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| Name: | Startup Hill |
| Hill number: | 5123 |
| Height: | 439m / 1440ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1870 Gathersnow Hill |
| RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| County/UA: | South Lanarkshire |
| Catchment: | Clyde |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (400-499m), Yeaman (Hu,Tu,4,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NS 97709 29550 |
| Summit feature: | no feature |
| Drop: | 103m |
| Col: | 336m NS977288  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 72 (1:25k) 335 |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 71 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked in the Church car park then up minor road to Baitlaws then through gate and onto hill. | Crumblie2 | 17/02/2024 |
| See https://scotlandhills.net/hills-near-biggar-scottish-borders/ | hill walker | 09/09/2023 |
| Road from A702 to Bleakfield, below which is a ford and small wooden bridge over the Lamington Burn and onto the brackeny slopes of Broad Hill. Sheep trods help with the subsequent climb to the summit. Once back at Bleakfield a number of options to Startup Hill present themselves. I chose a line through sheep pasture south of a forestry block. Once onto open hillside it's just more bracken and gorse. Returned to Lamington Church CP by direct descent to Baitlaws. | summitter | 20/07/2023 |
| From parking in Lamington. Up the road to Baitlaws. Through the gate onto hill, took grassy track right then series of sheep paths to summit. 1/3 | N.Morters | 30/10/2022 |
| Parked in Lamington near Church, then field gate above Hillhouse and easily to top with good views of Tinto and Clyde Valley. | NormanW | 11/01/2022 |
| Almost dark ascent from Baitlaws. Descended to Bleakfields in the dark, by mistake. | Wycombe Wanderer | 28/12/2021 |
| From Lamington car park up lane to Baitlaws then track west then south west and sheep trods to summit. Excellent view of Tinto. Returned same way to avoid crops above Hillhouse. | SS | 21/06/2021 |
| From Lamington | Iloveducks | 02/05/2021 |
| From small car park NS 9786 3088 (did initially drive down towards Bleakfield to investigate parking roadside around NS 9853 2978, but not really viable and it's signed as a private road after Baitlaws). Field gate just past Hillhouse (NS 9801 3058) gives onto a paddock, near enough direct route from here to top of hill. | jonglew | 29/07/2020 |
| Parked in the good car park, half way between the main road and the church at Lamington. Pleasant walk up the lane, then through the gate at the bend in the road by Baitlaws cottage. Up on short grass and sheep tracks through well spaced bracken. Lovely views towards Tinto. Good little hill. | LizH | 16/06/2019 |
| Gate from road behind Baitlaws Cottage gives easy access to the hill. Back same way. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 21/01/2019 |
| From church car park. Lamington Hill then across to Startup Hill and back to the car. | clivevilla | 14/04/2018 |
| Parked at Lamington church. A pleasant hill. | hillsman | 09/09/2017 |
| As with others, parked just S of wood on narrow road. Up and down in 40 minutes enjoying the Clyde flowing round Tinto. | Thearlaichdubh | 30/12/2016 |
| Parked at Lamington (good car park), walked up lane and took to open ground just past Baitlaws. | benalder284 | 08/06/2016 |
| Parked just before wood to E. Simple ascent with excellent views to Tinto. | RobertP | 28/03/2016 |
| Parked just before wood. | jimbloomer | 18/02/2016 |
| parked on verge after baitlaws just before the woods. | robertphillips | 08/05/2015 |
| ADs 2000 Hump Celebrations | GordonAdshead | 16/03/2014 |
| A second visit (from another direction!) for AD's 2000th. | richtea5040 | 16/03/2014 |
| A second visit which 18 baggers attended for Alan Dawson's 2000th HuMP celebrations. Walked up to Baitlaws from Lamington Church. | Dugswell2 | 16/03/2014 |
| windy summit. 2000HuMPs celebration for AD. | Adrian | 16/03/2014 |
| A dry window after the dampness of Roberton. | Smudge | 16/03/2014 |
| Revisit, for Alan Dawson's 2000th HuMP. | RHW | 16/03/2014 |
| With the baggers for AD's 2000th HuMP. Fine views | nordicstar | 16/03/2014 |
| From Baitlaws. | Martin R | 02/01/2014 |
| Space for 1 car just before wood between Baitlaws and Bleakfield. | Minto | 20/06/2013 |
| Park in Lamington, walk along road to Baitlaws, over gate and straight uphill. | arranc | 17/06/2013 |
| Parked at Lamington before the church and up road to Baitlaws. Then through gate and straight up hill from here. Summit feature was a dying sheep which had a CNS problem and could not stand. Informed tractorman on return to Baitlaws. | Dugswell2 | 20/08/2012 |
| After Lamington Hill, thus solving parking problems. A quick up and down from Baitlaws. Great view. | fasgadh | 18/03/2012 |
| Parked at Lamington and up road to Baitlaws. Straight up hill from there. | chriswatson | 15/04/2011 |
| Parked on verge 985297. | chrisbien | 22/05/2010 |
| Nice grassy hill, some bracken on NE ridge, nice view. Combined wth Lamington. Via Baitlaw, gate; parked at 983305 | RHW | 04/07/2009 |
| Parked N of Bleakfield, Startup Hill via Hardrig Hill & Windgate Bank. | agentmancuso | 31/07/2008 |
| Matt | 07/04/2023 | |
| Berkscire874 | 19/03/2023 | |
| stevent0809 | 13/02/2023 | |
| 49pp | 24/10/2022 | |
| Anton | 29/08/2022 | |
| Tricky | 11/02/2022 | |
| ARM | 22/06/2021 | |
| FCL | 23/12/2020 | |
| Tom Mundell | 06/09/2020 | |
| Trekking toes | 06/09/2020 | |
| PeterAH | 16/06/2019 | |
| IWC | 07/06/2019 | |
| PaulineC | 07/06/2019 | |
| AndyS | 22/01/2019 | |
| russell61 | 30/08/2018 | |
| tenerifebilly | 30/08/2018 |