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Name:Red Hill
Hill number:3474
Height:509.5m / 1672ft
Parent (Ma):2184  Gwaunceste Hill
RHB Section:31B: Welshpool to Hay-on-Wye
County/UA:Powys
Catchment:Wye
Class:Dodd (500-599m), Dewey
(Tu,5,Dew)
Grid ref:SO 15652 50110
Summit feature:no feature 15m N of trig point
Drop:77m
Col:432.5m  SO 1556 5071  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 148
(1:25k) 188 200E
Observations:ground is 40cm higher than trig point base
Survey:Abney level/Trimble GeoXH 6000
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 74 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Red Hill [S6561] from GR: SO 14530 48901 [verge]. Distance 3.85k and 148m of ascent.ronaldo33330/04/2023
Llanbedr Hill, NE Top and Red Hill from SW of Llanbedr Hill. Quiet hills rarely visited. Gorgeous spring day.Campbell Singer03/04/2023
G, MyIdris25/09/2021
From SO187504, E on track, then roughly NW to SE traverse. On to Bryngwyn Hill.milimana24/09/2021
3rd hill of the day on a 23 mile 'Circuit of Painscastle'. Good weather & views. Parking possible on grass at the col.DanMaisieBex02/05/2021
From highpoint of road to SW. Good views.PGCE22/01/2021
Lovely walk on a hot, hot Septembers day...circular walk from car park near the Ireland intake over Red Hill, Bryngwyn and then Llanbedr NE top.Toobuddy16/09/2020
A good walk through the quiet hills above Glascwm (saw no other walker all day) from the summit of the road at SO 165534 visiting Little Hill (east one), Gwaunceste Hill, Llanfihangel Hill, Yr Allt (west one), Newchurch Hill, Bryngwyn Hill, Red Hill and Glascwm hill. Mostly fast progress on good tracks through the heather moors, but beware the totally overgrown and nettle infested bridleway down from Yr Allt to the road before Newchurch Hill. 31km with 1100m ascent in 8 hours. (S)silveracorn_alan29/07/2020
Visited summit on outward walk to Glascwm Hill from the Painscastle / Edw valley lane. Easy upland walking, good views. Pathless only on easy descent north from summit. Dull but fair.Hillad25/07/2020
from col little hill 469, Gwenceste Hill mostly paths then off path straight towards colfa hill across grouse cuts paths to colva hill and return via rows above cwm cesteunderhill03/07/2020
Easy MB up from Painscastle - Edw valley road. Keeping at least 2000m social distancing. Not a soul about.Rob Rees30/03/2020
HP near trig in managed heather, accessed over heather from track to North. Great feeling of isolation on clear sunny cool day.Denise 22/03/2020
Up the heather grouse moor from track crossing col to N. Faded red dragons on trig pillar. High point in heather ~15m N. of pillar.RichardM22/03/2020
2/4 for day on anticlockwise route from old YHA in Glascwm, managed grouse moor.richardrosser10/03/2020
Circular walk from SO145489 to bag Red Hill and Glascwm HillRamblingpaul12/05/2019
2/4 - started at 165534 - figure of 8 curcuit - weather fine all day - moderate breeze - not coldwychwood20/02/2019
Last of four Dewey's from Hundred House on a twenty two mile walk taking between seven and eight hours. Route was Gwaunceste hill, Llanfihangel hill, Glascwm hill and Red hill. A long walk best for a dry day.WAYNE ROWLETT02/09/2018
Parked on wide verge by bend at 142492. E. & then NE up well-used ATV tracks to trig point & nearby summit. (S)gerrybowes04/10/2017
16.4 mile walk bagging 7 hills from pass north-west from Painscastle, followed lane across moors to Red Hill, then took path west to end of minor road at Pentre farm, followed minor road for 2.3 miles to Cregrina (saw one car), followed road then overgrown lane into small copse and ascended through a jungle of bracken to Wylfre East Top, continued across grassy moor lanes to Wylfre, Aberedw Hill North Top and Aberedw Hill bagging both tumuli, headed south to small lane through private land back to minor road, headed south on roads passed Court Farm and down to river then followed riverside road to end of open access area then climbed trail not on map (other paths on map don't exist) up to Llanbedr Hill and along lane to Llanbedr Hill East Top back to car. Mostly dull weather with high cloud, saw no other walkers.DanTrig29/07/2017
From road summit above Glascwm, Glascwm Hill and Red Hill on good tracks most of the way.rhalstead18/02/2017
Nice walk up into a light dusting of snow on the heather.Neolith13/02/2016
3/9 Third of Nine (Llanbedr Hill NE Top/Llanbedr Hill/Red Hill/Llanfihangel Hill/Castle Hill/Nyth-Frug/Crinfynydd/Mynd/Gaer)Fergalh30/01/2016
From just below top of mountain road out on grass track and a little heather at the end - very easy going.SS04/05/2015
Parked easily to SW. Good track and path all the way.destaylor24/07/2014
Park at high point of road at 144490.arranc18/05/2013
See under Glascwm Hill for walk details. Climbed after Glascwm Hill.Man of Kernow120/05/2012
From SO 143 492summitsup18/03/2012
From Glascwm, followed good tracks south to Pwll Brwynog, Then up through heather to Red Hill summit.steve hudson11/11/2009
With SH. Walked to Glascwm then Red Hill.wombourne11/11/2009
Parked to the south-west and walked up with Rob Woodall and friends to his last Welsh trig point - a real achievement indeed. Good track up all the way.Father Ted10/08/2008
Byway to within 600m but then heather all the way. Trig on summitRhayader_wander10/04/2005
Dewey bagging (two walks): Beacon Hill, Pool Hill and Warren Hill; Gwaunceste Hill, Colva Hill, Glascwm Hill and Red Hill RHW29/11/1997
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