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| Name: | Hackpen Hill |
| Hill number: | 5383 |
| Height: | 272m / 892ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2906 Walbury Hill |
| RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
| County/UA: | Wiltshire |
| Catchment: | Thames |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SU 12899 74394 |
| Summit feature: | trig point in the middle of field |
| Drop: | 103m |
| Col: | 169m SU048723  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 173 (1:25k) 157 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 137 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| mntainman | 20/03/2024 | |
| Minto | 11/08/2023 | |
| SteveG | 10/08/2023 | |
| There's a car park at the top so it's easily reached... | cjwilliams | 27/04/2023 |
| Ogbourne St George to Avebury. Revisit. | Smudge | 17/03/2023 |
| From CP. | sclater | 19/01/2023 |
| Geordiemunro | 19/01/2023 | |
| daveydubs81 | 16/01/2023 | |
| Tom Mundell | 29/10/2022 | |
| Day 1 on The Ridgeway. Popped over the fence from the track. Discarded my backpack & jogged to the Trig & back. No crops at this time of year. | fosal29 | 25/09/2022 |
| From car park, walked SE along road to gate then followed tractor tracks to trig. | Tony J | 13/05/2022 |
| From car park. Tramlines run e-w and pass within touching distance of trigpillar | cjo | 22/04/2022 |
| StephenPSmith | 27/02/2022 | |
| Cycled with Dad. | AJScourfield | 03/01/2022 |
| Car park to N. at SU 1292 7475 - SE along road for about 350m to gates & then around edge of harvested & disc harrowed field before heading N. to summit trig point. (S) | gerrybowes | 06/09/2021 |
| Combining field no access | Basingstone | 17/08/2021 |
| Drove from Barbury Hill car park via Byeways (no problem in my SEAT Alhambra). Walked down the Ridgeway path but was defeated by high vegetation and bwf from entering the field with the trig. I then relocated and parked at SU 13186 74497, where there is the gate into the field and then followed the appropriate tractor track | DC11main | 18/07/2021 |
| As part of The Ridgeway | lerritt | 26/09/2020 |
| Andy West | 15/09/2020 | |
| Not summited due to crop in field | bwm | 30/08/2020 |
| arjh | 24/07/2020 | |
| Failed attempt due to crops in field. Parked in Hackpen Hill car park SE of Hackpen White Horse. Headed SW along The Ridgeway for 700m looking for field access on left. Mo gate, only barb wire and dense crops (broad beans). Returned to road and followed it SE to Shoulder of Mutton Plantation where there is a gate. Overgrown field boundary, no tractor tracks and no crop rows as beans densely and seemingly randomly planted. Trig pillar not visible so requires a return visit when no crops. | mntainman | 20/07/2020 |
| gurney99 | 01/01/2020 | |
| Arable field which had been harvested. Quick walk to trig and back. | Ramblingpaul | 13/09/2019 |
| Summit seen but not reached as it was in a hayfield on prvate land | amicablyinert | 01/09/2019 |
| ARC | 15/08/2019 | |
| From hack pen car park walked for a mile along the ridgeway in the wrong direction. After finding the gate next to the car park, we waited for the farmer to go, and followed tractor tracks to the trig. | ChinnockC | 01/06/2019 |
| Badders | 25/05/2019 | |
| Car park to N. Along road SE to gate into field just after 269 spot, track skirted side of wood then used tractor lines through growing crop out to trig. | Aye Jimmy | 14/04/2019 |
| Chiseldon - Liddington Castle - Liddington Hill - Coombe Down - Barbury Down - Hackpen Hill - Chiseldon | Mark Jackson | 06/04/2019 |
| Alan Caine | 28/03/2019 | |
| Tony S | 22/12/2018 | |
| From Rideway path. With R and B. | jenx | 10/12/2018 |
| With Jenx and Bryher from good parking on Ridgeway | nordicstar | 12/10/2018 |
| 1st of 6 tops on the 2nd stage of the Ridgeway with Lesley, walking from Berwick Bassett to Hinton Parva. An easy out and back to the Trig pillar via a Bw fence. Flattish summit area. I returned with some of the mud still attached to my boots. Onwards on the Ridgeway heading for Barbury Down... | Dazingdale | 23/09/2018 |
| Six Trig tour with Minnie, very warm all day, Hackpen Hill from hilltop parking plus White Horse & a bonus crop circle, then Walbury Hill sheep pasture from parking to East then Pilot Hill, roadside parking to SE, Beacon Hill- steepest of the day, then Wabbit hunting on Watership Down, finally a wander on Greenham Common, not a listed top but found the trig. | apricorum | 24/06/2018 |
| clique | 19/05/2018 | |
| Jim Baz | 12/05/2018 | |
| From Car park, along ridgeway, then beeline for trig. | PeterD | 07/05/2018 |
| Along track from Car Park then gingerly through barbed wire fence. Heavy clay ploughed field hugely caked my boots | vegibagger | 29/03/2018 |
| Walked along the Ridgeway from Barbury Castle. Solo. Dense fog gave me cover as I crossed yet another barbed wire fence, over another crop field summit in this area. Why aren't the hill summits valued and accessible around here?! | Dangerous Dave | 19/02/2018 |
| Along the ridgeway on MTB | twg27 | 17/11/2017 |
| With K. | Ashley | 13/11/2017 |
| Bug | 13/11/2017 | |
| Parked in the nearby car park, that was surprisingly busy for a weekday in November. Walked along the Ridgeway for about 1 km,before hopping over a gate into the field. This was full of stubble at this time of year. From the trig headed straight back towards the car park, hopping the gate opposite it. | Sprog | 01/11/2017 |
| The Parkers | 21/08/2017 | |
| Kiltie | 14/07/2017 | |
| PGCE | 26/05/2017 | |
| Approached from Ridgeway track. Field of rough grass and stubble. Levelish summit with trig point. | RichardM | 18/01/2017 |
| Trig in stubble field. | tim747 | 30/09/2016 |