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Name: | Colehill |
Hill number: | 18333 |
Height: | 69m / 226ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2897 Win Green |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Dorset |
Catchment: | Avon & Stour |
Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
Grid ref: | SU 02431 00990 |
Summit feature: | war memorial on low mound |
Drop: | 30m |
Col: | 39m SU023035 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 195 (1:25k) 118S |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 34 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Bagged whilst walking the Hardy Way from Wimborne Minster to Cranborne. Badbury Rings, Chalbury Hill and Colehill. The war memorial was peaceful but the church of St Michael and All Angels was wonderfully striking as a product of the Arts & Crafts movement. | PhilipChaston | 25/06/2023 |
Walked past the Monument while visiting a barber's in Wimborne Minster. | DavidHiner | 29/12/2022 |
By war memorial, poignantly shrouded by poppies. Mature woodland behind. Parking in school lay by very close by. | Denise | 20/11/2022 |
Park by school, short walk to the war memorial, lofty stone cross in circle of lofty pines. Almost dark. Levelish hill top with woodland and buildings. | RichardM | 20/11/2022 |
Paid my respects at the memorial and wandered through the adjacent woodland. | summitter | 30/09/2021 |
Drive by | Basingstone | 15/07/2021 |
Short detour whist looking round Dorset Art Weeks venues. | Swindon Bagger | 23/05/2021 |
As fosal29. | PGCE | 18/12/2020 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/4372939283 | lazer97 | 22/11/2020 |
Parked by the School short walk to the war memorial. | fosal29 | 02/02/2020 |
Drove down from Manchester for a funeral tomorrow. Pottered round the road junction | GordonAdshead | 10/01/2020 |
Very short stop off on long drive home. | rhalstead | 03/02/2019 |
Walked up from Wimborne to this top. 
Bench opposite memorial 
Caught 13 bus back to Bournemouth | ChinnockC | 15/11/2018 |
Sturminster Marshall to Wimborne Minster. Memorial proved to be HP of accessible territory. | Smudge | 11/02/2018 |
Short and simple diversion from the way back from Badbury Rings to sister in law's at Ferndown. | Herbert Anchovy | 05/02/2017 |
A surprising photo of the memorial from 1923 (link below) shows that a whole forest has gone - as did many of the men who never came back. 
 
 
http://www.francisfrith.com/uk/colehill/colehill-the-war-memorial-1923_74777 | Chris Pearson | 18/01/2017 |
War memorial at junction, on small mound which could be artificial but seems as good a summit marker as any | RHW | 03/10/2015 |
Junction of minor roads. | jonglew | 12/07/2015 |
by junction | Adrian | 24/09/2011 |
Martin R | 31/08/2023 | |
DC11main | 15/08/2023 | |
matt98p | 25/08/2022 | |
Alan Caine | 21/07/2021 | |
Matt | 27/06/2021 | |
ijpowell | 29/07/2020 | |
bwm | 24/07/2020 | |
salen | 27/07/2019 | |
Mark Sims | 31/10/2018 | |
Xan | 05/02/2017 | |
M4 | 05/02/2017 | |
andrew brown | 03/06/2015 | |
stevent0809 | 30/03/2014 | |
bellminsterboy | 01/01/2005 | |
Mark Jackson | blank |