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Name:Swinge Hill
Hill number:18458
Height:173.5m / 569ft
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:Tump (100-199m), Clem
(Tu,1,Cm)
Grid ref:TR 24272 38584
Summit feature:no feature: arable
Drop:63m
Col:111m  TR220384  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 179 189
(1:25k) 138
Observations:72m SW of former site of trig point which has been moved to the edge of the field.
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 36 users)ByDate of Ascent
Early dusk today due to low cloud and damp drizzle, good time to do this hill really. As it was late I parked on corner of Cauldham Lane near the 169m spot height and junction of PROW, it would only be fo a few minutes. Walked a short distance SE, then turned right onto field carefully stepping between crops until reaching tractor tracks. Followed tracks towards summit until I thought I was over the brow of the hill. As it turns out I was spot on the summit as currently listed. Couple of photos, log on peakhunter ten back to van along same route. Would be difficult if mature crops in field.mntainman15/03/2024
HighwayToFell22/04/2023
As others from road cornerMark Sims21/01/2022
Matt21/08/2021
Adrian211/04/2021
Parked SE of road corner in a wide gateway. ROW, then tramlines to summit.PGCE26/02/2021
Parked at road corner, first along FP then across field to HP in fast fading lightPeterD24/10/2020
Parked at the field corner. Field planned with turnips so found tram lines to the domed top.Campbell Singer17/10/2020
This time the huge field has been harvested and in the warm breeze it was like a dust bowl. HP determined by Abney but unmarked. Poor trig has been uprooted and lies sadly in undergrowth in northern field edge next to farm storage yard with several lorry containers . Roadside parking.Denise 22/08/2020
From Cauldham lane (easy parking in Cauldham Close). No crop this visit, over stubble and dry dusty soil to levelish summit area. Also visited the trig pillar now sadly uprooted and laid to rest under Oak tree in N corner of field.RichardM22/08/2020
Like Theresa May through a field of wheat on a diversion from the North Downs WayPhilipChaston07/06/2020
andrew brown18/05/2020
jimbloomer24/01/2020
mae23/01/2020
As Johnglew. Bridleway ploughed out but at least field reasonably dry. Easy parking on Cauldham Close.Bramley31/10/2019
SteveG13/05/2019
ngthack13/11/2018
Roadside parking at TR 2467 3847. Took the RoW for approx 80m then straight across an arable field. Trig pillar now been uprooted and moved so tricky to locate a preise HP.jonglew10/11/2018
ADAIRP01/07/2018
Up tractor lines. Prked in gateway on right angle bend.clivevilla18/04/2018
3/3 birthday kentumping, on way back from cheriton hill with only 5 mins to spare before getting in trouble with the Mrs, drove up the bridleway, ran to muddy, uneventful summit. Ran back. All in 3 mins?tumpawumpa24/10/2017
Summit not attained as chest height in dense rape. Trig apparently moved to SW corner of field. Would have been easy to access from path if not cropped.Denise 22/04/2017
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
Dover to Folkestone. Trig pillar has been removed from the middle of the field (now laying in hedge to N apparently).Smudge17/02/2017
dickiewren22/05/2016
DC11main25/10/2015
Chester24/08/2015
trimarc207/03/2015
GordonAdshead11/04/2014
stevent080901/02/2014
From bridleway that starts at TR24486 38636. Went because of Cauldham farm trig and because I was waiting for a local garage to get the parts to repair the brakes on my vehicle, not because it is a wretched Tump. The fact it is nothing more than a near flat ploughed field confirms the general reputation of the P30sMartin R13/08/2013
carole engel23/09/2012
Adrian07/01/2012
RHW16/03/2003
Bagged as a Clem (and the trig) on route to Alps before I knew about Tumps.Chris Pearson27/08/1999
With: hr; Walked up here with Helen after The Warren. Date is approximate.Ian Baines01/06/1984
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