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Name: | Westow Hill |
Hill number: | 5587 |
Height: | 110m / 361ft |
Parent (Ma): | 3686 Botley Hill |
RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
County/UA: | Greater London |
London Borough: | Lambeth (LB) |
Catchment: | Thames |
Class: | London Borough Top (CoL) |
Grid ref: | TQ 33700 70730 (est) |
Drop: | 0m |
Col: | 110m TQ337707 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 176 177 (1:25k) 161 |
Comments: | 110m contour by roundabout at boundary corner |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 101 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
3 of 13. From Crystal Palace station on the overground line, walked onto Sydenham hill and the to Forest hill station (you could use bus route 365) | WAYNE ROWLETT | 05/08/2023 |
Sydenham Hill, Forest Hill, Westow Hill and Crystal Palace: walking the South London 'ridge'.Some lovely green spacs en route,especially the reamins of the Great North Wood. | Lazylizzie | 30/06/2023 |
After visiting Margaret,followed Green Chain Walk through Crystal Palace park on way to Sydenham Hill station. With Bridget. | catman | 17/06/2023 |
After Crystal Palace | colinfielding | 30/03/2023 |
visiting a few minor London points | GordonAdshead | 10/03/2022 |
Crystal Palace - Westow Hill - Sydenham Hill - Forest Hill: walking the South London 'ridge' | PhilipChaston | 12/02/2022 |
With Jimmy McPaul by bus, underground, overground and for | vegibagger | 20/01/2022 |
After watching a match at the National Sports Stadium walked over this top on the way back to my car. | garyhoney | 05/12/2020 |
Third of four running today | lerritt | 31/10/2020 |
Richard, Chris | PaulB | 04/06/2020 |
A day of Ls - Lambeth first, Lewisham next. | pclyndes | 28/05/2020 |
An evening stroll: Crystal Palace station, Westow Hill, Sydenham Hill, Sydenham Hill station. | PGCE | 16/07/2019 |
After visiting the Crystal Palace park, we bagged this top on our walk to Croydon | ChinnockC | 11/05/2019 |
Walked up from Crystal Palace station and then around the junction. Highest point seemed to be near the crossing on Church Rd. | Andrew Pearson | 10/10/2018 |
37km run from Madia Vale over the 'mountain ridge' of South London. Accompanied by bike by trimarc2 | Fionalevey | 14/09/2018 |
Parked on Farquhar Road | Janko | 27/08/2018 |
Sw corner of very busy junction. | Campbell Singer | 05/08/2018 |
Train from Victoria to Gypsy Hill then walked to Crystal Palace, Westow Hill, Sydenham Hill and Forest Hill before taking the train back from Forest Hill. | clivevilla | 04/08/2018 |
An evening circuit of Sydenham Hill, Westow Hill and Crystal Palace Hill from Crystal Palace station. The best part of the walk was wandering through Crystal Palace park en route to Sydenham Hill Road. In view of the topographic uncertainties of Westow Hill, I walked around the roundabout via the crossings, then seized my chance to carefully walk across the centre during a momentary lull in traffic. The ground behind the churchyard wall at Crystal Palace hill seems higher than both the pavement and the grassy lozenge by Forsyte Crescent. | Nick Down1 | 28/03/2018 |
From South Norwood Hill via Church Road. | Raymond Butler | 01/06/2017 |
Drive by with Janek. | chrisbien | 25/02/2017 |
walked around the outside of roundabout. Near the gate on NE side is in Bromley, so although marginally higher is not in Lambeth. | PeterD | 25/11/2016 |
After visiting Crystal Palace Park, a short walk up Anerley Hill to the busy junction & Lambeth high point. (DB,LB,JW) | gerrybowes | 13/11/2016 |
10/12 In London for weekend so did some Borough Bagging Tenth of Twelve (College Park/Harrow Road/St Johns Wood Park/Seven Sisters Road/Bethnal Green/Whitechappel/Shooters Hill/Langdan Shaw (Sidcup)/Sydenham Hill/Weston Hill/Sansterstead Plantation/Clock House) | Fergalh | 01/10/2016 |
Passing through en route to Penge (!!) | andrewbanks | 02/08/2016 |
Parked on St Aubyn's Rd (looking for the church which is no longer there). Walked round the corner to the roundabout. HP somewhere at the road junction, or possibly the entrance to Crystal Palace Park on NE side of the junction. | jonglew | 20/07/2016 |
3 of 2 HUMPS and 2 London Borough tops | RocksRock | 30/04/2016 |
TD, C &H by mobile kennel | This Dog | 20/02/2016 |
Steeply up from Crystal Palace tube onto the built up ridge.Sadly too late to see the dinosaurs in the park. ( although maybe they saw me?) | Chris Pearson | 17/12/2015 |
At the roundabout | trimarc2 | 13/12/2015 |
Coming back from Crystal Palace after going to the market. Walked along the triangle to the corner of Westow Hill and Church Road on the Roundabout. | Dragonzilla | 12/09/2015 |
Bagged many times during my cycle to work, most recently as part of 4 London Borough Tops bagged by bike!. | mcallmar | 10/09/2015 |
Crystal Palace station - Crystal Palace - Westow Hill - Sydenham Hill - Forest Hill - Forest Hill station. | Mark Jackson | 20/08/2015 |
Parking just S of roundabout (early Sunday). SE corner of junction (TQ 33697 70741) is highpoint of junction but maybe this point is in Bromley? Boundary not showing in my GPS OpenStreetMap | RHW | 15/02/2015 |
I did this while going to a Cafe on Westow a Street. | Otter boy jr | 26/10/2014 |
After walking around Crystal Palace park on the Capital ring route and then going a bit further onto the main road, I then simply walked across the road and up the hill to the roundabout and then all around it (using pedestrian crossings. It really is busy here so you have to make sure you keep your wits about you to avoid becoming a road traffic statistic. Im glad I walked a bit further up Church Road. My gps got 116 metres above sea level. This was on a very very wet day. | Dazingdale | 25/08/2014 |
On a rainy day between visits | simon and co | 29/01/2014 |
With Dazzle | magirob | 11/10/2013 |
5th of 12 LBTs today. 
Busy and dangerous road top, shame the highest point not in the nearby Crystal Palace Park. | Hillsidenick | 14/05/2013 |
Evening trip out to pick up after work. While junction is grim the flower beds with hyacinths, primroses and pansies just in the park were a delight! | nordicstar | 23/04/2013 |
Nice park nearby | BazWylie | 16/03/2012 |
By black-painted pub at unpleasantly busy road junction. Sanity is restored by a stroll through the super Crystal Palace Park (check out the dinosaurs!) on the way to the nearby Sydenham Hill top. | wheresthepath | 29/12/2011 |
Fifteen of London Borough tops in 14 hours by bike from Kew. This one was visited 12h 20 min from start at Kew. Nightlife is on at 9 pm on a Saterday evening. I feel more for the last top just north of this and then home for a good bed. | NilsOS | 09/10/2010 |
Stopped for a photograph this time August 2016. On the way along Church Road to the start section 11 of the Green Chain Walk. | Sixtyplus | 28/04/2010 |
No roundabout here now! Crossed road here after look around Crystal Palace site and Museum. Lovely hot day with sunbathing beauties etc! | Nick | 24/04/2010 |
With the dog - on Capital Ring | ahmiller | 30/11/2009 |
On the Capital Ring route. | Overthehilljill | 17/09/2009 |
See Sydenham Hill. | Messiaen | 15/03/2009 |
Just wander around the roundabout. Would be dangerous in the middle. | destaylor | 15/07/2008 |
Trained up here for marathons. | steverd | 15/02/2008 |