Haddon Hill SW Top

Located on the southern fringes of the Cheviots in Northumberland, this 342-metre Tump forms a subsidiary shoulder of the higher Haddon Hill. It offers a quiet, pathless experience through typical border country heather and grass, providing clear views south towards the Simonside Hills and the winding Coquet Valley.

• •The name Haddon stems from the Old English 'hǣth' and 'dūn', translating literally as 'heath hill', a description that remains accurately reflected in its purple-clad slopes today.
• •This summit is a lower subsidiary of the 371-metre Haddon Hill; the two are often traversed together on a circular walk starting from the nearby village of Alwinton.
• •From this vantage point, the view south is particularly fine, looking across the River Coquet toward the distinctively craggy sandstone profile of the Simonside Hills.
• •Attaining this specific sub-top is usually the mark of a walker who values topographical completeness over the efficiency of taking the most direct line to the pub in Holystone.