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| Name: | Swyre Head |
| Hill number: | 2901 |
| Height: | 206.6m / 678ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2896 Lewesdon Hill |
| RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
| County/UA: | Dorset |
| Catchment: | Piddle & Frome |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Submarilyn, Clem (Hu,Tu,2,sMa,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SY 93417 78467 |
| Summit feature: | top of tumulus |
| Drop: | 148.3m |
| Col: | 58.3m SY 8568 8182  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 195 (1:25k) OL15E |
| Observations: | ground by trig point 100m NNW at SY 93376 78556 is 40cm lower than base of tumulus; ground just S of tumulus is engineered |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15 Survey of Swyre Head.pdf |
| Comments: | Deleted from Marilyns June 2015 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 252 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| 5.6 mile circular from Kingston car park. We walked up the road east of the village and the ascended the hill easily along the lovely grassy ridge to summit and trig. Great views west from top. Once bagged we followed the muddy permissive path east of Rope Lake Head to the coast path. From here because of recent bad weather the whole coast path was a mud bath and we had to divert into fields to avoid parts of it. Once we got onto Houns-Tout Cliff we found out the path was diverted inland because of a recent cliff fall. We headed back to the car and shelved the rest of the walk to Swanage. Hopefully we'll be back at a better time of year! First hill of the day. Afterwards we drove to and bagged Knowle Hill and Chalbury. | DanTrig | 09/03/2024 |
| AlanD | 06/03/2024 | |
| After walking from Ridgeway Hill, up the Bridle path from the NW, all way to summit. | IanHHill | 15/02/2024 |
| DocHoliday | 10/10/2023 | |
| From Sheep pens car park thrn along PROW to the small tumulus. Thrn logged the pillar | cjo | 23/07/2023 |
| From SheepPens car park, up right of way up ridge to summit, short way along coast path then back down track to car park. Views to Portland Bill, couldn't spit migrant Hotel biat that just landed today. | JulieB | 18/07/2023 |
| On circuit from Kingston taking in Houns Tout Cliff, Kimmeridge Bay, Kimmeridge and Swyre Head. | milimana | 22/05/2023 |
| With doggo. There is now an art installation on the summit! :-) | stagger onward | 26/08/2022 |
| DC11main | 09/07/2022 | |
| Walk from car park west of Grange Arch. Povington hill, Worbarrow Tout, Tyneham cap, then into Tyneham abandoned village for a look around. Very interesting and quite busy despite the persistent rain all day. Back out through the cows to Swyre Head, Knowle hill, creech barrow and Ridgeway hill. Great views throughout despite the rain. | Buck | 01/05/2022 |
| From far car park, west of Kingston. Solo visit to this deleted Marilyn after bagging Nine Barrow Down. | Dangerous Dave | 08/01/2022 |
| Easy walk from north west in hot weather. Lovely views from the summit. | Alan Caine | 22/07/2021 |
| End of a long ridge walk from Kimmeridge | freethehilltops | 02/07/2021 |
| Circular from Kingston, Houns-tout, Kimmeridge, Swyre Head. With Tammy and Fudge | Hippo | 28/06/2021 |
| Martyn1 | 16/05/2021 | |
| Glenysj21 | 16/05/2021 | |
| bwm | 04/09/2020 | |
| Al the bear | 01/09/2020 | |
| Andy West | 20/07/2020 | |
| abbo0001 | 09/06/2020 | |
| Swindon Bagger | 21/03/2020 | |
| Glasgow Girl | 21/03/2020 | |
| Free parking at Grange Arch car park. 4 hour circular walk taking in. Povington Hill, Warbarrow Tout, Tyneham Cap, Swyre Head, Knowle hill, Creech Barrow Hill & finally Ridgeway Hill. | fosal29 | 30/12/2019 |
| Thorbard | 30/12/2019 | |
| With Jo, circular walk from Sheep Pens cp on a dull, windy afternoon. View seaward restricted by low mist but otherwise very good. | amblerbob | 26/09/2019 |
| Kingston - Swyre Head - Ridgeway Hill - Creech Barrow Hill - Knowle Hill - Corfe Castle - Nine Barrow Down - Ballard Down - Swanage. | Mark Jackson | 21/09/2019 |
| David Bell | 21/09/2019 | |
| Amazing view of Kimmeridge Bay | ejjohnstone | 18/09/2019 |
| Ben Rinnes | 21/07/2019 | |
| AngusDog | 04/05/2019 | |
| With Graeme, day after H's wedding | Fionalevey | 07/04/2019 |
| From Corfe Castle. Misty. | davechaffey | 22/02/2019 |
| tomandivy | 22/11/2018 | |
| Anti-clockwise circuit from Kimmeridge along cliffs to Hounstout Cliff, then up to Kingston and approaching Swyre Head from NE. Fine day with clear views from Portland Bill to Bournemouth. | deknyff | 09/09/2018 |
| poppiesrara | 04/08/2018 | |
| TD, C &H + J & J | This Dog | 13/07/2018 |
| A hill to savour. Dont rush this one. Seats on the top give walkers ample scope for enjoying the fantastic views. A very easy walk from Sheep Pen car park. | moorsman | 25/06/2018 |
| Steve Q | 09/06/2018 | |
| Past Kingston Church (10, 27) to the Sheeps Pen Car Park “provided for you by the Encombe Estate”. Then an easy walk to the top. Better views than from Nine Barrow Down. | Newton Maximus | 05/12/2017 |
| With K at dusk. | Ashley | 15/11/2017 |
| Bug | 15/11/2017 | |
| Sainesy | 24/10/2017 | |
| Ianto&Sue | 04/10/2017 | |
| 16.1 miles 3316ft Kimridge Bay to Swanage Coastal walk. | stephenbuda | 13/09/2017 |
| Part of Southwest Coast Path walk, Durlston Head to Durdle Door | will89 | 24/06/2017 |
| From Kimmeridge on a hazy but sunny day. | twg27 | 08/04/2017 |
| PhilipChaston | 03/12/2016 | |
| Kevin Borman | 25/08/2016 | |
| doddy | 05/06/2016 | |
| rogreeves | 30/04/2016 |