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Name: | Anne Bower Hill |
Hill number: | 19471 |
Height: | 129.3m / 424ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
RHB Section: | 37: The River Tees to The Wash |
County/UA: | Nottinghamshire |
Catchment: | Trent |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | SK 58995 62508 |
Summit feature: | ground 2m N of plinth |
Drop: | 33.1m |
Col: | 96.2m SK 5814 6189 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 120 (1:25k) 270 |
Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15 Survey of Anne Bower Hill.pdf |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 50 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
On a walk during my lunch break. | Wheelsy | 19/02/2024 |
Walked up with Cat after going around Vicar Water... very nice :-) | AJH | 03/09/2023 |
Up from Vicar Pond, view of Clipstone Colliery | visionset | 24/08/2023 |
2nd visit on a nice circular walk via Vicar Water country park and into Sherwood Forest pines park, visiting this on the way back where I found a nice patch of Hen-bit deadnettle near the plinth. Bare patches of cutback gorse colonised by plants such as Creeping cinquefoil and abundant Sticky mouse-ear. | Dazingdale | 24/04/2023 |
6 mile walk bagging 2 Trig Points and 2 (different) summits, Anne Bower Hill in Clipstone County park and Burstheart Hill in Thoresby Colliery. 
 
Easy ascent to summit | dazedemon | 13/08/2022 |
Easy walk up from visitor centre car park. | PGCE | 26/07/2022 |
Nice little hill and decent view. Parked at fishing pond. Redeemed the trip somewhat after the dreadful non-summit at Kirby in Ashfield and vodka bottle alley at Huthwaite. | Nick Canute | 07/02/2022 |
from Forest cabins through Sherwood Pines Forest to pond and up green track | grumpy | 03/02/2022 |
From Country Park car park up good tracks to top | PeterD | 08/10/2021 |
Very nice. A local couple told us the disused pit head towers are the tallest in Europe. Too many flying ants to linger at the summit. | Wycombe Wanderer | 14/08/2021 |
On a trail run whilst waiting for car to be serviced. | Wheelsy | 19/09/2020 |
Parked in country car park then did circular walk back getting the tiny geocache at the summit with my 4 lads | The-Z-Man | 16/07/2020 |
done with dad and brothers and got the geocache at the top | CodyZ | 16/07/2020 |
Round of 8 hills, cycling from Nottingham (90km). Early start and beautiful weather. Robin Hood's Hill, Herrod's Hill, Newton Lane, Newton Lane (Boundary), Silverhill, Mansfield woodhouse Colliery, Anne Bower Hill, Mansfield Hill. | Nicky C | 15/05/2020 |
From Country Park car park. Currently free of charge as machines are not maintained! Easy walk up path to summit with Alfie. Plenty of evidence of the amount of dogs walked around here lying on the paths! | Dangerous Dave | 17/03/2020 |
Parked to the NW in Vicar Water Country Park car park (voluntary payment, although machine would not take any money) SK587626. | David Evans | 25/01/2020 |
Quick hill en route, from country park car park | RobertP | 24/12/2019 |
Short up and down from country park car park. | rhalstead | 01/12/2019 |
From Vicars Water car park and easily up on nice crisp morning. Industrial heritage clearly visible. | Mark Sims | 29/11/2019 |
TD, C & H | This Dog | 27/08/2019 |
From the country park car park, accessed from SK 5877 6297. Wide gravel track on S side of the ponds leads to toposcope at hill summit. | jonglew | 20/07/2019 |
Sunny lovely hill. Easy walk up from the very busy car park but I had the sunny summit to myself. | Dugswell2 | 23/02/2019 |
A nice climb, the kids enjoyed the play at the park afterwards. | Stestag | 17/02/2019 |
Easy top with interesting topo. 
Good cafe as well. | Bramley | 06/02/2019 |
Nice little hill to recomplete Nottinghamshire for the Nth time. Then splendid 2 course meal in the cafe before heading off to recomplete Staffordshire. | GordonAdshead | 24/01/2019 |
Excellent find. | andrew brown | 24/01/2019 |
Nottinghamshire completed for the 4th time. Well established country park. Great cafe at car park to north well worth receiving Hill Baggers patronage. | Campbell Singer | 22/01/2019 |
Easy walk up from cp. Great viewpoint and excellent cafe for lunch. | Barbara Singer | 22/01/2019 |
Nice hill. Ascent from southwest from Crown Farm Way on gently graded track, descent to ENE on steeper track to Vicar water pond. | Moorponder | 21/01/2019 |
From country park to N on a very gloomy day. Machine accepted my £1 coin, voluntary parking fee! | Aye Jimmy | 20/01/2019 |
Parked at country park visitor centre. Tried to pay a £1 , but the machine wouldn't take it. Easy paths to summit. Toposcope shows 47 ex coal mines that could be seen. 
Escaped Harris Hawk walking around in the field opposite the cafe. | ngthack | 10/01/2019 |
Accompanied Graham and John on the survey mission. Views include somewhat poignantly, the twin pit head winding towers of the Clipstone mine closed in 2003. | RichardM | 07/01/2019 |
Straightforward from N | RHW | 17/03/2018 |
Parked at Vicar Water Country Park (excellent cafe). Good paths up to summit and topograph. Lovely little hill with clear views over the former Notts coalfield. Carried on to do a circular walk including Mansfield Hill (revisit) and Strawberry Hill. | Richard Gunn | 13/03/2018 |
Alerted to this one via Tump forum. Added after survey completed. Borrowed my mum's car and parked up in Visitor centre car park, 1st indulging in the Cafe delights. Easy path to the top next to Toposcope and potential alt top close to edge of Grasshopper Copse. Nice swathe of heather on Western Slope. Continuing onto Mansfield Hill then exploring Strawberry Hill on loop back to the Visitor centre Via Oak Tree Heath. Reported findings to Relative Hills FB group on 11 Feb 2018. | Dazingdale | 10/02/2018 |
A quick walk at dusk. | Wheelsy | 01/12/2012 |
Excellent free parking a the Vicar Water visitor centre (akthough a voluntary donation of £1 is suggested. Nice cajke, loos and visitor centre ion-site Very, very easy amble up to the summit. | moorsman | blank |
Ben Rinnes | 01/04/2024 | |
maknipe | 30/12/2022 | |
Lucky | 30/12/2022 | |
Halfdecent | 10/11/2022 | |
Andy West | 29/08/2022 | |
Bag For Life | 14/08/2021 | |
milopodesta | 01/06/2021 | |
Martin R | 12/09/2020 | |
Alan Caine | 28/06/2020 | |
Slash3 | 01/06/2020 | |
kev65 | 12/03/2020 | |
PeteF | 13/08/2019 | |
carole engel | 13/02/2019 |