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| Name: | Nine Barrow Down |
| Hill number: | 2903 |
| Height: | 199.8m / 656ft |
| RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
| County/UA: | Dorset |
| Catchment: | Piddle & Frome |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (100-199m), Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,1,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SZ 00850 81206 |
| Summit feature: | ground by fence |
| Drop: | 151.8m |
| Col: | 48m SY 9821 8001  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 195 (1:25k) OL15E |
| Observations: | ground 10m W and 35m W, both on fence line at SZ 00842 81206 and SZ 00816 81211 are both of similar height. Natural summit might be S of fence line at SZ 00821 81204 |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 338 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Corfe Castle to Studland | jef | 12/02/2024 |
| From lay-by to East. Trig to the right of path at SZ 00849 81092. The gate to the summit field is padlocked with barbed wire over it. However immediately to the left is a section with no barbed wire. | KevPalmer | 14/01/2024 |
| From the lay-by on Studland Road. | islamidget | 28/09/2023 |
| Up PROW from north. Logged moved pillar first before a quick foray down the track opposite. | cjo | 23/07/2023 |
| From parking spot opposite bridlepath, followed public rightsof way, then over rusty gate next to barbed wire gate then over pointless rope fency thing to summit. Trig now well down the hill. Not sure what that now means for the trig baggers. | JulieB | 18/07/2023 |
| Easy walk up from viewpoint on Corfe to Studland Road and followed paths the whole way. Landowner doesn't want you in the field but barbed wire covered gate was easily climbed and stunning views at the top. There is one space for a car opposite the access path from the road to avoid a slightly busy walk along the road from the viewpoint. | PDR365 | 16/05/2023 |
| MC Climbed from parking bay to the E. Misty on top. Electric fences! | Martin66 | 10/01/2023 |
| Parked in Swanage and went for a walk, Nine Barrow Down, Ballard Down, on to Old Harry Rocks and the Pinnacle before returning back via the steam railway. Rain, wind and sunshine made it an enjoyable walk. | Buck | 30/10/2022 |
| With J on a sunny afternoon from the viewpoint to NNW. Iffy walk E along road for 100m to start of bridleway. However there is a small pull in with room for one car directly opposite the gate. (Someone had been into the bracken when I was there though!). Disinterested cattle in field before wood. On exit from wood into open access field, followed path to fence/hedge then turned E past giant mushrooms to meeting of 4 fences in SE corner. Easy to jump the fences here & proceed to summit area. Demolished & broken trig still in NE corner of field with the farming tank thing in it. Returned same way except for taking more direct descent to gate where path enters wood. | NotReallyABagger | 20/09/2022 |
| A trip out walking with friends so this was just a short diversion. The Trig point however has been toppled and moved. | Anthony Vosper | 30/06/2022 |
| Me and G and next day with Shiela and Paul | Grizzly | 13/06/2022 |
| From viewpoint above Kingswood Farm. No-one about and no livestock to worry about. Very straightforward. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 08/01/2022 |
| Parked at viewpoint to NW | paulhilder | 12/12/2021 |
| Sunday easy run from hotel in Swanage. Full loop up the sea front on to Ballard Down and along. Beautiful warm and sunny day (what a treat for october) and back at the Purbeck House Hotel in time to slide straight in for a full english with GFE & Chris D. Lovely! | Fionalevey | 17/10/2021 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/6039646735 | Graham22b | 29/09/2021 |
| Barbed wire still covering gate. No one seen though. Moved trig still present. | Alan Caine | 22/07/2021 |
| with Evelyn, Rod and Teresa | jd16 | 28/04/2021 |
| From the layby car park at SZ 0206 8099. Up & over Round Hill, then along the Purbeck Way for a short distance. Up passing the Oil Tank & along the E - W fence line.Back via the remains of the old WW2 D-Day radio masts. | DanMaisieBex | 03/07/2020 |
| Parked in a large layby on Ulwell Road to the East. Track up to HP. Returned on track & then over to Ballard Down. | fosal29 | 30/12/2019 |
| From viewpoint to north west. Along road towards studland then along NT footpath on southside of the road. Back the same way | Longwojo | 23/10/2019 |
| Kingston - Swyre Head - Ridgeway Hill - Creech Barrow Hill - Knowle Hill - Corfe Castle - Nine Barrow Down - Ballard Down - Swanage. | Mark Jackson | 21/09/2019 |
| Lovely walk back to Corfe | ejjohnstone | 17/09/2019 |
| Quick Visit from View Point Parking area after day trip including Long Knoll, Stourhead House and Gardens, Corfe Castle & Studland Bay. Couple of Cows and sheep in the field. One Gate to climb. | Jephcote83 | 25/05/2019 |
| Walked up to Nine Barrow Down on a gloriously sunny and warm Easter Sunday. Plenty of parking on a layby off Ulwell Road. Crossed over slightly to the right to stile and start of walk at Round Down, up to Nine Barrow Down, as signposted. | mazz | 21/04/2019 |
| Walked from Ulwell, by Swanage, then afterwards via Brenscombe Hill to Corfe Castle. | IanHHill | 21/03/2019 |
| From the viewpoint car park to NW. Cattle in fields near summit also electric fence and many strands of barbed wire. Not recommended route. | NormanW | 11/02/2019 |
| From viewpoint car park at SZ 006818. Requires a short walk E on the busy road to start of path at SZ 008818, but a narrow raised grass bank has a thin path along it to keep one off the tarmac - but don't stumble! | Isbjorn | 05/11/2018 |
| 3/5 Marilyn Day in south central England. Nine Barrow Down from the B 3351. A fine and sunny day. Good views of Poole Harbour. A round trip of 4km in 1 hour. | silveracorn_alan | 29/10/2018 |
| Day trip from Ldn by train and bike. Walked from car park. Blue sky sunny day. Also did Swyre Head – not knowing it was deleted. | Rounsfell | 20/10/2018 |
| Bag and go on bridleways from viewpoint to the north east on B3351. Entry to the summit field with the big tank, over the gate at SZ005812, has no barbed wire. | KeithByTheC | 13/09/2018 |
| Bridleway up from the north, turn sharp left at top of the wood. | Topographer57 | 11/08/2018 |
| from north side viewpoint car park near Isle of Purbeck golf club entrance. Easy and pleasant. | M0YDH | 21/07/2018 |
| C | This Dog | 12/07/2018 |
| Took steam train from Swanage to Corfe Castle, looked round the spectacular ruins. Then walked back to Ulwell over the downs. Didn't enter summit field at Nine Barrow Down. With AP&J. | PiranhaFish | 08/07/2018 |
| Via RoW from viewpoint car park | Crib Goch | 05/05/2018 |
| From NT cottage at Currendon Farm along the Purbeck Way. Trig pillar still on its side, gate still topped with barbed wire but the adjacent gate was open! | Newton Maximus | 05/12/2017 |
| With K from north. To reach summit either a fence must crossed or a gate wrapped in barbed wire. Worth it for view which cannot be obtained from right of way. | Ashley | 15/11/2017 |
| With Val. Parked at viewpoint car parking area . Walked along road for about 100m then path to ridge. Tank in field used to locate nearby summit. A mainly wet day but fitted the walk in between showers. | mike.hoult | 07/11/2017 |
| With Mike | Val Deisler | 07/11/2017 |
| 8/8M last of the day in the dark straight up from the north. | robertphillips | 06/11/2017 |
| A nice walk from Swanage to Corfe Castle, courtesy of the no. 40 bus from Wareham station, and bracketed by a splendid breakfast in the Salt Pig in Swanage and lunch in the NT tea room at Corfe Castle. The trig point is still there, but it's been chucked over the edge of the track below the gate. In exchange for this act of vandalism, baggers have created a nice wriggle route under the barbed wire next to the gate, so it's now very easy to get into the summit field. | Gill | 20/10/2017 |
| Long loop from Corfe Castle, Chapman's Pool, Swanage and back. Good ridge walk (especially for mountain bikes!) | twg27 | 14/10/2017 |
| Perbeck Way to Corfe Castle Walk. | stephenbuda | 12/09/2017 |
| A run to the summit from the north of Studland beach. Hot and sunny. Climbed barbed wire get to the actual summit near the water tank. Field was full of sheep. It was 7 miles in an hour. | isabelle | 17/06/2017 |
| Short walk up from viewpoint car park. 35mn round trip. Great views to Poole and IoW | N.Morters | 15/04/2017 |
| Both of us | Tonyandsue | 08/04/2017 |
| 1/5 Marilyns today. From car park on road to north up row to ridgeline. Bits of barbed and electric fence to negotiate but easy enough. | SS | 05/02/2017 |
| Plenty of parking at viewing point on B3351 north of summit. Short walk back along road to Swanage to pick up bridleway to summit. Summit on fence line west of radio masts 30m NE of water tank in middle of fied which looks higher. apparently there is a demolished trig point despite wandering all around field and towards radio mast saw no sign of it even though the fog had made an attempt to clear. | mntainman | 19/12/2016 |
| From Ballard Down | trimarc2 | 26/10/2016 |
| From Layby on B3351 NW of top. Up BW and then along ridge. Then onto Ballard Down | Andrew Pearson | 08/09/2016 |