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Name:Long Hill
Hill number:18176
Height:165.1m / 542ft
Parent (Ma):2895  Long Knoll
RHB Section:41: South Central England
County/UA:Wiltshire
Catchment:Avon & Stour
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:ST 80576 32591
Summit feature:ground by path
Drop:41m
Col:124m  ST802328  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 183
(1:25k) 143
Observations:ground 340m W by toposcope at ST 80918 32554 is 1.4m lower
Comments:Relocated from ST809325 January 2015
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 43 users)ByDate of Ascent
White Sheet Hill, Castle Hill and Long Hill from Stourhead. The goats were friendly today!Chris Peart24/10/2023
Butted several times by one of the goats, however I think really it was hoping for a tidbit.Martin R20/10/2023
From Castle St Car Park in Mere. Up between Castle Hill and Long Hill and along the ridge to summit.clivevilla30/07/2023
From White sheet hill to here and castle hill before heading on to Zeals knoll and back to car. Didn't see goats....guttedstagger onward20/05/2023
Path leads right over the summitTrantham Clan29/04/2023
With RosaidhBigNick07/04/2023
Parked on housing estate ST 809 324DC11main03/04/2022
Lovely circuit from Mere, over Long Hill, Zeal's Knoll and White Sheet Hill. My altimeter couldn't separate the two Long Hill tops but I'll accept that the western one is the higherColin Crawford16/10/2021
Parked in Castle St cp. Took the eastern approach up the hill. Easy walking up grassy paths. No goats but we were told they are still there. Back via Castle Hill and straight down into village opposite the cp.Campbell Singer13/10/2021
Great viewpoint but a bit noisy.Barbara Singer13/10/2021
From Mere, up to monument/ Csstle Hill then over Long Hill, past goats. A nice walk to be able to do from the town. Then onto Zeals Knoll (qv for log)pwheeler22/09/2021
Highlight of the day were the 20 or so goats and kids grazing on the summit ridge, very friendly.cjo30/12/2020
Free parking in Mere. Castle Street car park: path opposite to Castle Hill. Then Long Hill and Zeals Knoll.PGCE22/09/2020
Grassy ridge with hawthorne and wildflowers, populated by an engaging herd of goats. HP on ridge path. Great views. Castle Hill (presumably unnatural?) to east apparently higher and also worth visiting, with war memorial, topograph and Union JackDenise 22/06/2020
From the W along the ridge crossing the high point then past group of goats fighting for a place on the seat and onto the excellent Castle Hill with its topograph, fine views and Union Jack streaming from flag pole.RichardM22/06/2020
From White Sheet Hill car park. 9km circuit, White Sheet Hill, Long Hill & Zeals Knoll. ROW from White Sheet Hill. Steeply up then ROW west to HP then on to Zeals Knoll.fosal2914/02/2020
12 mile circular from Mere taking in Long Hill, Zeals Knoll, Long Knoll, Little Knoll and White Sheet Hill. A quick ascent up onto Long Hill, bagged both summits a nice view from this little hill, then followed path north, under the A303 and onto Zeals Knoll.DanTrig08/10/2019
Short walk from car park to South.rhalstead24/08/2019
Started at the White Sheet Hill car park and headed SW initially. At ST 791 347 there's another hill top memorial to about 20 RAF men who crashed into the hill during WWII. Simple walk from there to Zeals Knoll, avoiding a mature bean crop by following wide grass margins. Then both summits of Long Hill and back up to the top of White Sheet Hill. Lots of corn buntings. About 5.5 miles.Herbert Anchovy28/06/2019
From Mere steeply up to old top - good views, then on to HP.Continued to Zeals Knoll.PeterD24/09/2017
After White Sheet Hill, good climb up from the town, views curtailed by mist & fog. Took pictures on the old summit, but did both.DanMaisieBex07/01/2017
Walked from Mere along the ridge from the site of the castle.Swindon Bagger30/09/2016
A lovely little steep sided chalk ridge - very much part of the small town of Mere with paths and seats wandering up it to the memorial to the 43 Wessex regiment whose 'Tommys' suffered 3000 killed during the campaign in NW Europe in WWII. A crisp St George's flag was flying from the summit flagpole on this Armed Forces Day, and had been taken down when I passed back after visiting Zeals Knoll. A local out dog walking agreed that it was a lovely hill and that anecdotedly half the population of Mere had had their ashes scattered either on Long Hill or White Sheet Hill. Very unbothered herd of a dozen goats flaked out in the heat across the summit path -one comfy on one of the seats.Chris Pearson30/07/2016
east summit (tandem trip)TeasyChris10/05/2016
On way back from Zeals Knoll on a wild Xmas pm. West summit has two contour rings but only one summit discernable. East summit about p15m by gps, viewfinder a nice retrospective on last few hills of the afternoon. Down in the duskRHW25/12/2015
Parked in Castle Street car park (free). An alley opposite gives direct access to the hill. Visited the old and new summits but as there's no line of sight between them I won't venture an opinion.Chris Peart04/02/2015
Mere to Warminster. Herd of tame goats roaming the slopes of Castle Hill. A query has led to revision of summit location westwards.Smudge27/12/2014
Circular walk from White Sheet Hill car park, S through Mere, then W. Steep little hill, but not much to it. Flat plateau for a summit with war memorial, bench seats, flagpole and a toposcope (marking the summit point).jonglew24/09/2014
Walked up from Mereekm01/04/2014
From car park on housing estate in Mere Village at ST 81193 32609. Good path to summit. Highest point beside topography.David Gradwell03/04/2012
Halfdecent05/02/2024
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jimbloomer24/07/2021
Andy West04/07/2021
Steve Q10/06/2018
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