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Name: | Linch Down |
Hill number: | 5438 |
Height: | 248.5m / 815ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2909 Butser Hill |
RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
County/UA: | West Sussex |
Catchment: | Arun, Catchment Boundaries |
Watershed: | The Solent |
Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SU 84822 17386 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 15m ENE of trig point |
Drop: | 111.5m |
Col: | 137m SU 7479 1955 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 197 (1:25k) OL8 120 |
Observations: | trig point 15m WSW at SU 84807 17379 is c 30cm lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 133 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From car to east just off A286. Up past cafe on South Downs Way. Gate into summit pasture to HP and then trig. Up and back in 70 mins. | PeterD | 15/11/2023 |
On day six South Downs Way | nickywood1 | 02/10/2023 |
Galltywenallt | 16/08/2023 | |
Parked with permission at the cafe car park by Cocking Hill Farm. Along the SDW and to the summit. Good cake and ice cream at the cafe on return. | LizH | 16/08/2023 |
On south downs way | emily | 27/03/2023 |
Day 2 on the South Downs Way. Short walk across the field to the trig. | fosal29 | 15/11/2022 |
Parking for a car or two at SU 84839 18407, then up track from Linch Farm | DC11main | 18/09/2022 |
From open gate to SE and then knee-high though a mass of oxeye daisies. | milimana | 12/06/2022 |
Out of East Dean bagging Linch Down and Levin Down | PhilipChaston | 05/03/2022 |
Up from the car park off A286. Summit field was open but had clearly had cows in recently. Returned through Westdean Woods | garyhoney | 15/09/2021 |
Accessed from the path branching off from the South Downs way - a spot of relief as thousands of people were walking the other way from me in the Race to the King. Good views of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight from here. | Richard | 19/06/2021 |
Car park to E. at SU 8752 1663 - Up SDW, through gate by junction to SE & a short climb to the trig point & summit; this is currently marked with a small stack of stones. Good panoramic view of the Isle of Wight. (S) | gerrybowes | 15/04/2021 |
Solo. A pleasant new years day walk from Singleton. Up and over Hat Hill then through the woods to the south downs way. Gate on the filed with the trig pint was open. Foggy on the south downs way and the trees at higher levels covered in ice. A good way to start the year | Buck | 01/01/2021 |
Third HuMP of the day following the 
SDW and the walking really has been excellent all the way. | Alex C | 22/09/2020 |
During South Downs Way East - West | twg27 | 20/09/2020 |
Detour from SDW | lerritt | 20/08/2020 |
With Rachel and her 39 week and 6 day old bump | Madjonny | 15/09/2019 |
39+6 | Rachelraindrops | 15/09/2019 |
Started in a lay-by along the Treyford-Didling Road, up a track to Didling Hill, then along the SDW to Linch Down, doubling back to take in the footpath to the Devil's Jumps and Buriton Farm. Lovely wee walk. | summitter | 12/06/2019 |
Ascended from Harting Downs National trust car park. Did Harting Downs, and Beacon Hill on the way and back doing South Downs way back around Beacon Fell and over Harting Downs again, with two friends Iain and Peter. Lovely hot sunny day. Superb meal and real ale at the Three Horseshoes in Elsted before driving back home to Hertfordshire. | pdantic | 15/05/2019 |
From Linch Farm. | PGCE | 12/05/2019 |
Walking the South Downs Way from Buriton to Cocking and took the short diversion from the path to visit this hill top. | ThomasJoseph | 21/04/2019 |
Warm down run in the snow after the Chichester 10k 35:26. Weather was sunny with no breeze. Felt warm. Great views to the Isle of Wight. Lovely scenery. | isabelle | 03/02/2019 |
Part of a 25 mile loop from Charlton taking in six Tumps and a hump. Weather must better than the forecast and largely dry all day. | atreides7887 | 27/01/2019 |
With: ib; Walked up SD way from Cocking CP. Brief cut across sheep field to trigpoint and summit, then continued west along SD way to Beacon Hill and Harting Downs. | Helen Baines | 07/08/2018 |
Midhurst - Midhurst Common - Linch Down - Beacon Hill - Harting Downs - Petersfield. All walks along the crest of the South Downs are positively delightful; this one was no exception. | Mark Jackson | 02/06/2018 |
Up the Bepton Downs w Jenx and Bryher | nordicstar | 14/05/2018 |
With: hb; Walked up SD way from Cocking CP. Brief cut across sheep field to trigpoint and summit, then continued west along SD way to Beacon Hill and Harting Downs tumps. | Ian Baines | 07/05/2018 |
2 hr walk from weekend in cottage at Chilgrove with L and borrowed 13 yr old terrier - Percy, who was kept on his long lead in case he shot off after any deer. Finally a Lovely sunny day with warmth - even took our coats off. | Chris Pearson | 14/04/2018 |
With K in rain and the dark from E. A miserable experience; we pushed ourselves too far. | Ashley | 09/03/2018 |
4 hours in the damp permagloom on a circular walk from Singleton with L and Betty dog. Tired legs after hill training last night and Christmas run tonight. End of 3 weeks of intensive walking and running every day before L goes into hospital for surgery. | Chris Pearson | 20/12/2017 |
A tough 7 ascents & descents training run from Cocking car park. 18km over 4 and half hours accumulating 900 metres of ascent. With L and Betty the Jack Russel. Warm humid wet air with clinging mist, fine rain and saturated vegetation - welcome to cool us down in our shorts and t- shirts - reminiscent of the lush foothills of the Himalayas today! Looped back to the car half way for sandwich and water. | Chris Pearson | 29/05/2017 |
Final hill of the day with Rosalie, before descending into Cocking and an excellent pint of best bitter before the trek back along lanes/bridleways at the foot of the scarp. | JOHNS | 25/03/2017 |
Walked up from Linch Farm which is a farm I visited for FMD surveillance in 2007. | Dugswell2 | 06/09/2016 |
SDW | Vatsmith | 06/08/2016 |
Field empty of cows but grass and daisies are knee high. | trimarc2 | 30/06/2016 |
Cocking to Petersfield. Revisit. | Smudge | 27/05/2016 |
Date est | ejjohnstone | 01/04/2016 |
8 hours walking up and down the Downs 5 times zig zagging our way along from Cocking car park to South Harting and back, 850m of ascent. A rehab walk for my torn left calf which coped well. w Lesley & Betty the dog. Hot sun at S Harting church ,cold wind on return walk along SDW | Chris Pearson | 25/03/2016 |
From N via initially muddy path. Fine hill. | RobertP | 14/12/2015 |
7/7 Last climb of wet and windy day. All small due to inclement weather (Fort Southwick/Butser Hill/Wheatam Hill/Gibbet Hill/Telegraph Hill/Black Down/Linch Down/) | Fergalh | 14/11/2015 |
A glorious day with stunning views out to SW and over IoW. Farmer was moving stock nearby but had no problem with me going to trig as no stock in that field - thank you sir! | RocksRock | 21/08/2015 |
Long walk out and back from Harting Down NT car park to west over Beacon Hill along South Downs Way. Didn't expect so many ups and downs in the soft south. | Mark Sims | 03/06/2015 |
South Downs Way | windridge | 05/05/2015 |
Up from car park on south downs way, quick nip into field to collect top and trig. | rhalstead | 18/04/2015 |
From SU 848 183. | summitsup | 17/04/2015 |
From car park 2.8km ESE | jimbloomer | 10/01/2015 |
Up muddy track from Linch Farm. | Chris Peart | 29/06/2014 |
Went by on South Downs way, summit a short way off path, didn't detour to bag it. | fnem | 16/05/2014 |
Lisa & Lexi | stevanio | 19/10/2013 |