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| Name: | Ramsdown Hill |
| Hill number: | 18344 |
| Height: | 55m / 180ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2897 Win Green |
| RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
| County/UA: | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Catchment: | Avon & Stour |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
| Grid ref: | SZ134966 (est) |
| Drop: | 46m |
| Col: | 9m SZ128987  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 195 (1:25k) OL22W |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 41 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked in Hurn car park. Lesley waited in the car. Beware of the boulders either side of the entrance, not suitable for larger cars/vans. Easy walk up via tracks visiting the given grid ref although highest point seems to be at barrier with the Nature reserve sign- no entry. Great views from flat plateaux area. Nice to walk around the top making sure before heading down on a slightly different route. Some tracks are quite flooded. Thus completes BCP county, my 66th U/a. | Dazingdale | 31/03/2024 |
| From car park. straight up and down. nice views from summit and over to the east. | stagger onward | 02/03/2024 |
| Pleasant walk on woodland paths to POI before noticing that viewpoint area was 10 m higher. The extended viewpoint area is generally flat so HP difficult to specify, but probably path next to decking at south end. | henryfm | 18/02/2023 |
| From the parking at Hurn. Pleasant woodland walk. | clivevilla | 21/01/2023 |
| From the car park following sandy paths. Good views from the top which has wooden barriers practically all the way around. On to Blackwater hill | Buck | 04/07/2022 |
| Steep hill in conifer plantation with outstanding views over the lower avon valley and New Forest | freethehilltops | 19/06/2022 |
| Andy West | 21/05/2022 | |
| From the car park to the N. Covered all possibilities on the level summit. Great weather, great views. First county completed! | ekm | 21/04/2022 |
| A pleasant wood/ heathland ramble from carpark to N. Summit view point area level. | Denise | 30/10/2021 |
| Wide track through mixed woodland to summit from car park to NW - with intimidating entrance between rocks. A rather level (levelled?) summit. Good views. | RichardM | 30/10/2021 |
| A pleasant wander from Hurn. | summitter | 26/09/2021 |
| Martin R | 06/09/2021 | |
| Ramsdown Plantation Circular | Basingstone | 15/07/2021 |
| Matt | 27/06/2021 | |
| DC11main | 02/06/2021 | |
| Swindon Bagger | 07/04/2021 | |
| From car park to north. | PGCE | 04/11/2020 |
| ijpowell | 28/07/2020 | |
| Walk from Castlepoint and then to Christchurch Nice day and good views to the New Forest | ChinnockC | 04/02/2020 |
| From car park to the North. Good paths up to the viewing area at the top. | fosal29 | 02/02/2020 |
| bwm | 30/08/2019 | |
| Ben Rinnes | 20/07/2019 | |
| From cp on Avon Causeway. Early morning stroll through the pleasant mixed woodland. Summit is a surprisingly good vantage point. | Campbell Singer | 25/05/2019 |
| Revisit for better photos. | Dugswell2 | 06/05/2019 |
| From park to N, pleasant enough walk in the woods. | rhalstead | 31/03/2019 |
| Lovely stroll on sandy paths to summit decking from car park to N, but I made a pickle of finding a link south to Blackwater Hill - felled brashings and a 400m verge walk on dual carriageway to sanctuary of a bridleway on the Great Heath. Down to the east the River Avon splits and rejoins forming a potential SIB. Later visited it - reached by a fishermans bridge. Down to the west is Hurn Airport. Historically it was the starting point for the 3 day passenger flight to Australia in converted Lancaster bombers, and for 3 months in 1945 it was UK’s only international airport before Heathrow opened. In 1989 visitors could enjoy Concorde champagne flights looping for 1hr 40 mins over the Bay of Bisco and back for the sake of reaching Mach 2 (1534mph) but felt as they were not moving at all. Passengers would have felt more speed wandering slowly over Ramsdown, for a lot less money, no claustrophobia, a lot kinder to the climate, and instead could brag that they reached 3mph instead. | Chris Pearson | 24/03/2019 |
| Christchurch circular. | Smudge | 24/12/2016 |
| Bagged after Blackwater Hill trig and sTUMP before heading for YHA Swanage. | Dugswell2 | 29/10/2016 |
| Pleasant and straightforward walk through Forestry Commission nature reserve. | Herbert Anchovy | 12/06/2016 |
| salen | 30/01/2016 | |
| Heathery ground near old raf beacon building although summit area rather level. From nw | RHW | 03/10/2015 |
| Nature Reserve car park, pleasant walk through sandy conifer woods to small but prominent hill. | jonglew | 29/09/2015 |
| From car park near football pitch, followed main track to the top which was fenced flat topped area. | PeterD | 12/08/2015 |
| andrew brown | 03/06/2015 | |
| Car just squeezed through between two huge stone blocks: Pleasant maze of tracks to nice top. | GordonAdshead | 26/02/2015 |
| Last little walk of the day just before daylight fades and rains arrive. | vegibagger | 20/01/2015 |
| Easy stroll from carpark through woodland. Top is flattish area. | Adrian | 13/04/2014 |
| stevent0809 | 30/03/2014 | |
| Nice little walk through woods to top after working in Christchurch | Mark Sims | 04/02/2013 |
| date approx., realised completed this some years ago walking in this wooded area from Hurn, plus trig on other side of road before heading out to Christchurch | nordicstar | 22/07/2004 |
| bellminsterboy | 02/02/2004 |