Loading...
Name: | Merbach Hill |
Hill number: | 2850 |
Height: | 318.6m / 1045ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2242 Black Mountain |
RHB Section: | 38B: West Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester |
County/UA: | Herefordshire |
Catchment: | Wye |
Class: | Hump, Tump (300-399m), Submarilyn, Clem (Hu,Tu,3,sMa,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SO 30372 44703 |
Summit feature: | ground 30m SE of trig point |
Drop: | 144.7m |
Col: | 174m SO 2999 4331 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 148 161 (1:25k) OL13N 201S |
Observations: | ground 2m S of trig point at SO 30351 44721 is 30cm lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass. Please quote the hill number and hill name.
Logged Descriptions (logged by 110 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Iang | 13/04/2023 | |
With Bev | simon and co | 19/02/2023 |
Tom Mundell | 11/02/2023 | |
Beautiful walk in autumn. Easily climb and descent. Wonderful views into Wales and across Hertfordshire. | Breinholt | 30/10/2022 |
A short diversion on Stage 7 of the Wye Valley Walk (Monnington to Hay). I was surprised at how vegetated the hill was, with no views until the summit itself. Sadly it wasn't the best of days, a bit drizzly, but the views of the Black Mountains were still very fine. The descent to the west is very steep in places. | thesweetcheat | 03/09/2022 |
Herefordshire Walking Festival - Herefordshire Trail 
www.exploringmidwales.co.uk | Rob Rees | 22/06/2022 |
Parking at p291 on road to south. Straightforward to summit. | Alan Caine | 13/06/2022 |
After visit to the impressive chambered cairn nearby, Arthur's Stone. | Nick Canute | 04/04/2022 |
Stopped off at impressive long barrow, Arthur's Stones, then continued on and parked where the path leaves the road for the summit. Sheep had muddied the field following rain so I gave their feeding area a wide berth. Great views from the top. | Pete West | 16/02/2022 |
With CreakingHiker. | tim747 | 30/01/2022 |
Just enough light to appreciate the scenery that inspired great English composers a hundred years ago: mercifully little changed. | Wycombe Wanderer | 16/01/2022 |
Two day bivvy hike from Hereford and back with this top being the main purpose of the trip. | Alex C | 28/05/2021 |
From SE. Verge parking. Along BW which look like it would be muddy when wet. Multiple tracks lead to top. HP to SE of trig marked with a few stones. Good views. Also visited Arthur’s Stone. | PeterD | 01/05/2021 |
ChrisShaw1993 | 07/04/2021 | |
9km circuit from Bredwardine, following Wye Valley Walk to Merbach Hill and returning via Arthur's Stone. | Tony J | 29/03/2021 |
Track up from road corner to the SE (8.5) | vegibagger | 04/11/2020 |
mntainman | 20/10/2020 | |
abbo0001 | 20/07/2020 | |
Parked on wide grass verge to SE, about 40m SE of sharp bend at SO 3098 4397 - Along RoW over sheep pasture to trig point. (S) | gerrybowes | 02/06/2020 |
Andy West | 30/05/2020 | |
Delightful area of grassy hummocks (Access land) full of birdsong. Elder, gorse and may in flower. Great Wye valley views. HP on a hummock near trig. | Denise | 24/05/2020 |
Walked from Arthur's Stone where there is roadside parking. Summit area is vegetated mounds and cuttings from minor quarrying of sandstone. Great views over the Wye valley from trig point. I was convinced the highest mound was 25m SE of trig, but it's all been influenced by man anyway. | RichardM | 24/05/2020 |
Fantastic circular route in Wildlife Trust Magazine. 
Started at Bredwardine Church then took various footpaths including Herefordshire Trail and Wye Valley walk to summit, amazing views en route, stopped at Arthurs Stone for lunch. 
Unique viewpoint from the top of Merbach, Radnor Range bathed in sun was a highlight. | RyParks | 28/03/2020 |
alda | 21/04/2019 | |
With Jenx and Bryher up the West ridge. Parking opp B&B, room for three cars by paddock in Middlewood village, asked permission owner v friendly. Better than farm up road. Muddy path, Eddies Grandma would not have liked it! | nordicstar | 31/12/2018 |
Pretty muddy on the path today. | jenx | 31/12/2018 |
Short deviation to top from Wye Valley walk | Arbie | 22/11/2018 |
mnixon | 06/10/2018 | |
Up and down the Wye Valley Walk. Suitable for grandma's wearing white cardigans. Well, nearly - bit steep. | Eddie | 01/10/2018 |
ARC | 05/08/2018 | |
From SO 309 439. Easy. | PGCE | 10/07/2018 |
Kiltie | 14/05/2018 | |
From SO 31468 44350 up the path (which has been used by motor bikes) to SO 30868 44632 where the bracken has been cut down for motor bikes up to the fence heading SE-NW where the track continued alongside and then through bracken to the quarry. Circled around to the trig and what looked like a higher lump just SE at SO 30372 44702. Headed NE to meet the Wye Valley Walk expecting to fork right at SO 30515 44757 on the ascent bridleway but it wasn't there. Returned SO 30450 44762 where a track went SE to touch the '8' on the 1:25 '318' spot height, then ESE then ENE to pick up the bridleway at SO30665 44707 which I followed back to the car. 45 mins 1.83 miles. | Jim.Fothergill | 21/11/2017 |
With K. From road corner to south-east. ROW was impassable so trespassed through orchard and saw badger eating windfall apples in the middle of the day. Caught on summit by thunderstorm; phone wrecked by rain. Only hill of the day. | Ashley | 13/11/2017 |
From SO314 443 following bridlepath. | Ramblingpaul | 01/11/2017 |
jim.r | 09/03/2017 | |
Wye Valley Walk | DampandDusty | 06/11/2016 |
softsquare | 01/11/2016 | |
Lucky | 06/10/2016 | |
maknipe | 06/10/2016 | |
GaryJones | 29/07/2016 | |
BaggerGutt | 30/03/2016 | |
From SO 309 439. Plenty of parking space on the verge and then a simple walk across pasture to the common where the trig is situated among what I think are old lime quarries. Nice views of the section of the Wye I had just walked along as part of a pisciverous bird survey (Turner's Boat to Whitney Toll). I crossed a point on the pasture which seemed higher than the trig but presumably an illusion. | Herbert Anchovy | 21/03/2016 |
TREBORK | 06/03/2016 | |
From SO 31468 44346 | summitsup | 16/08/2015 |
petey | 21/04/2015 | |
2/7 Drive up above village of Bredwardine to track than follow muddy track all the way to white trig pillar | Fergalh | 24/01/2015 |
jnixon | 22/01/2015 | |
carole engel | 04/10/2014 | |
From South East, easy walk over fields. Flashes of lightening so didn't hang around | rhalstead | 19/07/2014 |