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Name: | Launde Hill |
Hill number: | 17329 |
Height: | 202m / 663ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2869 Cleeve Hill |
RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
County/UA: | Leicestershire |
Catchment: | Wash |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | SK 78611 04160 |
Summit feature: | no feature: pasture |
Drop: | 38m |
Col: | 164m SK780041 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 141 (1:25k) 233E |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 37 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Very long ride on gravel bike and farmer caught be going up to Round Hill so missed that one | visionset | 13/09/2023 |
Parked on verge at approx 783031. Right of way, then paths through Launde Big Wood, then over bwf and electric fence into summit field. | Mark Jackson | 04/02/2023 |
From the N. | sclater | 26/01/2023 |
Parked to the SE. Enough room for three or four cars by start of p/f. SK795 035. | David Evans | 15/01/2023 |
6 of 9 on 35 mile bike ride starting In billesdon. Left bike behind bush across from brooms fams. Farmer out in tractor. Asked permission for summit and was happy to let me do so | The-Z-Man | 24/08/2022 |
From Oxey Crossroads through welcome access of Launde Big Wood nature reserve / SSSI - semi-natural ancient woodland. The poetic Wildlife Trust's web writer extols that Launde Woods is 'sure never to disappoint. Whether you’re admiring wildflowers or listening for nightingales, enjoying butterflies in the summer, indulging in a spot of ‘Shinrin-yoku’ (forest bathing) or looking for signs of badgers, the ancient atmosphere of this magical forest will soothe you and give you a truly wild experience' Have they invented forest bathing for their blurb? They gloss over that all this bliss may be shattered by birds being shot (which they dont control.) 
They are also a bit off the truth with their claim that it 'is situated on a hill top, with superb vistas of the surrounding countryside – a walk to admire the view is a must'. There are no views unless you escape out ofthe top of the wood over a barbed wire fence in a thicket - to gain the pasture summit (and nettle covered muck heap). | Chris Pearson | 20/05/2022 |
Verge parking to the west near brooms farm. | robertphillips | 09/04/2022 |
Parked near gateway at 78229 04199, over padlocked gate and up into wood before emerging into a field not so visible from the farm. Continued up to summit. No cattle today. | clivevilla | 01/02/2022 |
Parked at entrance to track to the SW. Along track then across field into wood. Up through woods to find tracks, as others have done. | PGCE | 24/12/2020 |
Field gate south of Brooms Farm, south side of field boundary. Into the woods following wide tracks keeping left at each junction until a small gate, then over a gate next to a horse jump to summit field. Summit field surrounded by electric fence. | johnkenyon | 01/11/2020 |
Verge wide enough for a car at SK 7810 0393. Took a field gate opp Broom's Farm. Cattle pasture complete with a big herd of overly inquisitive cattle. | jonglew | 23/08/2020 |
Walked in on the path from the east. Cut up through the wood on a wide but muddy ride from an access sign. Went through the gate at the top and crossed a gate to reach the summit. | JohnW | 22/03/2020 |
Left the car parked at Oxey Cross Roads after having bagged Round Hill. Followed road E then picked up RoW running up side of field to woods. A gate 200m from the SW corner of the woods allowed access to a grassy track through woods and out the other side, just to E of HP. One unlocked gate allowed access to the field with HP in. Back the same way. Fifth of seven today. | Wheelsy | 09/08/2019 |
Via gate opposite Broom's Farm to East with farmer's permission. V. muddy gateway onto field at present | carole engel | 13/02/2019 |
Belton in Rutland to Billesdon. Launde Big Wood approach. | Smudge | 19/01/2019 |
From SE, parking near spot height 179m. Along track/fp to entrance to woods and nature reserve. Path to northern edge of woods then easy ascent to HP. County completion. | PeterD | 07/12/2018 |
Quick up and down job from Broom Farm. | Wycombe Wanderer | 17/07/2018 |
as for GordonAdshead | arranc | 11/07/2018 |
Parked at X roads to SE then followed AJ's route. Muddy and plenty of trees down | Mark Sims | 29/01/2018 |
Used track from ESE starting at SK7952.0352. Followed this to gate into Big Wood Nature Reserve. Broad grassy track leads through pleasant wood to emerge at gate. Step over fence and summit is not far away, a field with nettle patches overtopped by manure heap and a lot of curious cows. | Aye Jimmy | 13/05/2017 |
Easy stroll up through Launde Big Wood nature reserve. | Colin Crawford | 04/01/2017 |
Accessed from Launde Big Wood, local wildlife trust site with ancient woodland to south of summit. Top indistinct in domed grassy field. Clear views, cold breeze, sunny. | Denise | 26/12/2016 |
Did not manage as too many people at Broom's Farm and attempted access also from spot height 187 but would have qualified as trespassing so we decided to be the bigger people - shame!! 
By bicycle with DTL. 33 miles, 2,120ft ascent total. | Fionalevey | 24/02/2016 |
Parked to north at spot height 185M next to 2 huge farm equipment stores. As it was very early I walked round the stores' yard and into field, followed ridge south, into dip over a fence in triplicate and up onto summit. 20 minutes there and back. 4th of the morning. | Campbell Singer | 04/12/2015 |
No problem walking straight up the hill from open way opposite entrance to Broom's Farm. Parked 30m S | GordonAdshead | 30/07/2015 |
Approached from Launde Park. Rough pasture at summit area. | Adrian | 18/05/2014 |
Hill no6 of 6 on this day! Took fp alongside the Eastern boundary and followed fp through wood to Northern boundary where I travelled along the fence westwards for about 20 metres before climbing through. Nice views. I took a different route out to access the fp going eastwards | Dazingdale | 11/01/2014 |
Nettly pasture, 194m +/-3m. from W, tk to wood, gate to pasture, a bit overlooked, no probs. park 300m to S | RHW | 08/05/2011 |
Martin R | 06/02/2022 | |
cbarbrook | 17/04/2021 | |
Barry Smith | 23/08/2020 | |
geoffreycurnock | 22/05/2020 | |
BrianMatthews | 06/08/2019 | |
DC11main | 27/07/2018 | |
KC | 06/07/2017 | |
RichardM | 26/12/2016 | |
ngthack | 10/02/2016 | |
andrew brown | 26/05/2015 |