Black Hill (Soldier's Lump)
582m (1910ft)
Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) is in The Dark Peak Area, The Peak District, West Yorkshire/Derbyshire, England
The summit of Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You can walk to the top of Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) by using either of these 2 route maps:
Walk d205 Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) and Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) from Crowden
Easy to follow paths across wild moorland
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,746ft (532m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Crowden - Crowden Brook - The Pennine Way - Highstone Rocks - Span Gutter - Rakes Rocks - Oakenclough Brook - Laddow Moss - Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) - Near Broadslate - Sliddens - Dun Hill - Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) - Tooleyshaw Moss - Tooleyshaw Moor - White Low - Westend Moss - Hey Moss - Hey Edge - Crowden
Walk wy176 Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) and Black Moss Reservior from Wessenden Head
The new & the old Pennine Way
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,902ft (580m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Wessenden Head - The Pennine Way - Wessenden Reservoir - Wessenden Lodge - Blakely Clough - Black Moss Reservoir - Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) - Wessenden Head
Interactive Walking Maps
See Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) and the surrounding tops on our unique, downloadable, PDF Peak Bagging Map:
NB: Whether you print off a copy or download it to your phone, this PDF Peak Baggers' Map might prove incredibly useful when your are up there on the tops and you cannot get a phone signal.
See Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Dark Peak Area of The Peak District National Park
Less data - quicker to download
You can find Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Black Hill (Soldier's Lump)
Nina Adams walked up Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) on August 30th, 2021 [from/via/route] Holme - Kirklees way to Digby Reservoir - Greaves Head - Reap hill Clough - Black Dyke Head - Soldiers Lump - Black Hill - Holme Moss - Britland Edge Hill - Lad Clough - Brownhill Reservoir - Holme [with] Craig [weather] Cloudy, low cloud 12°C
Alison Tomlin climbed it on January 2nd, 2023 - Icy!
Patrick Molloy bagged it on May 5th, 2022 [from/via/route] Parked at Torside. Out & back [with] Nadia [weather] Cloudy, warm
Tony Halliday hiked Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) on April 3rd, 2021 [from/via/route] Croyden car park via black chew to black hill back over peat bogs [with] Sally Halliday Jimmy George and boo [weather] Started off very cool & windy up top but as we descended the sun came out & the layers came off - Steep start then levelled off first half of walk east to follow path over penine way second half took some navigating over peat bogs which would be fun in the winter !
Mark Pritchard summited on September 25th, 2020 [from/via/route] Walk from Brownhill Resevoir, through Holme, over Digley Dam, up to Black Hill Trig Point, past Transmitter, over Twizle Head Moss to crossley Plantation & back to res [with] Tim Bailey [weather] Good sunny day but very windy on the high ground
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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Black Hill (Soldier's Lump)
Sunshine on The Pennine Way on Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) looking towards Black Hill (Soldier's Lump)
The Pennine Way on Black Chew Head (Laddow Rocks) with Black Hill (Soldier's Lump) in the distance
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