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| Name: | Wapley Hill |
| Hill number: | 2858 |
| Height: | 332.8m / 1092ft |
| RHB Section: | 38B: West Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester |
| County/UA: | Herefordshire |
| Catchment: | Wye |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,3,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SO 34754 62449 |
| Summit feature: | mound |
| Drop: | 160.2m |
| Col: | 172.6m SO 3274 6216  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 137 148 149 (1:25k) 201N |
| Observations: | mound with oak tree 10m N is of similar height |
| 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 310 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 10:30, 12-16 degrees, mist then overcast, showers. Unusual avenue of enormous leylandii and disappointed not to find a well-researched explanation from Chris Pearson. | Wycombe Wanderer | 30/09/2023 |
| From the picnic parking area and up a few tracks to the site of the old fort. Lots of bracken and greenery hid any detail there may have been there. | Peterb | 02/09/2023 |
| Parked in the FC car park to the SE and followed the 3 mile red boot trail around the hill. The hp is just metres off the path in the ramparts. Very pleasant lunchtime walk. With Gillian. | richard69 | 11/08/2023 |
| From lay-by to SE. Nice wide avenues of tress no fighting brambles on way up to ring fort. | davechaffey | 28/05/2023 |
| From FC Car Park. | Ramblingpaul | 23/04/2023 |
| With Figgy, 4th hill of the day, from FC car park | mazz | 15/10/2022 |
| Circuit from car park with Lesley after visiting Croft Castle and Berrington Hall. | Nick Canute | 17/08/2022 |
| Whilst walking the Mortimer Trail | nickywood1 | 11/07/2022 |
| From the car park to the south east. Followed good tracks. Mound to the south bagged as well. | Alan Caine | 12/06/2022 |
| On the way back from Hergest Ridge. From Forestry car park. | Longwojo | 23/04/2022 |
| From the forestry car park. Simple hike, following the red boot marker posts. Summit is part of the hill fort earthworks | DanMaisieBex | 29/01/2022 |
| Bike ride from Leominster: Wapley Hill, Shobdon Hill and Mere Hill. | Mark Jackson | 11/09/2021 |
| Up just for fading.light and down in the dark, brambles of paths starting to be trodden back | Stevooo | 03/09/2021 |
| From the car park to the E | paulhilder | 24/08/2021 |
| Followed the red path. Luckily it went to the top. No view. | Play2End | 23/08/2021 |
| Walked from Hergest Ridge - doable but an almight hike with some very overgrown footpaths. If you can avoid Mortimer's Trail do; otherwise thick trousers and long sleeves and mind the nettles at head height! Not much to see from the summit due to tree cover but couple living near the top friendly and pointed me in the right direction on yet another overgrown path. Walk from the south to the summit through woods is a decent gradient but a beautiful walk - very cooling in summer too. | jamiequackers | 17/07/2021 |
| from car park se | underhill | 02/07/2021 |
| Parking at FC CP SO359621. WNW up forest track but beware taking the 1st L on the Red waywarked route, clockwise - it loses height, meanders about aimlessly, leaves one guessing at junctions and is a horse churned mudfest in places. Going anti-clockwise would be a better navigational approach to the hill fort area and to identify the highest point. | Isbjorn | 14/04/2021 |
| Parked at car park and walked up path through woodland | ketzster | 22/06/2020 |
| With Shobdon, loop from hill fort car park. Very hot, but some light showers. Badly stung by nettles on footpaths, wearing shorts. Very slow progress as clearing nettles with stick etc. | Rounsfell | 15/06/2020 |
| First top of a two day walk from Leominster to Llandrindod Wells. | Alex C | 21/03/2020 |
| K dropped me off at Stansbatch. Walked up track to near top of hill. Part of Iron Age fort rampart seemed the high point. Continued on to Shobdon Hill | IanHHill | 18/03/2020 |
| Simple walk up from car park. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 16/09/2019 |
| Mortimer Trail to Shobdon Hill overgrown with bracken nettles and brambles | TeasyChris | 13/09/2019 |
| Via public FP from Stansbatch. Cloudy but dry, splendid views. | steve_a | 30/05/2019 |
| As others from the forest walk parking to the ESE. Track then path over the fort ditches to the top. | N.Morters | 03/05/2019 |
| Approach from CP to ESE - mainly on Mortimer Trail. | ger | 16/04/2019 |
| From Forestry Commission car park following clear waymarked route. There is a slightly quicker way back. | squeegs | 18/02/2019 |
| From Forestry Commission car park by waymarked trail | prwild | 17/02/2019 |
| Followed the red markers from the FC car park to the SE. It felt like a slightly circuitous route but wasn't unpleasant and a good summit on the inner ring of the hill fort. | Herbert Anchovy | 19/12/2018 |
| Wanted to walk from end of ridge but no parking -found car park further south and went up from there following red markers -lovely forest opens out onto super hill fort with multiple defensive rings | Mark Sims | 05/11/2018 |
| Otis and Dagnes | Glenford | 17/09/2018 |
| 3/6 Marilyn day. From the Forestry Commission car park to the east after Shobdon Hill. Waymarked path. 2.7km in 40 minutes. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 08/08/2018 |
| Easy marked walk from car park. | Wheeler | 04/08/2018 |
| Fro forestry cp, follow the red route. | iangalbraith | 21/07/2018 |
| Started from Forestry Commission CP to ESE. Easy walk up tracks. 104m ascent | RoguePulsar | 11/05/2018 |
| pleasant walk, several benches to take a seat. | gettingonabit | 07/03/2018 |
| 1/11M early morning bag in the dark from fc cp good tracks paths to the top. | robertphillips | 20/10/2017 |
| Eighth hill of the day at sunset on easy paths from the well signposted Wapley Hill Fort car park. Excellent hill fort, with multiple walls and ditches. | Gill | 12/10/2017 |
| From FC car park and forest trails. Interesting hill fort on summit. | Winterfloodian | 07/10/2017 |
| With K. Easily accessed from forestry car park following waymarked trail. | Ashley | 11/09/2017 |
| Simple up and down in contrast to my dramas on nearby Shobdon Hill. | NormanW | 17/06/2017 |
| Tracks and trails from FC car park to fort. | Topographer57 | 09/04/2017 |
| 4 of 5 Marilyns from Kington | SteveG | 24/03/2017 |
| From forestry car park. Interesting hill fort. | twg27 | 14/02/2017 |
| From Forestry Commission car park with TJB | trimarc2 | 23/01/2017 |
| Parked in Forestry comm car park and followed signs up. Easy one. Old fort up top. Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 13/10/2016 |
| A nice woodland stroll to the hill fort top. | jenx | 05/10/2016 |
| After dropping Mike and Lucky off at the forest CP we went up again through the tracks and trees to a delightful summit / old hill fort | nordicstar | 05/10/2016 |
| From the car park to SE with Shaky. Followed the forest tracks up to the summit & explored the hill fort. | NotReallyABagger | 25/09/2016 |