Darley Abbey Park. Glorious weather. | Richard Gunn | 14/05/2019 |
| With Frank | magirob | 07/04/2019 |
| By car. Parked up near summit and walked to it. High point on the road very close to the footpath sign into the woods. | jedthehumanoid | 16/11/2018 |
| From car park to south. Walked through wood to FP sign and small mound by the road. | PeterD | 02/09/2018 |
| Parked at Duffield car park next to church, walked along river up to Allestree park, summit at side of road right hand side of the footpath sign, then walked back a different way via Quarndon and bunkers hill (very good view) back to Duffield | Joel451 | 19/08/2018 |
| Woodlands Road for the satnav. | clivevilla | 10/04/2018 |
| Free car park. Had a nice walk around the park looking for toilets but found none! Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 05/03/2018 |
| Parked: Carpark SK340404 south of summit, although could have parked in layby next to summit. | David Evans | 23/12/2017 |
| Bank on east side of road next to fp sign. First of 6 county tops today. | Campbell Singer | 12/11/2017 |
| Roadside top. | Barbara Singer | 12/11/2017 |
| alan | Glenford | 05/11/2017 |
| Although I must have visited this top many times before I thought it was best to visit it again to apply a date to it. I lived for 20 years in Allestree during the early part of my life. | Neil Haslewood | 10/07/2017 |
| Nothing to write home about at the summit itself though a drive about reveals some decent views. | stig_nest | 28/04/2017 |
| Done in the dark with a torch from the carpark | the_adam | 20/12/2016 |
| roadside | rhalstead | 20/08/2016 |
| Short walk up from car park to the south. Ground just inside woods seems marginally higher than by road. | Wheelsy | 17/04/2016 |
| Short walk along road from car park | Ramblingpaul | 19/02/2016 |
| Arrived in the dark and had a short torch lit walk in the woods. | Herbert Anchovy | 21/01/2016 |
| Pleasant walk on an Autumn day Nice little wood, gentle stroll around park | Mypoorblisters | 17/11/2015 |
| In 1990? I entered one of my first orienteering events in Allestree Park. I still recall a golfer shouting at me 'What are you doing, reading the sunday papers?' as I stood on the fairway peering confused at this strange new map full of different colours and symbols and a scale that was unfathomable. Easier navigation (on a road) in finding the highpoint on this visit. | Chris Pearson | 08/08/2015 |
| Wandered around on what I thought was the highest point close to the edge of the road. | bolton | 04/06/2015 |
| 1/11 First of long day's hill bagging. Beautiful wood beside nice village | Fergalh | 04/05/2015 |
| The 5th of 9 county high points today | mcallmar | 08/04/2015 |
| Wandered in woods like everybody else. Not the pointiest of peaks. | ngthack | 22/02/2015 |
| Banking just inside wood from layby seemed as high as anywhere. Short wander in wood found only dog muck. | Aye Jimmy | 05/02/2015 |
| Spot height in road, low bank E side of road coinciding with boundary (old boundary marker?) appears to be highest point: apparently nothing higher within wood. | RHW | 24/01/2015 |
| Diverted off the Nomad way from Quarndon on an 18.5 mile walk from Kirk langley to the Flourish on Spondon road (near Stanley). I was surprised that this is classified as a hill. I walked around the woods and like everybody else was a bit confused about where the summit is supposed to be but I did walk along the verge of the road and even into the other side (through the broken wire fencing. There is a nice Yew tree in the woods and it looks like a makeshift bmx track has been created through constant use but a pleasant place to be for dappled light with lots of variety in tree species. There was some work being done to the water tower when I visited. I walked back along the road to the jct turning left and back onto the Nomad way along 'The Common and footpaths to DDuffield bank, Eaton park wood, and my second summit at Breadsall moor past the Scout camp off Horsley Carr wood and from there to Morley Smithy, Stanley and the end on Spondon road, catching the I3 bus into Derby. | Dazingdale | 24/07/2014 |