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Name:Oversley Wood
Hill number:17431
Height:111.5m / 366ft
Parent (Ma):2870  Walton Hill
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Warwickshire
Catchment:Severn
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:SP 10190 56240
Summit feature:no feature: woodland
Drop:39.9m
Col:71.6m  SP 1188 5647  
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 47 users)ByDate of Ascent
Car park at Oversley Wood closed so parked on verge on road to the north. Round of the 2 hills.Alan Caine12/02/2024
15/20. Thanks to others for the notes about the parking area at SP110566. Oversley Wood and Alcock's Arbour in 45 mins round trip.Mark Jackson05/09/2023
Footpath from Trench Lane then along the cabby ridge. On to Alcock's Arbour.Wycombe Wanderer10/04/2023
Parked at main car park for Oversley Wood, to get to it drive south down Trench Lane (marked as such on OS Explorer 1:25000 maps).Take the tarmac track on the right (Arden way goes down it). The track goes under A46 and small car park with access to Oversley wood and Alcock’s Arbour. Lovely little hill.Malcvolm02/04/2023
Parked on Primrose Lane, SP 09574 56561.DC11main06/06/2022
From The Green. Obvious route. Bracken on top.Play2End04/07/2021
KF Lovely wood to keep cool in on a lovely sunny day as we walked in from Alcester Town FC and the underpass near Oversley Hill Farm. Quiet only disturbed by birdsong and the Red Arrows performing at the Midlands Airshow over Ragley Hall to the west of the hill. Summit N of good track along ridgeline of the Wood but not clearly identifiable.crazy05/06/2021
Parked at NE corner of deciduous wood, accessed from Trench Lane to N, passing underneath A road. Northern track then path along ridge. Short diversion to summit. Onwards to Alcock's Arbour.PGCE27/12/2020
Roadside parking in Exhall (SP 1026 5524). RoW NNE to the 76m spot height, then E into woodland, a good track picked up after 75m.jonglew17/09/2020
Parked at NE corner of deciduous wood, accessed from B road ( Trench Lane) to N, passing underneath A road, popular with locals. Approached from woodland track to N. Indistinct point in red -trunked Scots Pine with waist high (and wet) fernsDenise 18/06/2020
As others parked in Oversley Green by bridge. Easy if muddy walk across A46 and through wood to top.Bramley09/03/2020
As others, from Oversley Green where there is good parking near the bridge. Wide forest rides and easy access, with plenty of trods through the dead bracken to the hp at this time of year.milimana06/01/2020
With Wendy. Nice cafes in nearby Alcester.ijpowell29/12/2019
2nd tump of 5 on a route from Wilmcote station to Henley-in-Arden, climbing Withycombe hill then under bridge to car park. I veered off to explore spot height then over to suggested top, wandering through from pine tree to pine tree in the high bracken. Lovely woodland. Descent to Alcester for a coffee break then the long traverse via the Monarchs way, en route to Lodge hill...Dazingdale23/06/2019
Parked 50m North of bridge over A422. Used northerly track through woods. Clearing and track leads to summit area from kink.GordonAdshead18/05/2019
Good path frm NW great blue bell display. Saw a slow worm on descent.cjo29/04/2019
A replica of Richard M ascent route and bracken and bluebell report from 2 years ago to the week, hence the similarities of spring. Records claim that the wood was once bought by Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII first minister / advisor, but was sold when his luck changed and he too was executed.Chris Pearson28/03/2019
Last of seven in an afternoon. A walk in the woods, although too early for bluebells.KC21/03/2019
Summit visited with Pete on a muddy visit ca. 2012/3, checked in 2017 when I knew about Tumps and I was in the wood in dry conditions.pwheeler22/10/2017
Used foot-bridge over the A46 from Oversley Green. Picked the wrong day for doing the hills around here, accompanied by large numbers of runners/walkers on some sort of Arden/Heart of England 26 mile challenge. Fortunately they didn't go over the summit area - but met them all again on other TuMPs.Aye Jimmy16/09/2017
Parked at start of drive to the NW and then proceeded as others. Bracken not so bad as I'd feared from other comments.Herbert Anchovy31/07/2017
Parked just off A46 near foot bridge. Up Private drive and then FP to top. Final 20m through shoulder high bracken, fortunately not many brambles.PeterD15/07/2017
Easy access on bridleway and woodland tracks from Oversley Green. Summit in stand of Scots Pines with Birch and Oak. Bracken dead this time of year and woodland carpeted in Bluebells, a few already in flower - first this year. And again on:- 18-06-2020, this time with Denise from the hidden car park at SP1105,5672 (accessed from N along track)RichardM21/03/2017
Parked in Oversley Green. Over footbridge crossing A46 and then up the not so private drive at the top of which is the fp to the wood. Turn left into wood then right after 50 ms and then left after 100ms up muddy path. More pleasant than I anticipated. HP in dense dead bracken.Campbell Singer16/02/2017
Parked to NW. It is a little confusing as the Arden Way goes up a drive marked Private Drive.clivevilla29/12/2016
Boxing day dog walk with Paddy from Alcester.Lou26/12/2016
Early morning hike up from the north west. A new four of wear east path not marked on the1.25k takes you on an earlier zig zag than the 200m section immediately sooth of it that no longer exists.vegibagger06/08/2016
Walked along a main path, then up grassy area to find a bench at the summit. Then walked along another path a little way to what looked like the highest spot.Alancache07/01/2016
Found whilst walking the Heart of England Way from Henley to Bidford. Took a small diversion off the HoEW onto the Arden Way and then up the paths through the woods to the top.Father Ted23/11/2014
From NW, parking at start, RoW then good network of paths. Summit head high bracken just N of a path. Nettle leaved bellflower common.RHW25/07/2014
woodland top, very busy with day tripper walkersAdrian09/03/2014
Oversley Wood and Withycombe Hill from Alcester mostly on the Arden Way.rhalstead12/05/2013
Walked and orienteered over this hill on many occasions.JohnW20/08/2008
Sneaked up through two gates to trigarranc27/10/2006
Halfdecent27/10/2023
ChrisShaw199318/12/2022
Andy West05/03/2022
Martin R27/02/2022
stub196928/04/2021
johnkenyon07/02/2021
ARC05/02/2021
Jim Baz23/03/2019
ngthack31/07/2016
andrew brown31/03/2016
GaryJones29/02/2016
ssstevesreeves07/09/2015
Mark Sims20/07/2015