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Name: | Sheepcote Hill |
Hill number: | 2865 |
Height: | 271.7m / 891ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2866 Seager Hill |
RHB Section: | 38B: West Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester |
County/UA: | Herefordshire |
Catchment: | Wye |
Class: | Clem (Cm) |
Grid ref: | SO 61379 38924 |
Summit feature: | ground a few metres SW of vehicle track |
Drop: | 21.3m |
Col: | 250.5m SO 6202 3839 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 149 (1:25k) 189 |
Observations: | ground 30m NW at SO 61363 38950 is 0.3m lower |
Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
Comments: | on Clems list, former Marilyn position of 2866 Seager Hill |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 257 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
After Seagar Hill, went back down the footbath and then up a forestry track to avoid a farmer in the adjacent field. Lots of CCTV and no trespassing signs. Good views from the trig, and the smell of wild garlic nearby. Seen by the farmer on the way back, but was quickly back down to the road as rain had set in. | Droplet7494 | 14/03/2024 |
alda | 23/07/2023 | |
5 Marilyns from base in Ludlow. Aconbury Hill, Garway Hill, Ruardean Hill, May Hill, and Seager Hill. Ruardean Hill was almost a drive by, Seager Hill was a bit of a nettle fest. The other three made the day. | Longwojo | 10/06/2023 |
AlanD | 29/03/2023 | |
3/5 Marilyns today, parked to south at right of gate, parking for 1 or 2 small cars max, through hole in hedgerow to left of gate, up easy track which bears off to right and up across grassy hill, join gravel path and up to ridge, you'll need to hop a couple of fences here if you want to bag the trig but I went right and up and ended up near enough to the trig on other side of bwf | Tribal2er | 05/03/2023 |
From 622379, gate entrance ruined by recent forest lorries. Parked a little further west in next wide gate entrance. Up old Row to ridge. Turned left along ridge to top. Sunday (no shooting), forestry extraction appears finished. No one around. The bit west of the trig looked higher and we walked it. GPS coords confirm it. | iangalbraith | 27/11/2022 |
On bike from Ledbury, Hereford bound. | davechaffey | 29/04/2022 |
Walked along the ridge top track from the PRoW ( parking for 1 vehicle where the PRoW begins ). Lots of CCTV signs & Superb Views. | DanMaisieBex | 21/04/2022 |
Up footpath and along ridge from the southeast, as described by others. Lots of CCTV signs, no people, not many pheasants. | davidpettit84 | 09/04/2022 |
Limited parking next to footpath south of hill then along track on crest. Good views. Didn't bother climbing the fence for the trig. | Nick Canute | 01/04/2022 |
Good parking. Good path. Did not feel threatened or aimed at. Lovely. | Play2End | 30/10/2021 |
Parked at SO 6116 3787 (just S of the junction) as forestry work had temporarily closed the road above that. On the hill itself I approached the summit from the SE - needed to get over a gate to reach the trig and then a fence to get back onto the track to the summit. Didn't see any people, but lots of threatening signage and pheasants. | paulhilder | 25/08/2021 |
Parked in the usual spot and hiked up. Beware that new signs aplenty regarding CCTV and high fences installed. Lots of hunting perches around too (and no shortage of pheasant to shoot). Reached as close to the summit as safe to do so without either trepassing or being shot ! | jamiequackers | 18/07/2021 |
park 6224 379 up row past big badger sett to ridge walk se to south top then nw to north top walk to point 269 return same route and visit trig 2 bwf to cross note numerous'new' private keep out cctv signs along ridge so sharpish | underhill | 28/06/2021 |
IanHHill | 20/05/2021 | |
andy63 | 14/05/2021 | |
From minor road to SW, with only one locked gate needing to be bypassed (others were open). | Gayle | 03/11/2020 |
'Part ot a Circular run from Little Tarrington.lots of locked gates to ignore...Big Deer Shooting area. 
The trig is in between two higher pieces of ground!! | Shutterlag | 28/10/2020 |
Bike ride and walks in a circuit from Hereford: Dinedor Camp, Aconbury Hill, Fownhope Park, Haugh Wood, Seager Hill S Top - Seager Hill, Canwood Knoll, Little Hill, Backbury Hill. | Mark Jackson | 10/10/2020 |
G, My | Idris | 22/08/2020 |
G My | maryjdavies | 22/08/2020 |
dave g | 23/07/2020 | |
fionnag | 23/07/2020 | |
Parked at church. Up road and across various overgrown fields and barbed wire fences. Lots of farm work going on near top. Back down what I assumed was some kind forestry track. Huge gate but no problem getting round | ketzster | 30/06/2020 |
andrew brown | 17/06/2020 | |
Andrew Brown 2 | 17/06/2020 | |
Parked on school road and walked up the track to the common and on to the trig and summit. No barbed wire anymore. | Stevooo | 16/05/2020 |
Ultima Thule | 16/05/2020 | |
siabod | 15/03/2020 | |
Was here for the trig 7 or 8 years ago so good to get this one tidied up today. | Alex C | 09/03/2020 |
Parked by a field entrance near the top of a lane signposted Durlow Common. Continued up the lane and then along the right of way to the ridgeline. Took in both summits and trig point along the way. Nice views across to the Malvern Hills! | Gerry the Ranger | 06/03/2020 |
thenomad | 01/03/2020 | |
Andy West | 12/01/2020 | |
Usual start (SO6225037935).Visited both tops & trig. | ger | 23/12/2019 |
Trig is between highest hills ! | gettingonabit | 03/11/2019 |
beckybags | 12/08/2019 | |
A Peckish | 12/08/2019 | |
Same route as others. Room for the car by footpath sign. Nettles everywhere, especially around the trig. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 11/08/2019 |
Parked 6225037935. Grassy track passes by trig on NE side before high point near edge of track. Long wet grass made for soggy boots and trousers. | NormanW | 20/07/2019 |
SpudGunn | 09/06/2019 | |
Parked at SO 622379 - straight forward path up from here to trackss on ridge. Bit of vegetation on route but pleasant compared to many other Marilyns. Crossed barbed wire fence and waded through nettles to trig on the way to the summit area. Summit needs a cairn - went to gps grid ref on hill bagging then had a good walk around (on and off the track) invade of other higher bits. Returned by same route. Bagged whilst en route to Cardiff for work. | assynt_bob | 27/05/2019 |
From GR022379 parking at confluence of tracks. Track up the ridge spine, bypassed the trig at the side of the field (over barbed fence and midst brambles and nettles, wearing shorts! No thanks) summit unmarked on track, but shortly after zigzag round 2 high gate fences. | N.Morters | 01/05/2019 |
Alan Faulconbridge | 28/04/2019 | |
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: 
https://www.komoot.com/tour/305039377 | outlawcatcher | 11/04/2019 |
abbo0001 | 24/02/2019 | |
1/6 after visiting Tom in Brum. Running, from SE. Just after dawn. Dry, warm, hazy but view. Out and back. | Rounsfell | 17/02/2019 |
From Upper Hazel Farm.Very enjoyable stroll along the ridge track in the late afternoon sunshine. | SteveG | 15/02/2019 |
Parked just down from Park Farm infront of a locked gate then walked directly up the footpath to the track, no problem with vegetation at this time of year. Walked along the ridge as stated by someone previously locked gates can be easily walked around onto track. Came down track from col ?? back to just beside the footpath on the road. | JulieB | 27/12/2018 |
From SO 622379 - the path going up from here is thin and could be difficult to find in descent - it meets the ridge at about 70m E of a small transmitter mast. The path W along the ridge is blocked by two staggered and locked unscalable gates - the stagger allows them to be bypassed without difficulty, but then a BWF has to be negotiated to reach the trig. A vehicular track returns to the parking spot from SO 621382. | Isbjorn | 11/11/2018 |
needanewdog | 03/11/2018 |