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| Name: | Bathford Hill |
| Hill number: | 5396 |
| Height: | 205m / 673ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2869 Cleeve Hill |
| RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
| County/UA: | Wiltshire |
| Catchment: | Avon (Bristol) |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | ST 79471 66066 |
| Summit feature: | ground within 2m of tower (Brown's folly) |
| Drop: | 101m |
| Col: | 104m ST868710  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 172 (1:25k) 155 |
| Observations: | LIDAR suggests possibly slightly higher ground in woodland 35-70m north |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 289 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Bathford, pleasant walk with good views and a folly | trimarc2 | 16/08/2023 |
| More great views over Bath plus the folly | Trantham Clan | 19/02/2023 |
| Chose this one as a diversion on the way home from Bristol airport. Folly was open - not brave enough to climb the staircase. | Buck | 24/07/2022 |
| Bath station - Lyncombe Hill - Bathampton Down - Bathford Hill - Little Solsbury Hill - Bath. | Mark Jackson | 29/01/2022 |
| Morning run via Kingsdown and Monkton F. | Herbert Anchovy | 06/10/2021 |
| With Mog and her friends plus Xan. 14th birthday outing around the mines. | Herbert Anchovy | 26/09/2021 |
| Easy up and back from the CP. Surprisingly access to the staircase in the folly but without a handrail it was beyond my risk threshold to venture up. | Newton Maximus | 17/09/2021 |
| Afternoon walk with Meg and Xan including some bouldering near Sally in the Woods. | Herbert Anchovy | 03/09/2021 |
| Evening walk with M and X. | Herbert Anchovy | 26/06/2021 |
| Helped rescue a dog lost among thick brambles. Pity I was wearing shorts. | Herbert Anchovy | 23/06/2021 |
| Car park to NE at ST 7978 6639 - Despite the heavy rain, an enjoyable walk on one of the many paths up through a well-managed ancient woodland to Browne's Folly. Carefully climbed the 67 steps of the folly's open staircase & took even greater care coming down! (S) | gerrybowes | 13/05/2021 |
| Xan’s birthday party. Into the mines at Shakespeare’s then the stables, amphitheatre, Clapham, southern stables etc exiting through Muddy Hole. Cooked sausages by the big tree and then home via the folly. | Herbert Anchovy | 25/04/2021 |
| Morning walk in the sunshine. | Herbert Anchovy | 20/04/2021 |
| Afternoon walk with the Evans family. Children went up folly and then lots of rope swinging. | Herbert Anchovy | 14/03/2021 |
| Sunday pm walk with M and X. To Sally in the Woods. Saw 5 bats in the caves there. Home via folly. Loads of recent felling to clear moribund trees with ash dieback so they don’t fall on people. I quite like the new look but terrible to think of the devastation to this common species. | Herbert Anchovy | 07/03/2021 |
| Ran up to Kingsdown, paths to Monkton Farleigh and home through woods via folly. | Herbert Anchovy | 06/03/2021 |
| With M and X. | Herbert Anchovy | 26/02/2021 |
| With M and X - needed to take some photos of M 'extreme reading'. Took one of her reading a book while suspended upside down from a branch by a length of rope and another of her reading Dracula to a pair of horseshoe bats in Muddy Hole. | Herbert Anchovy | 31/01/2021 |
| Slopping about on muddy paths with M and X. | Herbert Anchovy | 22/01/2021 |
| Walk in the dark with M and X. Up to the folly and muddy walk through Hobhouse wood to Camp. Back down the road. | Herbert Anchovy | 06/01/2021 |
| with M and X. Up to the folly. Muddy walk (since the tree felling) from folly to muddy hole. Through the mines and out Shakespeare's. Few lesser horseshoes in muddy hole and elsewhere. Vincent Van Goat's ear was looking a bit better. | Herbert Anchovy | 02/01/2021 |
| Run up to Kingsdown, cross country to Monkton Farleigh and then home through the woods via the folly. | Herbert Anchovy | 07/12/2020 |
| Afternoon walk with M and X. Big lump of rock fallen into gully below metal door. One of the kid goats seems to have had an ear torn off, presumably by a dog. Nasty looking wound although it looked happy enough. Went down to the yew council and back after a walk around Hobhouse. Very muddy everywhere. | Herbert Anchovy | 28/11/2020 |
| Nice early morning weather. Discovered a large lump of rock fallen off the side of a gully. | Herbert Anchovy | 20/11/2020 |
| Morning walk. Goat kids in a pen in the corral. | Herbert Anchovy | 13/11/2020 |
| Morning walk. Misty but warm. | Herbert Anchovy | 09/11/2020 |
| Morning walk including Hobhouse Wood. | Herbert Anchovy | 23/10/2020 |
| Same again. Goats back, looking picturesque on top of one of the outcrops. | Herbert Anchovy | 20/10/2020 |
| Another morning walk after Meg left for school. | Herbert Anchovy | 19/10/2020 |
| Ran up to Kingsdown, footpath to MF, road to Sally, woods up to folly and then home. | Herbert Anchovy | 18/10/2020 |
| Solo. Morning walk up to folly. Took a log home. | Herbert Anchovy | 15/10/2020 |
| Solo morning walk. | Herbert Anchovy | 13/10/2020 |
| Ran up to Kingsdown, Monkton F and then home through woods via folly. | Herbert Anchovy | 03/10/2020 |
| Solo morning walk. | Herbert Anchovy | 30/09/2020 |
| Solo morning walk. | Herbert Anchovy | 21/09/2020 |
| Ran up Fluesters to Sally in the Woods. Road to Monkton Farleigh and then back through woods via folly. | Herbert Anchovy | 19/09/2020 |
| Evening walk. Solo. Bath looking nice at night. | Herbert Anchovy | 16/09/2020 |
| Morning walk with M and X. M not happy about the tree felling in Hobdouse. Mostly ash with ash dieback I think. | Herbert Anchovy | 12/09/2020 |
| Solo morning walk. Came home with a bit more firewood from Hobhouse. | Herbert Anchovy | 10/09/2020 |
| Solo. Up to the folly and then out on the MF path, across the stubble and on to the road next to Restore. Down road to CP and then paths through wood home. | Herbert Anchovy | 07/09/2020 |
| Final Covid 19 walk to the folly - school's back tomorrow. Meg led us up the steep route which she reckoned we did on our first Covid 19 walk. | Herbert Anchovy | 02/09/2020 |
| Up Fluesters, then left, up to and through Hobhouse, to the folly and then home. | Herbert Anchovy | 27/08/2020 |
| First time for ages through the Prigley entrance. Made brief visit to the late lamented elm swing and the site of the now dismantled ewok house. | Herbert Anchovy | 14/08/2020 |
| Did a reversal of one of our more frequent routes. Came home with a bit of fire wood. | Herbert Anchovy | 12/08/2020 |
| A Xan led route. Steep scramble up from where Fluester's Path meets the car park track. Then to the folly, around Hobhouse Wood and down the steep hill from Monkton F. Bit of forestry work been taking place in Hobhouse. M not happy about it. | Herbert Anchovy | 11/08/2020 |
| A quick up and down on the steep route above the Neanderthal cave. | Herbert Anchovy | 06/08/2020 |
| Explored some of the southern extremities of the quarry. Lots of crawling, led by Xan - a struggle for me. Out through muddy hole, to the folly and then home. | Herbert Anchovy | 05/08/2020 |
| Through lovely woods from car park to NE | rfoster | 03/08/2020 |
| From car park with Bag For Life and Margot. | Wycombe Wanderer | 01/08/2020 |
| With the Rainham Feet again. Night time walk, setting off just before 10pm. M, X and Nina went to the top of the folly. Then a short bit of rope swinging by the big tree and a long walk down to the Yew Council / Warleigh Rocks. Back just after midnight with everyone very sleepy. W needed carrying after twisting his ankle. | Herbert Anchovy | 28/07/2020 |