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Name: | The Slipe |
Hill number: | 5613 |
Height: | 107m / 351ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2869 Cleeve Hill |
RHB Section: | 39: Central and Eastern England |
County/UA: | Bedford Borough, North Northamptonshire |
Catchment: | Wash |
Class: | Current County/UA Top (CoU) |
Grid ref: | SP 91239 56702 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground between two fox/badger holes |
Drop: | 0m |
Col: | 107m SP912567 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 152 (1:25k) 207E |
Observations: | summit just inside wood |
Comments: | Spot height on 1:10k map nr old covered reservoir. Trig pillar (106m) at SP925589 Harrold Park Farm confirmed to be lower by spot heights on 1884 1:2500 map. |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 83 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Circular walk from Bozeat | ijpowell | 20/02/2024 |
Easy parking on Fir Tree Grove in Bozeat, over stile & along the waymarked, wide & well-maintained RoW to junction with the Three Shires Way at N. end of wood - As Wycombe Wanderer, easily over ditch & through open woodland, mostly along animal tracks, to the high point on badger sett. | gerrybowes | 19/07/2023 |
Parked at castle farm and a lovely walk through the fields, round the woods, to the CT, which was atop a badger sett. | cjwilliams | 16/10/2022 |
Parking available at start of footpath on Fir Tree Grove in Bozeat. Followed footpath through fields past White House Farm. Went across ditch and into wood - lots of badger setts but no sign whatsoever of a building or its remains. | Wheelsy | 31/07/2022 |
From the water tower along field edge. Saw some deer, fallow I think. Cross the ditch into the wood at the northern tip, near the footpath sign. | Wycombe Wanderer | 16/09/2021 |
With Debi. | DaveD | 08/11/2020 |
Started from layby on A428, 300m NW of Three Shires Way crossing. 
Walked to TSW then following bridleway all way to summit! 
No evidence of disused reservoir let alone fox/badger hole used to describe summit feature. 
High ground on county boundary along track of Three Shires Way on NW boundary of The Slipe woodland | mntainman | 20/06/2020 |
On a trail run via Bozeat, Harrold | dc96 | 11/07/2019 |
Parked in Lavendon and followed bridle way to the high point. 
 
A little cut through to the Bedford side of the ditch to find a badgers sett. 
Weather was pleasant. | ChinnockC | 05/05/2019 |
On own.Very late afternoon walk. Parked in Joiners Way, Lavendon. Walked up Castle Road to farm then followed bridleways bordering Threeshire Wood and The Oaks wood to hp. Hardest part was crossing ditch into wood. Found badger holes, must be 4 or 5 there now. Also a dilapidated building inside wood by field boundary. Pheasants everywhere. Return by same route. Dark by the time back at car. Pub grub and decent pint in The Horseshoe to round off walk. | Beeliner | 22/03/2019 |
A lovely walk from Bozeat past White House Farm on good well-marked footpaths. Jumped the ditch into the wood! Exited at SW corner by ruined building. Walked on to the trig point and back to Bozeat. Lovely circular route. | Dangerous Dave | 09/03/2019 |
From fir tree grove off st marys road, footpath all the way three mile in an hour. Easy way to cross the ditch is by the abandoned building push a few branches out the way and squeeze through no need for a leap of faith. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 24/02/2019 |
From Fir Tree Grove in Bozeat, along FP across fields. HP across ditch by badger sets. | PeterD | 19/09/2018 |
After ringing bells at Mears Ashby and Wilby. | PGCE | 07/04/2018 |
Approached from the west at dusk. Track, then arable field margin and then clambered over an old harrow to access the high point in the corner of the wood. Dark by the time I headed back which probably made it more interesting. | Herbert Anchovy | 05/02/2018 |
From Fir Tree Grove where parking was easy. An easy walk through pastures and around recently planted fields. Hp looks like a badger set next to derelict tin she'd. | Campbell Singer | 22/11/2017 |
Parked in the driveway of the Lodge and walked up drive of Bozeat Grange. Upset a farmed in both instances so not recommended. GR given is just in the woods across a fairly deep ditch but easy enough to access. | clivevilla | 12/08/2017 |
TD & C | This Dog | 08/08/2017 |
Up from south after parking off the A509 on sunny afternoon. | Dugswell2 | 07/08/2017 |
Parking and route probably as jonglew. Highest point seemed to be on bank 5m N of old brick building (reservoir?) with rotten tin roof just inside wood. Enter wood just N of piece of farm machinery in hedge. | Aye Jimmy | 04/08/2017 |
From A509, wide grass verge for parking at SP 9012 5613, mainly bridleways and farm tracks thereafter except for 1 shortcut across a field. Ground is all flat, no knowing where a precise HP is, most likely at or near the old covered reservoir. Went into the woods, but still all flat. | jonglew | 03/07/2017 |
Parked in layby on A428 and walked up the bridleway. Track muddy in places and obviously used by bikes / motorbikes as well as horses and pedestrians. Presumably did not actually get to high point as bridleway seems to be in Milton Keynes / Northamptonshire and cannot access the Bedford Borough area which must be to the South East side of the ditch. Only field entry overgrown and blocked by old agricultural machinery. | JMLB | 23/05/2017 |
after Norfolk trip, from Bozeat across fields on marked footpath. | KC | 21/05/2017 |
From Fir Tree Grove. Pleasant stroll on well marked paths. | Bramley | 28/11/2016 |
bus from Bedford to Lavendon. Used excellent FPs and Bridleways to reach high point. Pleasant country walk. A couple of areas of lovely woods and a few excellent hedges punctuate this area of prairie farming with some very large fields | trimarc2 | 27/10/2016 |
Parked in Fir tree grove in Bozeat. Good well marked paths across fields with hares and muntjac deer about. | mart0797 | 02/02/2016 |
G | Idris | 26/12/2015 |
8/8 Last one on Bad weather day so county tops bagging for the day, (Park Lane/Ashley Hill/Bowsey Hill/East Burnham Park/Pavis Wood/Whitehill/Bow Brickhill/The Slipe) | Fergalh | 24/10/2015 |
From A228, along Three Shires Way. | ngthack | 23/08/2015 |
Parked in Fir Tree grove,Bozeat. A good path south until 908575 when it disappears under the ploughing until the old brick ruins are reached. The farmer has preserved the path through the barley fields. | bolton | 19/08/2015 |
From Layby at start of bridleway. Straight forward, muddy, stroll. | rhalstead | 01/03/2015 |
Walk on well signed paths through fields from Fir Tree Grove in Bozeat. 17.30. | arranc | 15/08/2014 |
Walked across fields from Bozeat after working in London. Just after torrential downpour and don't think I will get my suit trousers clean ever again. | Mark Sims | 22/05/2014 |
3.2m round trip from A428 along the Three Shires Way. Muddy in places. Beautiful bluebell wood. | Newton Maximus | 02/05/2014 |
Walked here from St Marys Road Bozeat . Nice stroll across farmland . Simple to find follow the footpath towards the slipe mast adjacent to pond a good marker for direction . | Haygalzer | 17/04/2014 |
walked with Bono on the way back from Coventry. Parked in Bozeat and walked the (muddy) paths SE across the fields | mr bounce | 29/10/2012 |
Up from Bozeat across eight fields. Footpath is really well looked after by the local farmer. Nice on the rare occasion this happens. | simon and co | 07/09/2012 |
en route to N'hampton in evening after work. Parked at roadside verge by house at GR903578. No path, but used cornfields by woods to gain FP from Bozeat to top. Followed easily on hot muggy day. Unremarkable, no views either. Perdition! | nordicstar | 27/06/2012 |
Edge of wood amongst bluebells...or was it the cultivated side of the ditch? Who knows?! | signyred | 25/02/2012 |
Parked at Bozeat. Easy stroll - pleasant. | destaylor | 04/07/2011 |
A gentle morning stroll. The "summit" isn't obvious as everywhere is relatively flat. | JohnStoneham | 12/05/2011 |
bagged on the way down to the ridgeway 40 | johnfwoolley | 06/05/2011 |
Short walk from Bozeat and back, nice bluebells in woods | electricratman | 16/04/2011 |
close to home - round route from Bozeat - around and across fields - came across a hedge full of yellowhammers | Phil M | 06/12/2009 |
Last part of a Bedfordshire triple with my mate Andy. | Overthehilljill | 25/10/2009 |
Circular walk from Bozeat via The Slipe and the trig. My GPS said The Slipe was very definitely higher! Easy if unremarkable walking. There was a planning application for a wind farm on the "summit ridge" so you might want to bag this one sooner rather | wheresthepath | 01/08/2009 |
Its quite a hike to this one although all flat. I started in the north and made a nine mile round trip taking in the 2 trigs and UA top enroute. Buzzards galore. | Father Ted | 21/07/2009 |
from Bozeat village via the trigpoint,nice walk. | asbown | 03/06/2009 |
Date approx, lived in Bozeat from 1996 for a few years, passed this way a few times. | RHW | 01/06/1997 |
BrianMatthews | 10/06/2022 |