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Name:Sampford Common
Hill number:17983
Height:269.6m / 885ft
Parent (Ma):2892  Staple Hill
RHB Section:41: South Central England
County/UA:Somerset
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Exe, Parrett
Watershed:Land's End to John o' Groats, Land's End to Dover, The Lizard to Dunnet Head
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:ST 11860 16925
Summit feature:no feature: ground 65m S of track
Drop:42m
Col:227.6m  ST 1261 1671  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 181 193
(1:25k) 128W
Observations:ground by mast at ST 12209 16419 is 1m lower
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 26 users)ByDate of Ascent
Welly wander 17.5km Wellington, Black Down Cmmon, Culmstock Beacon & Sampford CommonClifford29/12/2023
Parked on the roadside to the north and then up through access land. Very muddy, but beautiful views from the topNicky C13/11/2022
Verge parking to E. ROW to Access Land, then steeply up (steep enough to make this seem like a proper hill!). Track W, then small path from ST 1189 1697 to summit.PGCE09/12/2021
Back again to visit the northern 268m HP which I overlooked on my previous visitfosal2916/10/2019
Short walk up to the mast from parking near Crossways Farmfosal2915/07/2019
Pleasant woodland walk from E up to mast. High point looks to be ancient bank adjacent to track.Campbell Singer31/03/2019
Roadside verge parking just E of Crossways Farm. HP in fenced off woodland N of the RoW.jonglew29/03/2019
Parking OK. Visited both summits regions.jimbloomer25/01/2019
Parking near Crossways farm. Went to both 268 spot heights. The one by the mast seemed higher according to technology. Earthbank by mast much higher than surrounding terrain.PeterD13/05/2018
Two possible high points a short distance apart: spot heights on north and south edge of contour. Both are indistinct on flattish areas with no line of sight between them . The south is near an aerial in forest; the north is on nearby heathland in bracken. We thought the North higher but hard to tell. Pleasant walk from the Wellington memorial.Denise 17/10/2017
Track from E. High point in forest on SE side of comms mast eclosure. The 268m spot height on Sampford Common is on pleasent heather heathland but is shown as lower on the 2 1/2 inch to 1 mile 1961 OS map.RichardM17/10/2017
Large comms tower near the summit which itself is fairly non descript. Lovely nearby woods and heaths.broser06/01/2017
Another of my iffy ticks. I got near enough to the top for me to count it. If I was doing it nowadays, I'd use the OSGR to get to the official high point.Alan Moore09/08/2016
From N; E probably more convenient. Nnw summit level heathery crossed by talL hedge bank, no obvious hp contenders. Sse summit level brackeny heathland similarly indeterminate.RHW30/06/2016
Part of Wellington Boot 100KmRob Pen y Garn13/04/2014
Andy West23/06/2023
Adrian07/05/2023
Matt02/01/2023
BHBrunt10/03/2019
benwloudon25/03/2018
mae04/10/2017
Martin R18/03/2017
stevent080903/01/2011
Dusty17/03/2010
BrianMatthews04/07/2007
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