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Name: | Oxenton Hill |
Hill number: | 5394 |
Height: | 223m / 732ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2869 Cleeve Hill |
RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
County/UA: | Gloucestershire |
Catchment: | Severn |
Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SO 97339 31438 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 19m SE of trig point |
Drop: | 126m |
Col: | 97m SO986300 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 150 (1:25k) 190 |
Observations: | ground by trig point at SO 97325 31449 and by bushes 70m ENE at SO 97404 31454 are both just lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 73 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Oxenton Church. Up track/path to summit. Lovely sunny afternoon and fine views. | N.Morters | 24/09/2022 |
Levelish grassy hill fort with good views. Trig. HP on grassy lump . | Denise | 02/05/2022 |
My final divert from the Gloucestershire Way up the track to the summit and trig point. Bullocks on summit. | PhilipChaston | 20/04/2022 |
Considerable climb to the summit of a very fine hill. From Oxenton. | Wycombe Wanderer | 17/07/2021 |
Also Followed chrisbien's route. There are a plethora of tracks in Dixton Wood just follow your nose. There are also ladder frames with chairs at the top throughout the woods I imagine the wood can get busy sometimes! | DC11main | 14/04/2021 |
Following Winchcombe Way N from Manor Farm. From stile at S end of Dixton Wood, take unmarked track heading into the wood. Follow this through woods to far end and turn up two more tracks to the fields above and to highpoint. This approach gives good cover from observation by GOML brigade. Part of circuit including Langley Hill and Oxenton Hill, then first thirst quencing post lock-down pint at Gardeners, Alderton. | Pete West | 13/04/2021 |
As chrisbien. Verge parking on bend to ENE at SO 9823 3183 - Along track towards enclosed barn & turned left into field - Along edge of field for about 40m & then right through gate which takes you to the rear of the barn - Followed vehicle tracks to summit mound & trig point. Tracks over grass are sometimes a bit faint; middle section is stone track. (S) | gerrybowes | 31/03/2021 |
Parked by Oxenton Village Hall at SO955313 and walked up good track all the way to summit. | Tony J | 31/03/2021 |
Parked near Oxenton church, then up the PRoW to a gate saying KEEP OUT 
We followed a path to the right and around the fields and gates without any further warnings. Got to the Knolls and onto the summit grassy area. What fantastic views all around. | ChinnockC | 05/09/2020 |
Outrageously muddy on the lower slopes. Brilliant full moon though this evening. | Alex C | 08/03/2020 |
With K easily from sharp bend to ENE as chrisbien below. Recommend this route. | Ashley | 07/09/2019 |
Cheltenham Racecourse - Cleeve Hill - Nottingham Hill - Langley Hill - Dixton Hill - Oxenton Hill - Bishop's Cleeve. | Mark Jackson | 29/06/2019 |
From Dixton at f/p sign 'Woolstone 1m'. W for a short way then NW past ponds and fields to top, bwf to step over. Trig on top but hp about 20m away on bumpy ground. On way back found sheep with head stuck in metal gate with diagonal struts, its head was firmly wedged in triangle at corner. Unable to free it after 20 minutes of trying. Spent the next hour seeking out farmer, told him he'd need an angle grinder. All this faffing mucked up my plans a bit, but there you go... | Aye Jimmy | 02/03/2019 |
Bishop's Cleeve to Woodmancote. W-NE (Gloucestershire to Wynchcombe Ways) traverse. | Smudge | 17/02/2019 |
A nice walk. Just horses grazing in the fields. | jenx | 02/01/2019 |
From Oxenton village, parked at church. Uneventful late afternoon stroll. Great views all round. With Jenx and Bryher | nordicstar | 02/01/2019 |
No one about at 7pm on a Sunday. | PGCE | 28/05/2017 |
Last of three on a trespassy day. This was the most relaxed- simply because there was no one else about and I was able to relax on the top in evening sunshine. Simply up from Oxenton village hall and back same way. | pwheeler | 13/03/2017 |
A lovely winter's dawn with purple bands across the sky as night became day. A pre-breakfast solo escape from an overly warm cabin at the BES Himalayan gathering at Bredon's Water Park. Had been foiled from leaving by car the morning before by a locked barrier overnight -did not have the code. A good walk up and down the track from Oxenton in wellies - no mud on me - passing 'monolith still' horses to quote Ted Hughes. | Chris Pearson | 19/02/2017 |
I was walking up the track from Oxenton to the summit when I came across a shooting party being driven by a guy in a tractor. He wasn't hostile but he wasn't friendly and made it very clear that there is no ROW up the hill and I was not going to climb it. I decided to retreat. | Sprog | 13/08/2016 |
From Oxenton | jimbloomer | 08/10/2015 |
From village with A&B. Lots of pheasants, but no one else. 
Good hill with views to Malverns Wales and Cotswolds. | PeterD | 12/09/2015 |
Early morning start from Oxenton village. Around 2 miles return. | Alan Caine | 26/08/2015 |
As per chrisbien - not a ROW but no one seen . Good climb and great views from trig | Mark Sims | 17/08/2015 |
4/7 Quite a long walk up from village but worth it for fine views. | Fergalh | 12/12/2014 |
great all round views. | Adrian | 16/02/2014 |
Parked in church car park and walked E, initially on a PROW which veers off S well before the summit. There is a good path from here to the top. A sign informs the land is 'Private / No public right of way / Please keep to footpath'. I took the last part to indicate it was ok to go up to the summit as long as I stayed on the path. | jonglew | 23/10/2013 |
And again on:- 
02-05-2022 Ascent from the SE up pasture shoulder with unusually aggressive cattle. Summit hill fort with great if hazy views. Descent through Dixton Wood but with the nettles and brambles I'd probably recommend the cattle option. | RichardM | 23/05/2012 |
As CB for the start. Track tricky to find as they are digging a very large pond/reservoir. Lots of mud. Track probably to left of pond. No private signs and all gates open or unlocked. | destaylor | 04/05/2012 |
Did as ChrisBien. Got a thorough soaking. | Herbert Anchovy | 20/04/2012 |
From Oxenton village route starts OK but then goes onto clearly marked private land but no entry signs were painted 20+years ago and change of owner appears less concerned. I found 5 horse head collars on a gate post suggesting theft is not a problem here | Dugswell2 | 05/03/2012 |
Nae coos or bulls! Parked at sharp corner ENE of hill. There is atrack which takes you all the way to the top but isn't obvious at the start. Go into fild S of farm buildings and it takes you to gate into the next field. Obvious after that 13:19 | chrisbien | 05/12/2011 |
Started at point 71 on the road to the east and followed a clear track all the way to the summit. Another pheasant wood to sneak through. | Martin R | 20/08/2011 |
Approached from east under cover of fog and found a path through the woods seeing deer and then buzzard on top. | Father Ted | 12/12/2010 |
Enjoyable hill following the Gloucerstershire way | hodder | 24/09/2009 |
From Oxenton village the route starts fine but then goes onto clearly marked private land with frisky looking cattle. I circumnavigated them and the view from the hill fort at the top is worth the effort. | clivevilla | 16/02/2008 |
A hidden gem - up track from west with landowners permission. Through a field with two large bulls. | desperate dan | 02/06/2007 |
From village - hill fort | arranc | 04/12/2006 |
interesting walk:-) | Rhayader_wander | 13/06/2006 |
fine summit, v mucky approach from W; likely fine view (night ascent). tk/fp from church to W | RHW | 03/01/2003 |
random date done sometime in 90's | vegibagger | 01/01/1999 |
Barry Smith | 25/05/2023 | |
abbo0001 | 28/03/2023 | |
Tom Mundell | 30/10/2022 | |
Bag For Life | 17/07/2021 | |
mntainman | 19/10/2020 | |
bladeblaster | 20/09/2020 | |
ARC | 18/01/2020 | |
alda | 19/04/2019 | |
Dusty | 13/04/2019 |