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Name: | Deacons Hill |
Hill number: | 17391 |
Height: | 147.7m / 485ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2874 Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill] |
RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
County/UA: | Hertfordshire |
Catchment: | Thames |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | TQ 18351 94973 |
Summit feature: | not recorded |
Drop: | 30.6m |
Col: | 117.1m TQ 1779 9440 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 166 176 (1:25k) 173 |
Observations: | ground in trees 40m E at TQ 18391 94957 is of similar height; rise in field 80m W at TQ 18274 94969 is slightly lower |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 52 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Walked to spot height on the main road - opposite Broadlawns seemed the highest point. Skirted the perimeter of the field containing the marker round to the hotel but there seemed to be no public access. | Vulcan | 24/01/2023 |
Walk from Elstree Station. Then via lanes and RoW to Shenley. | Moorponder | 29/10/2021 |
London Borough High Points (Bagging Bournwell Hill, Arkley, Highwood Hill, Wakemans Hill Avenue, both Bushey Heaths and Deacons Hill) | PhilipChaston | 14/08/2021 |
Bike ride to Arkley and Deacons Hill. | Mark Jackson | 09/01/2021 |
Re-visit for new summit. | andrew brown | 16/12/2020 |
Bike ride: Oakwood - Arkley - Deacons Hill - Bushey Heath - Shenley Hill - Oakwood. | Mark Jackson | 27/06/2020 |
Quick evening excursion from home to Arkley, Deacons Hill and Bushey Heath. 30 mile round trip. | PGCE | 03/05/2020 |
Double bus-ed over from Bushey Heath with DTL. Beautifully sunny after loads of rainy days in London | Fionalevey | 06/03/2020 |
Continuation from Bushey Heath and Harrow LB top. Explored ground near barn and 147m spot. Marginally higher Ground further South leads to large private gardens. Continuation via stretch of London loop for Highwood hill.. | Dazingdale | 19/01/2020 |
LOOP walk from Barnet to Borehamwood - deviation at the end to bag this one | jedthehumanoid | 29/10/2019 |
3 of 3 on 19 mile bike ride starting from Watford central travelodge. As others have said it’s difficult to determine where the top is so I just went will the elbow in the lane | The-Z-Man | 18/10/2019 |
Opposite side of road to 'Broadlawns' by tall mesh gate seemed as high as anywhere. | Aye Jimmy | 08/09/2019 |
The last of the four for today. Went to the elbow in lane and the spot height. It is certainly beyond my current skill set to place the high spot. To my mind the road continued to climb but hey! | Sixtyplus | 29/08/2019 |
Parked in George's Mead and went for a wander. | Bramley | 29/08/2019 |
Cycle ride from Watford. Indistinct and uninspiring summit crossed by the busy A411. Thought the road by entrance to Broadlawns drive probably the high point. | RichardM | 29/06/2019 |
Parked in Edgwarebury lane and walked around the area in the rain. Up to the Laura Ashly gates | ChinnockC | 19/01/2019 |
HP on main road. | arranc | 28/06/2018 |
Dissatisfying completion of Herts. Wandered round hoping that I had covered the hp. Again, big posh houses. | Campbell Singer | 29/03/2018 |
TD, C & H | This Dog | 18/02/2018 |
Went to gateway on A411 and up drive to Laura Ashley Hotel. | clivevilla | 26/07/2017 |
Parked in Georges Mead and walked up and road and lane. | rhalstead | 23/04/2017 |
Parked beside the footpath sign on the A411 then had a walk about. This included the gateway beside A411, down the footpath and the elbow in Edgwarebury Lane. | Dugswell2 | 06/03/2017 |
Went to spot height and to the hotel and ground in between. | PeterD | 27/11/2016 |
Parked on wattling street at bottom of hill to the north near b5378. Walked up through village on to A.411 to 147m spot height, then to bend in Edwarebury lane, and some grass by trees near Laura Ashley Hotel. Couldn't find any access to fields? Very high flimsy fences near hotel with security camera warnings! Pretty sure the spot height is highest! But no evidence as my gps wouldn't track the satellites today. | pdantic | 11/07/2016 |
Parked on Edgwarebury Lane walked back to probably HP on main road (A411) at OS 1:25k 147m spot height. | jonglew | 04/12/2015 |
A bit puzzling as to where the top really is. AS per RHW's log went to the elbow (bend) on driveway to the Laura Ashley hotel and also the 147m spot height on pavement on main road, but fences and houses blocking any chances of wandering around behind them as others have seemingly done on this page. Felt it especially not a good idea in the dark to be climbing fences/ bludering around behind people's houses and for no apparent purpose as 147m road spot height is highest point on 1:10000map | Chris Pearson | 24/04/2015 |
1) N side of A411, hedgeline by locked gate (147m spot height on 1:25k), 2) highpoint of Edgewarebury Lane just S of A411 junction as per Smudge's log may be as high. | RHW | 14/12/2014 |
Bike ride from home in Oakwood: Bournwell Hill - Mote End Farm - Deacons Hill. Then got a puncture in Elstree and had to walk back. What a waste! | Mark Jackson | 01/11/2014 |
New housing developments in the area, field not very accessible from road now, high fence too. Took the lane with FP and parked in Ashley Hotel car park and jogged through houses to East of top into field, passed through this to Lama field / tree in Des' photo. The field with marked top on HB has a high fence and looks v private, top could be anywhere in vicinity. | nordicstar | 22/10/2014 |
Access to the pasture field behind has padlocked gates. | destaylor | 07/02/2014 |
Edgware to Stanmore. Elbow in Edgwarebury Lane seemed an alternative possibility. | Smudge | 08/12/2013 |
Approx date. With J from Bury Farm to SE where her sister works with horses. As far as the A411 but the 'summit' could be almost anywhere. | NotReallyABagger | 30/06/2012 |
In field round the back of the houses. | Adrian | 11/03/2012 |
Today, a walk from Stanmore Common to Edgwarebury via Aldenham Resr and the HP- buses to start and end from Edgware. Then various runs,etc | pwheeler | 18/12/1994 |
Halfdecent | 17/11/2023 | |
Marky5979 | 12/08/2023 | |
BrianMatthews | 21/06/2023 | |
Martin R | 03/10/2022 | |
Wycombe Wanderer | 03/09/2022 | |
davefh | 11/04/2022 | |
Matt | 07/08/2021 | |
FinnTumps | 22/11/2020 | |
johnkenyon | 03/08/2020 | |
trimarc2 | 06/03/2020 | |
GaryJones | 07/10/2017 | |
DC11main | 07/12/2016 | |
Swindon Bagger | 27/08/2016 | |
ngthack | 24/07/2016 | |
andrew brown | 24/06/2016 | |
GordonAdshead | 12/08/2015 |