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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 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 74 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Red Hill [S6561] from GR: SO 14530 48901 [verge]. Distance 3.85k and 148m of ascent. | ronaldo333 | 30/04/2023 |
Llanbedr Hill, NE Top and Red Hill from SW of Llanbedr Hill. Quiet hills rarely visited. Gorgeous spring day. | Campbell Singer | 03/04/2023 |
G, My | Idris | 25/09/2021 |
From SO187504, E on track, then roughly NW to SE traverse. On to Bryngwyn Hill. | milimana | 24/09/2021 |
3rd hill of the day on a 23 mile 'Circuit of Painscastle'. Good weather & views. Parking possible on grass at the col. | DanMaisieBex | 02/05/2021 |
From highpoint of road to SW. Good views. | PGCE | 22/01/2021 |
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. | Toobuddy | 16/09/2020 |
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_alan | 29/07/2020 |
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. | Hillad | 25/07/2020 |
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 ceste | underhill | 03/07/2020 |
Easy MB up from Painscastle - Edw valley road. Keeping at least 2000m social distancing. Not a soul about. | Rob Rees | 30/03/2020 |
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. | RichardM | 22/03/2020 |
2/4 for day on anticlockwise route from old YHA in Glascwm, managed grouse moor. | richardrosser | 10/03/2020 |
Circular walk from SO145489 to bag Red Hill and Glascwm Hill | Ramblingpaul | 12/05/2019 |
2/4 - started at 165534 - figure of 8 curcuit - weather fine all day - moderate breeze - not cold | wychwood | 20/02/2019 |
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 ROWLETT | 02/09/2018 |
Parked on wide verge by bend at 142492. E. & then NE up well-used ATV tracks to trig point & nearby summit. (S) | gerrybowes | 04/10/2017 |
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. | DanTrig | 29/07/2017 |
From road summit above Glascwm, Glascwm Hill and Red Hill on good tracks most of the way. | rhalstead | 18/02/2017 |
Nice walk up into a light dusting of snow on the heather. | Neolith | 13/02/2016 |
3/9 Third of Nine (Llanbedr Hill NE Top/Llanbedr Hill/Red Hill/Llanfihangel Hill/Castle Hill/Nyth-Frug/Crinfynydd/Mynd/Gaer) | Fergalh | 30/01/2016 |
From just below top of mountain road out on grass track and a little heather at the end - very easy going. | SS | 04/05/2015 |
Parked easily to SW. Good track and path all the way. | destaylor | 24/07/2014 |
Park at high point of road at 144490. | arranc | 18/05/2013 |
See under Glascwm Hill for walk details. Climbed after Glascwm Hill. | Man of Kernow1 | 20/05/2012 |
From SO 143 492 | summitsup | 18/03/2012 |
From Glascwm, followed good tracks south to Pwll Brwynog, Then up through heather to Red Hill summit. | steve hudson | 11/11/2009 |
With SH. Walked to Glascwm then Red Hill. | wombourne | 11/11/2009 |
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 Ted | 10/08/2008 |
Byway to within 600m but then heather all the way. Trig on summit | Rhayader_wander | 10/04/2005 |
Dewey bagging (two walks): Beacon Hill, Pool Hill and Warren Hill; Gwaunceste Hill, Colva Hill, Glascwm Hill and Red Hill | RHW | 29/11/1997 |
davefh | 01/07/2023 | |
beckybags | 02/09/2022 | |
A Peckish | 02/09/2022 | |
phillo | 25/09/2020 | |
TK | 11/05/2019 | |
chalky1953 | 22/09/2018 | |
asbown | 12/07/2017 | |
TREBORK | 10/04/2016 | |
DARRENG | 14/06/2015 | |
boxblade | 21/02/2015 | |
jim.r | 09/09/2014 | |
mae | 22/07/2014 | |
Deedubr | 07/07/2014 | |
thenomad | 02/10/2013 | |
stevent0809 | 09/06/2013 | |
clivevilla | 30/11/2012 | |
Steve Q | 10/11/2012 | |
JohnStoneham | 19/08/2012 |