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Name:Beacons Down
Hill number:15884
Height:101m / 331ft
Parent (Ma):2288  Craig y Llyn
RHB Section:32C: Neath to Chepstow
County/UA:Vale of Glamorgan
Catchment:Ogmore
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:SS 88722 75428
Summit feature:no feature: ground by wall
Drop:32m
Col:69m  SS898743  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 170
(1:25k) 151W
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 28 users)ByDate of Ascent
Parked at 88508 75100, up the row, then left up a field.clivevilla29/11/2023
Aren't five bar gates awkward to get over, wearing wellies, when they are leaning over?Martin R15/11/2023
7 mile run loop from St Brides with Erinmilejunkie24/12/2022
A very pleasant circular walk from ST 0457 8330 - golf course edge, Beacons Down top (W of wall in the field - Res compound not penetrable for my dimensions), Heol-y-mynydd, and return along the Coast path beneath Ogmore-by-Sea.summitsup29/08/2022
From Heol-y-slough Lane west of St Brides Major, north along the track to the high ground by the reservoir compound, though I didn’t bother to hop the wall to the slightly higher ground in the other side.Mariana Trench31/08/2020
Grassy summit, sunny day.kasharic25/07/2018
From Heol y mynydd. Parked on the common.Campbell Singer25/06/2017
Along the lane from the south, past reservoir , through gate and through a hole in the wall along edge of field.Jemma Singer25/04/2017
Pleasant grassy path from the south.Barbara Singer25/04/2017
After Old Castle Down, parking on the common by cattle grid. Did a stock fence here to avoid knee-deep mud at field gate, but then needed to hop over stone wall as determined HP was on W side, edge of an arable field.jonglew20/12/2016
Parked off the B-road before the cattle grid then up track around woodland to flattish moorland summit of Old Castle Down. Back down to car over road then road and tracks to Beacons Down near reservoir then gate into field to bag high point by wall. Went to both sides of wall for completeness.Dugswell220/10/2016
From sw, arable field edge by wall, SS 88715 75425RHW15/10/2016
Short walk from road to SW along ROW. HP in field to South of reservoir. Good views on a clear day.PeterD03/10/2016
Parked in the Ogmore-by-the sea CP made my way up through the village near Sutton Farm narrow track leads to the village of Heol-y-mynydd open track leads to the reservoir, highest point opposite by the wallTony Hartry14/09/2016
Wind and rain during the ascent - and then clearing to give views over to North Devon and along the coast to Pembrokeshire... shame there is a water reservoir on the top - but I suppose folks have got to drinkM3WDD24/07/2016
Sunny day with the galsPip5630/05/2016
Natural High point in adjacent field to reservoir close to wall at SS88717542. Higher and south of than ROW.Dusty05/07/2015
Actual summit fenced in within Southerndown Reservoir. Highest accessible point on path adjacent. Ran up from Ogmore-by-sea.welshyboyo26/12/2013
Along the lane from the south, past reservoir , through gate and through a hole in the wall along edge of field.Jemma Singerblank
Halfdecent19/06/2023
mnixon31/07/2022
andrew brown09/12/2020
amarillo-oro-como17/12/2018
ngthack22/08/2018
stevent080908/08/2016
Adrian21/02/2016
underhill31/08/2015
Ramblingpaul11/02/2015