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Name:Bardon Hill
Hill number:2873
Height:279.9m / 918ft
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Leicestershire
County (CoH):Leicestershire (CoH)
County (CoA):Leicestershire (CoA)
Catchment:Trent
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Historic County Top, Current County/UA Top,
Administrative County Top, Clem
(Ma,Hu,Tu,2,CoH,CoU,CoA,Cm)
Grid ref:SK 46082 13193
Summit feature:rock tor N of communications mast
Drop:172m
Col:108m  SP431909  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 129
(1:25k) 245E
Observations:trig point at SK 45993 13199 is lower
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Notes:
  • Leicestershire (1974) administrative county top
  • Leicestershire historic county top
  • Leicestershire current county/UA top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 539 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
From Parking area near Upper Greenhill Farm. Footpath (Boggy) then concrete road to summit Tor and Trig. Return same way.Iris Jephcote09/03/2024
From Parking area near Upper Greenhill Farm. Footpath (Boggy) then concrete road to summit Tor and Trig. Return same way.Ivy Jephcote09/03/2024
From Parking area near Upper Greenhill Farm. Footpath (Boggy) then concrete road to summit Tor and Trig. Return same way.Jephcote8309/03/2024
From lay-by on Warren Hills Road. 1st of 2 short walks in a day with R+R.Dan Baddeley04/02/2024
Walk w/Devon. Parked Cademan Wood car park. Cademan Trig, Bardon Hill, Ives Head loop.ZacField21/01/2024
From Vercor Close. Very much enjoyed this one.sturuss14/01/2024
A New Years Day walk with Alma Aurea on Warren Hills and then Bardon Hill. Better views from the trigpoint than I expected, a nice summit to visit. /Dmeltdiceburg01/01/2024
On Way home from South Downs. Parked like others from Vercor Close. Pleasant woodland and actually cracking views. Enjoyed more than I had expected to. Watched planes landing at I think East Midlands?nickywood104/10/2023
Revisit of my local Marilyn after nearby Tump bag. Walked up footpath from Whitwick Road.KevPalmer03/10/2023
From Vercor Close, a pleasant walk up through woodland. Good views from the trig point; impressive views of the quarry. An interesting hill, formed of some of England's oldest rocks.justin_j_evans30/07/2023
Parked in Vercor Close to the N and followed Ivanhoe Way to the top by the mast. Trig point was more interesting with views over the quarry. As long as we need roads we will need quarries like this. Overcast. Solo.richard6914/07/2023
Leicester summit at long last, actually really good, amazing quarry, and good riding. Bit of a carry to actual summit.visionset07/06/2023
On a pleasant 15km circuit from Amazon Prime warehouse. Perhaps my 600th Marilyn.Phreerunner05/06/2023
With Deborah, Frances & RoryDonpeblo13/04/2023
A cold day in the East Midlands. A few miles' walk from the bus stop at Bardon, over the quarry and to the summit. The quarry makes for a fairly bleak industrial landscape in winter but overall nice views.hillbagger9104/02/2023
Climbed up from Greenhill on Ivanhoe Waymavero1028/01/2023
Second ascent. Parked immediately on left in Romans Crescent and up via Ivanhoe Way.PeteF10/12/2022
GMmaryjdavies29/10/2022
Followed PRoWs from South Lane (in town to the S)JK23/10/2022
Walked up from the busy road by Green Hill farm & through a quiet wood to an excellent view at the trig point.cjwilliams29/09/2022
Parked in Vercor Drive, pleasant walk to the summit on clear paths. Views were indeed stunningRockdoctor23/09/2022
From Vercor Close, boggy in places, visited summit and trig, return same wayJephcote8323/09/2022
From Vercor Close, boggy in places, visited summit and trig, return same wayIvy Jephcote23/09/2022
From Vercor Close, boggy in places, visited summit and trig, return same wayIris Jephcote23/09/2022
Parked on Whitwick Lane and walked there and back on the public footpaths.RowanP17/08/2022
5 of 5 starting on bluebell way in Coalville. 12.8 miles. Last of the day. Didn’t stick around long at the top. Picked the wrong day. About 100 kids on school trip at the top. Marilyn no. 63The-Z-Man25/06/2022
Did Bardon Hill on the first day of a 4 day County Top trip with my cousin. Very interesting county top with the quarry being literally almost on the edge of where the Summit and Trig is located.DavidHiner19/03/2022
From Vercor Close up Ivanhoe Way. Very muddy after recent rain. Top is a rocky tor; trig is further on and lower. Another Marilyn which is worth climbing but not worth travelling to climb, to paraphrase Dr Johnson.peter4lc05/03/2022
From Vercor Close LE67 4QS. 1 hour return.CXB20/01/2022
With MGT, DC & RHP. From Billa Barra Nature Reserve car park (SK 46888 11134). After the trig pt visited several rocky outcrops, not sure which was the highest.ADT03/01/2022
From N along Ivanhoe Way during Storm Arwen, so very windy and cold. Some snow but mostly muddy. Nice views to N of snow covered Pennines. Sunset and storm winds made for a dramatic scene. Summit tor was awkward to access amongst trees and shubbery. SoloRoguePulsar27/11/2021
Parked at Vercor Close and a nice gentle walk to the summit, a few dog walkers around and that was about all. Beautiful views on a fresh November morning.jamiequackers25/11/2021
From Vercor Close, Coalville.paulhilder08/08/2021
The highest point in Leicestershire and also location of Bardon Hill Trig Point. Great views down into Bardon Hill Quarry (which has encroached almost to the summit) and across to Ellistown and Coalville. Accessible by public footpaths from Copt Oak and Bardon.praenterprise01/08/2021
Nice walk on a hot morning. Views improved as the murk slowly cleared. Only met a few near the top.David Bremner21/07/2021
Last of 18 historic county tops on this leg of my tour of Britain. Fantastic views from the Trig point at the top. Fantastic views in most directions. All except to the NW where the enormous Amazon warehouse marrs the view.pclyndes22/06/2021
Bagged while walking the 16 mile Charnwood Peaks Walk.ijpowell09/06/2021
Along edge of quarry from road to the northeast. Descended south along Ivanhoe Waythat has been rerouted to the west of the Granite workings KeithByTheC24/05/2021
From Vercor Close, circuit of the hill, boggy heading up. Didn't see anyone else all walkJephcote8322/12/2020
Parked in the lorry lay-by on the A511 roundabout that links to the B585. Walked eastwards along the dual carriageway footpath past a wee church on the same roundabout until reaching a ROW. This went through a recently planted woodland to Brook Farm, which seems to be the HQ of an Aggregate Company, and onto a private road northwards to Bardon Hall. The Ivanhoe Way crosses this road just east of the Hall, giving a well signposted route to the summit and Trig. Returned the same way.summitter23/09/2020
Another day out to bag some of the county tops from Jonny Muir's book and a few additional hills. Nice view of the quarry from the trig point. Followed the route from the book and came back down through the woods.Buck15/08/2020
Pleasant walk up on path ('Ivanhoe Way') from GreenHills Rd , on a warm daymazz12/07/2020
Second visit, also did rock tor to east.andrew brown21/06/2020
With Sal and Sarah on a grey damp day. Managed a bit of bouldering on the mat and then a swim in Dosthill quarry.davechaffey04/06/2020
set off from Billa Barra to SE, but new fenced-off plantation Diversion cast me out on to minor road to Cpt Oak, so I recalled my waiting chauffeur and went in and out from Agar Nook in Coalville. Nice rocky top but views less than beautiful.IanHHill15/03/2020
Northern route via Vercor Close, a lot of mud at the bottom, but after a year in Amsterdam, good to be climbing hills again and enjoying the views! Quite possibly volcano #1.edmundjohnson14/03/2020
Sometimes I wonder why I bother with hills like this,but it wasn't far from the motorway and it's another tick on the map😉Nicky C22/02/2020
Bardon Hill from GR: SK 45841 14071ronaldo33323/11/2019
Bardon Hill from GR: SK 45841 14071Hippster23/11/2019
With Val. From Vercor Close. Easy footpath to summit. Great view into large quarry. Also went to the high spot to the east just in case! Good weather.mike.hoult30/09/2019