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Name: | Ley Hill |
Hill number: | 17951 |
Height: | 318m / 1043ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2889 Dunkery Beacon |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Somerset |
Hill area: | Exmoor |
Catchment: | Minor Rivers only (South) |
Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
Grid ref: | SS 88660 44688 |
Summit feature: | no feature: heather & gorse |
Drop: | 33m |
Col: | 285m SS871450 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 181 (1:25k) OL9E |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 39 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Leave ATV track at SS 88717 44698 to reduce heather bashing. | Martin R | 18/02/2024 |
From road near Woodcocks Ley | rfoster | 22/10/2023 |
On circular walk from Horner. | Swindon Bagger | 27/05/2023 |
Parked at start of track to NW. Quick up and down. | PGCE | 14/12/2022 |
4 of 5 on 15 mile hike starting in a lay-by just past brockwell village. Prickly bushes from off the path. With chantelle | The-Z-Man | 30/08/2021 |
Followed track SE- parking at track road junction. Thick gorse filled me with dread but luckily there was a cut section in the levelish summit area. HP indistinct. Nice views for lunch. | Denise | 25/10/2020 |
From the NNW on track from road. I thought it was going to be a fight through gorse but luckily, if you hold your nerve, the track reaches an area of 'mown' hillside with the summit high point. All quite level. Good views. | RichardM | 25/10/2020 |
Up track from NW and then a short prickly section. | Herbert Anchovy | 30/01/2020 |
Short walk from NW on a good track. Then into heather & gorse to find HP | fosal29 | 19/09/2019 |
From road to NW along track and then to HP in gorse, cut back area to south seemed lower. | PeterD | 19/04/2019 |
From the nw. Easy parking. Up good track. Gorse cut roughy back but is returning quickly. Fabulous views over Bristol Channel to S Wales. | Campbell Singer | 13/04/2019 |
Parked to the north, up the track before thrashing about in the heather and gorse. I then discovered that the HP is in an area that has been cleared. | clivevilla | 27/03/2019 |
Evening walk from holiday cottage in Doverhay, Porlock. 3 mile circular. | citygent | 15/08/2018 |
5/8 (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 |
Mountain biking on NT working holiday | garth87 | 29/06/2017 |
Easy roadside parking to the north at 303m. An equally easy walk almost to the top. A path leads off the stoned one on the coll and then 50m Heather bashing. 850m return. 32m ascent. Under 10 minutes return | moorsman | 26/06/2017 |
Good track from minor road to NW, then into gorse and heather for HP. | jonglew | 03/04/2016 |
With Jo, from lane to west, along track to Ley Hill. Weather; sunny, warm, good visibility. | amblerbob | 29/06/2015 |
Parked at side of road to NW of summit. With dad. | CJM | 26/06/2015 |
From NNW, gorse is shin height only, not bad at all. On 1:50k looks like twin top but on 1:10k hill to WNW at SS 87641 45063 is 1m lower | RHW | 03/04/2015 |
Thick gorse around the highest point. | davidpettit84 | 29/03/2015 |
Porlock Weir to Porlock. Checked out grassy 317m spot @ SS876450 as well as the gorse ridden summit location. | Smudge | 07/03/2015 |
A quick walk up!!! Yes it would have been apart from the fact there is no path to the very top, I ended up wading through heather and gorse it was very painful and the summit was flat making it hard to know where the actual top is. I will not be visiting the summit again!!! | isabelle | 09/03/2014 |
Verge parking at SS 88493 44986. Good track but upon leaving it the last 100m entails wallowing in heather and gorse. | David Gradwell | 23/10/2011 |
nice hill | Adrian | 06/03/2011 |
esartii | 17/03/2024 | |
Halfdecent | 25/10/2023 | |
Andy West | 15/05/2023 | |
Matt | 30/06/2022 | |
bladeblaster | 28/11/2020 | |
Barbara Singer | 13/04/2019 | |
andrew brown | 10/11/2018 | |
Dusty | 04/12/2017 | |
stevent0809 | 26/02/2016 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 23/10/2011 | |
George Gradwell | 23/10/2011 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
IainT | 26/12/1989 | |
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