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Name:Ruardean Hill
Hill number:2862
Height:290m / 951ft
RHB Section:38B: West Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester
County/UA:Gloucestershire
Catchment:Severn, Catchment Boundaries, Wye
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem
(Ma,Hu,Tu,2,Cm)
Grid ref:SO 63494 16918
Summit feature:stone marker
Drop:174m
Col:116m  SO681214  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 162
(1:25k) OL14E
Observations:about 10cm higher than ground by present flagpole and 5m away
Survey:Abney level
Comments:Trig point is at SO635168
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 348 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
From Cricket Club visited Marker, then had lunch and a play in the village park with the girls.Jephcote8328/08/2023
From Cricket Club visited Marker, had lunch and a play in the village park after.Ivy Jephcote28/08/2023
From Cricket Club visited Marker, had lunch and a play in the village park after.Iris Jephcote28/08/2023
Difficult to make a decent walk here. Parked at Plump Hill and walked to the Radio towers south of the main road before crossing back after a bit of the Wysis Way. Enjoyed the high point and viewpoint, before getting hopelessly stuck in the disused quarry area of Ruardean Hill plantation. avoid. Better still just do a drive by.gbeniston26/06/2023
With LJanet M20/06/2023
5 Marilyns from base in Ludlow. Aconbury Hill, Garway Hill, Ruardean Hill, May Hill, and Seager Hill. Ruardean Hill was almost a drive by, Seager Hill was a bit of a nettle fest. The other three made the day.Longwojo10/06/2023
Parked outside cricket club, trig over the road in a fenced area, small stone marker for highest point in forest of dean, then down spout lane to pan tod beacon, memorial and statue, super easy 5 minsTribal2er05/03/2023
Parked at the sports club and walked across to the stone marker. Also the highest point in the Forest of Deanrichard6905/01/2023
Almost a drive by! With Figgy , after May Hillmazz16/10/2022
Miners memorial and high point.Nick Canute08/10/2022
Second visit.malcorbett29/05/2022
Loop of May Hill and Ruardean Hill, from May Hill village. Mostly on the Wysis Way and Gloucestershire Way.davidpettit8409/04/2022
Fab views to the north. Parking.Play2End09/04/2022
Car service in Tewkesbury, so persuaded Shaky into driving around 4 Gloucestershire & Herefordshire Marilyns for the day. Glorious weather. After May Hill, Ruardean Hill was next. A nondescript hill in every way except that it was Marilyn #600 for me. Parked at the sports club. The decrepit trig is now in a fenced off area of land up for sale. Settled for the high point over the road & then pushed off for better hills.NotReallyABagger22/02/2022
Quick walk from the social club to the high spot but also out to the viewpoint with the memorial to the miners. Gorgeous sunny quiet morning.nickywood111/02/2022
Parked at the sports club (Cricket Club on Google maps) and made the ascent from there.paulhilder05/12/2021
Parked at sports club. Through gap in fence to trig. And across tge Road to high point marker.JulieB09/10/2021
I don't like to drive to the summit, but not possible to arrange an interesting route up to here. Enjoyed May Hill a lot more.davechaffey13/09/2021
Non eventful - pulled up by the Ruardean Hill Cricket Club, had a 10 minute wander about the place and off.jamiequackers16/07/2021
parked sports club high point and tp through fence to rearunderhill28/06/2021
After an excellent walk from Goodrich to English Bicknor via Coppet Hill, Huntsham Hill and Yat Rock hillfort. A bit of a rushed walk between buses, up from Ruardean using the footpath from Turner's Tump (good views on this ridge) up to the summit (not such good views) then dropped down to Drybrook and on to Mitcheldean to get another bus. A bit of a shame to rush this final Gloucestershire Marilyn, but a good end to a fine day out.thesweetcheat11/06/2021
From Brierley on main road. Chauffeuse waiting at top.IanHHill21/05/2021
Pleasant walk up from the main road to the south made an enjoyable half hour of this. With Tony J.Alex C01/05/2021
Pretty easy really - park & walk 10m!DanMaisieBex15/08/2020
Parked about 20 metres from topketzster30/06/2020
.Stevooo16/05/2020
Parked at sports centre and crossed road to trig, super easy.Hippy7708/03/2020
Parked at sports centre and walked across the road to the stone marker. The easiest Marilyn! Solo. Trig is completely fenced off at the moment but is obviously lower.Dangerous Dave05/01/2020
P near Pan Tod Beacon.ger22/12/2019
Miners memorial nearby worth visitinggettingonabit03/11/2019
Parked at sports hall and wandered across to the high point marker. Planning permission notice on enclosed compound where the trig is for a detached house. Walked through a gap in the fencing to visit the trigJephcote8321/09/2019
With K. Probably the easiest HuMP we have left (in England)Ashley08/09/2019
Parked at Sports Club. High Point and trig.NormanW17/07/2019
Short walk to summit from sports club, as per other descriptions. Slightly ironic that the extraordinarily small (but no doubt pricey) marker of the highest point of the Forest of Dean is visibly not quite at the highest point.wheresthepath11/07/2019
Little London - Nottwood Hill - Huntley Hill - Bright's Hill - May Hill - Hobbs - Breakheart Hill - Wigpool Common - Ruardean Hill - Edge Hills - Pool Hill - Mitcheldean.Mark Jackson22/06/2019
Drive, park then a wry smile at the marker and flagpole 7/8N.Morters01/05/2019
5/6. Dry. Visited all possible summits.. Rounsfell17/02/2019
The car did all the work. Just a 5 minute stroll!silveracorn_alan26/10/2018
Must be the easiest Marilyn. With Oscar and Bridget.catman02/10/2018
With Catman and Oscar.rosiebridge02/10/2018
With Bridget and Catman.oscarrosie02/10/2018
Car park on opposite side of the road.Winterfloodian24/09/2018
TD, C & HThis Dog01/09/2018
Roadside green. Mist held off but only just.Topographer5712/08/2018
Walked around the summit area for an hour or so talking the view in the dark in. 4th top of the day an easy start tomorrow will be harder walks!Sossick24/11/2017
11/11M last of the day in fading light easy times.robertphillips20/10/2017
Parked at Pan Tod Beacon, which gives better views than the summit. A gentle stroll back to the road to find the little pillar marking the summit.Gill14/10/2017
Easiest summit yet. Summit mark by small stone pillar.AlanD18/09/2017
Nice evening drive out to Ruardean Hill. Spend a few minutes relaxing at the highest point in the Forest.Gerry the Ranger11/08/2017
SOTA VHF ActivationM0JCQ25/06/2017