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| Name: | Withypool Hill |
| Hill number: | 17929 |
| Height: | 399m / 1309ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2889 Dunkery Beacon |
| RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
| County/UA: | Somerset |
| Hill area: | Exmoor |
| Catchment: | Exe |
| Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
| Grid ref: | SS 84011 34454 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn on rim of tumulus |
| Drop: | 37m |
| Col: | 362m SS 8340 3417  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 181 (1:25k) OL9E |
| Observations: | ground by small cairn is higher than large cairn in centre of tumulus |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 38 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Withypool | rfoster | 21/10/2023 |
| From Portland Bridge, met couple at summit who had spent the day on the beach and were now taking dogs for walk. | cjo | 07/03/2023 |
| Parking for 2 cars at sharp corner to W. Quick up and down. | PGCE | 10/12/2021 |
| On path from west. Earthworks with scattered gorse and heather and large cairn. Wild views. | Denise | 26/10/2020 |
| From track to the SW up mown grass slope past the indistinct stone circle. 2 other people on the summit! Lunch in sunshine. | RichardM | 26/10/2020 |
| Walked up from the Tarr Steps past the stone circle | Swindon Bagger | 05/07/2020 |
| Parked on minor road to east. Short walk up the moor to cairn. | fosal29 | 19/09/2019 |
| Staying at Withypool for summer hols. Gentle walk up and over with Jill, Emma and Pooch. | RichieRambler | 21/08/2019 |
| Walking the Exe Valley Way | Poolton123 | 04/05/2019 |
| Parked next to bridge to NW. Good path to top. | Campbell Singer | 11/04/2019 |
| Parked to the SW where the road bends there is a small car park and a track leads all the way to the summit from there. A nice walk. | clivevilla | 27/03/2019 |
| With B | benwloudon | 02/09/2018 |
| From parking to West, followed track to top. | PeterD | 27/06/2018 |
| 7/8 (Willet Hill/Willet Hill North Top/Elworthy Barrows/Kings Wood Hill(Chidgley Hill)/Ley Hill/Road Hill/Withypool Hill/Bye Commons) | Fergalh | 17/12/2017 |
| Ran from Withypool up to Withypool Hill across to Withypool Common. Then down to the River Barle which I walked through and up to Thornmeade Hill with a return along the Two Moors Way. It was a cloudy day with occasional brightness and a bit of drizzle. Time taken 2hours 15 minutes for 8 miles. No other people seen on the hills. Plenty of Wildlife including Raven, Buzzard, Snow Bunting, Robin, Snipe, Stonechat, Bullfinch, Chaffinch and Winter Thrushes. | isabelle | 04/12/2017 |
| Ascended on good path from NW. Descended via underwhelming stone circle. | davidpettit84 | 23/06/2017 |
| Parked Pontford Bridge where I found BM. Then straight up to ring barrow at top. Then returned via stone circle. Last hill of long morning. | Dusty | 15/02/2017 |
| Small pull-in directly opposite the start of the track running from the east (alt 1102ft). Good path upwards all the way to the summit. | moorsman | 15/06/2016 |
| Small pull-in on minor road to E. Reasonable track from there to top of the hill. | jonglew | 03/04/2016 |
| With Jo, from Withypool: road SE to Blackmoreland then tracks to Withypool Hill and Withypool Common, then across to Landacre Lane and tracks to Thornemead Hill, returning along Kitridge Lane. Weather, sunny, warm breeze, good visibility. | amblerbob | 03/07/2015 |
| From E, moorland a little boggy | RHW | 03/04/2015 |
| I was dropped off at Withypool at the Royal Oak pub, this being my 2nd day walking on the Two moors way. I proceeded up the minor road (also the Exe valley way trail) and at the brow of the hill set off onto the bare hill climbing towards the summit. There seems to be several tumuli and therefore several candidates for the summit but I visited all of them. I loved the way the wind was blowing through the grass sending ripples through it. Beautiful views in particular over to Withypool common. I investigated the stone circle that is down on the shoulder of the hill although the stones are pretty tiny! Descent was via a track heading N and then North east to get back onto the Minor road and back into Withypool, before continuing on my Two moors way walk. | Dazingdale | 23/03/2013 |
| From rough lay-by on minor road to east at SS 84623 34605. Path is a strange broad swathe of short vegetation but very damp and soggy. We found it better to walk along the edge in the longer stuff. There's a decent cairn on the summit tumulus but highest point is rim of tumulus 15m W of cairn. We actually built a smaller cairn at this point. | David Gradwell | 25/10/2011 |
| Martin R | 20/02/2024 | |
| Andy West | 14/05/2023 | |
| Matt | 01/07/2022 | |
| Musiris | 02/04/2022 | |
| Adrian | 12/09/2020 | |
| mazz | 12/09/2020 | |
| clique | 17/02/2019 | |
| andrew brown | 10/11/2018 | |
| stevent0809 | 31/12/2016 | |
| nicolajane | 16/10/2014 | |
| jimbloomer | 26/02/2014 | |
| Edwin Gradwell | 25/10/2011 | |
| George Gradwell | 25/10/2011 | |
| andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
| IainT | 26/11/1998 |