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Name: | Devil's Dyke |
Hill number: | 5444 |
Height: | 216.5m / 710ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2912 Ditchling Beacon |
RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
County/UA: | West Sussex |
Catchment: | Adur, Catchment Boundaries |
Class: | Tump (200-299m), Clem (Tu,2,Cm) |
Grid ref: | TQ 25739 10848 |
Summit feature: | ramparts of hill fort 2m W of trig point |
Drop: | 67.2m |
Col: | 149.3m TQ 2417 1091 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 198 (1:25k) OL11 122 |
Observations: | edge of wood at TQ 25870 11075 and ground at TQ 25729 10899 possible natural summits but much man-made disturbance inside fort |
Survey: | Abney level |
Comments: | Hump replaced by 18391 Truleigh Hill in Aug 2020 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 209 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
On day three South Downs Way | nickywood1 | 29/09/2023 |
From south downs way | emily | 28/03/2023 |
Across the field to the trig from the South Down Way. | fosal29 | 17/11/2022 |
Hassocks to Bamber. Revisit - minor detour from SDW. | Smudge | 13/03/2022 |
Quick visit to summit and natural highpoints from car park. | PGCE | 23/11/2020 |
A day on the South Downs enjoying the aftermath of Storm Alex. Using the SDW and the Sussex Border Path. Parked at Ditchling and set off in the rain. Ditchling Beacon - Chattri War Memorial - West Hill - Devil's Dyke - Edburton Hill - Truleigh Hill - Wolstonbury Hill - Ditchling Car park. The afternoon weather was a lot better. | Buck | 03/10/2020 |
Detour from SDW | lerritt | 22/08/2020 |
Bagged on a circular walk out of Hassocks | PhilipChaston | 28/06/2020 |
Clear day - lovely views en route from Hassocks to Shoreham | jedthehumanoid | 22/10/2019 |
with PJB after Clair Parkrun using South Downs Way from Pyecombe. The first part of this walk involves walking by and over the very busy and noisy A23 | trimarc2 | 14/09/2019 |
with DTL after Haywards Heath parkrun. Walked from Pyecombe over West Hill | r1 | 14/09/2019 |
Justifiably popular view point next to Devil's Dyke pub, icecream van, NT carpark with topograph, trig and ancient earthworks. HP probably by trig. On a breezy sunny day it was delightful and we continued our Downs traverse westward. | Denise | 29/08/2019 |
From West Hill past the impressive dry valley of Devils Dyke. Superb views. Also visited the ground in the car park which I thought was possibly higher than the base of the ring mound with the trig. | RichardM | 29/08/2019 |
A chance spot on a day out with a club for people with chronic mental health problems. We took the 77 up from Brighton. We had a beer as well. | Sixtyplus | 08/06/2019 |
Chilly evening stroll up from Summer Down carpark again. Pint of Wainwright in the Devil’s Dyke pub very appropriate and welcome. | Pete West | 03/04/2019 |
20 mile circular from Clayton Windmills - overcast, then sunny, generally windy. | atreides7887 | 31/03/2019 |
Nice walk up Summer Down from Summer Down carpark on another bright warm morning in this scary February heat wave. | Pete West | 27/02/2019 |
From parking area on Summers Down. West Hill, West Hill(boundary) and Devils Dyke. The Donkey wheel, an old 400 year old well at the National Trust farm Saddlescombe is worth a look. Access over stile opposite last cottage. | mart0797 | 27/11/2018 |
From car park. | David Gradwell | 09/11/2018 |
SDW | Vatsmith | 22/05/2018 |
From a busy CP to the West, good tracks to summit area, amazing to think the old toll road then A roads passed through this way before the tunnel was dug | nordicstar | 11/05/2018 |
Last hill before lunch on our South Downs walk. Visited with Sarah | Bernard | 11/04/2018 |
With K from car park to see if Devil's Dyke Farm. Rescued young German tourists waiting for a bus that would never come. | Ashley | 08/03/2018 |
Parked at the Devil's Dyke NT CP (TQ 259 109) £3 all day easy walk 250m SW from the CP to the summit Trig | Tony Hartry | 01/11/2017 |
Fabulous. Then coffee and cake at National Trust farm below before bagging both West Hill tops. | ijpowell | 27/10/2017 |
Bagged as YSM0055 Devils Dyke. Again another one already bagged by Mr U2, so whilst he waited in the NT Carpark (beware £60 fine if no ticket) and admired the gliders getting ready, I took the short walk to the trig point. Fantastic views. #5 day#2 - on the road again Total day#1 #13 | thejackrustles | 19/08/2017 |
Cycle ride from Hangleton. Humid. | hillbagger91 | 30/06/2017 |
With: hb; Doing a training walk for Alps with repeated ups and downs of the scarp slope between Poynings and Edburton. | Ian Baines | 20/05/2017 |
With: ib; Doing a training walk for Alps with repeated ups and downs of the scarp slope between Poynings and Edburton. | Helen Baines | 20/05/2017 |
From NT car park and then on to Edburton and Truleigh Hills. | PeterD | 11/05/2017 |
Walked from Wolstonbury Hill via Pyecombe and Saddlescombe. | Raymond Butler | 17/04/2017 |
Climbed while doing the nearby series of geocaches. Paid parking very nearby. Free parking further down the road. | JamesA60 | 12/04/2017 |
With Katy. Short Sunny Walk | George Thompson | 07/04/2017 |
From the pub car park after a good wander around the actual Dyke. | DanMaisieBex | 04/03/2017 |
Southwick station - Truleigh Hill - Edburton Hill - Devil's Dyke - West Hill - Wolstonbury Hill - Ditchling Beacon - Hassocks station. Fantastic walk! | Mark Jackson | 04/02/2017 |
easy walk from Sandlescombe | trimarc2 | 03/05/2016 |
1/10 First of many on the mainland and the island....(Devils Dyke/West Hill Boundary/West Hill/West High Down/Tennyson Down/Headon Hill/Harboro/Brighstone Down/St. Catherines Hill/St. Boniface Down) | Fergalh | 02/04/2016 |
Part of SDW50 recce from Worthing to Falmer | DavidGMould | 30/03/2016 |
From the national trust car park. | bolton | 10/01/2016 |
Windiest place on earth! | clique | 01/01/2016 |
From lower free car park, easy stroll up track. | rhalstead | 18/10/2015 |
Nice sunny bagging. Short walk from NT car park. Ticket machines not working today so I saved £2 car parking fee. :-) | assynt_bob | 08/09/2015 |
Very short circular walk from the NT car park. | Minto | 12/08/2015 |
With the hannahs | Fionalevey | 08/05/2015 |
From NT P&D carpark. | jimbloomer | 09/01/2015 |
Up from car park.Good viewpoint for so little effort. | catman | 05/01/2015 |
. | tim747 | 15/11/2014 |
. | CreakingHiker | 15/11/2014 |
After visiting some nurseries with Cheryl. Love having a summit pub! | simon and co | 04/08/2014 |
From car park. | Chris Peart | 28/06/2014 |