Shillhope Law

About Shillhope Law

Shillhope Law is a 501-metre hill in the southern Cheviots, a range in Northumberland, England, lying within Northumberland National Park. It shares the character of its neighbours — a small summit, steep grassy flanks dropping into deeply cut valleys — but, unlike them, the ridge running north to the higher dome of The Cheviot is cut by a low col at 343 metres, giving the hill enough relative height to rank as a Marilyn.

Access is eased by the narrow road that climbs Coquetdale from Alwinton to the base of the hill. The hill can be climbed easily, if steeply, from the farms of Barrowburn and Shillmoor on its western side, and the two routes combine into a circular walk of about five miles. The Otterburn Training Area lies on the far side of the valley, and the hill's northern slopes can themselves see training, though never with live ammunition.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Shillhope Law (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 55.381, -2.202. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is trig pillar in shelter above ancient cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Abney level

Record revised

03-Jun-24

Drop measured from

NT 8741 1289 · 341.7 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

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