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Name:Howden Hill
Hill number:14221
Height:227m / 745ft
Parent (Ma):1932  Cacra Hill
RHB Section:28B: The River Tweed to the English Border
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Tweed
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:NT 45902 27275
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:43m
Col:184m  NT462271  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 73
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Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 14 users)ByDate of Ascent
From the minor road.robertphillips18/02/2024
Bike from Selkirk through Haining Estate and along Border Abbeys Way. Route to a good farm track signposted as Howden. Easy walk up from the road. On to Whitmuirfasgadh23/08/2023
Roadside verge parking by the ford (NT 4525 2713). Took the concrete farm road leading off SE to its bend then headed for the top. Took a direct line down across sheep pastures through 2 field gates.jonglew28/01/2022
Parked NT 4601 2782 (N side). Used forest path but did not find the promised stile into summit field. Returned direct to gate at NT 4589 2772carole engel29/09/2021
Parked NT 45902 27275 Along the road SSW 50m steeply up short cropped grass field to HPAndrew Simmons04/03/2021
From N. Most trees felled but still a path along forest edge to top fence.chrisbien08/08/2020
weaselmaster25/03/2020
Sick Kid25/03/2020
sam.g.guthrie20/01/2019
Parked by forest gate.Adrian05/11/2018
Parking: Grass verge to the South NT45926 26515. Route: As MintoDavid Evans23/02/2018
silverhow18/02/2017
Parked by road to north and went up on forest paths. Stile over fence into summit fieldColin Crawford29/03/2015
Easy walking along farm tracks from just west of Brownmoor to the S of the hill. Looks just as easy to start from Howden to the W.Minto04/01/2014