Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate

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Route outline for walk ch104:

The Hanging Gate  -  Pot Lords  -  High Lee Farm  -  Withenshaw  -  Cessbank Common  -  Longgutter  -  Lower Greasley Farm  -  Greasley Hollow  -  Mareknowles Farm  -  The Gritstone Trail  -  Wincle Minn  -  Golden Slack  -  Croker Hill  -  Sutton Common  -  Foxbank Farm  -  Higher Sutton  -  Lowerhouse Farm  -  The Hanging Gate




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
0
English
Mountains
Wainwright
0
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
0
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
0
English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
0
Marilyns
Bridget
2
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Croker Hill at 402m (1319ft). Croker Hill is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Croker Hill is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Wincle Minn at 384m (1260ft). Wincle Minn is known as an English Bridget.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Gritstone Trail, a 56km (35 miles) linear footpath connecting Disley in Cheshire, England with Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The Gritstone Trail is waymarked by a black boot and a yellow G. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Gritstone Trail.



You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Peak District National Park


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

OL24 The Peak District - White Peak area


268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton, Altrincham, Knutsford & Sandbach


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

118 Stoke-on-Trent & Macclesfield


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate

In no particular order . . .

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - Shutlingsloe from The Gritstone Trail on Croker Hill

Shutlingsloe from The Gritstone Trail on Croker Hill

Photo: Ben Muggleton (3)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - Croker Hill from near the Hanging Gate pub

Croker Hill from near the Hanging Gate pub

Photo: Ben Muggleton (4)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - The Telecommincations Tower on Croker Hill from The Gritstone Trail

The Telecommincations Tower on Croker Hill from The Gritstone Trail

Photo: Ben Muggleton (2)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - Greasley Hollow from the ruined Mareknowles Farm

Greasley Hollow from the ruined Mareknowles Farm

Photo: Harry Starkey (39)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate -  The Cheshire Plain with Jodrell Bank in the distance from the Gritstone Trail on Croker Hill

The Cheshire Plain with Jodrell Bank in the distance from the Gritstone Trail on Croker Hill

Photo: Harry Starkey (42)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate above Pot Lords

Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate above Pot Lords

Photo: Harry Starkey (34)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate -  Sshutlingsloe from Cessbank Common

Sshutlingsloe from Cessbank Common

Photo: Harry Starkey (41)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - Looking over Greasley Hollow and Mareknowles Farm from the Gritstone  Trail on Wincle Minn

Looking over Greasley Hollow and Mareknowles Farm from the Gritstone Trail on Wincle Minn

Photo: Harry Starkey (37)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - The ruined Mareknowles Farm above Greasley Hollow

The ruined Mareknowles Farm above Greasley Hollow

Photo: Harry Starkey (36)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - The Telecommincations Tower on Croker Hill

The Telecommincations Tower on Croker Hill

Photo: Ben Muggleton (1)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate -  The Roaches, Hen Cloud and the Staffordshire Moorlands from the Gritstone  Trail on Wincle Minn

The Roaches, Hen Cloud and the Staffordshire Moorlands from the Gritstone Trail on Wincle Minn

Photo: Harry Starkey (40)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate - Croker Hill from the Gitstone Trail on the summit of Wincle Minn

Croker Hill from the Gitstone Trail on the summit of Wincle Minn

Photo: Harry Starkey (35)

Walk ch104 Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate -  Looking SE from Cessbank Common

Looking SE from Cessbank Common

Photo: Harry Starkey (38)


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