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Name: | Christ Cross |
Hill number: | 2885 |
Height: | 261m / 856ft |
RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
County/UA: | Devon |
Catchment: | Exe |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SS 96415 05229 |
Summit feature: | trig point on top of wall within hedge |
Drop: | 173m |
Col: | 88m SS995133 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 192 (1:25k) 114S |
Observations: | trig point is difficult to find and radio mast compound permits access from only one side |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 286 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Boring | tallblond | 28/09/2023 |
Asked permission which was happily given. Owner also gave me good directions to the summit. Go to the end of track and through gate, turn right and through second gate, then turn right and through third gate. Trig is in the hedge in front and to the left. | Ratboy87 | 25/08/2023 |
Knocked at the house to ask for permission, but no one in. Quick bag. | mazz | 02/07/2023 |
From end of the lane | Stevooo | 26/06/2023 |
Stickman | 09/06/2023 | |
Solo. Hardest bit was reversing down the lane 800m for a chicken lorry | Nick Canute | 23/05/2023 |
From roadside, quick one | Nicky C | 16/04/2023 |
The Tyke | 09/03/2023 | |
As per KevPalmer. Up track, through straight on gate at end, turn right through next gate, right through next gate and easy to spot trig in hedge just to the right of the compound. Very friendly sheep in field, think they thought I was going to feed them. Drive to get there up narrow lanes was much more exerting than bagging the summit. | JulieB | 25/02/2023 |
Asked for permission from house at start of mast track. This was freely given along with thanks for asking. 
Walk up the mast track to the hedge at the end of the field. Go through this and on your right is a gate leading towards the mast. Go over/through this and there is another gate on your right. Go through this one and it is easy to find the trig in the hedge. There is no need to go into the secure mast compound. 
If you try and view the trig from the east side of the hedge there is a wire fence in the way along with thick hedgerow. | KevPalmer | 08/01/2023 |
Matt | 03/01/2023 | |
briansv650s | 02/07/2022 | |
Ran up road for 1K to make it an ascent | davechaffey | 12/03/2022 |
Mike The Tyke | 09/03/2022 | |
abbo0001 | 26/01/2022 | |
Parked across the road from the new house. Muddy farm track. Gate into field. Gate into compound. Trig in hedge. Easy! Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 10/01/2022 |
Asked at the house for permission which was readily given along with appreciation for being asked. | Idris | 17/11/2021 |
iainwalton | 28/10/2021 | |
Clive G | 07/06/2021 | |
dave g | 29/05/2021 | |
With H | paulhilder | 15/04/2021 |
with Evelyn | jd16 | 07/04/2021 |
Tiverton - Bingwell Hill - Hillersdon Wood - Christ Cross - Worth Hill - Hele Mill. | Mark Jackson | 06/04/2021 |
ketzster | 06/04/2021 | |
Lots of parking if it wasn't for the hunt. Easy find in hedge. | Newton Maximus | 26/12/2020 |
4/5 House now being built at end of lane – angry sign warning private and cctv. Glad to have read advice on finding trig first. | Rounsfell | 27/06/2020 |
First Marilyn of trip on way to Cornwall. Parked van at gate and walked down access road to radio mast. Spent an age looking for buried trig pillar in brambles NW of mast. should have read map more carefully, found trig and summit hidden in hedgerow running along SE boundary of mast. Burnt clutch out on steep washed out adopted road west of Great Dorweeke on way. Got as far as Exeter before finishing journey to Bugle in recovery vehicle. | mntainman | 18/01/2020 |
mcallmar | 28/12/2019 | |
A short walk from the road along the muddy track to the radio mast compound. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 30/10/2019 |
Walked from Silverton, with K | IanHHill | 04/10/2019 |
Ben Rinnes | 17/07/2019 | |
Visited as part of a 3m run from Silverton. | broser | 16/06/2019 |
Martyn1 | 04/05/2019 | |
Glenysj21 | 04/05/2019 | |
Passing on route to Okhampton, short detour from mast access track as others. Fresh hedge pruning plus low evening sun you can see silhouette of trig as you approach, but as others go through the two gates just behind the head to gain trigpoint. Marilyn 6/7 | N.Morters | 27/04/2019 |
On the way to the Triggers meet at Okehampton after enduring a three hour horror traffic jam on the M6. | NormanW | 29/03/2019 |
Alan Caine | 29/03/2019 | |
Quick bag on detour from drive north from Plymouth to Sheffield. | lenman | 05/01/2019 |
arjh | 15/11/2018 | |
Isbjorn | 03/11/2018 | |
Along access road to the mast. Trig point in hedge is found quite easily by passing through both gates by the mast. | Winterfloodian | 24/09/2018 |
Trig is accessible from both sides of the mast compound, and seemed to me be higher ground on the west side. | Topographer57 | 09/08/2018 |
Andy West | 06/07/2018 | |
From Silverton, drive N along Fore Street. Continue uphill and park opposite Christ Cross signpost. Then as Stormcrow. In July, the beech hedge is so dense that the trig point cannot be seen from one metre away at the SE corner of the compound, but look under the hedge and the trig point is revealed! East, effortless walk in hot, clear conditions. | Dartmoorman | 05/07/2018 |
Full on expedition in summer conditions with elizyanne through the nettles hanging over the road up to the mast | GmacT | 02/07/2018 |
Straight forward. Watch out for the nettles and brambles! | elizyanne | 02/07/2018 |
Clach Liath | 21/06/2018 | |
MC | Martin66 | 17/06/2018 |
Easy walk but not the most interesting. | gettingonabit | 09/05/2018 |
Trig reasonably obvious in the hedge at this time of year. | dal | 30/04/2018 |