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Name:Bow Brickhill
Hill number:5520
Height:171m / 561ft
Parent (Ma):2874  Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill]
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Milton Keynes
Catchment:Wash
Class:Tump (100-199m), Current County/UA Top, Clem
(Tu,1,CoU,Cm)
Grid ref:SP 91523 34483
Summit feature:trig point
Drop:53m
Col:118m  TL016263  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 152 165
(1:25k) 192E
Observations:ground 400m SW at SP 91236 34178 may be as high; trees prevent line of sight
Survey:Abney level
Comments:LIDAR suggests the summit is 22m NW of the trig at SP 91511 34503 and the summit 400m SW is lower
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  • Milton Keynes current county/UA top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 133 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
David S05/03/2024
Parked at (small) parking marked on map NW of the church and followed the easy RoW up to the trig. Base of tree 22m NW certainly seemed higher.Vulcan13/01/2024
Plenty of parking on top of the hill. Lovely autumn colours.Play2End14/11/2023
As David Evans. Parked at E. end of large parking area at SP 9129 3434 & then NNE along driveway marked 'Private' for about 20m - Beared left along well-worn path for about 120m & then beared right & E. along signed woodland path to trig point; this is tucked away behind a clump of rhododendron.gerrybowes19/07/2023
An easy, short walk from the car park through the woods. Trig point is near the golf course fence by the path.cjwilliams27/03/2023
Snow cover today.Adrian208/12/2022
Good car park to the SW, opposite drive marked private SP91287 34344. Quickest way to summit is to go down the private drive for about 20 yards and bear left on a well walked path. Trig is by golf course fence and is hidden somewhat by rhododendron bushes and a fallen birch tree.David Evans04/11/2022
Ridgmont - Brogborough Hill - Bow Brickhill - Bletchley.Mark Jackson21/05/2022
Matt30/08/2021
Parked in Church car park. The most direct route would appear to be down driveway immediately opposite but this was signed 'Wood Lodge' with a 'Private' sign. Privacy respected I went down the hill 100m, turned right going round a felled tree (to stop parking issues) and up some steps. R at the top, through some saplings and under some beech trees - note blue climbing ropes. Go straight ahead as a path drops away to the left ** and look for a wire/barbed-wire fence ahead. The path meets this fence and then turns back into vegetation. As you break out from under the Rhodedendrons the trig is just behind you to the right. Return is the reverse or return to the point marked ** above. Look for path to L. This brings you out at the entrance to Wood Lodge without entering the property implying that you could possibly enter by this route.Meanderer28/06/2021
Scott Morley 8609/02/2021
Driving up the A5 to Mursley Mound to compleat Bucks. I'd noticed how easily Bow Brickhill could be added the day and drove to Apsley Wood car pk, visited the church, got confused by missing signpost, then found way to trig/HP. Nice wooded area, very popular with locals.pwheeler27/08/2020
TD, C & HThis Dog18/08/2020
Solo. First 'new' hill post lockdown. Parked in Bow Brickhill village and walked up Church Street. Into the woods via the bridal path. Kept to the path and behind wood lodge then followed the barbed wire fence into the woods through Rhododendron bushes. After not seeing the trig I thought I had probably gone too far so turned back. Trig easy to spot coming back - tucked inside the Rhododendron bushes.Buck01/08/2020
Parked opposite Wood Lodge entrance on Church Road with plan to access trig directly from SW. Turns out private access to golf course so ended up with clockwise circumnavigation Duchess golf course. Very pleasant stroll.mntainman20/06/2020
armathers01/06/2020
Foot of evergreen over BWF near trig point. Lovely woods.maclrc18/01/2020
PGCE24/11/2019
With NS. Circular starting in the free car park at Woburn. Good paths through the woods to Aspley Heath, then WSW towards the golf course. Crossed the barbed wire fence onto the edge of the golf course to the prominent pine tree by the edge of the woods which appears to be the highest point. The trig is on the path side of the barbed wire fence (ie. not the golf course side) only a few metres from the path. Then a pleasant stroll back past the golf club, Hundreds Farm and Horsemoor Farm, and an excellent coffee and mince pie at Flootes. Very pleasant way to pass a surprisingly nice afternoon after the previous day's storm.Owen B03/11/2019
bwm25/08/2019
Parked at end of RoW to W - a couple of spaces to pull in. Followed RoW and ended up on mountain bike tracks which led to trig. HP seemed to be over fence on other side of fairway to S.Wheelsy09/06/2019
sglennon15/04/2019
Martin R02/04/2019
On own. Parking area at top of road near church. Followed paths through woods to trig point next to rhododendrons. No need to go onto Woburn golf course. Seems a popular area for mountain bikes judging by tracks.Beeliner22/03/2019
Ben Rinnes13/03/2019
Parked near the church, walked back down the road and then up through Aspley woods. For a UA top this one was enjoyable.WAYNE ROWLETT09/03/2019
Walked up Church Street from the village. Wandered around the golf course searching for potential higher points. Back down the path by the church. Solo.Dangerous Dave09/03/2019
Parked in Bow Brickhill village and walked up Church Street into the woods. Imagine the trig point would have been quite hard to find without a GPS. Lovely early morning light, an enjoyable short walk.jedthehumanoid24/02/2019
An out and back from Bletchley station (no trains to Bow Brickhill on a Sunday). Path upto Trig then step over fence to explore what seemed like higher ground next to a Pine tree. Another contender is the high ground next to another pine on the opposite side of the fairway. Reversed route to get back to Bletchley. Homeward bound via Milton Keynes Central and Tamworth.Dazingdale13/01/2019
Aspley Guise to Bow Brickhill.Smudge31/12/2018
From the church car park with family including my grandad, jonglew. So now you know we're family. Hope I revisit one day as it's my local hill.williamglew18/11/2018
arjh05/09/2018
Wycombe Wanderer17/07/2018
Swindon Bagger12/06/2018
K A quick visit stopping at the Church and following the FP to the trig.crazy24/02/2018
Approached across the golf course and explored a couple of possible high points among the pines and rhododendrons. Trig was definitely lower and was well hidden in the rhodos on the other side of the fence.Herbert Anchovy05/02/2018
Nomad Perkins28/01/2018
TFCope28/01/2018
GaryJones21/11/2017
Short, pleasant, Autumnal, woodland walk from church. Trig within small rhododendron clearing outside of low, wire golf course fence. High point possibly a few metres away, by pine, within golf course. Did not visit alternative on opposite side of road- contour ring of same height- as groundsmen working but did not appear higher from bridleway near aerial. ( No line of sight). The LIDAR GR definitely seemed lower.Denise 14/11/2017
Short walk from church car park through autumnal beech woods. Levellish summit. Easy access to trig pillar in clearing in birch and rododendron next to golf course boundary fence. A somewhat indistinct and unconvincing summit.RichardM14/11/2017
PhilipChaston21/10/2017
Large parking area at top of road near church. Stepped over fence, across fairways to secluded trig. Then to alternative HP, slight rise by silver birches on golf course on other side of road.Aye Jimmy09/10/2017
ijpowell07/09/2017
Crossed several fairways to trig just in area of rhodedendrons. Area near trig looks higher so stomped around a little.clivevilla12/08/2017
A pleasant wander through the woods. Stumbled upon the Trig.summitter29/07/2017
mart079726/06/2017
JMLB24/05/2017
The path leading towards the trig point starts at the bend in the road - below the church carpark. The trig point is close to the path and near the fence - no need to cross the golf course.JohnW14/05/2017
Parked at church, followed by short walk across golf course to trig.Ramblingpaul08/05/2017