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Name:Bean Hill
Hill number:18591
Height:95m / 312ft
Parent (Ma):3686  Botley Hill
RHB Section:42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight
County/UA:Kent
Catchment:Thames
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:TQ 59871 72405
Summit feature:ground at base of tower
Drop:47m
Col:48m  TQ593700  
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 28 users)ByDate of Ascent
Cycled to top with Tim from Gillingham, drought started this week and it rained as we reached the reservoir. Unable to climb fence / gate but got to high natural level OK.DRS16/08/2022
Short walk from Ebbsfleet station.Mark Jackson06/03/2021
Compound locked so had to be content with a circumnavigation.PGCE25/11/2020
As Eric Morecambe would have said - Rubbish. One horse in the compound. Others in the next field.Campbell Singer17/10/2020
Access to tower now difficult.Bramley30/10/2019
Nipped up here after work and parked just below GZ. Couldn't get to the tower because of fence. Two horses present today - nice that they have company. One can scrabble up the side to the left to reach high ground.MysteriousSue17/05/2019
Accessing the reservoir compound was easy, ground at base of tower is the highest point, but the highest natural ground seems to be outwith the resr compund, on S side of security fencing around TQ 59876 72364.jonglew07/11/2018
Top well guarded by litter, barbed wire, brambles, CCTV, fence and pony.squeegs01/07/2018
Gate was open to reservoir today. Horroble litter.clivevilla28/04/2018
Reservoir with small turret. Lots of the fly tipping.cjo10/04/2017
Longfield to Farningham Road (South Darenth). While the S top (TQ595715) provides the better views, the S edge of the pony reservoir produced highest reading on GPS (n.b. N side is a painful thorny squeeze along the compound fencing).Smudge19/03/2017
Fenced reservoir, with lots of fly tipping nearby.PeterD07/03/2017
This was a quick excursion just before going to Bluewater. Drove up Claywood Hill in order to get to the top.Dragonzilla09/11/2015
Did this on a quick detour before going to Bluewater and do Christmas shopping.steverd09/11/2015
Visited the new summit -relocated in Dec 2014 from 800m to SW at the Country Park. A shame as the new top its a dump (flytipping and brambles) -with fenced reservoir preventing access to the top (although a shetland pony was inside the compound- presumably someone visits and opens up each day) Its possible to squeeze through the brambles if you must alongside the north side of fence to reach the highest point accessible in trees next to an old bath (?) No views only the drone of the A20 below. Lovely.Chris Pearson25/03/2015
From S, covered resr, fenced but turned out to be easy access. Parked on 'main' roadRHW21/02/2015
Parked in the Beacon Wood Country Park car park 200m s. A pleasant area for picnics and rambling about. Summit seems to be the boundary between the Country Park and the end of private gardens (sheds) - bit overgrown.destaylor06/03/2014
Martin R21/01/2022
Matt01/08/2021
DC11main13/06/2021
arjh17/05/2021
Adrian228/04/2021
ngthack29/11/2017
GordonAdshead03/05/2016
andrew brown22/07/2015
stevent080915/03/2014
Adrian20/05/2010
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