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Name:Therfield Hill
Hill number:17369
Height:168.6m / 553ft
Parent (Ma):2874  Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill]
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Hertfordshire
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Thames, Wash
Watershed:The Wash, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Greater Thames Estuary
Class:Tump (100-199m), Clem
(Tu,1,Cm)
Grid ref:TL 33158 37258
Summit feature:not recorded
Drop:71m
Col:98m  TL223261  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 154
(1:25k) 194
Observations:higher ground at TL 33085 37282 and TL 33188 37289 are, probably, both man made
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 61 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
With Sybil, her very first TuMP. Parked in Tuthill Court. Short walk round the corner to HP on NW corner of waterworks. Then on to NE corner to trig, but inaccesible as in corner within waterworks. Got very close though, but fp on other side.mntainman31/08/2023
Parked opposite Fox & Duck. Took path through someone's garden to the Water Tower. Bashed through sodden wet bushes to circumnavigate the fenced off area. Trig point looks very sorry for itself.ChinnockC05/08/2023
Bank near mast seems to be highest point. Got let in to trig by water company worker.sclater25/01/2023
Didn't seem to have any height at all until drive home.Mark Sims24/06/2022
Walked around the summit on the footpath but unable to access peak. Nice area, not so nice topphil7029/07/2021
Royston to Baldock via Herts Way. Revisit.Smudge30/04/2021
Uninspiring summit, but lovely views on drive to and from.maclrc14/06/2020
On Hertfordshire Way. Also visited other suggested points.PGCE08/05/2020
Walk from Sandon villagejedthehumanoid22/02/2020
3rd Tump of 4 today after Southend Hill and Burnham Green. 3.9km exploration, parking up on Peddars exploring the Motte & Bailey earthworks en-route to the SE side of the Water tower compound, recording 169m @ TL 33232 37224 then using fp to visit the 168m spot just to the West then the highest land, recording 173m on the banking overlooking the scrapyard then across bare ground via 168m spot to the unfinished concrete compound. Natural ground from bank to compound seems higher than around the compound; explored around fence and up the lane before taking fp NE onto green with bumps,recording 167m @ TL 33428 37507, then up onto drive with obviously higher ground further East. Took route through school grounds then up along fenceline to highest point next to fence and field stubble (burial ground on Os map) recording 169m @TL 33650 37435 (same height as at SE corner of compound)169m also recorded at Jct of paths at TL33960 37493. Returned via Icknield Way.Dazingdale12/01/2020
Stopped briefly here on the way home from a pleasant walk on Therfield Heath - just a few miles to the north.CXB25/10/2019
Short circular walk from bottom end of villageBramley28/08/2019
Long trail run from Therfield Common.dc9602/09/2018
TD,C & HThis Dog13/06/2018
Parked by large metal gates, then f/p to water tower compound. Thought high point 15m SE from front gate, banking on opposite side of track. Then made a visit to the trig - when way in was eventually found.Aye Jimmy29/04/2018
Parked at entrance to compound which doesn't allow trespassers. Walked in and it seems marginally higher than elsewhere although covered in a layer of thick concrete. Also did fp. Not very satisfactory.Campbell Singer22/11/2017
As for nordicstar.arranc14/10/2017
Good circular walk from car park near roundabout.Fred Windsor02/09/2017
Parked in village and walked around network of paths.rhalstead23/04/2017
I did a circuit of the compound then popped in to see the trig and water tower.Dugswell206/03/2017
From East on FP from village. Trig hidden away in corner of compound. Gap in fence is very small. HP could also be on SE corner just outside fence.PeterD16/11/2016
By mountain bike cross country from Ashwell & Morden Station. Difficult crossing dual carriageway and had a run in with tubby local resident who claimed a RoW was not one. Even so an enjoyable bike ride. Trig looks sad inside compound.trimarc208/10/2016
On PROW from villageSwindon Bagger29/08/2016
Trig pillar trapped inside the mast compound cowering in the back corner of its cage like an exhibit in a zoo. A jumble of long distance paths converge here: Hertfordshire Way, Chain Link, and The 110 mile Icknield Way which links the Ridgeway to The Peddars Way. I combined my visit with a walk 200m west to slope of open field which is the OS Landranger highpoint of sheet 153 (This is right on the map edge which falls short by 200 horizontal metres of reaching the summit of Therfield Hill)Chris Pearson01/06/2016
HP in water tower compound, few metres S of gates. Small gap in fencing on SE side allowed access to investigate HP, and to bag the trig pillar and benchmark.jonglew13/01/2016
Ashwell & Morden to Royston. Several potential HPs visited although manufactured bank of scrapyard overtops any 'natural' ground.Smudge01/01/2016
One evening after school from Saffron Walden to my home in Hertfordshire. Parked in road to North, walked down Hertfordshire way to 125m contour - best part of walk! Then back up to see trig no access. Walked round to alternative high point and scrambled up a bank with vegetation - seemed like highest point. Bank near trig compound similar in height. Really horrible summit! Drive back though village nicepdantic10/06/2015
Parked on lane by locked gates to yard. Dirt track to junction of tower/fence. No access now without climbing but can touch trig through fence if nimble enough w trees.nordicstar24/03/2015
walked clockwise down lane and round tower compound. Broken West fence provides easy access to compound and likely mound near the tower.GordonAdshead11/02/2015
Parked by compound and walked a few yards to the highest accessible point.Herbert Anchovy27/01/2015
Parked easily off road to north. Alternative summit currently pasture.destaylor13/02/2014
One of my very few local P30s. Got Mum to drive me to the summit after a day out on Therfield Heath!Mark Jackson15/02/2007
trig is in water tower compound; highest pt +/- on lane, +/- no view. follow lane from minor rd RHW09/12/2001
Date unknown.Bagged on the way to Suffolk.Adrian01/01/2000
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