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Name: | Havering Atte Bower church |
Hill number: | 5580 |
Height: | 106m / 348ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2874 Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill] |
RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
County/UA: | Greater London |
London Borough: | Havering (LB) |
Catchment: | Thames |
Class: | Unclassified (Un) |
Grid ref: | TQ 51213 93063 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground in churchyard near SE corner |
Drop: | 3m |
Col: | 102.6m TQ 5138 9309 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 177 (1:25k) 175W |
Comments: | Former twin London Borough Top. De-twinned Oct 2020 |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 82 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Chadwell Heath station (Elizabeth Line): Mark's Gate, Havering Atte Bower Church, Havering Atte Bower farm and Cabin Hill. Went through 3 parks, Havering Forest, Bedfords Park and Hainault on local parts of the London loop. Surprisingly quiet, open countryside on a lovely spring day | Lazylizzie | 17/03/2024 |
SE corner of the churchyard or possibly raised ground in front of the cottages to the south | Vulcan | 06/07/2023 |
5 of 6 on 26 mile bike ride starting on kavanaghs road in Brentwood. Lovely church would of stayed longer but it was bucketing it down. My 900th hill | The-Z-Man | 18/12/2022 |
Detour from London LOOP | lerritt | 09/10/2022 |
On long cycle fromBattersea completing the last 4 London Borough tops | Rockdoctor | 11/07/2020 |
Havering stocks still on display. Perhaps Dominic Cummings could have a spell in them? | pclyndes | 25/05/2020 |
Visited the church and walked around so to get to the highpoint 
Visited the farm just in case surveys change the game | ChinnockC | 04/10/2019 |
What an absolutely delightful little church - can't say I've seen a flinty one before! Thought SE corner was highest area. | Aye Jimmy | 11/08/2019 |
By rail, tube and bus to Chase Cross, then a walk up the road to Havering-atte-Bower. Very pleasant on a moonlit evening. Visited the SE of the churchyard, the Green outside Holly Tree Cottage, and the verge by the turning to Havering Farm. | Nick Down1 | 19/02/2019 |
A pleasant, flattish, top. had lunch sitting on one of the benches in brilliant sunshine. I don't think I can add anything to what has been said previously. On a round from Harold Wood station of the Havering tops and a couple of trig pillars. Also some blocked paths and a lot of mud. | Sixtyplus | 15/02/2019 |
Upminster Bridge to Cabin Hill London Loop walk | jedthehumanoid | 15/08/2018 |
Cabin Hill to Havering atte Bower on London Loop. | PGCE | 04/06/2018 |
Ground by front boundary of the church. | clivevilla | 28/04/2018 |
Positively rural after the night in Romford. Great village sign and unusual arch and main entrance under church tower. Overcast and dull. High point at SE corner of church yard though road at SW corner of Green is very similar height. | RichardM | 11/04/2018 |
Pleasant churchyard. Hp close to the gate. | Campbell Singer | 29/03/2018 |
Another churchyard top. | Bramley | 17/11/2017 |
by bike | mcallmar | 19/08/2017 |
London Loop walk | chelec | 01/04/2017 |
as for PeterD | arranc | 14/03/2017 |
Parked in Bedfords Park then looked at water tower, Havering Atte Bower farm , Havering Atte Bower church and a CBM on outbuilding going back to the car. | Dugswell2 | 05/03/2017 |
41-mile/1900ft climb bike ride from Oakwood: Epping Forest, Lambourne Hill, Cabin Hill, Havering atte Bower, Marks Gate. Great views over London to the S. Greater London completed. | Mark Jackson | 18/02/2017 |
15/16 Fifteenth of sixteen on London Borough Top bagging day (The Vale/Horsenden Hill/Sudbury Hill/Wakemans Hill Avenue/Bushey Hill (Boundary)/Highgate/Highgate Hill/Highwood Hill/Bournwell Hill (Hadley Wood)/Pole Hill/Wanstead Flatts/Marks Gate/Cabin Hill/Havering Atte Bowe Farm/Havering Atte Bowe Church/Potter Street Hill) | Fergalh | 20/08/2016 |
Approximate date with J. Short detour off the LOOP to have a look at the church & its grounds | NotReallyABagger | 01/08/2016 |
Possibly in churchyard but favoured green in front of Holly Tree Cottage. | jonglew | 04/07/2016 |
TD,C & H by mobile kennel | This Dog | 10/01/2016 |
A short walk into churchyard and SE corner, had a wander. | PeterD | 08/12/2015 |
I agree - south east corner of the grounds of a very good looking church. | trimarc2 | 05/09/2015 |
A full wander clockwise through the churchyard round the church | vegibagger | 31/08/2015 |
Parked near church, walked down through havering country park to the west end of the forest for striking view of the London skyline, then ascended to the summit in the beautiful church grounds, one or two grassy lumps by gravestones, and the green where I had elevenses before driving over to scrub hill in Brentwood. This was a very pleasant hill, made all the more interesting with the forest walk beforehand. | pdantic | 06/07/2015 |
From wiki:The name Havering is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 meaning settlement of the followers of a man called Hæfer. The atte Bower suffix means at the royal residence and refers to Havering Palace, which was situated here. The West London equivalent to Havering-atte-Bower is Old Windsor in Berkshire, which had a Saxon Palace that predated Windsor Castle. Edward the Confessor would have travelled to and from his palaces at both Havering-atte-Bower and Old Windsor. | Chris Pearson | 11/03/2015 |
Highest point appears to be churchyard near SE corner | RHW | 25/01/2015 |
Parking near church. Simple stroll to graveyard and high point. Lovely spot. | nordicstar | 15/10/2013 |
Easy parking in this lovely village, which has flint church and lots of other interesting buildings around the large village green. | Hillsidenick | 21/07/2013 |
Cheated on this one - I caught the 'bus up from Romford. | Buteobuteo | 12/07/2013 |
Down in Essex for a wedding so we didn't miss the opportunity to get a few tops in even if they were mostly drive byes. 5th of 8 today. | heavyhorses | 04/05/2013 |
Visited With Darren while trying to visit all the high points on London in one day. | magirob | 10/01/2013 |
Best bet is to park in the layby close to he cricket club and cover both tops from there. | simon and co | 30/04/2012 |
Fifteen of London Borough tops in 14 hours by bike from Kew. This one was visited 5h 30 min from start at Kew. A nice wedding started in the church when I arrived, with three old famous British Leyland cars (Locked like RR to me)bringing the Couple ++. | NilsOS | 09/10/2010 |
Village green and churchyard are pretty flat - could be anywhere. Parking was a bit tricky, so had to do this one quite fast.... | wheresthepath | 21/02/2010 |
Visited Havering tops many times on the way to Bedfords Park. On this day walked from Havering to Dagenham via Cabin Hill, Redbridge | Overthehilljill | 17/10/2009 |
We were out geocaching in the Havering area. Parked by the lovely church. | CandS37 | 08/08/2009 |
51205 93063 is in the graveyard. Its all very flat and the grass well mown. Lovely spot. On way home from work. Wish it was as easy to get to 'Windy Gyle' | destaylor | 18/04/2008 |
South side of the green appeared to be highest area near the church. | Smudge | 02/03/2008 |
Nice view of east London from here, limited parking by the church. | Nick | 26/02/2008 |
With M&J doing stages of London Loop | RT1970 | 01/08/2002 |
My brother lived at Havering and this was the church he attended. | moorsman | 01/08/1958 |
Matt | 30/08/2022 | |
Martin R | 20/01/2022 | |
johnkenyon | 01/05/2020 | |
FinnTumps | 04/04/2020 |