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Name: | Compton Down |
Hill number: | 18461 |
Height: | 171m / 561ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2909 Butser Hill |
RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
County/UA: | West Sussex |
Catchment: | Minor Rivers only (South) |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | SU 76561 14946 |
Summit feature: | no feature: between oak and beech |
Drop: | 57m |
Col: | 114m SU766155 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 197 (1:25k) OL8 120 |
Observations: | levellish summit |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land.
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 30 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Hike from West Mardon - Apple Down - Telegraph Hill-Compton Down and Chalton Down. Nice and sunny as the rain swept east. | PhilipChaston | 31/10/2021 |
From minor road to north. Used footpath SW into wood before going up to summit (thereby avoiding a 'Private' sign, and keeping on ROW whilst within sight of a farm vehicle which seemed to be keeping a watch on me). | PGCE | 03/11/2020 |
Harting Down car park - Harting Downs - Beacon Hill - Apple Down - Telegraph Hill - Compton Down - Chalton Down - Chalton. | Mark Jackson | 20/06/2020 |
Ascent 
Started at Bevis's Thumb, quiet lanes to Littlegreen School, the track over fields then through yew wood. The ROW became very churned up at a point where a track (shown on 1/25K map, not a RoW) dog-legs back. This gave access to HP. I then made a beeline S over stubble to get on a public fp to Compton. No intact fences to cross off the RoWs. From Cmpton, I completed my walk (5 miles) over the top of Telegraph Hill (qv for route). Nice views and surprisingly good underfoot near end of wettest Feb on record. | pwheeler | 26/02/2020 |
In fading light and across muddy field from Compton village square. HP is in between two mature trees. Lights glow from Langstone Harbour and owls call. | Denise | 14/12/2019 |
Footpath from Compton in fading light. High point midway between large Beech with tallest shooting seat i've ever seen and a large Oak. | RichardM | 14/12/2019 |
First of 3 on afternoon walk from Compton. Up and round Compton down then back to the village before Apple Down including a diversion to the church in Up Marden then Telegraph hill and a return to Compton. Sunny afternoon, using the many bridal and footpaths. | Buck | 17/08/2019 |
From road to north, along ROW then on track into field and HP near dodgy looking high seat. With A. | PeterD | 10/11/2017 |
Via woodland paths from SW. Lots of deer. Number 3 of 5, Windmill Hill, Chalton Down, Compton Down, Telegraph Hill and Apple Down. Bus from Petersfield to Queen Elizabeth Park, bus back from Compton to Petersfield | trimarc2 | 02/11/2017 |
A 20 mile circular walk linking 12 Tumps (all repeats) with Lesley and Betty the dog . 3000ft of ascent. Same route as last time with one bfw then rotting stile among nettles into summit trees | Chris Pearson | 17/09/2017 |
Second half of today's walk up from Compton. Then followed footpaths round to the west and then north of the summit and back to Compton via the B road. | JOHNS | 29/04/2017 |
Circular from Westbourne along Sussex Border Path | ejjohnstone | 12/02/2017 |
Roadside parking due N on minor road. Near enough direct line S to top. HP on field margin by pheasant OP. | jonglew | 02/02/2016 |
From NNE, stile into copse, flattish summit. Misty morning | RHW | 24/01/2016 |
A lovely steep climb up rough pasture from the east -then one fence & more pasture to summit wood (stile over fence) to summit on far side by high shooting seat. Red Arrows flew over on their way to Goodwood Festival of Speed. | Chris Pearson | 21/05/2015 |
Lovely bit of open downland again great views | philhythe | 01/02/2015 |
West Marden to Petersfield. | Smudge | 18/07/2014 |
Date unknown | Adrian | 01/01/2000 |
Martin R | 21/06/2023 | |
SteveG | 08/12/2022 | |
DC11main | 05/09/2022 | |
mazz | 03/04/2021 | |
Adrian2 | 07/03/2021 | |
daveyf2001 | 15/01/2021 | |
Matt | 11/11/2020 | |
andrew brown | 02/03/2019 | |
arjh | 14/04/2018 | |
Sainesy | 03/04/2016 | |
stevent0809 | 17/10/2015 | |
kaizerlard | 23/10/2010 |