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Name: | Viking Way |
Hill number: | 5466 |
Height: | 152.1m / 499ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2869 Cleeve Hill |
RHB Section: | 37: The River Tees to The Wash |
County/UA: | Leicestershire, Lincolnshire |
County (CoH): | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven (CoH) |
Catchment: | Wash |
Class: | Historic County Top (CoH) |
Grid ref: | SK 88907 23198 |
Summit feature: | E verge of road |
Drop: | 0m |
Col: | 152.1m SK 8890 2319 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 130 (1:25k) 247 |
Observations: | some points N along verge and in trees to E are of similar height; ground 40m S of crossroads is 1m lower |
Comments: | N summit 9km NNW at SK 85169 31046 is 0.8m lower |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 122 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Road bike ride for some easy to access Tumps | visionset | 03/10/2023 |
Not a lot to say about this one. Long flat road so took Hill Bagging's suggestion as to the summit | moorsman | 02/07/2023 |
Revisit after a recent survey has moved the high point down the road, south of the water tower. On my way to visit mntainman. | Dangerous Dave | 05/02/2023 |
Parked by summit. | David Evans | 15/01/2023 |
Second point of 5 on day trip from Manchester | GordonAdshead | 15/02/2022 |
Almost missed this due to poor route planning but realised my mistake just before setting off. Hints of views through the trees. | pclyndes | 22/06/2021 |
Parked at water tower for a quick walk to highpoint. | PGCE | 06/12/2020 |
Parked in Buckminster, then triangular walk around Crabtree Road and The Drift. | edmundjohnson | 15/10/2020 |
with Caitlin on road trip | jthomson6nr9 | 02/08/2020 |
With E. Raining. Parked by water tower then across and along road to hp. Easy. | Beeliner | 28/07/2019 |
Dropped by while heading north | kjg106 | 07/06/2019 |
Parked in Skillington and had a pleasant triangular walk - SSW, NNW and then East. | callumorr | 30/05/2019 |
Notable for being my first after-dark bagging! Parked up to near silence apart from the odd owl hoot on a lovely clear night. A few miles down the road a barn owl flew right in front of the car. Made a nondescript top very memorable. | jedthehumanoid | 16/01/2019 |
On the drive from Bedford home to Cumbria. Verge parking S of wtr twr, wandered along the road looking for a HP - must have missed it! | jonglew | 04/01/2019 |
Park on summit ;) | Janko | 08/09/2018 |
Short walk from junction. | PeterD | 16/08/2018 |
Pleasant surroundings. Buckminster has always interested me. Must pop into the Tollemache Arms some time. | Campbell Singer | 16/03/2018 |
Virtually parked on top. | rhalstead | 25/02/2018 |
Parked at Water Tower, walked up and down for 5 minutes, another off my list. | dgresty | 22/10/2017 |
Getting late, will soon be dark, made a mad rush to the summit. Good old legs haven't let me down. | BHMC | 22/12/2016 |
With Éire, Evan, Sail, Danú ,Coel & Alfie. Good parking area at water tower. Visited alternative summit too. | Dangerous Dave | 06/11/2016 |
Cold bike ride with Katy from Greetham. | George Thompson | 06/11/2016 |
parked o th track at thecrossroads. did sonegos checking andit looks as if the highest point if inthe iddle-isk of the small wooded area on the south west side of the cross roads. Road itself isverycose inheight. | keithelliott | 12/10/2016 |
TD, C & H | This Dog | 03/09/2016 |
Parked next to the water tower. The highest point seemed to be just up the road opposite. Also visited alternative summit too. | Wheelsy | 26/07/2016 |
Parked by water tower and wandered up road opposite for short way. | Aye Jimmy | 23/03/2016 |
Quick bag after Buckminster Hill. | ngthack | 14/02/2016 |
A quick top on way back from airport on an awful wet weather day | Fergalh | 03/01/2016 |
one of two lincs and a northampton | maltose | 16/08/2015 |
County top outing, Park alongside the water tower and walk south up the Drift and maybe you'll see some wildlife in the woods either side of the road otherwise it is a little bland this top. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 26/07/2015 |
Hot, sunny and peaceful- strangely poor GPS reception - perhaps the large trees lining the road were blocking signals? | M3WDD | 03/07/2015 |
Did alternative summit as well! | softsquare | 02/04/2015 |
on the move to sheffield | mr bounce | 27/08/2014 |
Another water tower. Wandered up and down the road a bit. | Newton Maximus | 30/05/2014 |
Drove to the road and walked along the Viking Way just to ensure I had reached the Top | lozinworcester | 21/04/2014 |
County top No.47. By train to Melton Mowbray and bus to Wymondham. Walked from Wymondham via local footpaths to The Drift (Viking Way), then back along the Viking Way trail to Market Overton for bus and train home. Distance 10.8 miles, climb 457 feet, time 3:43. Weather cloudy at first, but clearing to a sunny warm afternoon.(Temp 15 deg C) The Viking Way trail north of Crown Point Farm was still swamped after the winter rains, not very nice at all!! | alan.65to70 | 01/04/2014 |
East side of road? Also walked along very muddy and wet farm road to Big wood. Same GPS reading. | bolton | 28/01/2014 |
Parking area alongside the water tower - Walked south along the minor road for about 75m to make absolutely sure the top was bagged. Then drove to the A607, parked on the verge of the farm track, and walked NNE up the track for about 500m to the potential alternative summit. (PM) | gerrybowes | 28/01/2014 |
Stopped. Got out of car. Got back in again. Easy. | ijpowell | 30/10/2013 |
PONTON PLOD | EVERTON | 15/09/2013 |
On a 5 county top jaunt as the weather was fine, at least not raining anyway. Everywhere there was standing water on the fields and tracks, bad decision to wear my canvas walking boots duh. 
This was my first, didn't need to go onto the mud, it is just a junction in the middle of nowhere, no views for trees, most interesting thing was a jogger running past, and a water tower. | Mark T | 19/03/2013 |
On the way home after failing to find the OS surface block which is or was 3km north along the road. | RHW | 16/03/2013 |
With Marie and had walk from Buckminster in lovely weather, ice and a dusting of snow but sun out among the mist. Walk up Viking way and found what looked like highest point opposite the water tower, but frankly impossible to see which mound was highest and which was in lincolnshire. Village is classic "closed" village based on the great estate and all orderly and neat, with the Earl of Dysart's estate office still based next to the Tollmache Arms in village. Looked good but sadly too early to try on return so had to settle for juice, oatcake buscuits and a packet of chilli and sour cream crisps. | mcf | 13/01/2013 |
Easy parking at the junction next to the water tower. Got out of car, walked around a bit and then got back in. 1st of 4 'tops' in a 3 hour jaunt. | RichieRambler | 18/12/2012 |
Top and spot height waste of time. Ring contour off A607 not too bad. Easy parking at both. | destaylor | 15/11/2012 |
wandered around the junction | Bramley | 05/10/2012 |
On way home, brief diversion off A1 via Colsterworth. Stood at road on the spot(s). Agree water tower interesting but that's all. Around by Croxton Kerrial to look at the A607 point, Ash Plantation mound lot more interesting and 'feels' higher. Gotta do! | nordicstar | 16/08/2012 |
Realised that I have actually parked here before. Good place to stop to make a brew in the van. | Martin R | 27/06/2012 |
Bagged on part of a charity bike ride from Leicester to Skegness. 
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/191206772 | Tom | 16/06/2012 |
Parked car at road jc with viking way and got out | Maryfooksmills | 29/01/2012 |