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Name: | Bye Common |
Hill number: | 17933 |
Height: | 366m / 1201ft |
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 88056 35766 |
Summit feature: | no feature: pasture |
Drop: | 38m |
Col: | 328m SS871355 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 181 (1:25k) OL9E |
Observations: | ground near fence 80m W at SS 88050 35760 may be as high |
Survey: | Abney level |
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.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass. Please quote the hill number and hill name.
Logged Descriptions (logged by 32 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Took a pee in the direction of the Johnson farm. | Martin R | 20/02/2024 |
From Ash Lane | rfoster | 21/10/2023 |
Flatgrass, modern plastic water tank on northside of hedge | cjo | 07/04/2023 |
North up the row to sw then e to summit. | clivevilla | 09/07/2022 |
Parked to SW, near start of ROW. Quick up and down. | PGCE | 10/12/2021 |
Short walk along bridleway to levelish, indistinct summit in sheep pasture in moonlight. Parking possible on verge. | Denise | 26/10/2020 |
Parking on Ash Lane on steep grassy verge at start of bridleway. Levelish summit pasture, views down into Curr Cleave. | RichardM | 26/10/2020 |
Parked to the SW, up BW then east to HP | fosal29 | 02/08/2019 |
Parking on wide stretch of road at start of bw to south. Early morning gallop for three thoroughbreds on the summit pastures. Evidently the farm in the valley to the north is owned by the Johnson family (of Boris fame.). Still, the scenery is beautiful. | Campbell Singer | 12/04/2019 |
Sheep, lambs, horses. | Barbara Singer | 12/04/2019 |
From SW, up BW then east to HP. Nearby enbankment was higher but man made. | PeterD | 27/06/2018 |
8/8 (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 |
Same as jonglew | Dusty | 15/02/2017 |
Parking by the gate at the start of the bridleway from the west. Follow the fenceline up as far as the first fence. Follow the waymarks across easy (cow filled) pastureland to the summit. | moorsman | 14/06/2016 |
Parking on wide roadside verge at SS 87743 35490. RoW to HP in sheep pasture, approx 30m to N of path. | jonglew | 04/04/2016 |
Loop of Winsford Hill and Bye Common from Winsford village. | davidpettit84 | 07/11/2015 |
From SW, RoW; summit N side of hedgebank | RHW | 03/04/2015 |
Parked on low grass embankment adjacent to gate at SS 87716 35515. Bridleway to featureless summit. | David Gradwell | 25/10/2011 |
Halfdecent | 25/10/2023 | |
Matt | 01/07/2022 | |
Adrian | 12/09/2020 | |
isabelle | 07/06/2020 | |
andrew brown | 10/11/2018 | |
Rockdoctor | 09/07/2018 | |
stevent0809 | 31/12/2016 | |
nicolajane | 16/10/2014 | |
jimbloomer | 26/02/2014 | |
Moorponder | 19/08/2012 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 25/10/2011 | |
George Gradwell | 25/10/2011 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
IainT | 26/11/1998 |