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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 281 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | 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 |