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| Name: | Lowscales Hill |
| Hill number: | 2702 |
| Height: | 190.7m / 626ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2646 Black Combe |
| RHB Section: | 34D: Southern Cumbria |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Lake District - Southern Fells |
| County/UA: | Cumberland |
| Catchment: | Duddon |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (100-199m), Submarilyn, Clem (Hu,Tu,1,sMa,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SD 15266 82041 |
| Summit feature: | outcrop on grassy mound |
| Drop: | 146.4m |
| Col: | 44.2m SD 1762 8416  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 96 (1:25k) OL6S |
| Observations: | summit at SD 15346 81898 is 189.9m; summits to north and south are lower |
| Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 99 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From SD 1492 8253 (above Po House) via bridleway and track. Wet and misty but a pleasant hill. | summitsup | 14/03/2024 |
| Walked up from Po House via BW and rough track to summit ridge. Clag down so no views but a nice ridge nevertheless. | IanHHill | 13/03/2024 |
| Train to Millom, taxi to quarry below Millom Park then to viewing platform, on to Lowscale Bank and finally to Lowscales Hill. Walked due south to pick up FP back to Millom station | trimarc2 | 16/10/2023 |
| Lovely bright October afternoon wandering up here with stunning views across to Black Combe and over to the Isle of Man hills far out to sea. | Alex C | 16/10/2023 |
| From Lowscales bank, some boggy ground to negotiate. Caught in very heavy shower on path back to PO house to arrange my pick up. | cjo | 14/10/2023 |
| Parked near gate (space for 1 car) to N of Lowscales Bank for a circuit of Lowscales Bank, Lowscales Hill and Millom Park. | PGCE | 31/08/2023 |
| 1/8. Parked near Po House, up footpath and across to summit of Lowscales Hill, then negotiating walls mostly using gates to Lowscales Bank. Then dropped down to RoW, through gate and up along wall side to mast, over onto RoW through wood and up to Millom Park and the observation tower. A great view on a sunny day but very windy as Storm Otto was passing! Then back past the mast and down to the road. 7km with 500m ascent taking 2 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 17/02/2023 |
| From Po House via the public footpath. Left on a grassy vehicle track before a gate, then left again through a gateway, from whence a path leads to the summit. The OS 189m high point has a small memorial to the crew of a Flying Fortress that crashed nearby in 1943. | Nick Down1 | 24/04/2022 |
| From Parking near PO House. Followed Footpath then through open gates to summit field. Continued past sumit where there are gaps to pass the wall then dropped down adjacenet to the access land before picking the track up to the footpath. Lovely Views from the summit | Jephcote83 | 31/03/2022 |
| From Kirksanton via Po House path then as Isbjorn to summit and on to Lowscales Bank | AlanD | 15/03/2022 |
| Parked just NE of Po House at SD14865 82480. Up the track and through a couple of gates/wall gaps, then sheep tracks to the grassy summit. Pleasant views. | LizH | 01/03/2022 |
| Parking beside wall at Po House SD 148824. Public FP S then via gates at SD 14870 81945 and SD 14987 81867. Accessed Open Access area to N via engineered gaps in walls at SD 15327 82112 and SD 15362 82125 and on to Lowscales Bank. | Isbjorn | 28/12/2021 |
| Circular walk from Millom visiting Lowscales Hill, Lowscales Bank, Millom Park, Brocklebank Wood and Midlow Hill with return via Cumbria Coastal Way (on a very fine Autumn day). | RobB | 04/11/2021 |
| 4/5 Brocklebank Wood, Midlow Hill, Millom Park, Lowscales Hill and Lowscales Bank. Nice circle of hills in this remote corner. Sunny day and great views of Black Coombe. Probably last walk for a bit if we get lock down but fingers crossed. | nickywood1 | 22/03/2020 |
| From parking above Po House.Followed track almost all the way to the the top. | PeterD | 28/12/2019 |
| From Minto verge above Po House. Easy track and trails to summit. View across to Black Combe and other local surroundings, and sunset over extensive offshore wind turbines. | Topographer57 | 30/11/2019 |
| Parked on verge behind Po House. First southern leaf covered bit was very soft, much firmer after bush, a bit north. Easy walk up and down. | Minto | 22/11/2019 |
| With K easily from just above Po House | Ashley | 30/06/2019 |
| A return to Lowscales hill (which I look across to from my home ) this time from Kirkstanton with Jules and Jill. unable to cross the wall from the far side to the top (which I had climbed in the past from The Knott road Millom side) A lovely bonus for an early start sighting a Roe deer and Kid...4 brown hares ..2 of which came very close as they approached us coming along the wall as we sat upwind from them having breakfast near the top . | Grey Hare | 18/05/2019 |
| From Po House, with Ellie dog. | BLACKHILL | 27/03/2019 |
| Roadside parking above Po House. Followed track up hillside until left fork took me through an open gate into next field. Another gate higher up gives access to the summit. If you want to bag the old 189m height you'd have to climb the stone wall. I didn't think it necessary. Back the same way. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 28/01/2019 |
| Just beyond Po House going NE there is a small area of hard standing for a car during wet conditions. Headed south on ROW to a gate at 150819. Short walk to summit. Solo in mist in 40 minutes. | bolton | 28/12/2018 |
| From Po House, as others. Parking ok on NW side of road to NE of Po House entrance (SD 1486 8247). RoW initially then across sheep pastures and a stone wall. Wandered across to the old GR - the 189 spot height (another wall to cross). | jonglew | 16/07/2018 |
| Parked on wide verge just above Po House at 148824 - Up RoW & then farm track to gate at 150819 - Through gate & then a short ascent avoiding horse to summit mound on W. side of wall. (DB) | gerrybowes | 28/12/2017 |
| Got permission to park at Bankside then went via High Lowscales, using ROWs to the final enclosure and HP. Thought about a return via access land but it looked very rough going and we weren't sure if we could cross the estate's incredibly well-maintained walls.Instead, we accessed the paths in Millom Park from the enclosure/ park wall jct just above High Lowscales, where there is an informal(?) wall stile and went over Millom Park HP(qv) instead. With Pete. | pwheeler | 26/09/2017 |
| I may have visited the new top on my last visit but probably didn't. As I'd come down to make sure of Muncaster, I added a re-ascent of this one. All possible tops visited this time | Colin Crawford | 03/04/2017 |
| Parked nr Po House and w Jenx used the FP to gain higher ground - wandered around on the summit area w old and new top plus another should top get moved in future | nordicstar | 14/02/2017 |
| From SW, Po Hse, revisit for relocated SubMarilyn summit W side of wall. | RHW | 04/12/2016 |
| Track and then path from Po House, one open gate, no barbed wire and no wall to climb to reach the highest point. | alda | 01/11/2016 |
| Couple of bits of 'Access Land' from track to NE of summit but you still have to trespass. You would think the Millom NEDS would beat a path to their local top. I don't know, you just can't get a quality NED like we used to be back in '42. Put me down for wandering about all the various tops. | Eddie | 19/04/2014 |
| Not a summit to try for when you realise that you have left the map in the car! Had to climb all the visible, mist shrouded hills just to make sure. Plenty of roadside parking just above Po House. Some walls to climb on the way. | moorsman | 22/04/2013 |
| Walked up the public footpath which just stops and then a quick trespass to three tops.Top could be any of these. Watch out for the cows. | DARRENG | 22/09/2012 |
| Parked by Kirksanton Village Hall and used FP to gain access,climbed a few large walls and visited various knolls in the fog on a mild dry afternoon. Local farmer is friendly as I watch him feed his cattle and Blue Faced Leicester tups. | Dugswell2 | 20/11/2011 |
| From road S of Bankside, by pig farm. Steeply through trees onto upper hill. Some bracken and gorse higher up, but summit area clear. Summit: perm any one from three or four possibles. | Aye Jimmy | 23/08/2011 |
| From road to SE about a kilometer away. Very easy - stroll. Pleasant. | destaylor | 01/06/2011 |
| Very hard work from NE (Bankside). Lots of big walls and barbed wire. Summit location could be any of three or four hillocks. | chriswatson | 22/02/2011 |
| Boring hill, great views | peebs | 13/11/2010 |
| This was a visit to the old top. Damn - will have to repeat, following AD's survey! | Man of Kernow1 | 15/08/2010 |
| up on footpath / trespass from po house | gigglejon | 12/01/2008 |
| Parked on minor road to SE and used track and right of way to get very close. Then a short stroll to top. | garyhoney | 31/12/2006 |
| Slept in car then a groggy splash up sodden Lowscales Fell in grey cloud. Then drove to Wasdale Head to meet Darren for an epic 9 hours bagging over Scafell | Chris Pearson | 15/06/2002 |
| fine hill (but in pouring rain). tk from Bankside to N then path by/across pastures | RHW | 21/04/2002 |
| Went up by FP from 165812 to Low Scales Farm. Long chat with farmer's wife seeking permission for access. She was surprised at the RoW going past the farm and then just stopping, and did not think the hill was the highest point in the region. (It was!) Access initially declined, but it was one of those situations where I sensed that I would get it in the end. | David Purchase | 28/04/1999 |
| On access track and sheep paths by wall to several false tops then over 6' wall to top. | arranc | 25/09/1998 |
| Tom Mundell | 21/01/2023 | |
| PeterAH | 01/03/2022 | |
| Michael Hood | 11/02/2022 | |
| iainwalton | 25/01/2022 | |
| IWC | 27/08/2021 | |
| Mark Hodgson | 03/04/2021 |