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Name:Bournwell Hill (Hadley Wood)
Hill number:5575
Height:119m / 390ft
Parent (Ma):2874  Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill]
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Greater London
London Borough:Enfield (LB)
Catchment:Thames
Class:London Borough Top
(CoL)
Grid ref:TQ 25600 97654
Summit feature:middle of road at white gates
Drop:0m
Col:119m  TQ256976  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 166 176
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  • Enfield London Borough top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 72 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
16 of 17. From High Barnet station on the Northern line.WAYNE ROWLETT23/07/2023
By the white gatesVulcan24/01/2023
Detour from London LOOPlerritt07/08/2022
London Borough High Points (Bagging Bournwell Hill, Arkley, Highwood Hill, Wakemans Hill Avenue, both Bushey Heaths and Deacons Hill)PhilipChaston14/08/2021
Biked to the white gates just before visiting friends in Hadley Wood.Mark Jackson16/07/2020
Bike ride arriving via Hadley Wood and returning via the tracks in Monken Hadley Common.Mark Jackson15/06/2020
Done with Highwood Hill on a 61km round trip cycle from Battersea.Rockdoctor13/06/2020
Lockdown bike ride of an evening, through Hadley Wood and New Barnet.Mark Jackson04/06/2020
Lovely ride our from NW5. My 22nd London Borough Top.pclyndes29/05/2020
First of four. Walk from Hadley Wood station to Elstree & Boreham Wood station. Simple bag on the road. No absolute high point.Sixtyplus30/08/2019
Parked at Barnet and walked to this gate to Enfield past some swanky housesChinnockC19/01/2019
A pleasant stroll from Hadley Wood station to the white gates on a crisp December evening. A pillar box en route had been adorned with quite superb knitted Christmas figures!Nick Down112/12/2018
Only just daylight. White gates helped make top visible in the early morning gloom. Loads of money round here or maybe just whopping big mortgages.Campbell Singer05/08/2018
Lots of children and people about on very hot day. White gates mark the spot.arranc28/06/2018
From High Barnet Station. Pleasant enough walk once you get off the A1000. Lots of brunnera on the edges of Monken Hadley Common and a few bluebells in the woods.jedthehumanoid03/05/2018
Walk down hill to the top. Near gate. nearby lamp-post proclaims highest point in Enfield.PeterD18/12/2017
Now with congratulatory and explanatory notice taped to lamp post by www.londons-peaks.com. Site features podcasts of notable people ascending individual council tops.Bramley18/11/2017
Nice leafy stroll from Cockfosters tube to the top - lunch beside cricket pitch ( well it is Saturday in England even if there wasn't a game) and back via High BarnetRocksRock26/08/2017
Drove over it twice before parking on side road and walking backalwaysinshorts26/06/2017
9/16 Ninth of sixteen on London Borough Top bagging day (The Vale/Horsenden Hill/Sudbury Hill/Wakemans Hill Avenue/Bushey Hill (Boundary)/Highgate/Highgate Hill/Highwood Hill/Bournwell Hill (Hadley Wood)/Pole Hill/Wanstead Flatts/Marks Gate/Cabin Hill/Havering Atte Bowe Farm/Havering Atte Bowe Church/Potter Street Hill)Fergalh20/08/2016
On the road. Nice looking houses in this area.jonglew13/01/2016
Easy walk from Hadley Wood Station. Location as RHW's logtrimarc206/12/2015
TD, C & H by busThis Dog27/10/2015
Several of sets of white gates indicating private estate. Lots of famous people have lived in Hadley Wood from footballers to pop stars and as a child Diana,Princess of Wales.Chris Pearson24/04/2015
Middle of road at white gates which match OpenStreetMap position of boundaryRHW25/01/2015
Parked outside the school and walked back to the gates while dodging the Porsches and Jabguars leaving the nearby mansions. Hadley Common looks good for a long stroll.Nick18/01/2015
Bike ride from home in Oakwood: Bournwell Hill - Mote End Farm - Deacons Hill. Then got a puncture in Elstree and had to walk back. What a waste!Mark Jackson01/11/2014
On the way back from a family do in Enfieldsqueegs05/10/2013
Also had difficulty parking nearby. A few spaces up the road by the school. Another uninteresting top.Hillsidenick21/07/2013
Visited With Darren while trying to visit all the high points on London in one day.magirob10/01/2013
'Bagged' this, erm, hill as part of 5 north London borough tops whilst on my way to the 2012 Xmas party. More accurately, got out of car at assumed highest point and then drove off again.RichieRambler06/12/2012
En route to Weybridge after work, drove up lane, parked up by Enfield sign and mossied around, unremarkable. Note to self not to return ;-)nordicstar23/10/2012
Third gear top by the gate very dull.simon and co30/04/2012
Geocaching around the Hadley Wood and Barnet area. Nice area, but not a lot here.CandS3713/08/2011
Biked from home (Kew) 4 Hours Return trip. Nice area up here.NilsOS19/08/2010
Slightly tricky parking on all the manicured lawns outside huge unfriendly houses - best bit is just outside the Welcome to Enfield sign. Flat top, high point could be anywhere - next to the Enfield sign seems as good as anywhere!wheresthepath21/02/2010
On route to Barnet tops. Well over a tree route and broke my glasses which I got fixed in Barnet. Thank you SpecSavers.Overthehilljill19/10/2009
Pleasant woodland approach possible through Monken Hadley Common.Smudge02/03/2008
Presumably its the white gates and the tall post.destaylor26/02/2008
Many, many times...NotReallyABaggerblank
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Martin R02/10/2022
GordonAdshead02/09/2022
AndyS24/10/2021
Scott Morley 8610/09/2021
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bwm11/08/2019
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