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Name:Wyck Beacon
Hill number:7770
Height:250m / 820ft
Parent (Ma):2869  Cleeve Hill
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Gloucestershire
Catchment:Thames
Class:Tump (200-299m), Subhump, Clem
(Tu,2,sHu,Cm)
Grid ref:SP 20192 20791
Summit feature:ground on tumulus c 7m from trig point
Drop:96m
Col:154m  SP192241  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 163
(1:25k) OL45N
Comments:col in dismantled railway cutting
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 65 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Parked on minor road at SP 2070 2102, crossed the A424 and approached on bridleway from the E. About halfway there was an open gate into the summit field so an easy stroll across pasture and no bwf crossings necessary.milimana05/09/2022
Simple hop over a BWF. Parking by garage.DanMaisieBex30/04/2022
On the Oxfordshire Way with a circular walk out to Bourton and back after parking at KinghamPhilipChaston25/04/2021
Parked at road junction. Quick hop over bwf to summit and trig (unusual to have the brass fitting so far off-centre).PGCE06/01/2021
As JohnW and Aye Jimmyjohnkenyon13/06/2020
With the lockdown family following a visit to Burford. Lovely circuit taking in Wyck Beacon, Wyck Rissington, Little Rissington and the lakes near Bourton-on-the-Water.Mark Jackson23/05/2020
A short detour aver a visit to the Prescott Speed Hill Climb (my car is very old - I did not speed!)M3WDD19/08/2019
As JohnW, parked by metal gate about 150m N, walked past barn and round tank then across field to mound in copse and trig.Aye Jimmy14/04/2019
Bourton-on-the-Water to Kingham station.Smudge12/01/2019
Over bwf into arable field.Campbell Singer10/07/2018
TD, C & HThis Dog20/06/2018
From nearest corner of field at roadside.KC09/06/2018
Parked to the north at entrance to barn. Walked round the back of tower to summit knoll, which is in the middle of an arable field.JohnW29/04/2018
Tumulus with 3 mature Beech trees top an otherwise level landscape. Easy access over BWF from adjacent foot path.RichardM05/04/2018
Parked in minor road then down track a little as their were farm workers about. Nipped over the fence and across the short distance to the tumulus.clivevilla06/11/2017
5/6 (Leckhampton Hill/Clapton Hill/Swell Hill/Stow-on-the-Wold Hill (New GR)/Wyck Beacon/Stow-on-the-Wold Hill (Old GR))Fergalh28/06/2017
Drove through the very pretty Wyck Rissington afterwards.squeegs02/04/2017
The 65 mile linear Oxfordshire Way passes this summit during its first 6 miles whilst still in Gloucestershire having climbed up to Wyck Beacon from the start in Bourton on The Water. To the south the former Little Rissington RAF airfield has a significant military history - Central Flying School was based here as were the Red Arrows (and their predessors - The Red Pelicans !?) and the USAF with their giant C5 transport aircraft.Chris Pearson17/02/2017
Across field to trig and tumulusColin Crawford14/01/2017
Walked in from Bourton on the WaterBheinn18/10/2016
Parked in lane with short walk across field.Ramblingpaul21/08/2016
Bit of a bonus - on the way to holiday cottage in the Cotswolds when I noticed that there was a Tump nearby. My wife pulled up rather awkwardly in the nearby road junction whilst I bagged it. As others have said, it's a pretty flat summit.wheresthepath28/05/2016
From roadside over fence to copse & trig, then along road & down Oxfordshire Way to Wyck Rissington then Bourton on the Water for ice cream by the river. V hot & sunny afternoon.apricorum12/05/2016
Another side of the road job as there were still (wet)standing crops in the field.heavyhorses20/08/2015
As others, across field to HPPeterD07/06/2015
Almost a roadside tump, hop over a b/w fence and across a muddy arable field. Obvious HP on a tumulus, shared with 3 mature trees and a trig pillar.jonglew10/02/2015
Langley Hill, Chrchdown Hill, Birdlip Hill, Crawley Hill, Cam Long Down (best of the bunch), Wyck Beaconsimon and co07/12/2014
ackward barbed wire fence to access fieldAdrian15/06/2013
Visited while doing field work in the Slaughters. The top wire of the fence is fairly slack so all but the shortest should be able to step over to gain access to the barrow. Still patches of snow in April.Herbert Anchovy05/04/2013
walk with steve and Maddy from Bourton on the waternell158301/03/2013
Easy parking. Summit could be anywhere as fairly flat. Highest point probably the trig point almost on top of the tumulus. Gate, barbed wire on top, just near the T junction.destaylor28/02/2013
Almost dark, needed flash to take photo of trig pillar. Dark useful too for this short trespass across field to small knoll with clump, as very visible from nearby businesses and road. Easy roadside parking, barded wire fence less easy.Hillsidenick17/11/2012
. CreakingHiker27/09/2012
Visited while walking part of the Oxfordshire Wayrhalstead10/06/2012
Walk up from Bourton via Little Rissington. On the summit is a fine bronze age barrow, under trees. Fence is not easy and field is cropped.thesweetcheat09/01/2012
Jumped out at the top on the way to Bourton in the Water. Didn't realised the red arrows used to fly from here!DanHolme31/12/2011
Oxford Way. Over fence.arranc09/02/2011
pleasant summit, limited view, Primary TP. TP in copse a few m E of rd, access field from start of BW RHW18/10/2002
idylic setting in little copse in middle of field under a beech tree; trig s1548 top skewed spider to the southvegibagger01/05/1999
On Stow- Icomb- Wyck and Gt. Rissingons- Bourton walk. Poor weather, but walking through the villages enlivened our walk, and lunch at Gt Barrington was much appreciated. Very little road walking necessary. With familypwheeler20/09/1980
Wycombe Wanderer26/12/2023
Martin R08/09/2021
DC11main27/06/2021
bladeblaster22/05/2021
Ultima Thule07/05/2020
ijpowell20/11/2019
Barbara Singer10/07/2018
Alan Whatley08/02/2018
GordonAdshead02/08/2017
Swindon Bagger17/04/2016