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Name:Woodbury Common
Hill number:5413
Height:183.5m / 602ft
Parent (Ma):2892  Staple Hill
RHB Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
County/UA:Devon
Catchment:Exe, Catchment Boundaries, Otter
Class:Tump (100-199m), Subhump, Clem
(Tu,1,sHu,Cm)
Grid ref:SY 03231 87484
Summit feature:no feature: ground on earthworks
Drop:99.9m
Col:83.6m  SY 0640 9913  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 192
(1:25k) 115
Observations:tumulus 400m N at SY 03256 87866 is several metres lower
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 77 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Choice of car parks to south. Impressive hill fort, shame about road through it. Went both sides of road. West was higher.PeterD04/03/2023
Repeat visit on the way to Crook Plantation from Woodbury Park Hotel after first of the spring 2023 beaver courses.Herbert Anchovy01/02/2023
What a shame they built the road through this excellent hillfort.clivevilla17/10/2021
With Ellie. (Claire didn't go to the high point).MickyRoss11/10/2020
Parked at Four Firs Carpark and walked north to Woodbury Castle. Crossed to west side of road to reach summit.matthewdomhof13/07/2020
Short walk from the car park. HP west side of road on steep sided earthworks.fosal2921/01/2020
Nice old wooded fort area, shame about the roadnordicstar16/05/2018
Nice hill fort and views from Woodbury Common over estuary.twg2706/05/2018
Been to Woodbury Common many times but this was the official visit to bag the very top which I’d not visited before. In amongst the trees and ditches of Woodbury Castle.Newton Maximus12/12/2017
With Cow & Kathy. Quiet nice.Play2End11/09/2017
Superb hill fort ruined only by the busy road which cuts through it. Great views ove the Exe from the car park.RichardM23/01/2017
superb views over the Exe from the Carpark as the sun set.HP is on embankment of ancient fortifications in beech and holly woods, with road nearby.Denise 23/01/2017
Straight forward bit of hill bagging from the car park to the S.DanMaisieBex17/12/2016
As easiest route from car park is on the road, may as well park on informal lay by at the crest of the road right next to the summit.ijpowell29/07/2016
Short walk from car park.rhalstead17/01/2016
On circular walk from Black HillPoolton12326/10/2015
1/6 short walk from car park to highest point on mudbankFergalh08/07/2015
With CP, JO and LPgarth8722/03/2015
Short walk from carpark to the highest point of the earth bank which could have been either side of the road.Herbert Anchovy04/03/2015
Multivallate Iron Age hill fort bisected by B3180. Very steep and well-defined ramparts. HP seems to be on W side of road atop the inner rampart (on a man-made structure - heresy!). ***24 Feb 2018 re-ascent: Re-visit with Carole Engel.jonglew17/11/2014
As chrisbien.Chris Peart01/07/2014
From CP to S along a muddy path then up through trees to outer then inner wall and back along road.chrisbien23/05/2012
Park in car park on B3180. Quick walk along the road and over short gorse to the column 3756 (176m). Top 800m away (183m). Sun coming through early haze. 13.00.arranc30/03/2012
From car park walked around inner wall then across road to bag top.Dugswell218/03/2012
A weird summit. Its looks more like a wooded ski jump. A bit of a scramble up from the road as other access points have barbed wire fence protection.Father Ted15/02/2012
Summit seems to be just to the west of the main road in the trees on what looks like an old hill fort.DARRENG20/05/2011
Visited by bike from Exeterfasgadh19/04/2011
Summit could be anywhere as there are so many built wall banks.destaylor09/12/2010
Visited while Geocaching on Woodbury Commonescottjon17/11/2010
en passantsummitsup14/07/2010
Highest point is probably on top of the inner fortification of Woodbury Castle, to the west side of the B3180.Isambard09/07/2009
Visited this area many times. Including Birdwatching, geocaching and hashing. The latter has nothing to do with illegal substances but is a form of none competitive running. Date is for a visit to the near by Trig point.Anthony Vosper12/01/2009
trig visitRhayader_wander28/05/2007
RHW22/09/2002
Halfdecent23/10/2023
Andy West24/06/2023
jamiehighton12/04/2023
Matt10/01/2023
ARC03/07/2019
Adrian13/01/2019
softsquare29/09/2018
jenx16/05/2018
carole engel24/02/2018
Kiltie09/10/2017
Tony S07/04/2017
Lorna S07/04/2017
PGCE25/03/2017
jnixon06/10/2016
iaindbrown22/03/2015
Campbell Singer13/01/2015