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Name: | Dunstable Downs |
Hill number: | 5389 |
Height: | 243m / 797ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2874 Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill] |
RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
County/UA: | Central Bedfordshire |
County (CoH): | Bedfordshire (CoH) |
County (CoA): | Bedfordshire (CoA) |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Thames, Wash |
Watershed: | The Wash, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Greater Thames Estuary |
Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Historic County Top, Current County/UA Top, Administrative County Top, Clem (Hu,Tu,2,CoH,CoU,CoA,Cm) |
Grid ref: | TL 00881 19426 |
Summit feature: | trig point |
Drop: | 105m |
Col: | 138m SP990164 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 166 (1:25k) 181 182 |
Observations: | ground 30m ESE at field edge is lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 356 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
sparko100 | 05/01/2024 | |
Dunstable Downs parkrun event | Cumbriancyclist | 30/12/2023 |
HighwayToFell | 28/10/2023 | |
Clach Liath | 25/08/2023 | |
Parked in the Downs NT car park. Trig point at the gate. Better view from beyond the cafe. | LizH | 18/08/2023 |
PeterAH | 18/08/2023 | |
From Dunstable across the golf course. Continued on along Icknield Way to Beacon Hill then Ridgeway to Tring. | burwellian | 09/06/2023 |
With L & R | Janet M | 19/03/2023 |
Lindsay M | 19/03/2023 | |
Rod M | 19/03/2023 | |
With HS, VP and MR. From Pipers Croft, via Five Knolls, then on to the Tree Cathedral and back via the foot of the escarpment. | Mark Jackson | 04/03/2023 |
AlanD | 28/02/2023 | |
SteveG | 13/01/2023 | |
The Maise | 13/01/2023 | |
Quick Bag From Car Park. | Jephcote83 | 29/12/2022 |
Quick Bag From Car Park. | Ivy Jephcote | 29/12/2022 |
Quick Bag From Car Park. | Iris Jephcote | 29/12/2022 |
Walk around the downs in the snow, circular route to Whipsnade Tree Cathedral at dusk. | catie | 17/12/2022 |
Grip6189 | 08/11/2022 | |
Done in the mist at one in the morning, though I did at least get some reasonable enough views from here in the morning. | Alex C | 20/09/2022 |
CXB | 15/09/2022 | |
Headed for the carpark to the Visitor Centre which was closed by the time we got there but we spotted the trig by the locked gate. This must be the easiest top to bag. | RowanP | 17/08/2022 |
From Dunstable, walked up Buttercup Lane and across the golf course. Summit clearly marked with trig point. Attractive views to the north and west on a clear day; overall a nice little county top if not much of a challenge. | hillbagger91 | 16/06/2022 |
With MS, HS and SS. From Pipers Croft, via Five Knolls, then on to the Tree Cathedral and back via the foot of the escarpment. | Mark Jackson | 02/06/2022 |
steve18566 | 15/05/2022 | |
Very Easy Parking | AlanAdeptly | 05/04/2022 |
With AW, VP, JD and AH. From Pipers Croft, via Five Knolls, then on to the Tree Cathedral and back via the foot of the escarpment. | Mark Jackson | 17/01/2022 |
dubvine | 10/01/2022 | |
Stayed the night in Dunstable with my cousin to do Dunstable Downs the next day before heading home. An easy but dull county top with damp weather. Unfortunately, pretty forgetable now but a good cafe on top. | DavidHiner | 10/11/2021 |
Scott Morley 86 | 09/09/2021 | |
Dunstable Downs from GR: TL 00896 19379 NT car park | ronaldo333 | 28/08/2021 |
Dunstable Downs from GR: TL 00896 19379 | Hippster | 28/08/2021 |
Parked at the NT car park and walked to the trig point to bag the top. Stunning views from the top. | cjwilliams | 23/07/2021 |
V straightforward bag. Parked at NT car park, short walk to Gateway Centre. Trig point behind building adjacent to centre entrance. Continued walk on NT land, finding interesting Tree Cathedral after 20 minutes. Worth a visit. | timbo99 | 25/06/2021 |
rosehip | 16/06/2021 | |
Last summit of the day and one with a view north. Well worth a visit on a clear day. | pclyndes | 11/06/2021 |
Matt | 06/06/2021 | |
Parked at Whipsnade Heath car park and ran over via edge. | Wheelsy | 06/06/2021 |
35km cycling loop with GFE from Ashridge. Thought I’d missed the trig but the NT sign hides it from one angle so all the more exciting when we found it. Kite flying weather. | Fionalevey | 25/04/2021 |
dregish | 21/04/2021 | |
FinnTumps | 16/04/2021 | |
From NT CP visited Trig and had a wander along the downs. Nothing to see as freezing cold and Misty | Jephcote83 | 28/12/2020 |
ParkerP1960 | 23/10/2020 | |
Nice 8k loop run from NW inc 150m ascent - couldn’t do a 0m high hill. Good to see all the families kite flying on an early Autumn day | davechaffey | 12/09/2020 |
Alan Caine | 10/09/2020 | |
cbradshaw | 16/08/2020 | |
ooo | 02/08/2020 | |
sglennon | 31/07/2020 | |
Andy West | 17/06/2020 | |
With the household during semi-lockdown. Drove to park in Pipers Croft near Five Knolls as the main car parks were still shut. Along the ridge to the summit and back along the western base of the escarpment. Lovely to be out again! | Mark Jackson | 16/05/2020 |