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Name:Clipper Down
Hill number:5387
Height:249m / 817ft
Parent (Ma):2874  Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill]
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Buckinghamshire
Catchment:Thames
Class:Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem
(Hu,Tu,2,Cm)
Grid ref:SP 96530 15095
Summit feature:ground 6m SSW of trig point
Drop:123m
Col:126m  SP939128  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 165
(1:25k) 181
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 159 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Parked at the edge of the small wood, path through the wood to the trig point. Grass just inside the corner fence post looked like highest point.LizH18/08/2023
Paths full of leaves which I enjoyed Kicking. Bagged Trig/High PointIvy Jephcote29/12/2022
Quick bag of Trig/High PointIris Jephcote29/12/2022
From Rough Parking area near Woods which contain trig. Paths full of leaves which Ivy enjoyed Kicking. Quick bag of Trig/High PointJephcote8329/12/2022
Nice enough location for the pillar though the views are rather lacking from right here.Alex C20/09/2022
Ivinghoe Beacon, Clipper Down and Pitstone Hill. With HS and SG.Mark Jackson17/09/2022
With OHC friends: Steps Hill car park - Ivinghoe Beacon - Clipper Down - car.Mark Jackson13/11/2021
During a circular walk done many times before from Tring station to Ivinghoe Beacon & back via Aldbury. There are lots more waymarked paths around here than marked on the OS maps. On way back from Ivinghoe Beacon, following track to Crawley Wood directly SW of trig. Not worth climbing the slippery chalk bank, negotiating undergrowth & jumping a barbed wire fence into the fields. Instead continue to branch path just past southerly of two fields, follow it to the road, turn L & continue on verge for about 600m. At edge of trees, a neat path leads to the trig. Realised forgotten water bottle, so had to visit the Greyhound at Aldbury. Shame...NotReallyABagger23/09/2021
As a detour from the Ridgewaylerritt31/05/2021
A week or so too early for the bluebellsjedthehumanoid18/04/2021
With OHC friends: Pitstone Hill car park - Ivinghoe Beacon - Clipper Down - past Aldbury Nowers - car.Mark Jackson05/04/2021
From edge of wood near trig, followed circular path through woodJephcote8328/12/2020
TD, C & HThis Dog18/08/2020
Good footpath through the woods to trig.twg2705/07/2020
With Cathy - 25km loop from Tring inc Ivinghoe Beacon. Lovely day out away from lockdown.Fionalevey17/06/2020
Easy verge parking to NE by start of path at SP 9659 1526 - Good path through woods to trig point. The masses of bluebells would have been stunning 3 or 4 weeks ago. (S)gerrybowes27/05/2020
After Ivinghoe Beacon. Clear path along edge of wood from road. Access to track SW involved negotiating a fence and steep bank but a better way can probably be found.squeegs28/12/2019
Short stroll through wood to trigBramley28/08/2019
On a bimble with Suzannedc9623/06/2019
Out and back from Tring station via Down FarmRichard08/06/2019
With CP and BTgarth8712/05/2019
28km Loop from Studham in damp but not altogether horrible conditions.atreides788703/03/2019
Climbed while attending a nearby CITO eventey up me duck28/10/2018
2nd of two hills on the 8th and final Stage of the Ridgeway walk with Lesley, having climbed Aldbury Nowers,this was a longer out and back from the trail, near Steps Hill, a permissive path leads to a minor lane that was followed to the woodland then straight through the wood to the Trig with plaque near the corner. Embankment a few metres away is slightly higher next to tree. Quite atmospheric. I took a picture of the sheep all huddled together just over the fence. Ground in field checked but appears lower. Returned to Lesley and we completed the Ridgeway trail but then continued to Cheddington for our honmeward route via Milton Keynes and Birmingham new Street stations to finish at Long Eaton.Dazingdale28/09/2018
Solo.Dangerous Dave17/02/2018
Trig with NT plaque at the corner of golden- leaved beechwood plantation next to watertanks and sheep pasture. HP may be boundary embankment close by.Denise 14/11/2017
From the SW over field with group of very dark almost black deer. Dull, damp and uninspiring.RichardM14/11/2017
From car park to W. Large track to end of fence, then R, then up through wood and across pasture. Trig with NT plaque at grotty spot in corner of wood.Aye Jimmy12/11/2017
Easy walk through the wood, which had very little undergrowth.JohnW01/10/2017
W Jenx, Bryher, Mike and Angie. Up from Aldbury on the Icknield way, along past monument and trig and from Clipper Down farm cut across to top, continued to the much better summit of Ivanhoe Beacon with views, back on over Aldbury Nowers to startnordicstar10/07/2017
Nice countryside walking.jenx10/07/2017
Bagged as YSM178 Clipper Down. Best time of year to visit this trigging as wood full of bluebells. Trig in corner of woods beside field with the wee lambs. Very busy today due to the bluebells and good weather.thejackrustles23/04/2017
With mum and dad. Pleasant weather, nice and unfrequented.Wycombe Wanderer26/12/2016
After a 1.2 km stroll around Dunstable Downs, decided to do a variant of a favourite walk. Easy to park by Crawley Wood and bagged the Hump, then The Coombe, Gallows Hill, Ivinghoe Beacon, above Incombe Hole, Duncombe Farm and back to the road from Duncombe Terrace. Lovely, clear day.The main variant was walking through the wood to the summit- never thought of visiting it on the at least 5 previous walks past the wood. Exemplary management for access on the downs and the Ashcombe Estate.pwheeler01/10/2016
7.00 on a misty morning I encountered a magnificent stag in the Wood. We stared for a while until he leapt the fence and bounded away. Wood is clearly well used, complete with expertly built children's den. Shame the area around the trig needs a bulldozer.ijpowell01/09/2016
A shy neighbouring peak(?) to the much worthier but lower Ivinghoe Beacon which I also jogged up and is popular with model aircraft enthusiasts and (a bit higher)with Easyjet flights on their final descent to 'London' Luton.Chris Pearson08/06/2016
With K. Access easy. Nice bluebell wood.Ashley20/05/2016
Roadside parking to the NE and a clear path through the small area of wood to the trig point. Not sure if this is public but no fences or signs.Swindon Bagger24/03/2016
Short walk from road to trig in corner of wood. Shame the good views are back at the beacon.PeterD21/03/2016
Easy walk from Ivinghoe Beacon car parkr.ashwell07/02/2016
An afternoon’s walk with the kids on paths surrounding the area. Trig point easily found.bgalon24/01/2016
Trig nestled in SW corner of the woodlands with national trust metal symbol inlaid into the cement of the pillar.vegibagger01/09/2015
As part of a walk from Tring Station to Aldbury Nowers, Ivinghoe Beacon and back via Bridgewater Monumenttrimarc230/07/2015
Late spring must be the time to visit. The floor of the beech wood is a mass of bluebells.Newton Maximus03/05/2015
With SteveGinaSmith02/04/2015
Bus from Ivinghoe to Dunstable then 10 mile walk back from Dunstable to Town Farm and camper van over Dunstable Downs, Clipper Down and Ivinghoe Beaconmntainman02/04/2015
en passantsummitsup08/03/2015
4/10 Very clear walk through forest to trig pillar just beside the Ivanhoe ridgeFergalh07/03/2015
Easy to get to in woodland near to roads trig point at top with plaque .Haygalzer19/10/2014
I enjoyed the anonymity of this one.Chris Peart06/08/2014