Walk The Dodd and Killhope Law from Killhope Cross

One for the peak baggers - Killhope Head can be boggy!

This 6¼ mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Killhope Cross in the North Pennines & will take you about 3¼ hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Walk No.: du116
Length: 6¼ miles (10km)
Ascent: 821 ft (250m)
Time: 3¼ hours
Grade: Walk Grade 3 (Easy) Icon

 

 

 


Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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2
English
Mountains
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0
Wainwrights
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2
English
Nuttalls
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0
English
Deweys
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0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
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Marilyns
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Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Killhope Law at 673m (2208ft). Killhope Law is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (123rd highest in England, 207th highest in England & Wales)

Killhope Law is also known as an English Nuttall (165th highest in England, 278th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Killhope Law is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of The Dodd at 614m (2015ft). The Dodd is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (175th highest in England, 306th highest in England & Wales)

The Dodd is also known as an English Nuttall (244th highest in England, 425th highest in England & Wales).


You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)


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

OS Explorer OL31 North Pennines - Teesdale & Weardale


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 86 Haltwhistle & Brampton, Bewcastle & Alston


OS Landranger 87 Hexham & Haltwhistle



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk The Dodd and Killhope Law from Killhope Cross

In no particular order . . .

Climbing The Dodd

Climbing The Dodd

Photo: Mike Knipe (53)

The bog surrounding the trig point of Killhope Law

The bog surrounding the trig point of Killhope Law

Photo: Christine Shepherd (614)

Stretchneck Sheep on The Dodd

Stretchneck Sheep on The Dodd

Photo: Mike Knipe (51)

What's left of the 40ft pole on the summit of Killhope Law

What's left of the 40ft pole on the summit of Killhope Law

Photo: Christine Shepherd (615)

Carrshield Moor from the hut at the head of Bridge Cleugh

Carrshield Moor from the hut at the head of Bridge Cleugh

Photo: Maurice Openshaw (5)

The summit cairn on The Dodd

The summit cairn on The Dodd

Photo: Christine Shepherd (578)

Looking down to Nenthead from The Dodd

Looking down to Nenthead from The Dodd

Photo: Christine Shepherd (579)

Me on the summit trig point of Killhope Law, my final English Nuttall

Me on the summit trig point of Killhope Law, my final English Nuttall

Photo: Christine Shepherd (613)

Killhope Law from summit cairn on The Dodd

Killhope Law from summit cairn on The Dodd

Photo: Maurice Openshaw (4)


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