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| Name: | West Hill |
| Hill number: | 18399 |
| Height: | 211m / 692ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2912 Ditchling Beacon |
| RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
| County/UA: | West Sussex |
| Catchment: | Adur, Catchment Boundaries |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
| Grid ref: | TQ 27917 11750 |
| Summit feature: | no feature |
| Drop: | 89m |
| Col: | 122m TQ272113  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 198 (1:25k) OL11 122 |
| Observations: | flat summit area |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 104 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| SteveG | 06/10/2023 | |
| The Maise | 06/10/2023 | |
| On day three South Downs Way | nickywood1 | 29/09/2023 |
| Parked by the footbridge over A23 in Pyecombe to the N. Public footpath to summit and on to the B&H UA high point. | Minto | 01/07/2023 |
| After the UA top, a quick bag requiring minimal effort. | gerrybowes | 20/06/2023 |
| Andy West | 30/05/2023 | |
| hyphenated | 29/05/2023 | |
| Short way off the South Downs Way. | fosal29 | 17/11/2022 |
| Parked in the SDW car park at 27112 11398 and up the SDW to do both West Hills. | clivevilla | 06/09/2022 |
| PaulOnFoot | 12/08/2022 | |
| Kendall | 30/01/2022 | |
| daveyf2001 | 27/09/2021 | |
| Martin R | 28/06/2021 | |
| Scott Morley 86 | 18/05/2021 | |
| garlicbread | 08/05/2021 | |
| Richard | 24/04/2021 | |
| Matt | 18/04/2021 | |
| Parked in Pyecombe. Wolstonbury Hill (trig and summit) and West Hill (summit and joint county top). | PGCE | 23/11/2020 |
| From Pyecombe Street and over footbridge across A23. Then Brighton and Hove boundary. | KC | 11/10/2020 |
| With E. From small car park adjacent to Saddlescombe Farm owned by National Trust, up South Downs Way then down bridleway to fence corner and the current county/UA twin top. Also visited nearby unmarked West Hill top which had excellent views over the Downs. | Beeliner | 05/10/2020 |
| A day on the South Downs enjoying the aftermath of Storm Alex. Using the SDW and the Sussex Border Path. Parked at Ditchling and set off in the rain. Ditchling Beacon - Chattri War Memorial - West Hill - Devil's Dyke - Edburton Hill - Truleigh Hill - Wolstonbury Hill - Ditchling Car park. The afternoon weather was a lot better. | Buck | 03/10/2020 |
| Would have skirted this on SDW, this time bagged the summit from Saddlescombe following the bw to its N back down. Continued via punch bowl to Devils Dyke | pwheeler | 10/09/2020 |
| Detour from SDW | lerritt | 22/08/2020 |
| NickDelaney | 31/07/2020 | |
| Bagged on a circular walk out of Hassocks | PhilipChaston | 28/06/2020 |
| Parked at Pycombe. Intended to walk up the Devils Dyke, but took a wrong turn and end up on this much quieter hill. Much to be said for it though - great views and fewer cars! | sconnolly01 | 31/05/2020 |
| Day walk Hassocks to Shoreham mostly along SDW | jedthehumanoid | 22/10/2019 |
| with PJB from Pyecombe and on to Devil's Dyke | trimarc2 | 14/09/2019 |
| After Haywards Heath park run, with DTL,started in Pyecombe and then onto Devils Dyke. | r1 | 14/09/2019 |
| johnkenyon | 14/09/2019 | |
| Unmarked top in domed sheep field with superb views over the Downs. Part of a western traverse of the Downs on a sunny day. | Denise | 29/08/2019 |
| Large area of levelish hill top. Sheep pasture with sheep. Strong SW wind and hot sunshine. On W along the South Downs. | RichardM | 29/08/2019 |
| DC11main | 14/07/2019 | |
| 20 mile circular from Clayton Windmills - overcast, then sunny, generally windy. | atreides7887 | 31/03/2019 |
| From car park on Dyke Road near Golf Farm. Nice stroll down to Saddlescombe Road then up Varncombe Hill and along rising ridge to West Hill. The summit is in open access field not far from South Downs Way and offers increasing views of Wolstonbury Hill, Jack & Jill Windmills and further afield. Follow the South Downs Way to Sadddlescombe to enjoy refreshments at the Wild Flower cafe in the farm yard. Complete this 4-mile circuit walking up Summers Down and skipping across the golf course. | Pete West | 24/03/2019 |
| clique | 27/12/2018 | |
| From parking area on Summers Down. West Hill, West Hill(boundary) and Devils Dyke. The Donkey wheel, an old 400 year old well at the National Trust farm Saddlescombe is worth a look. Access over stile opposite last cottage. | mart0797 | 27/11/2018 |
| Nomad Perkins | 17/11/2018 | |
| Parked at end of old main road (now shown as a minor road on map) at TQ 28494 12854. Over dual carriageway via footbridge for West Hill & West Hill Boundary then back to parking spot for ascent of Wolstonbury Hill. (4.5 miles) | David Gradwell | 09/11/2018 |
| Edwin Gradwell | 09/11/2018 | |
| PeteF | 31/07/2018 | |
| With: hb; From Devil's Dyke on SDW to Saddlescombe Fm then SDW to West Hill Tump, S to West Hill CoU then SDW to Pyecombe, bridle track up Wolstonbury Hill then path to Poynings & return. | Ian Baines | 28/07/2018 |
| With: ib; | Helen Baines | 28/07/2018 |
| SDW | Vatsmith | 23/05/2018 |
| After Devil's Dyke | nordicstar | 11/05/2018 |
| Tony J | 29/04/2018 | |
| Second of a series of hills on a South Downs walk. Weather hazy and very muddy underfoot in places. Visited with Sarah. | Bernard | 11/04/2018 |
| arjh | 23/12/2017 | |
| From Saddlescombe | ijpowell | 27/10/2017 |
| kiltedbiggles | 18/08/2017 |