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Name: | Broomfield Hill |
Hill number: | 17964 |
Height: | 292m / 958ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2890 Wills Neck |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Somerset |
Catchment: | Parrett |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | ST 21481 33228 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground c 70m NW of trig point |
Drop: | 69m |
Col: | 223m ST206329 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 182 (1:25k) 140 |
Observations: | ground 20m SE is 10cm lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 40 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From a local campsite walked to Bishops Lydeard and took the No28 bus to Bicknoller from where we walked up onto the ridge. Then heading S to Black Hill, Wills Neck, Lydeard Hill, Broomfield Hill (unmarked path from 5 way junction to SW with parking for 2 cars), Cothelstone Hill and back to the campsite. Weather was breezy and overcast before turning to rain midway through. The drover road section after Crowcombe Gate under the beech trees was very atmospheric in the cloud and the breeze. With Gillian | richard69 | 26/07/2023 |
Parked at Cothelstone Hill car park. Along road, then up RichardM's path (very muddy). Visited summit and trig. Returned NW to road and car park. | PGCE | 12/12/2021 |
Parked to SW and followed path to stile into pasture. Went to HP and then Trig. | PeterD | 19/09/2021 |
Parked on minor road to SW then took footpaths to style into pasture. Across pasture to Trig. HP about 70m NNW in pasture. | fosal29 | 25/07/2019 |
Parked to the east. Beautiful morning and delightful views from pasture summit. | Campbell Singer | 29/03/2019 |
Via trig point | cjo | 26/12/2018 |
HP is on grassy domed field c 85 p NW of a trig. Highland cows munched curiously.We accessed from the free Buncombe Wood carpark to the west, using various informal paths through the woods. Nice views. | Denise | 09/02/2018 |
Lane E from 5-way road junction then after 100m path on LHS assends through woodland to summit field grazed by docile Highland Coos. Summit unmarked pasture ~75m NNW of trig pillar. Good views, sunshine, scattered cumulus. | RichardM | 09/02/2018 |
5/5 (Dowsborough/Black Hill/Lydeard Hill/Cothelstone Hill/Broomfield Hill) | Fergalh | 09/08/2017 |
Parked in the lane above Rockhouse Farm and across field to trig & top. | Ramblingpaul | 24/05/2017 |
Parked at Travellers Rest pub, landlord begrudgingly allowed me despite pub not open. RoW up through woodland then direct across large pasture with small herd of highland cattle in residence. NT land. HP between trig pillar and enclosed copse. | jonglew | 11/02/2016 |
Pasture from style at high point of lane to the NE | GordonAdshead | 25/10/2015 |
From Cothelstone Hill car park | Poolton123 | 30/08/2015 |
Crowcombe to Taunton. As well as DG's gate, there's a stile W of trig (ST218332) guarded by some impressively horned but docile highland cattle. | Smudge | 08/03/2015 |
I parked at the Pines Tea Shop walked along the road to the Pub then turned left on a path up to the hill. Summit was between the small copse and the trig point. I also visited the other area over 290 metres near the wood. Large flock of Chaffinch feeding on Beech Masts. I did get some views but it was cool and breezy with some sleety showers. | isabelle | 28/01/2015 |
Visited on bike tour - Bridgwater to Exeter. | fasgadh | 31/03/2012 |
Rough verge parking at ST 21185 32578. After turning right at path junction in c120m there's a gate in fence at ST 21333 32998. Highest point is c60m WNW of trig at ST 21493 33214. There was a bull in the field with cows but it didn't take much notice of us. | David Gradwell | 25/10/2011 |
RHW | 11/11/2006 | |
With: solo; Walked up from Spaxton via Merrifield to Broomfield Hill Trig Point, then along to Cothelstone Hill and back. | Ian Baines | 14/10/1979 |
Martin R | 16/02/2024 | |
Halfdecent | 04/02/2024 | |
maknipe | 04/10/2023 | |
ringo | 04/10/2023 | |
Andy West | 17/05/2023 | |
Matt | 28/06/2022 | |
Swindon Bagger | 02/06/2022 | |
mart0797 | 17/06/2021 | |
Alan Whatley | 29/03/2019 | |
andrew brown | 09/11/2018 | |
Adrian | 11/03/2017 | |
abbo0001 | 15/03/2015 | |
Ianto&Sue | 29/06/2014 | |
jimbloomer | 25/02/2014 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 25/10/2011 | |
George Gradwell | 25/10/2011 | |
stevent0809 | 10/10/2010 | |
BrianMatthews | 30/06/2010 | |
lpiper | 04/04/2010 | |
Dusty | 14/07/2009 | |
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