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Name: | Brighstone Down |
Hill number: | 2918 |
Height: | 213.7m / 701ft |
RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
County/UA: | Isle of Wight |
Island: | Isle of Wight |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SZ 43245 84732 |
Summit feature: | trig point |
Drop: | 150.6m |
Col: | 63.1m SZ 4818 8172 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 196 (1:25k) OL29W |
Observations: | ground 10m WSW at SZ 43235 84726 is of similar height |
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 283 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
With Sal - nice walk / run up and down from Brighstone with Sal. Worth going to viewpoint along ridge to E for distance to France. | davechaffey | 15/02/2024 |
Walk w/Devon. Parked top of Strawberry Lane. Harboro, Brighstone Down loop. | ZacField | 07/10/2023 |
Parked in Mottistone Down car park and followed footpaths through the woods to the trig. Lovely deciduous woods, so cool on a very hot, humid day. | Lazylizzie | 16/08/2023 |
With Jackie, Mairi and Andrew. Straightforward climb from the Jubilee Car Park. Lots of different butterflies seen on the different flowers that grow in the chalky soil here. | mikejacobs | 12/07/2023 |
Parked in Mottistone Down car park footpaths followed into the woods and back to the car for tea.. | Buck | 10/07/2023 |
solo run/walk from The Blacksmiths inn. | Shutterlag | 21/06/2023 |
Early morning start from strawberry lane car park. Their and back route following BW | Iris Jephcote | 22/05/2023 |
Early morning start from strawberry lane car park. Their and back route following BW | Ivy Jephcote | 22/05/2023 |
Early morning start from strawberry lane car park. Their and back route following BW | Jephcote83 | 22/05/2023 |
Up and down at dusk from the large car park to the W. | Minto | 13/01/2023 |
G M M | Idris | 09/09/2022 |
GMM | maryjdavies | 09/09/2022 |
with Tilly and dog Figgy on a lovely summers day | mazz | 03/07/2022 |
Locked the bike in Brighstone before walking up direct path. Nice cake and coffee in the tandem cafe! | Stevooo | 14/04/2022 |
First of three on Carisbrooke to Freshwater Bay walk. Gloriously sunny day. | milimana | 27/03/2022 |
From NT carpark. Gloomy evening with top enveloped in mist. | Herbert Anchovy | 15/02/2022 |
From NT car park | paulhilder | 12/02/2022 |
Circular walk from car park at top of Strawberry Lane, then up to Mottistone Down for good views to the west. | Winterfloodian | 23/01/2022 |
From NT car park | Crib Goch | 08/10/2021 |
From the NT carpark, Tennyson-Worsley trail eastwards, then narrower path to summit trig. | summitter | 28/09/2021 |
Did as end to end walk along tge Tennyson trail from Carisbrooke, to where bridletrack turns up right at 433844. Followed this until a path turned right that lead directly to trig. Back to junction then onto Harboro.and down to Hulverstone. 9 miles easy walking. | JulieB | 08/09/2021 |
From Carisbrooke along the TennysonTrail. Easy access to trig from bridleway to its west. | KeithByTheC | 08/09/2021 |
From the car park to the west. A hot walk to trig with no views. | Alan Caine | 20/07/2021 |
2nd HuMP of 6 for the day and 1st of 2 Marilyns. Started from car park at SZ42027 84530 followed Worsley trail then turned left up Tennyson trail to top of hill. Trig point off to right up shot cul-de-sac perched on top of highest natural ground. Returned to track and rather than following ascent route back to van, turned right continuingcontinuing along Tennyson Trail before turning left towards Calbourne Bottom taking care to fork right off main track at SZ42942 84878. | mntainman | 22/09/2020 |
Followed the ridge line from Tennyson Down - enjoyable walk but the only disappointing summit on the IoW due to the trees. Headed back to Calbourne for the bus (with a very handy pub right by the bus stop). This was my final Marilyn in section 42. | Richard | 13/09/2020 |
From car park, then followed BW up to woods. A couple of left turns before a right to reach the trig. | PeterD | 07/07/2020 |
Parked in jubilee car park PO30 4AZ, then followed path opposite Strawberry Lane up to trig. | Hippy77 | 21/02/2020 |
On a day trip to the IoW. 2/2 Marilyn for the day. Walked up from the car park to the west through the trees to the trig. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 28/10/2019 |
Evening bag from Strawberry Lane car park after spending the day on the beach. Lovely weather shame no views from the summit. | Jephcote83 | 31/05/2019 |
A day trip from Cardiff by public transport - yes it was a long day! After the last leg of a bus from Newport to Calbourne I walked up here, initally along the road (a little busy) then through the fields (lovely) then the wood (less interesting). Disappointing not to have any views after all that! Last Marilyn south of Manchester for me. | Father Ted | 24/05/2019 |
Circular walk from Brighstone. Lovely secluded trig point. | jedthehumanoid | 22/05/2019 |
With Val. Parked at junction of Strawberry Lane and Lynch Lane. Short walk to summit. | mike.hoult | 19/05/2019 |
From Ashengrove (bus stops here), over bridal way then down to Calbourne Star Inn to get another great bus to Yarmouth | N.Morters | 26/04/2019 |
From Car Park at the top of Strawberry Lane for a round of Brighstone Down, Harboro, Brook Down and Grammar's Common. | rhalstead | 30/03/2019 |
Walked up from Mottistone Manor to Harboro, then along S. Downs Way to Track junction near summit and through forest to top. | IanHHill | 24/03/2019 |
From car park to West, up the Tennyson Way 
No problems with gorse reaching the trig. | NormanW | 13/02/2019 |
From good parking to the W at SZ 420844. Short deviation from RoW. | Isbjorn | 06/11/2018 |
From Jubilee car park out Tennyson Trail returning by lower path. Limited views but pleasant stroll. | SS | 30/10/2018 |
Easy walk up from the car park by the road junction on a cloudless morning. Another day, another marilyn section completed. | Topographer57 | 03/10/2018 |
Along the BW from and then E along the ride to the trig. Pretty overgrown. | Moorponder | 24/09/2018 |
Quick bag from Strawberry Lane car park. | prwild | 08/08/2018 |
HF Harder walk from Brighstone to Carrrisbrooke on a scorching day. | jigglybones | 05/08/2018 |
From Lynch Lane car park, up tennyson way, then branch to summit. with elizyanne on a day trip to IOW. | GmacT | 10/07/2018 |
Pretty walk and great views. Sunshine all the way. | elizyanne | 10/07/2018 |
From car park to W | twg27 | 17/06/2018 |
Mountain bike | trimarc2 | 06/06/2018 |
Parked at bottom in a layby walked through the woods up to the trig summit | jmistry86 | 17/04/2018 |
Otis | Glenford | 22/03/2018 |
Self and Peter in the snow; probably much more pleasant walking in the snow than the usual mud. | Invicta14 | 18/03/2018 |
With K from W. Following a fox hunt most of the way. Didn't catch up with them. Hope it genuinely was a drag hunt. | Ashley | 11/03/2018 |
3/8M from cp to the west on good tracks/paths. | robertphillips | 06/11/2017 |
Bagged on a murky day of mainly T shirt weather on a walk from Calborne to St Boniface Down. The summit of Brighstone Down seems somewhat unremarkable but the walk through the woods is nice. | Gill | 19/10/2017 |
TD, C & h | This Dog | 27/08/2017 |
Walked from Freshwater Bay on tandem tour. | TeasyChris | 04/05/2017 |
Partly with party from HF Guest House, Freshwater Bay House. From Carisbrooke Castle to Shorwell, Limerstone Down viewpoint and the trig point at summit of Brighstone Down. Continued to Harboro – bronze age tumuli on summit, and then Brook Down – trig point with several bronze age tumuli higher than the trig point. Ended walk at Freshwater Bay. | pwbellarby | 03/05/2016 |
8/10 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 |
From car park to west, very muddy path near top. | tim747 | 01/02/2016 |
. | CreakingHiker | 01/02/2016 |
Longest walk of the day; 2.3m there and back from the car park. Least views but pleasant enough. | Newton Maximus | 05/12/2015 |
Lovely evening. | dal | 09/10/2015 |
From the car park to the west. Followed track then path to top. Summit trig lies just off the track in a small clearing. Brambles beside path leading to the trig in need of some pruning... | bowlesy | 30/08/2015 |
We walked up from the car park and had some lunch on Limerstone Down. then on the way back we diverted through the woods and bagged Brighstone Down, first Marilyn in a while. Lots of brambles on the short walk to the summit. Did with Nicky, Emily, Joe, Tom & Ziggy the dog. | fnem | 31/07/2015 |
With Kathy & Cow from the excellent car park to the west. Warm and sunny. Last top of four days of driving and walking around the I.O.W. Fab destination for walkers. | Play2End | 10/06/2015 |
Shorwell to Freshwater. Enjoyable walk, great views. | SteveG | 07/05/2015 |
Followed track from Newport, path well waymarked until you reach the turn off | Buteobuteo | 30/01/2015 |
From the car park to the W. Route and write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/brighstone-down.html | Gayle | 25/01/2015 |
by mbr | Townshend | 01/01/2015 |
From carpark up tracks to trig pt, easily missable but found it OK! | AndrewFinnimore | 02/11/2014 |
From Lynch Lane car park to west. Nice sunny day. | citygent | 02/06/2014 |
On a day trip to the Isle of Wight with Richard and Miles. Parked at the pass to the west and walked up the lane and then into the nature reserve with the trig point. Nice enough but views restricted by the trees. Didn't have time to go on to the view point further east that must improve the experience much more. Couldn't find any dodder which grows in the reserve. The walk up to the medieval rocket on St Catherines hill was much more enjoyable. | mindlessflogger | 29/05/2014 |
Day trip to IoW. After St Bonifacw and some HuMPs came here for completion w Jenx. Views now from trig since trees removed. Nice woodland circuit. | nordicstar | 14/04/2014 |
Brighstone to Rookley. A re-visit loop while passing. | Smudge | 04/04/2014 |
Car park at top of Lynch Lane WSW of summit - Followed the Tennyson Trail (BS10 & BS4) before taking the track heading NNW to the top of Brighstone Down. A short narrow path takes you from the top of the track and through the gorse to the trig point. (Solo) | gerrybowes | 11/02/2014 |
From top of minor road to W then down to pub at Brightstone | squeegs | 04/09/2013 |
Visited Brighstone Down on a 6 mile circuit from the free car park at SZ 420845. Operated ham radio for Summits On The Air from the trig point. | G4OBK (Phil) | 12/08/2013 |
Visited on a circular walk with G4OBK (Phil) who operated for SOTA from summit. | judy55cat | 12/08/2013 |
Mist and drizzle | bolton | 11/06/2013 |
Parking just off road jnct. Tracks and path to trig. 50th top of the year. | chrisbien | 22/04/2013 |
Up from Stawberry Lane car park along Lynch Lane. Nice walk but not much of a view. With Cabe. | simon and co | 23/02/2013 |
Wild camped in the wood. Water provided by wild man and his wild dog in the caravan. | Eddie | 17/07/2012 |
Set off from Mottistone, up Westover Down, east across Brighstone Down, finishing at Brighstone. A fine sunny day spent under trees! Good views on the descent. | Overthehilljill | 13/06/2012 |
Parked at 441826 (10:05) & took track then path over fields to viewpoint on Limerstone Down. Thence along path NW to trig pt near path in heathland. Sunny, good views. Finish 11:30 | dbb | 18/03/2012 |
Whilst on CHA IoW hols | johnoz | 17/01/2012 |
Dry, sunny, warm, calm, good views (limited at trig by trees). | iangalbraith | 10/11/2011 |
With D,M | 1921 | 08/08/2011 |
with kr | softsquare | 24/07/2011 |
Bagged as part of mtb route from Newport. 
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No views at top, instead head for limerstone down for some stunning views. | Tom | 11/05/2011 |
with Jamie on a day trip from Lymington after we'd been to the fencing round St bonniface down | vegibagger | 16/04/2011 |
From carpark to W. Tracks lead to summit area, trig just off to one side in small clearing. | Aye Jimmy | 04/11/2010 |
With: hb; Parked at SZ419845 then followed the bridle track E aong the ridge and wood edge before turning NE then bridle track NNW towards the trig. Returned by same route. | Ian Baines | 05/06/2010 |
With: ib; | Helen Baines | 05/06/2010 |
With Evan and Eire. | Dangerous Dave | 01/06/2010 |
7/8 marilyns today - top vvery easy to find with good paths - maybe it is best approached along the black dashed line from West | gigglejon | 30/05/2010 |
Climbed while staying in Ventnor. | Man of Kernow1 | 02/05/2010 |
petey | 17/04/2010 | |
Pleasant circular stroll from car park to west. Trig easy to find - on well-worn side path off official footpath. | wheresthepath | 23/09/2009 |
Good paths from car park to the west. Trig easy to find as is painted cream and on a path. | destaylor | 13/12/2008 |
Revisit. Gorsy heathland, a view of sorts. Track NE, fork L, trig on R at top. | RHW | 17/09/2008 |
Largely unimpressive view from the Trig better on the paths leading to it | Rhayader_wander | 30/07/2008 |
Trig point is a little hidden but it is a pleasant walk up. | clivevilla | 27/04/2008 |
With sister following family funeral | lordtonult | 19/10/2007 |
Second HuMP of six from road, first path past road to Coombe Farm, then walk uphill. Route finding easy. Lovely wall to wall sunshine on a rest day from FMD Guildford. | Dugswell2 | 04/10/2007 |
On a Marilyn bagging trip with Shaky & Smithy. | NotReallyABagger | 21/07/2007 |
Alone | Stuart Hyde | 29/05/2007 |
Overcast and light rain. Pleasant wood walk with the dog. Not that easy to find Trig. | bigdady | 08/02/2007 |
TOP IS IN A FOREST BUT GOOD VIEWS ON THE WAY UP FROM THE SOUTH | DARRENG | 22/08/2006 |
From Strawberry La Cp- Mom came with us until we plunged into the forest, brother Pete and I bagged the summit then good walking resumed at Calbourne Bottom- back via Mottistone Down (2h) | pwheeler | 03/09/2005 |
Bagged as part of a circular from Freshwater Bay. | DanTrig | 02/08/2005 |
Easier to find than I expected. Plus a view as the trees had recently been chopped down. | signyred | 16/08/2003 |
http://tomread.co.uk | m1eyp | 06/08/2003 |
Parked at car park to the west - and took a circuilar route through the woodlands - finding the top trig point much easier than anticipated. | chinnock | 18/02/2003 |
From the west a walk around Brighside Forest - found the top trig point in a clearing. | ChinnockC | 18/02/2003 |
Day trip / adventure by hovercraft and using local buses and legs linking the 2 island Marilyns and 4 'Clems.' Walk up and back from Brighstone. | Chris Pearson | 29/10/2002 |
Galltywenallt | 10/03/2002 | |
Dropped off at rock and very quickly made summit via roads and paths. Summit unexpectedly had a good view back to St Boniface Down. Descended via Tennyson Trail to car park on Brighstone - Calbourne road. | garyhoney | 04/11/2000 |
With SBCC mens group. | heroicis-barbam | 01/08/2000 |
Date is first visit. Notes from later...dull afforested summit. car park at pass to W, netwok of paths to summit (best approach summit itself from N) | RHW | 03/06/2000 |
Many IOW Trailquests | Nutmar | 28/05/2000 |
Steady plod by side of forest to column. | arranc | 08/09/1998 |
With Giles & Julia. | MickyRoss | 26/11/1995 |
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LizH | 03/06/2014 | |
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