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Name: | Brading Down |
Hill number: | 18539 |
Height: | 131m / 430ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2914 St Boniface Down |
RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
County/UA: | Isle of Wight |
Island: | Isle of Wight |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | SZ 58507 86912 |
Summit feature: | no feature: grass |
Drop: | 58m |
Col: | 73m SZ565874 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 196 (1:25k) OL29E |
Survey: | obvious summit |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 43 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
First of three off the busy, fast road along the downland ridge. We could have parked at a closer lay-by. Bridleway S from SZ 58548692 gave access to summit field at broken down, saggy bbw fence. With Pete. | pwheeler | 11/06/2023 |
From the Crab and Lobster up to Bembridge Down, Brading Down, Ashey Down and Kemphill before back to the catamaran and back to Portsmouth. | Buck | 15/01/2023 |
After Ashley Down. Onwards to Beaper Hill. | PGCE | 01/12/2021 |
On aa walk from Ryde to Ventnor | PhilipChaston | 03/07/2021 |
Took the footpath from the industrial estate in Ventnor up to and around the St Boniface radar station security fence and trig point, then onto Shanklin Down trig before dropping down and heading north to Alverstone. Up onto Brading Down and across to Brading and the Yar River Trail to the (closed) NT windmill, before finishing on the beach by the Duver. Very hot day but good views all round. Solo. | richard69 | 11/06/2021 |
From lay-by to east. Along road, FP then into pasture to HP. | PeterD | 08/07/2020 |
unmarked grassy ridge high point with great views S to the Channel as well as across the Island. | Denise | 30/06/2019 |
Cow pasture with thistles. Great views particularly to the S. | RichardM | 30/06/2019 |
From nearest layby, verge, path and into field. | rhalstead | 30/03/2019 |
Busy road. Not one to linger | Moorponder | 25/09/2018 |
From Ashley Down via overgrown footpaths and roadside verge. Good path for final bit inside reserve on South side of road | trimarc2 | 06/06/2018 |
From Ashey Down walked alongside the Brading road on the wide verge. A short walk along the nearbt bridleay gave access to the summit field. Walk continued to Bembridge Down. | Sprog | 25/08/2017 |
TD, C & H | This Dog | 24/08/2017 |
Drive by bag of the actual summit... stopped in lay-by just afterwards for a picnic | andrewbanks | 16/07/2016 |
2/5 Second of five on the mainland and the island....(Bembridge Down/Brading Down/Ashey Down/Arreton Down/Chanctonbury Ring) | Fergalh | 03/04/2016 |
With Smudge. My penultimate Wight tump | RHW | 28/02/2016 |
Car assisted bagging with RHW (from 2nd lay by to E). | Smudge | 28/02/2016 |
A drive by. Got out the car at the pull in. | Play2End | 08/06/2015 |
Rounded hill top in pasture some 30m SW of minor road. Fine views S. | jonglew | 12/04/2015 |
Drive up from Brading! | citygent | 03/06/2014 |
On way to Ventnor | nordicstar | 14/04/2014 |
Park on verge or in laybye 70m E | jimbloomer | 03/03/2014 |
great views | Adrian | 08/05/2011 |
Date approx on family holiday | Swindon Bagger | 02/08/1977 |
Mark Jackson | 09/04/2024 | |
Martin R | 13/10/2023 | |
Minto | 14/01/2023 | |
ad-lib | 12/02/2022 | |
Ben Rinnes | 05/12/2021 | |
bcronin1959 | 12/09/2020 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 16/09/2019 | |
David Gradwell | 16/09/2019 | |
George Gradwell | 16/09/2019 | |
Sainesy | 27/08/2019 | |
salen | 17/08/2019 | |
ngthack | 13/09/2018 | |
otis.laws | 20/03/2018 | |
Glenford | 20/03/2018 | |
andrew brown | 13/11/2017 | |
matthewgibbs | 17/04/2017 | |
pwatson1980 | 04/10/2014 | |
asbown | 31/07/2012 | |
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