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Name:Cheriton Hill
Hill number:2921
Height:187.7m / 616ft
Parent (Ma):2920  Detling Hill [North Downs]
RHB Section:42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight
County/UA:Kent
Catchment:Minor Rivers only (South)
Watershed:Dover to Cape Wrath, Land's End to Dover
Class:Hump, Tump (100-199m), Submarilyn, Clem
(Hu,Tu,1,sMa,Cm)
Grid ref:TR 19711 39687
Summit feature:no feature: arable
Drop:149.7m
Col:38m  TQ 9855 3962  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 179 189
(1:25k) 138
Observations:ground at field edge 75m E at TR 19787 39665 is as high
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 261 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Return visit following August 2011 ascent when HP was in corner of field near aerial compound. It was also a Marylin, now missing out by 30cm. This time parked off road on bridleway in field at NW corner. Walked along western boundary then between crops (peas I think) to designated hp. Continued old hp location then on to bridleway and back to van.mntainman15/03/2024
A very late evening ascent after fine pizza from Hawkinge. Parked at start of track to field. Don't miss the aerial view point 1 mile south.Minto30/06/2023
A special trip over here to bag this deleted Marilyn. Solo. Parked in the large pub car park before it opened. A quick walk up the road to the field. High point is in middle of field of young cereal crop. Fence corner possibly of equal height. Had a lovely beer and a good chat in the Cat & Custard Inn afterwards. This pub is well worth a visit and makes up for the disappointing hill!Dangerous Dave05/01/2022
Had a long chat with the gentleman who owned the field, and who saved me time by taking me to the high point. 5 minutes walk from the Cat&Custard pub car park, if that.mazz25/10/2020
Parked outside pub, first to trig and then back to HP in field corner.PeterD24/10/2020
With Val. Parked at the pub car park. Along the lane then track alongside field, first field boundary on right to the summit. At first helped by farmer who sent us in the direction of the TP but got it done eventually.mike.hoult18/09/2020
Hump bagging drive around the South East before moving North.atreides788708/08/2020
Parked in the car park at the Cat & Custard (plenty of space) and then followed a narrow lane and field margins to the high point. Best to bring a GPS to get an accurate fix.Gerry the Ranger05/08/2020
As a detour from NDW. Circled field and went through other fields to the reservoir with its locked gate and view of the trig pointlerritt07/07/2020
Parked at the Cat Custard and walked down lay, and through field towards trig. No trig found in hedgerow but google maps said we were stood on the right spot.Hippy7716/02/2020
A long trip over from my caravan site near Portsmouth to tick this one off, only to find out later that it has since been demoted from its Marilyn status. Anyway, at least I won't have to go there again when I do the Humps! Good aerial view of the goings on at the tunnel entrance from my short ramble.silveracorn_alan26/10/2019
TR197396 With D192105/08/2019
From the Parking Space near the Church, along field edge then carefully negotiated crops to reach the high point on the field boundary. Not Worth a proper walk so headed off to explore elsewhere. Quick visit to the church which was niceJephcote8315/06/2019
Very easy Marilyn after arriving back through tunnelMark Sims02/05/2019
As others from pub car park round field edges, plus trig visit.N.Morters25/04/2019
Parked by church. A wild and windy walk to summit and then short circular back. Day before Sevenoaks Circular.MichaelF16/03/2019
Parked in the car park at the rear of the Cat and Custard. Field margins to high point - trig enclosed in water reservoir area fenced off.Drove down to view the Channel Tunnel complex.NormanW15/02/2019
Managed to park on grass verge at TR 19670 39790, to avoid using pub car park. Then a deviation from the line of the RoW passing through the same field.Isbjorn08/11/2018
Walked up from near Peene. Pleasant but uninspiring. Earlier walk on White Cliffs was much more fun.IanHHill29/09/2018
Short walk from the west past natural summit to roof of reservoirTopographer5707/08/2018
From the cat and custard pot with elizyanneGmacT08/07/2018
Hard to call this an ascent! Drove all the way from South Wales to bag my last two Kent Marilyns and do some geocaching. Parked by the junction where the pub and church are then down the track and across the field diverting off the footpath for the last 100 meters or so to get to the given grid ref.Father Ted20/05/2018
11/11 Interesting drive following sat nav! From pub (closed) car park in the dark followed track and field edge. Drove down a different way.SS09/02/2018
Summit is a hedge row in a field also there 2 trigs close by one is a reservoir compound and the other over looks the Euro tunnel. also great to visit the pillar boxes down the road.jmistry8618/01/2018
5/11M from paddlesworth.robertphillips05/11/2017
2/3 solo birthday kentumping. Unsatisfying Marilyn! Wat high point when farmer drove ominously into field. Didn't give me nae bother though.tumpawumpa24/10/2017
Ascent from the south to Paddlesworth villagebrandybordeaux16/09/2017
From Aerodrome road through fields.rhalstead09/09/2017
First hill of the day on my whirlwind tour of Southeastern Marilyns. The walk from the parking space at the Cat and Custard, Paddlesworth, must be all of 300 m and perhaps 5 m of ascent, but the hill doesn't seem exciting enough to merit extension to a longer walk. Instead of a nice walk, I had a nice chat with the owner of the field. He was surprised to hear that he owns a Marilyn.Gill08/07/2017
With K. I slept around here somewhere in a van years ago.Ashley30/04/2017
Part of a very pleasant circuit N of Folkestone. Disappointing with no distinct summit point, but HP assessed as on reddish farm track by road side, S of aerial and W of reservoir. Reservoir is being expanded ( major work-completion due June 17) and the trig, also visited is intact and protected.Denise 22/04/2017
Circular walk from Etchinghill and back along NDW.prwild08/04/2017
Sandling stn - Blackhouse Hill - Summerhouse Hill - Tolsford Hill - Cheriton Hill - Sugarloaf Hill - Swinge Hill - Folkestone station. A strong contender for best Tump walk in Kent? Summerhouse and Sugarloaf are remarkable hills.Mark Jackson04/03/2017
Easily up from Cat and Custard Pot on drab,overcast day.Beware-there are some extremely narrow back roads round here which the sat-nav took a fancy to!catman12/12/2016
From a parking spot at a road junction just to the NE of Peene (TR189381). Write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/cheriton-hill.htmlGayle05/11/2016
From Cat & Custard pot. Definitely worth walking down to the viewpoint on the edge of the downs to see the massive Euro tunnel train depot.twg2715/09/2016
Easy.tallblond28/05/2016
An awful long way to drive to tick off what amounted to a brief stroll along a track then field edge to the actual top.Cas-gwent05/04/2016
Second hill of the day. Parked in the carpark near the Cat and Custard pub and took the short walk to the summit via the public footpath and the edge of the crop field.Peterb21/02/2016
From the Cat & Custard pub with Peterb. Very uninspiring top but good to tick off last Marilyn in section 42.bowlesy21/02/2016
To make this more interesting we started at Castle Hill, Folkestone CT19 4QB (51.096349, 1.155481). This route was 4.9 miles return. Park in Castle Hill just off the M20. Walk up Castle Hill until you reach Crete Road West where you turn left. Walk for a few hundred yards before turning right onto the footpath just past the kennels. Follow the footpath until you reach a crossroads with Gibraltar Lane. Turn left and walk until you reach the T junction with Elvington Lane. Follow the footpath opposite the end of Gibraltar Lane and cross the fields heading towards the farm house. The path crosses a track and continues until you reach the Lane. A few yards down on the opposite site you will see a pond with a footpath to the right, take this. Enter the fields via the pedestrian gate and walk across the middle of the field, passing through gates in the middle before you reach the other gate. There are horses in here. Summit is in field on left past mast.tankbay20/02/2016
7/11 Seventh of eleven on wet day (Langdan Hill/Heath Mount/London Road/Wrotham Hill/Holly Hill/Dettling Hill(North Downs)/Cheriton Hill/Toys Hill/Betsoms Hill/Westerham Heights/Botley Hill)Fergalh25/12/2015
From small car park at viewpoint overlooking Channel Tunnel terminalsqueegs22/11/2015
Daft summit, but viewpoint to South is worth the diversion.huwthomas12/09/2015
Parked close to the Cat and Custard Pot pub then a short walk to what appears to be the highest point at the SW end of the mast and old shelter.bolton13/11/2014
Parked at 20000 39558, trig in compound, then ROW to field with the summit in.tim74712/11/2014
. CreakingHiker12/11/2014
Parked by the junction opposite the Cat & Custard pub in Paddlesworth – ESE along minor road & then along track towards the transmitter mast – At stile, headed SSW alongside fence to the summit. (S)gerrybowes30/10/2014
A good HF SOTA activation with Phil G4OBK before getting the ferry to France.G4OOE22/06/2014
Huge Great Dane honking at me in the field next door.simon and co07/03/2014