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Name:Cherhill Down
Hill number:18364
Height:262m / 860ft
Parent (Ma):2906  Walbury Hill
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Wiltshire
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Avon (Bristol), Thames
Watershed:Greater Thames Estuary, Dover to Cape Wrath, Land's End to John o' Groats, Severn Estuary, The Lizard to Dunnet Head
Class:Tump (200-299m), Clem
(Tu,2,Cm)
Grid ref:SU 05320 68924
Summit feature:no feature: ground 5m S of fence
Drop:86m
Col:176m  SU041658  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 173
(1:25k) 157
Observations:trees hamper GPS measurement; Oldbury Castle ramparts at SU 05049 69157 are as high but man made and not on natural summit
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 47 users)ByDate of Ascent
Wessex Ridgeway from Avebury to Devizes and back to car with hills attachedPhilipChaston19/02/2023
Visited summit then across to the monument which is still awaiting restoration. Cows grazing on summit area. Very misty, no views.cjo19/12/2021
Parked on the A4. After approx 600m I took the left fork then quit the fp and followed a farmers track which delivers me virtually to the top. A family followed me thinking I knew where I was going. They were correct but hadn't factored in that I was probably the only person that day who did not have the monument as their primary target.DC11main18/07/2021
Parked in layby on A4. Visited summit, ramparts, obelisk and white horse. A nice walk.PGCE04/01/2021
Beckhampton to Avebury.Smudge01/12/2019
Rough lane from N starting at SU 0557.7021. Track to crest of hill, a little further on is stile on L leading to summit. Then visited monument, still under scaffolding and cladding awaiting restoration by NT 'when funding available'.Aye Jimmy14/07/2019
From Cherhill A4 via Cherhill Down tump on Calstone Down. Nice 6 mile walk featuring view of white horse, wander through Oldbury hill fort, a stretch of roman road to Morgans Hill tump. Uncertain if Furze Knoll or fallen trig higher. That bagged, followed Wansdyke, and back via charming old rectory at Calstone Wellington.Pete West18/02/2019
Parked where post box is on A 4. Looks like a redundant bus stop as ther is no sign. Good path all the way. Bit muddy at the start. Huge hill fort. Great views.Campbell Singer11/12/2018
From A4 lay-by to NW, past White horse, over HP on ramparts to spot height south of fence and also north of fence which may be as high. Back via Lansdowne monument. Good views.PeterD07/05/2018
Hp is N of fence in cow pasture, but OS spot height is to south, nearby. Sunny windy day. Superb area with chalk downs, ancient roads and ditches, plus the 1845 Lansdowne Monument ( based shuttered due to risk of falling masonry) nearby.Denise 31/03/2017
On broad ridge SE of the hill fort. Cattle pasture with clumps of gorse, scattered hawthorn trees and a group of beech trees. Top of ring mound of hill fort is a similar height. A nice interesting hill with great if hazy views.RichardM31/03/2017
Also went to the hill fort to bag the Dewey notable hill summit. Parked on A4 east of Cherhill.clivevilla26/08/2016
From A4 layby on Wessex Ridgeway.rhalstead18/08/2016
From the A4 in Cherhill to the highest point of the ramparts via the White Horse and the monumentMariana Trench01/05/2016
Climbed up from the A4, picnic with the cows near the monuments & then over Oldbury to the summitDanMaisieBex01/05/2016
Part of a 15 mile mountain bike circular ride from Devizes.kingabunyip17/04/2016
With Morgan's Hill from SU028660 (parking)jimbloomer11/10/2015
White horse and monument, good hill. Neither are on the summit though.Adrian30/05/2015
1/3 Magnificent white horse on side of hill easy track to topFergalh27/05/2015
Parked at SU059675 on A361 (plenty of parking) and worked my way up the byways and bridleways to the summit. Smashing hill fort!Chris Peart19/04/2015
Layby parking on A4, with plenty of good paths to the monument, Oldbury Castle and the White Horse. Reaching the highest point slightly more challenging with fences and cows. This is an excellent hill with great views, but the true top is unfortunately not the best place to appreciate them.Hillsidenick30/07/2013
Been up here a few times including, I think, this date when I found a lesser butterfly orchid.Herbert Anchovy14/06/2011
Climbed at dawn from Cherhill after Morgans Hill before breakfast & training day at Dauntsey's school. The London to Bath Roman Road crosses the S flank. The Lansdown monument is to William Petty 1623-87 -who charted Ireland for Cromwell's Model Army. Land was confiscated & given to those who had contributed to pay them off -incl. Petty who got a huge 120km2 of Kenmare. Petty is best known for his economic history and statistical analysis , before Adam Smith. He surveyed the population and livestock of his land to develop an understanding of the lands potential - the foundation for modern census techniques.Chris Pearson14/04/2010
First visit here after we moved to Lyneham. Top is short distance from the monument. Since been up to monument 10-12 times as it's nearest hill to our house. Plenty of parking on A4 laybys and different tracks to monument, a bit rough from there to hill summit. ***Revisited today, 10 Feb 2014, to clock the GR. At best estimate found it to be a short distance NW of 262m spot height on 1:25k map.jonglew12/11/2006
pleasant approach, fairly dull summit & view (in dark). tk from N then cross rough pasture from saddle to262, return via hill fort RHW18/10/2002
ChrisShaw199329/12/2023
SteveG15/12/2023
jamiet8725/02/2023
CXB19/10/2021
Martin R07/09/2021
phil10113/09/2020
Tony J17/07/2020
Andy West20/06/2020
Badders25/05/2019
clique04/08/2018
Steve Q28/05/2018
mae16/03/2018
Colin Crawford29/07/2017
Sainesy09/07/2017
andrew brown06/03/2017
stevent080924/11/2016
Swindon Bagger07/06/2015
abbo000108/03/2015
Jacqdaw05/06/2014
Jacqdaw30/07/2013
BrianMatthews09/12/2009
summitter01/01/2000