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Name:Wolstonbury Hill
Hill number:18406
Height:206m / 676ft
Parent (Ma):2912  Ditchling Beacon
RHB Section:42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight
County/UA:West Sussex
Catchment:Adur
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:TQ 28398 13864
Summit feature:grassy mound 17m N of trig point
Drop:66m
Col:140m  TQ296133  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 198
(1:25k) OL11 122
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 72 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Anticlockwise 2 hill and CoHP, after West Hill from Pycombe church. Down W, then SE back to the car.Minto01/07/2023
Parked on the bend to the NE at 28918 14306 and skirted the vineyard before climbing fairly steeply.clivevilla06/09/2022
Took car in to Hassocks for 4 new tyres. Walked out and back from there with L. Me with a badly sore throat -helped by lying in the sun on the upper slopes -and watching 4 dogs playing chase. One more week of term to go.Chris Pearson25/06/2022
Parked by the church at 271135 then up onto the Tump of Walstonbury Hill then down the SE ridge path to meet the South Downs Way at Pyecombe. Followed the South Downs Way to Ditchling Beacon, paying a visit to Jack and Jill on the way. 6 miles easy walking, just over 2hrs moving time. Unfortunately finished in the pouring rain.JulieB13/02/2022
15k walk with L Ditchling and back (25000 steps on my new fitbit). Up Bangle Hill and down past Jack & Jill. This honeypot car park is always busy on Sundays - and today seeing an invasion of 60 + cheery Adidas Runners from London - a free runners community who were offering a sociable 9 mile part guided/ coached trail running sample out and back from Hassocks station. Wolstenbury offers some steep sided grass all around -I suspect we will be back for some hill training here and to do the MapRunF self led orienteering course whereby your smart phone GPS pings when close to a virtual control. All drab today under a cold still gloom but full of rich chalk grassland flowers (incl. several orchid species) in Spring earning SSSI status -and a list of 28 things you are not allowed to do. We dutifully resisted messing with the water table or filling in any of the pits or releasing wild animals.Chris Pearson23/01/2022
Walked here from Hassocks (then again at a later date from Devil's Dyke). Great panoramic views from the top!JamesA6013/11/2021
Parked in Pyecombe and followed RoWs to summit. Breezy and views very murkyColin Crawford19/10/2021
Parked in Pyecombe. Wolstonbury Hill (trig and summit) and West Hill.PGCE23/11/2020
A day on the South Downs enjoying the aftermath of Storm Alex. Using the SDW and the Sussex Border Path. Parked at Ditchling and set off in the rain. Ditchling Beacon - Chattri War Memorial - West Hill - Devil's Dyke - Edburton Hill - Truleigh Hill - Wolstonbury Hill - Ditchling Car park. The afternoon weather was a lot better.Buck03/10/2020
Circular route starting at Hassocks stn. Sth alongside railway, cross bridge, cemetery, cross road, footpaths and road. Footpath up nth side of hill indistinct and overgrown. Be prepared to duck low under hawthorns. Rtn to Hassocks via Plough at Pyecombe, golf club, Jack and Jill windmills, Butchers Wood.Meanderer23/09/2020
3.3 mile circular from Pyecombe, followed old road then track past Chantry farm to junction then followed path up to summit, great views on this sunny/very windy day, a lot of people about, descended east then south on footpath back to Pyecombe. Earlier that day bagged Wilmington Hill, Mount Caburn and Cliffe Hill, later bagged Chanctonbury Ring.DanTrig05/07/2020
Bagged on a circular walk out of HassocksPhilipChaston28/06/2020
From Pyecombe church ( free tea & coffee available in the kitchen! ) via the N heading bridleway. Foggy & overcast, with patches of rain.DanMaisieBex05/01/2020
Lovely clear day with great views. Ascended from the north via the very steep path.jedthehumanoid22/10/2019
A superb and uplifting point with extensive views of the rolling green and gold downs and chalk-loving flowers at one's feet.Blue skies, sun and puffy cumulus. HP is on raised ground near Trig; extensive earthworks around. From Hassocks station and walking west along the downs, enjoying wild ripe blackberries.Denise 29/08/2019
Walked up from Hassocks station eating sweet blackberries on the way. Summit area appears to be disturbed grassed over ground, highest mound 22m N of trig. Great views.RichardM29/08/2019
20 mile circular from Clayton Windmills - overcast, then sunny, generally windy.atreides788731/03/2019
Parked at end of old main road (now shown as a minor road on map) at TQ 28494 12854. Over dual carriageway via footbridge for West Hill & West Hill Boundary then back to parking spot for ascent of Wolstonbury Hill. (4.5 miles)David Gradwell09/11/2018
With: hb; From Devil's Dyke on SDW to Saddlescombe Fm then SDW to West Hill Tump, S to West Hill CoU then SDW to Pyecombe, bridle track up Wolstonbury Hill then path to Poynings & return.Ian Baines28/07/2018
With: ib; Helen Baines28/07/2018
First of a series of hills on a South Downs walk having taken the bus from Bramber to Muddleswood. Weather hazy, going very heavy at the bottom of the hill.Bernard11/04/2018
Same route as Jon. Followed ROWs. Good views.PeterD11/05/2017
From Hassocks by footpath alongside railway line. Then via Jack & Jill PH and the Warenne and footpath up E side of hill.Raymond Butler17/04/2017
Wolstonbury Hill and West Hill from Pyecombe Village.rhalstead01/04/2017
Southwick station - Truleigh Hill - Edburton Hill - Devil's Dyke - West Hill - Wolstonbury Hill - Ditchling Beacon - Hassocks station. Fantastic walk!Mark Jackson04/02/2017
Walk from Hassocks Station. Cattle near top but they were very dociletrimarc203/05/2016
Parking for a couple of cars at entrance to The Warren and its neighbouring barn conversion. RoW to top, through a field of disinterested grazing cattle. Lots of earthworks, lumps and bumps at the top. HP possibly a little N of the trig.jonglew16/03/2016
Parked easily at end of track near Chantry. Followed excellent track NW until the 6 paths meet (last 200m very muddy) then tracked back to the summit. Summit may as well be the Trig as other ground around is similar or lower.destaylor18/01/2016
Short walk from Clayton with dog; ascent from north-west side. Sunny and breezy day, good views, easy navigation. Worth the effort to come up here, scarp slope of South Downs in sharp focus hereabouts. One kestrel seen being mobbed by anxious crows!JOHNS13/06/2015
Conquered on the way to Ditchling Beacon (South Downs Way)mickdavidson31/08/2014
Pyecombe to Hassocks.Smudge22/02/2014
Parked in car park by Jack and Jill windmill. A short scary walk along the A273 led to a right of way, which leads to summit.Sprog27/08/2013
Walk with brother and Jtourer14501/06/2011
Lovely day with joggers aroundAdrian03/05/2010
RHW11/09/2005
With Lesley. At Ditchling for Christmas. Cold, icy and clear.Chris Pearson28/12/2004
South Downs walk from Lewes to Devil's Dykerjf3505/10/2003
From Hassocks- this hill was a jewel on the walk with Rachel over Devils Dyke to Shoreham. Helped by avoiding going near the quarry now a landfill. 31 degC here but 18 in Shoreham!pwheeler31/05/2003
Date uncertain. With John LatterPete West01/01/1982
SteveG06/10/2023
The Maise06/10/2023
Andy West29/05/2023
Martin R19/11/2022
pwatson198027/07/2022
PaulOnFoot17/03/2022
DC11main06/03/2022
phil10113/02/2022
Kendall30/01/2022
HighwayToFell09/01/2022
daveyf200127/09/2021