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| Name: | Watch Hill |
| Hill number: | 17895 |
| Height: | 43m / 141ft |
| Parent (Ma): | none |
| RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
| County/UA: | Isles of Scilly |
| Island: | Bryher |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m), SIB (Tu,0,SIB) |
| Grid ref: | SV 88020 15244 |
| Summit feature: | ground adjacent to block built structure |
| Drop: | 43m |
| Col: | Sea |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 203 (1:25k) 101 |
| Observations: | Shipman Head Down is lower |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Comments: | Tump relocated from Shipman Head Down (June 2013) |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 58 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With CreakingHiker after a morning on Tresco, then off to the pub(s). | tim747 | 01/07/2023 |
| Day visit, with several others. | Minto | 03/07/2022 |
| With DC & MR. | CJM | 03/07/2022 |
| From Fraggle rock cafe approached on a good path SW. With Mrs M. | bolton | 03/07/2022 |
| Up from Fraggle Rock cafe, down to the south. With Heather. | Jon F | 03/07/2022 |
| With Martin & Chris. | Dangerous Dave | 03/07/2022 |
| Also spotted trig rivet at summit | cjo | 03/07/2022 |
| Day trip from St Mary's with others | Thearlaichdubh | 02/07/2022 |
| Day trip from St Mary's with others. | NormanW | 02/07/2022 |
| Excellent path from the SW, as destaylor. Down by the steeper and narrower path northwards to the Fraggle Rock pub. | malcorbett | 05/05/2022 |
| Up from the campsite to the north. | clivevilla | 30/07/2021 |
| During family hols. Walked across from Tesco on 1 of few days annually when tide completely out. Food stalls and small band playing on the middle strip while tide was out | mazz | 01/09/2019 |
| With David, SA and Katie | kindpercy | 13/04/2018 |
| Last of Bryher hills on a wt day. Good views across to Tresco. | PeterD | 27/06/2017 |
| First of the three hills, good path to the top from pier. | Buteobuteo | 30/08/2016 |
| access from behind Island Fish on Bryher. Unattractive breeze block daymark on top. | Denise | 19/07/2016 |
| Best by path from the north. Topped by a nasty crude day mark and walls overgown with brambles. | RichardM | 19/07/2016 |
| It was a tough walk up this path in the sunshine but my mummy and daddy encouraged me to complete the climb. The ice cream in the Fraggle Rock Bar afterwards was worth it. Even my nanny and granddad managed to bag this tump too :-) | Seumas Kerr | 06/07/2016 |
| Second ascent of this island high point. This time with Sarah, her mum, her dad and Seumas. I also nipped over to Hangman Island and did Shipman Head Down (which used to be the island highpoint on hillbagging) | assynt_bob | 06/07/2016 |
| Stone in grass E side of breeze block structure (navigation day mark?) seems to be hp of rather level grassy summit. Also an OS trig (rivet) which is a passive station for the GPS network. Second time here. | RHW | 05/07/2016 |
| With Marion | Adrian\'s jacket | 05/07/2016 |
| Bagged summit and OS rivet with Rob for a multi TUMP island completion. So off to the pub for a large ice cream and a pint of bitter shandy. | Dugswell2 | 05/07/2016 |
| Round of the Bryer hills after landing at Eastern jetty. Off from beach to Sth. Lovely island. | nordicstar | 05/07/2016 |
| A late addition to schedule after finding that Shipman Head Down had been superseded as the P30. | Smudge | 05/05/2016 |
| Last of Bryher's 4 tumps, the most easterly, overlooking The Town, and the least impressive, capped with it's modern looking 'monument'. OS passive stn found on summit plateau. | jonglew | 14/09/2014 |
| From landing. Up road then turned onto a track on left just after the post office and gallery and before the cafe. | destaylor | 25/05/2014 |
| Nipped up this one on a day trip to Bryher | moorsman | 09/08/2005 |
| Glenford | 04/07/2023 | |
| Jill Robertson | 01/07/2023 | |
| CXB | 06/08/2022 | |
| Martin R | 03/07/2022 | |
| chrisbien | 03/07/2022 | |
| interloper | 03/07/2022 | |
| Fletch | 03/07/2022 | |
| richtea5040 | 02/07/2022 | |
| Adrian | 02/07/2022 | |
| AndyS | 04/09/2021 | |
| sglennon | 22/09/2019 | |
| Mike Backler | 11/04/2019 | |
| jenx | 24/05/2018 | |
| GordonAdshead | 24/04/2017 | |
| PGCE | 22/04/2017 | |
| Tony S | 06/04/2017 | |
| Lorna S | 06/04/2017 | |
| LighthouseSarah | 06/07/2016 | |
| chalky1953 | 05/07/2016 | |
| jimbloomer | 05/07/2016 | |
| assynt_bob | 05/07/2016 | |
| Alex C | 05/07/2016 | |
| jenx | 05/07/2016 |