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Name:Castle Hill
Hill number:18538
Height:132m / 433ft
Parent (Ma):2913  Crowborough
RHB Section:42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight
County/UA:Kent
Catchment:Medway
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:TQ 60705 43794
Summit feature:no feature: pasture
Drop:35m
Col:97m  TQ611425  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 188
(1:25k) 136 147
Observations:ground 130m N at TQ 60721 43920 could be as high
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 24 users)ByDate of Ascent
From High Brooms station via FP at Old Forge Farm which is festooned with keep to FP (and similar) signs and is also untidy. But the woods are interesting and are where I saw 2 roe deertrimarc229/04/2022
Approached from slip road to NW, able to drive to barrier, then cycle way to track up to mast. After short distance entered field and went to both possible HPs. Deer in field at dusk.PeterD28/10/2021
Tonbridge - Bidborough Hill - Castle Hill - Tonbridge.Mark Jackson22/07/2021
Parked on service road just N of Castle Hill Farm. Track to masts and beyond, then into field. Visited both suggested highpoints.PGCE26/02/2021
There is an excellently functional cycle path that runs parallel to the dual carriageway. A track leads off this to reach the masts. Easy walk into summit pasture from there. Far easier than expected although the route is a bit clinical.Campbell Singer17/10/2020
A diversion off the Tunbridge Wells CircularPhilipChaston17/07/2020
Travelling North up the dual carriageway, found way into the West side service road at the 43 Northing. Drove up past Castle Hill Farm to locked gate roughly level with corner of wood. Walked on 200 yards to join old foret road up to the Comms Towers. In another 150 yards the BW fence suddenly stops leading easilly into the fort field and hp.GordonAdshead31/08/2019
Tonbridge to High Brooms. Cw circuit of hill from Old Forge Farm, mainly using ROWs and Walkers Welcome woodland.Smudge18/01/2019
Parked at the small turning off the interchange (TQ 5966 4477). RoW down to TQ 5993 4423, then made it up as I went along, some good forest tracks became apparent closer to the hill top. HP in open pasture.jonglew08/11/2018
Doesn't appear to be accessible from A21. From Southborough to west.ngthack16/03/2018
Pasture not very hillfort-like, 2 likely HPs visited. From NE, driving NW it's easy to park at start of forest track. Could be difficult travelling SE-bound while road widening ongoing. Access may be different once dualling complete.RHW22/02/2015
Parked off the nasty A21 with constant traffic. Track to transmitters and easily out of woods to grassy top. The last hour of daylight (in Feb) after a meeting in Tonbridge and a confusing drive to get on the right road. The first of 13 planned ticks,taking the long way home. The rest to be in darkness under a full moon with temps of minus 2 degrees.Chris Pearson05/02/2015
Parked in space at end of footpath to E. Dangerous getting out of the car as it is so narrow and busy. Summit probably at edge of woods and field. Difficult to tell. Had a good wander around.destaylor10/03/2014
Martin R13/03/2023
DC11main23/01/2022
daveyf200121/10/2021
Matt29/05/2021
Adrian214/03/2021
andrew brown19/05/2020
stevent080915/11/2014
Adrian25/05/2010
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