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| Name: | Botley Hill (boundary) |
| Hill number: | 5476 |
| Height: | 255m / 837ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 3686 Botley Hill |
| RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
| County/UA: | Surrey |
| County (CoA): | Greater London (CoA) |
| Catchment: | Thames |
| Class: | Administrative County Top (CoA) |
| Grid ref: | TQ 40723 56237 (est) |
| Drop: | 0m |
| Col: | 255m TQ407562  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 187 (1:25k) 147 |
| Comments: | In Beaver Water World. Boundary changed in 1993 putting this point in Surrey |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 106 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Walk w/Devon. Parked Titsey Place upper car park. Tatsfield, Woldingham, Botley Hill Summit, Botley Hill Trig loop. | ZacField | 01/01/2024 |
| Parked in Oxted and walk to top via Titsey. Stayed outside Waylands and noted that field was marred by flytipping | PhilipChaston | 18/08/2023 |
| Parked at entrance to field. Walked along hedgeline: probably the closest you can get without going into the garden. The fence has places which would be crossable if you so desired. | PGCE | 21/12/2022 |
| The hp seems to be a next to a log pile in the front garden of Waylands House. There are locked security gates at the drive entrance but recent hedge trimming activity has left a gap where a person could get through easily if they were tempted. I walked along the field edge and looked in. I also walked up and down by the road. Barking dogs at the back of the house may also deter people getting too close. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 06/01/2022 |
| Parked in lay-by at junction of Tatsfield Approach Road and Clarks Lane. Walked to field gate then along the field edge and admired through the thick hedge. | Newton Maximus | 31/08/2021 |
| Warlingham circular. Included this diversion during a lockdown exercise walk. | Smudge | 21/02/2021 |
| With E. Parked on Approach Road and walked along field boundary at side of Waylands House. Numerous pheasants in field. Got to within 20 metres but no access from this side because of barbed wire topped fence and impenetrable hawthorn hedge. HP is in garden. Walked to entrance of Waylands House but in view of COVID concerns decided not to access or request access to the garden. | Beeliner | 05/10/2020 |
| After having done a stretch of NDW walked from Botley Hill Farm via Beddlestead Lane then right through what in July was a very overgrown field of rape seed. A machete would've been useful! Got to the wall at the end of the path and followed field around to the south. Field crests out where the grid reference suggests. | jedthehumanoid | 05/07/2019 |
| Walked to house gate and also visited nearby trig. All felt a bit daft but perhaps cos it was foggy so no views | nickywood1 | 15/11/2018 |
| Parked on verge opposite field entrance. | Campbell Singer | 19/04/2018 |
| Walked around Beaver water world, where I could. | PeterD | 16/05/2017 |
| County top outing,there's a lay by at the junction of Clarks lane and Approach road. the closest I could get to the high point seem's to be behind Wyland house. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 13/11/2016 |
| The garden of Waylands House seems to be the best contender. Quite upsetting seeing magnificent eagle owl in cage near reptile house; but very pleasing to see vicious snarling dogs nearby caged up! | Aye Jimmy | 13/04/2016 |
| In garden of Waylands House, by wood pile. Had to vacate quickly when dogs arrived! | jonglew | 16/02/2016 |
| Did as part of hills near London circuit on Christmas day. | Fergalh | 25/12/2015 |
| As SteveSmith. | ngthack | 12/12/2015 |
| We went along to the top after lunch at Botley Hill Farmhouse. We then went along the Tatsfield Approach. Beaver World was still open but we did not indulge. | Dragonzilla | 28/11/2015 |
| Part of Betsom Hill, Kent Historic County Top walk with Gina. Really wet day so rather than planned 11 mile circular walk ended up driving round and doing short walk to bag days tops. Off road parking near metal barrier. Walked round field boundary and gps put me bang on top of spot though suspect top is on other side of fence on private property. Have to be close enough. | mntainman | 06/01/2015 |
| Parked in Beaver Water World in the heavy rain. | edmundjohnson | 03/01/2015 |
| Parked at Beaver world and had a good look around without making my presence too suspicious. | bolton | 13/11/2014 |
| Parked in car park at Beaver Water World. Highest accessible point within the old GL boundary is located by the fence on the S. side of BWW. Got within 20m of high point, which lies within the grounds of Waylands House, by heading SSW along Approach Road and then ducking under the locked metal barrier and walking along field boundary to TQ40703 56232. Unfortunately, at this point the field boundary lies outside the old GL boundary (S) | gerrybowes | 29/10/2014 |
| Car park convenient. Bimbled about the various sheds. | simon and co | 07/03/2014 |
| Parked by woods near reptile house entrance. Skirted around woods and through fence,into Waylands house Gardens. Didn't feel need to go further, appears high point on lawn. | nordicstar | 21/05/2013 |
| Walked over from Botley Hill. Went round field edge and got readings within 30ft. | rhalstead | 12/03/2013 |
| From Titsey car park | squeegs | 04/03/2013 |
| I reckon field before Reigate Zoo, as it now is | Bramley | 27/10/2012 |
| Gareth Jones 'Bagged' for the 2012 Morris Lubricants County Top Challenge for the Tct (Teenage Cancer Trust). | morrislube | 08/09/2012 |
| Drive by hill. | steverd | 23/08/2012 |
| Difficult to pinpoint actual top. Accessed field/road etc around Beaver World. | Argentum66 | 19/08/2012 |
| Mist, calm, drizzle, short distance views, gps confirmed.. | iangalbraith | 08/11/2011 |
| on the way to gatwick to pick up Isabel! | mr bounce | 22/08/2011 |
| Me Meg, Donna Matrix and Pebbles Very cold | Roland Brooks | 29/01/2011 |
| visited the reptile house on routem Star attraction Colin the cayman. didn't move much, possibly stuffed despite the sign saying he is real | stevedixon | 10/01/2011 |
| Popped in en route to the Marilyn. Not much to recommend it. | Herbert Anchovy | 25/09/2009 |
| Compared with some of the other nearby tops this one offeres a reasonable view. | Father Ted | 15/08/2009 |
| Stood in field to south and in Reptile Zoo/Beaver World so claiming it by default! | Nick | 29/03/2009 |
| Walked from the car park at Titsey Place. Poor visibilty due to very low cloud/mist. | Overthehilljill | 16/01/2009 |
| 20m away from top is as close as you can get - from the edge of the field to the west - as its in the garden of Waylands House. Bonce is higher than the top so it doesn't matter! | destaylor | 13/10/2008 |
| Ticked when visiting relocated Marilyn nearby. | Dugswell2 | 12/10/2008 |
| Somewhere in a field just south of Beaver Water World | Richard | 03/05/2008 |
| Bugger it - I'm claiming this! | petey | 21/03/2008 |
| Although highest point locally is in field, 1987 map shows boundary reaches highest point in garden of Waylands House (? owners of the Reptile Zoo) who appear to have had a bonfire on the spot ! | signyred | 27/01/2008 |
| We thought maybe in the field behind Beaver Water World. Fairly uninspiring stuff. Trig point on "summit" of Botley Hill is a mile or so off, so you can bag the marilyn and county top in the same walk. | wheresthepath | 22/10/2004 |
| Did in conjunction with the Kent county top and the 'new' Greater London top. | garyhoney | 15/01/2000 |
| On way to trig on Botley Hill. | arranc | 11/10/1998 |
| Solo from M25 services. | mikejacobs | 28/12/1996 |
| County summit bagging on N Downs with cousin Mark. In garden. The strange case of the Greater London highpoint by the Reptile zoo (as named on my old map but renamed the cuddlier sounding Beaver Water World) which has now been chopped out of Greater London by a boundary change and is replaced by Westerham heights, a few km east, which the older 1973 list of George Bridge always had as the C. Top of G London anyway, even though that was probably an error when he drew up his list, being unaware of the greater height at the reptile zoo / Beaver World. | Chris Pearson | 03/06/1995 |
| PaulOnFoot | 03/02/2024 | |
| mk5375 | 15/10/2023 | |
| outlawcatcher | 02/07/2023 |