Winter Hill Summit

The summit of Winter Hill marked by an OS trig, the height was measured at 456 metres above mean sea level here and it’s the place to reach if you want to bag the hill.

A tarmac path leads almost all the way up but the peat area around the pillar is usually very boggy.

Note the concrete “boxes” along the tarmac path nearby that mark the points of old entrances to the coal mines that were only partially sealed to allow access for bats living within.

Local History

Historic monuments near Winter Hill Summit

Pike Stones chambered long cairn – 3.98 km away
Stone circle, ring cairn and two round cairns on Cheetham Close – 5.71 km away
Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds – 6.03 km away
Headless Cross, Grimeford – 4.52 km away
Round Loaf bowl barrow on Anglezarke Moor – 3.90 km away
Round cairn on Noon Hill – 1.29 km away
Round cairn on Winter Hill – 0.41 km away
The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David’s Church – 8.30 km away
Steam tramway reversing triangle – 6.76 km away
Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall – 8.62 km away
Round cairn 280m west of Old Harpers Farm – 2.58 km away