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| Name: | Bowsey Hill |
| Hill number: | 5561 |
| Height: | 142m / 466ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2909 Butser Hill |
| RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
| County/UA: | Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham |
| Catchment: | Thames |
| Class: | Tump (100-199m), Current County/UA Top (Tu,1,CoU) |
| Grid ref: | SU 80654 80254 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground 5m from fence of covered reservoir compound |
| Drop: | 55m |
| Col: | 87m SU821804  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 175 (1:25k) 171 172 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 124 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Warren Row. Parked in pull-in at 814806, W. along lane for about 100m & left up Chiltern Way through magnificent beech woodland to byway - Turned right & along byway before heading across to the high ground SE of reservoir fence. | gerrybowes | 19/06/2023 |
| Ashley Hill and Bowsey Hill from Warren Row. Dull summits, nice walks to them. | summitter | 17/08/2022 |
| With Maindenhead & Windsor, circular route | danboyfrcs | 29/08/2021 |
| Done as a double with Ashley Hill. Started from Knowl Hill village. | cjwilliams | 04/08/2021 |
| From Ashley Hill following Chiltern Way through Warren Row. Higher ground within reservoir compound on Hatchgate Lane 50m NE of Bowsey Manor entrance, but most likely man made. Went for high point 5m from lane along SE reservoir boundary. | mntainman | 05/07/2020 |
| Climbed from Warren Row with Ashley Hill | Rockdoctor | 28/06/2020 |
| Parked in Warren row and used the Chiltern way up through a lovely wood returned the same way and then continued onto Ashley hill. Two and half miles in an hour a great walk. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 28/06/2020 |
| Pleasant, if muddy woodland walk including Bowsey and Ashley Hills. HP small mound just outside reservoir fence. | maclrc | 22/02/2020 |
| HP just outside small reservoir enclosure, near track, on open woodland on a showery windy day. Ground covered by copper- coloured beech leaves. | Denise | 15/02/2020 |
| Circuit of woodland and field paths including Ashley Hill from Knowl Hill on a grey and wet afternoon, plenty of mud around. High point a low mossy bank in beech woods at SE corner of resr. enclosure. No views. | RichardM | 15/02/2020 |
| From Warren Row by footpath. After a very wet December bridleways in the Chilterns did not appeal. In fact, the route running along the ridge was an old road still with its hard surface so I returned E along it and took the first fp L back to Warren Row. Lovely sunny light through the bare trees- and some views on this 50min walk on a day too good to miss. The obvious walk is to combine with Ashley Hill but I wasn't thinking about Tumps back when I bagged that Hump. | pwheeler | 23/12/2019 |
| Walked both Bowsey Hill and Ashley Hill as part of circular walk. Fairly easy walk even in the mud and rain. | jarmin45 | 15/12/2019 |
| 2nd Tump of 4 today and continuing from my Wargrave island exploration up on nice paths including Chiltern Way (Berkshire loop). Road further on appears as high as pointed out by other baggers. Continuing for Ashley Hill from the South. Wokingham U/a completion. | Dazingdale | 21/08/2019 |
| 2nd walk of the day, a 6km loop for Ashley and Bowsey Hills. | atreides7887 | 16/06/2019 |
| 2 | softsquare | 03/04/2019 |
| On own. From Warren Row up paths through deciduous woods to summit next to fence of covered reservoir compound. There is a 9' high wire fence on the other side of road as a new housing development seems to have been started. | Beeliner | 22/03/2019 |
| Circular walk: Knowl Hill, Bowsley Hill, Ashley Hill | callumorr | 10/01/2019 |
| Nice woodland walk from Warren Row. Back same way then up to Ashley Hill. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 24/11/2018 |
| Parked outside the church in Warren Row and climbed Bowsey Hill after an ascent of Ashley Hill. With JT. | Sprog | 25/10/2018 |
| Nice walk through the woods albeit a little muddy under foot. | Ramblingpaul | 26/12/2017 |
| Delightful autumn woodland. From Warren Row. | Barbara Singer | 16/11/2017 |
| Gorgeous autumn colours. A golden brown carpet through the beech trees from Warren Row. One could try a sneaky drive up the road from the north but you would miss a delightful forest stroll. | Campbell Singer | 16/11/2017 |
| Wargrave - Bowsey Hill - Ashley Hill - Fultness Wood Hill - Marlow. Lots of woodland and a relative lack of good views but a decent walk. | Mark Jackson | 17/07/2017 |
| Overcast and very humid. | RocksRock | 15/07/2017 |
| From Warren Row. Pleasant stroll up through woods. | Bramley | 29/11/2016 |
| Started near the A4 and came up past Lot Farm. The top is uncertain but I'm going for somewhere between the houses and the reservoir. Now in the Dewdrop Inn for fish and chips! | Nick | 24/09/2016 |
| Easy now to bag summit of Ashley Hill then a quick dash to bag the black trig on a quiet Friday morning then off to Bowsey Hill. | Dugswell2 | 09/09/2016 |
| Cycled over from Marlow, discovered that you can't cycle all the way along the Thames Path and had to detour up a private road | r.ashwell | 07/09/2016 |
| Parked near the telephone box in Warren Row. A pleasant wood walk of just under 30 minutes return. Solo. | bolton | 24/05/2016 |
| Short stroll from Warren Row | SteveG | 25/11/2015 |
| From South via Bear Lane - good mountain biking area | trimarc2 | 23/11/2015 |
| 3/8 Third one on Bad weather day so county tops bagging for the day, (Park Lane/Ashley Hill/Bowsey Hill/East Burnham Park/Pavis Wood/Whitehill/Bow Brickhill/The Slipe) | Fergalh | 24/10/2015 |
| From Holly Cross. | ngthack | 25/08/2015 |
| A nice walk up the Chiltern Way through woods from Warren Row which is the site (somewhere?) of a former secret regional command nuclear bunker, built during the cold war. This was tasked with running the London region if London and its government had been destroyed by a nuclear attack. Sobering. The site chosen was originally tunnels dug into the chalk and used as an underground aircraft components factory during WWII. Today it has become a protected storage facility operated by a security company. (source: wiki). Quite what this means..? | Chris Pearson | 14/06/2015 |
| From a covered reservoir to the south, but could have driven to top from NW. HP seemed to be a little south of another covered resr, around the area of a house named Hilltop. | jonglew | 03/06/2015 |
| High point appears to be either on road or close to reservoir fence. | PeterD | 14/05/2015 |
| High point other side of road from fenced area? round trip with Tash combined with Ashley hill. V.nice | pigerg | 09/05/2015 |
| As RHW | GordonAdshead | 22/03/2015 |
| With Chris Cutler and Tramp | vegibagger | 21/01/2015 |
| Drive by on tarred road from north. 14.00. | arranc | 16/11/2014 |
| En route home from Tony and Andy's wedding | bri&dave | 27/07/2014 |
| From Warren Row, up through beech woods along the Chiltern Way. Should have worn my wellies. | Newton Maximus | 04/05/2014 |
| same as Simon and Co! | mcallmar | 16/03/2014 |
| Drove up and parked outside the reservoir (ignored the no cars sign). Very nondescript. | simon and co | 27/01/2014 |
| Saw 2 deer on the way from Warren Row | squeegs | 28/07/2013 |
| Decent road to the top. | chrisbien | 27/04/2013 |
| From Knowl Hill a circular walk around Ashley Hill and Bowsey Hill in the snow. | rhalstead | 23/01/2013 |
| From NW, by NE corner of small covered resr. | RHW | 01/12/2012 |
| Twin top, Bowsey Hill and Ashley Hill. Parked by chapel in Warren Row and ran through some mud the berkshire loop or Chiltern Way. Agree nr houses as high, back to WR then via Pudding Hill lane to woods and steeps to Ashley Hill top. Walked around house compound, may have spied trig? Ran back to start. Good outing. | nordicstar | 24/10/2012 |
| Walked up from Warren Row. | JohnStoneham | 02/09/2012 |
| Can parking next to the top by the Reservoir and houses at High Knowl Wood. But we walked from Warren Row through the woods, which was very pleasant. Easy parking near church in village | Hillsidenick | 02/09/2012 |
| walked with ashley hill on the way to winchester | mr bounce | 02/09/2012 |
| WALKED UP FROM HOLLY CROSS ON A DAMP, COLD FEBRUARY DAY BUT HAD ALREADY CYCLED OVER THIS IN SUMMER SUNSHINE WHEN WE DID BRISTOL - LONDON BY SUSTRANS ROUTE 4. | BURGESS | 28/02/2011 |
| Wandered around near the reservoir and houses. Interesting area and gentle walk up from Warren Row on a mild January day. | Father Ted | 15/01/2011 |
| Walked up from Warren Row. Reservoir bank (behind barrbed wire)appears to be highest point but is man made. I thought about scaling the fence with the help of a tree but realised it would be embarrassing if I could not get back out. | clivevilla | 17/07/2010 |
| Just by the covered reservoir. | Richard | 03/05/2010 |
| Walked also included Ashley Hill. | Overthehilljill | 19/03/2010 |
| Not too thrilling. | Herbert Anchovy | 19/11/2009 |
| resr compound looks highest place around but no access. | asbown | 13/07/2009 |
| Bit of a waste of time. | destaylor | 02/03/2009 |
| No access to high point. Completed as part of a route that took in Ashlley Hill (Windsor | Fat Bloke | 03/01/2009 |
| Took high point as just past sign on building "West`s piling".Reservior looks higher but as before there`s no access.Nice lane. | electricratman | 08/04/2007 |
| I got 155m reading on my GPS by the reservoir and 158m further on past the first house at SU 80751 80224. | signyred | 23/08/2006 |
| Didn't have a GPS at the time, but slight bank nr reservoir looked highest. | wheresthepath | 15/09/2004 |
| Near covered reservoir (no public access) | webmaster | 04/06/2003 |
| KM Climbed on a circuit from Knowl Hill along with Ashley Hill and discovering the Dewdrop Inn on the way. | crazy | blank |
| From Ashley Hill via Warren Row we wandered the woodlands to the houses on top of this hill. Back to Warren Row for a bite to eat and back to the car over Ashley Hill again. | ChinnockC | blank |
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| daveyf2001 | 15/06/2022 | |
| Adrian2 | 13/03/2022 | |
| Basingstone | 19/11/2021 | |
| Martin R | 30/06/2021 | |
| magirob | 06/08/2020 | |
| Doug | 11/04/2020 | |
| paulkeane | 28/12/2019 | |
| johnkenyon | 04/09/2019 | |
| bwm | 30/08/2019 | |
| Ben Rinnes | 15/07/2019 | |
| KC | 22/04/2019 | |
| arjh | 04/04/2019 | |
| Alan Whatley | 13/03/2019 | |
| Tony J | 10/02/2019 | |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 22/12/2018 | |
| sglennon | 27/08/2018 | |
| Matt | 02/07/2018 | |
| PGCE | 25/05/2018 | |
| PhilipChaston | 17/02/2018 | |
| ijpowell | 07/09/2017 | |
| Manuel Pereda | 02/09/2017 | |
| JMLB | 30/05/2017 | |
| PM | 29/05/2017 | |
| Rob Rees | 10/04/2017 | |
| DC11main | 26/02/2017 | |
| scotchmist | 20/12/2016 | |
| Chester | 30/10/2016 | |
| Nomad Perkins | 20/06/2016 | |
| jimbloomer | 09/10/2015 | |
| Swindon Bagger | 17/09/2015 | |
| DARRENG | 02/09/2015 | |
| carole engel | 17/08/2015 | |
| andrew brown | 15/07/2015 | |
| Tash | 09/05/2015 | |
| berksbantam | 20/03/2014 | |
| Mark Sims | 25/09/2013 | |
| Jacqdaw | 02/09/2012 | |
| Kendall | 15/01/2012 | |
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| Moore100 | 19/10/2011 | |
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| Halfdecent | 22/04/2011 | |
| veganvixen | 22/04/2011 | |
| Stewart | 04/03/2011 | |
| BrianMatthews | 27/12/2010 | |
| Smudge | 02/01/2010 | |
| Adrian | 03/06/2009 | |
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