England · Northumberland National Park

Thirl Moor

DeweyHuMP

One classification here — HuMP — belongs to a list OpenFell holds only part of, so it has no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
558 m · 1,831 ft
Grid reference
NT 80616 08376
Coordinates
55.36902, -2.30738
County / area
Northumberland
OS Landranger
80
OS Explorer
OL16E
Summit feature
ancient cairn modified to shelter
Key col
NT798127 (426 m)

Access rights here

Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.

Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.

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 55.369, -2.307. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (558 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

cairn is 25m NE of trig point at NT 80593 08359.

The recorded summit point is ancient cairn modified to shelter. 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
08-May-25
Drop measured from
NT798127 · 426 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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Thirl Moor
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Barrowburn Tea RoomRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen4 out of 56.5 km · E
Byrness HotelPub/bar/nightclub3 out of 57 km · SW
Forest View Walkers InnHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house5 out of 57 km · SW

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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Thirl Moor is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to The Cheviot (816 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 426 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Brownhart Law508 m2.1 km
Ravens Knowe527 m3.4 km
Beefstand Hill562 m6.2 km
Hungry Law501 m6.3 km
Shillhope Law501 m6.8 km
Windy Gyle619 m8.4 km