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Name: | Winsford Hill |
Hill number: | 17926 |
Height: | 427m / 1401ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2889 Dunkery Beacon |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Somerset |
Hill area: | Exmoor |
Catchment: | Exe |
Class: | Tump (400-499m), Clem (Tu,4,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SS 87693 34282 |
Summit feature: | trig point |
Drop: | 78m |
Col: | 349m SS835385 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 181 (1:25k) OL9E |
Observations: | ground to 100m SE may be as high; higher tumulus 25m NW at SS 87672 34287 is not at natural summit |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 73 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Easy bag. We parked just down the road so we got a bit of ascent and followed the parallel path to the stony trig. Afterwards we drove around to and bagged Great Rowbarrow re-bagged Dunkery Beacon in the process. | DanTrig | 22/03/2024 |
From the road | rfoster | 21/10/2023 |
Trig pillar. | cjo | 07/04/2023 |
On way back to Derbyshire from long weekend's walking from Lynton and Lynmouth. Very easy but worth the stop. | Mark Sims | 10/07/2022 |
Almost a drive over, 2 mins from the road. Nice, windswept Exmoor hill despite its easiness. Drive from Warwick to Ilfracombe today so seeking out some easy tumps on the way. Reviving coffee at Exford before visit. | pwheeler | 04/06/2022 |
Quick stop in the layby whilst passing. Visited trig, tumulus and alternative highpoint. | PGCE | 09/12/2021 |
Barely 100 metres from the road so a very easy bag! Paused at Winsford Hill to walk the dogs with Carol on a hot sunny day. Great all-round views. Stopped here again later in the day and ate a belated lunch. | Skip | 22/07/2021 |
From car park SE of high point, nice short amble. The barrow certainly wins over the trig for highest point. Visited the other two barrows too. Great 360 views. Third of trio of quick tump bags as weather unreliable. With Tiarnán. | Pete West | 09/10/2020 |
Parked on side of road to south west. Jumped out of car, ran to the summit in about 20 seconds (and bagged trig point), then ran back to car before heading for a fab lunch at Woods in Dulverton. One of the easiest hills you could bag without making a walk of it. | RichieRambler | 28/08/2019 |
Solo | simon and co | 05/08/2019 |
Short walk from car park to trig & HP | fosal29 | 02/08/2019 |
On way home after walking the Exe Valley Way | Poolton123 | 04/05/2019 |
Parked in decent car park to SE. Huge views from barrow summit. | Campbell Singer | 11/04/2019 |
Beautiful fresh spring morning. From cp to SE. | Barbara Singer | 11/04/2019 |
Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: 
 
Parking on road with a path direct to pillar. Lovely stone pillar with NT sign. With Coineanach Hutch. #3 pillar of the trip. Also a Tump and a geocaching YOSM YSM0024 Winsford Hill. | thejackrustles | 29/03/2019 |
Parked just south and walked across the moorland to the trig. | clivevilla | 27/03/2019 |
Short walk from road | citygent | 14/08/2018 |
From lay-by. Good views. | PeterD | 27/06/2018 |
From the roadside layby, a short walk to the trig point and tumulus | Mariana Trench | 22/04/2017 |
A short walk for its YSM status. | Walker Dan | 14/03/2017 |
Parking on the road to the south. Five mintes return. | moorsman | 14/06/2016 |
Short hop from roadside parking on B3223. Trig pillar sits beside a Bronze Age bowl barrow. The barrow is higher and has been part of the landscape for 3,000+ years - it's the HP of the hill. | jonglew | 04/04/2016 |
Shame the wind is so strong today it's difficult to stand up. | Alancache | 09/03/2016 |
Loop of Winsford Hill and Bye Common from Winsford village. | davidpettit84 | 07/11/2015 |
Parked car on roadside and then walked a very short distance to the summit Trig Point. | Neil Haslewood | 23/09/2015 |
With Jo, from B3223, short walk to Winsford Hill. Weather; sunny, warm, good visibility. | amblerbob | 29/06/2015 |
6/8 of long day ! Impossible to get lost on this one...100 metres from road..nice views when the fog lifted. | Fergalh | 15/11/2014 |
Stopped off whilst driving by and Joe and I raced to the summit, nice views. | fnem | 05/04/2014 |
Having climbed up from Winsford village on a previous visit (and missing the top!) I returned for the quick stroll from the car park. | Isambard | 05/03/2014 |
From rough lay-by on B3223 at SS 87661 34214. Minimal time, distance and ascent for this one. | David Gradwell | 25/10/2011 |
After 4 hour wet outing on South Dartmoor a long drive to Exmoor (for Darren)for an evening of mostly drive by bagging of Clems , Humps and 400m tops. NT Trig right by road. sunny evening now | Chris Pearson | 11/08/2010 |
RHW | 08/06/2003 | |
Solo. | MickyRoss | 23/08/1997 |
Easy bag by the side of the road | Tony Hartry | 06/06/1995 |
Martin R | 19/02/2024 | |
Andy West | 15/05/2023 | |
Matt | 01/07/2022 | |
Idris | 17/12/2021 | |
poppiesrara | 08/10/2021 | |
ianwatson | 18/08/2021 | |
midlife_hiking | 16/05/2021 | |
NickDelaney | 02/05/2021 | |
Howards | 10/07/2020 | |
GordonAdshead | 07/07/2020 | |
Swindon Bagger | 05/07/2020 | |
andrew brown | 10/11/2018 | |
Rockdoctor | 09/07/2018 | |
mae | 04/10/2017 | |
Adrian | 15/05/2017 | |
MM | 30/08/2016 | |
KM | 30/08/2016 | |
pwatson1980 | 02/10/2015 | |
nicolajane | 16/10/2014 | |
RichardM | 30/09/2014 | |
Denise | 30/09/2014 | |
tomandivy | 28/03/2014 | |
jimbloomer | 17/10/2013 | |
Moorponder | 16/08/2012 | |
TK | 26/06/2012 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 25/10/2011 | |
dickiewren | 11/07/2011 | |
stevent0809 | 02/01/2011 | |
BrianMatthews | 30/06/2010 | |
Dusty | 01/12/2008 | |
George Gradwell | 23/06/2008 | |
isabelle | 20/10/2007 | |
CXB | 26/10/2004 | |
CXB | 24/10/2004 | |
Mattbrolly | 24/10/2004 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
IainT | 10/02/1996 | |
CXB | 31/08/1980 | |
Jonathan Russell | 01/01/1970 |