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Name: | Butser Hill |
Hill number: | 2909 |
Height: | 270m / 886ft |
RHB Section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
County/UA: | Hampshire |
Catchment: | Arun, Catchment Boundaries |
Watershed: | The Solent |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SU 71685 20328 |
Summit feature: | ground by trig point |
Drop: | 158m |
Col: | 112m SU583509 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 197 (1:25k) OL8 OL33 120 133 |
Observations: | summit area very flat; ground by sunken tank near trig point is higher but man-made |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 424 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
With Sal, nice run up and down with Sal from QE Park car park to E. 35 mins. | davechaffey | 16/02/2024 |
Solo. After visiting the office in Havant. From local car park. | masmith | 15/02/2024 |
QE Country Park to West Meon. Revisited from SD Way | Smudge | 13/01/2024 |
On day six South Downs Way | nickywood1 | 02/10/2023 |
Parked on side of approach road. Easy climb to trig with great views. | Ramblingpaul | 16/07/2023 |
Quick up from car park | PeteF | 16/07/2023 |
Walk w/Devon. War Down, Butser Hill, Holt Down loop from Buriton. | ZacField | 05/07/2023 |
Reached on day Two of walking the South Downs way. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 26/05/2023 |
From South Downs way | emily | 27/03/2023 |
From NT car park, £2 in winter, except the 'in', barrier was open when I left so visit was free. | Minto | 15/01/2023 |
From the QE Country Park car park immediately off the southbound A3, pleasant walk across Hillhampton Bottom on the SDW and up to the trig point. As per Milimana, best views on the flanks, despite the traffic noise. | richard69 | 06/10/2022 |
If you don't want to pay for parking there is ample verge parking at SU 71037 19785. | DC11main | 18/09/2022 |
G M M | Idris | 11/09/2022 |
GMM | maryjdavies | 11/09/2022 |
Easy enjoyable walk from Queen Elizabeth Country Park, with PJB and after parkrun | trimarc2 | 18/06/2022 |
An easy detour from the South Downs Way but summit area disappointingly flat and better views can be had on the flanks of the hill. | milimana | 11/06/2022 |
An easy walk over from the car park on Limekiln Lane (card payment of £2 on exit). Solo. My last Marilyn in Section 42. | Dangerous Dave | 07/01/2022 |
Parked in the Queen Elizabeth Country Park Car Park. I used the South Downs Society route map to do a very nice circular walk around the top. | alanderry1963 | 12/09/2021 |
From the Butser Hill picnic area car park. Up to the trig point and then did the 1.7 mile Butser Hill downland track. Really pleasant outing. | JulieB | 06/09/2021 |
Wander with friends from the country park. | kjg106 | 31/05/2021 |
Parked at country park and walked up gradual slope. Fantastic sprint back down slope. Really enjoyed Butser Hill | ketzster | 31/03/2021 |
Parked free outside Buriton church, then followed the path through great scenery over the ridge to the visitor centre, crossed under the A3 and then a steep climb up to the summit. Walked down via Bopeep Copse and crossed the A3 and back to Buriton. Contrary to latest OS maps there is not a crossing point of the A3 to the east of Copyhold Barn and would advise instead heading south and crossing using the road to the east of New Barn cottage. | jamiequackers | 17/10/2020 |
From nearby CP short walk past transmitter to Trig Point. Sunny, clear, amazing views. | Dartmoorman | 15/10/2020 |
Part of South Downs Way - just South of Petersfield | thomaslkp | 01/09/2020 |
Detour from SDW, had a quick wonder around likely looking highpoints | lerritt | 29/07/2020 |
from car park 2o mins no charge | underhill | 08/07/2020 |
Needed to clear the head so a hill was sought, lockdown getting to me! | Pootlemum | 20/06/2020 |
Followed previous poster's route, but followed same path back. 11km + 339m elevation gain. | Stevooo | 29/03/2020 |
Parked in car park, which is a paid contactless carpark, and walked along path to trig. | Hippy77 | 20/02/2020 |
A simple but enjoyable circular walk of just 40 minutes from the car park. | silveracorn_alan | 25/10/2019 |
After visiting a couple of national trust in the area and waiting for the temp to drop a bit we parked in the CP on Limekiln Lane and headed on a there and back route to the Trig. Lovely views of the Isle of White and surrounding area. Lots of flying ants at the trig. No parking fee as we were there and back in under 20mins | Jephcote83 | 14/09/2019 |
Walked from East Neon with Rachel and bump | Madjonny | 08/09/2019 |
38+6 weeks | Rachelraindrops | 08/09/2019 |
completed with Gordon H | LEEPHLITTER1990 | 08/08/2019 |
Parked at Queen Elizabeth Country Park and followed route under the A3 and a pleasant climb up to the summit. Good weather | Longwojo | 02/08/2019 |
Lovely walk with FJE and DTL from main Queen Elizabeth park car park | r1 | 22/06/2019 |
From the Park's main car park with FJE and PJB. Super hill, good viewpoint and one for all the family | trimarc2 | 22/06/2019 |
With trimarc2 & r1 | Fionalevey | 22/06/2019 |
From the carpark. The hill top circular path takes you through gorgeous meadows. Well worth adding to your summit bag. | summitter | 13/06/2019 |
On SDW100 race | keri_runs | 08/06/2019 |
Flight from Homestead Farm | Icarus | 01/06/2019 |
By byway from Ramsdean, on route Petersfield to Rowlands Castle. | deknyff | 14/04/2019 |
With Val. Parked at Queen Elizabeth Country Park and followed route under the A3 and a pleasant climb up to the summit. Good weather. | mike.hoult | 19/03/2019 |
With Mike | Val Deisler | 19/03/2019 |
From the car park which has ANPR. A short walk to the trig with good views. At car park exit barrier raised with out of order message so free parking today. | NormanW | 14/02/2019 |
Lovely clear and crisp day, no wind and fantasic thin snowy conditions on the groud, everything looking lovey. Part of a 6 tump, 1 marylin loop. | atreides7887 | 03/02/2019 |
Parked at Country Park CP (uses number plate recognition) on a fairly busy Sunday. Dog heaven, my NewFoundland Bo loved meeting other dogs on the walk up to the top and Trig. With friend Rosaleen | mazz | 13/01/2019 |
Initially climbed from QECP with a friend on December 29th 2018 
 
Reached the summit again on 6th January while walking the South Downs Way from Exton to Buriton | ThomasJoseph | 06/01/2019 |
Why does the pay & display CP gateway need to have cameras secreted within the 'gateway' pillars and monitoring you? No parking is allowed on the approach road from SU 709195 from 8 am to 7pm. I don't like being spied on, so I parked at the junction at SU 705191 where there is off-road space for 2-3 cars. Used RoW then small deviation to top. | Isbjorn | 09/11/2018 |
Started from Country Park CP. Views great, inc I.O.W. | IanHHill | 26/09/2018 |