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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, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
suzannerowcliffe | 03/03/2024 | |
HighwayToFell | 14/10/2023 | |
Clach Liath | 09/09/2023 | |
Minto | 09/08/2023 | |
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 |
daveyf2001 | 15/06/2022 | |
Adrian2 | 13/03/2022 | |
Basingstone | 19/11/2021 | |
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 |
Martin R | 30/06/2021 | |
magirob | 06/08/2020 | |
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 |
Doug | 11/04/2020 | |
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 |
paulkeane | 28/12/2019 | |
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 |
johnkenyon | 04/09/2019 | |
bwm | 30/08/2019 | |
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 |
Ben Rinnes | 15/07/2019 | |
2nd walk of the day, a 6km loop for Ashley and Bowsey Hills. | atreides7887 | 16/06/2019 |
KC | 22/04/2019 | |
arjh | 04/04/2019 | |
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 |
Alan Whatley | 13/03/2019 | |
Tony J | 10/02/2019 | |
Circular walk: Knowl Hill, Bowsley Hill, Ashley Hill | callumorr | 10/01/2019 |
Wycombe Wanderer | 22/12/2018 | |
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 |
sglennon | 27/08/2018 | |
Matt | 02/07/2018 | |
PGCE | 25/05/2018 | |
PhilipChaston | 17/02/2018 | |
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 |
ijpowell | 07/09/2017 | |
Manuel Pereda | 02/09/2017 | |
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 |
JMLB | 30/05/2017 |