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Viewing Hill
649m (2130ft)

The North Pennines, County Durham, England


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146th highest in England,
250th in England & Wales

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194th highest in England,
334th in England & Wales

Walk Viewing Hill walking UK Mountains in The North Pennines  County Durham, England

Viewing Hill Summit

Photo: James Irving

You can find Viewing Hill & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

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1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

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Viewing Hill on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Map:

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You can walk to the top of Viewing Hill by using this easy‑to‑follow route map:
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Walk du132 Three Pikes, Great Stony Hill and Viewing Hill from Langdon Beck

Fine views in all directions - can be boggy!

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Vital Statistics:

Length: 14ml (22.5km)
Ascent:1,743ft (531m)
Time:7 hrs
Grade:Walk Grade 6 Icon (Moderate)

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Viewing Hill Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Viewing Hill

Caroline Winter walked up Viewing Hill on August 30th, 2022 [from/via/route] Alston road at Swallow Hole & Yad Moss, lay by opposite Finger post, path to building ruins, bearing to Viewing hill [with] Becky [weather] Warm & humid afternoon. Prolonged Dry spell - Good track, but turned off too early, crossing moorland, hags & troughs to find cairn marking the top. Encountered a row of grouse beaters near the top & land rovers along the track lower down. On descent, took a path that veered off towards Cow Green reservoir & brought us out on lower main track by an abandoned building

Angela Moroney climbed Viewing Hill on May 18th, 2021 [from/via/route] kirkstone [with] Jane ludders [weather] sun wind

Kevin Foster bagged Viewing Hill on September 4th, 2018 [from/via/route] du132 from Langdon Beck. [with] Henry. [weather] Cloudy but with plenty of sunny breaks. - Great Stony Hill had the feel of a proper mountain top with great views all round. The track skirting Viewing Hill was very easy walking after what had gone before. The only problem was having to leave it to make a pathless ascent & descent off Viewing Hill itself. Be warned on reaching Cow Green visitor car park the walk is far from over as there is another 4 km of road walking to go to return you back to the starting point at Langdon Beck. Overall a very enjoyable walk though.

Mark Hanley hiked Viewing Hill on June 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Bowlees [weather] Cloudy

Darren Mortimer summited Viewing Hill on January 4th, 2018 [from/via/route] Cow green reservoir [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] cold & snow under foot

Christine Shepherd conquered Viewing Hill on April 30th, 2017 [from/via/route] Walked from the road using part of walk du132 [with] On my own [weather] Dry & pleasant. A bit breezy but the wind wasn't cold so it was fine.

Mark Davidson scaled Viewing Hill on August 8th, 2008 [with] Mike [weather] High white cloud - bit cool for August

Ray O'hara walked up Viewing Hill on June 24th, 2013 [from/via/route] DU132 [weather] overcast but summit clear - The summit yet again requires trampling through a bit of a bog, but not too bad. Nice views in all directions, well worth visiting.

Patrick Rogozinski and Trevor Williams have both walked, climbed & bagged Viewing Hill.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Viewing Hill

Cow Green Reservoir from Viewing Hill summit

Cow Green Reservoir from Viewing Hill summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (572)

The beck we followed up Viewing Hill from Holdenhurth Band

The beck we followed up Viewing Hill from Holdenhurth Band

Photo: James Irving (19)

Cairn on western edge of Three Pikes with Viewing Hill beyond

Cairn on western edge of Three Pikes with Viewing Hill beyond

Photo: James Irving (5)


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