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Name:Bald Hill
Hill number:5386
Height:257.2m / 844ft
Parent (Ma):2874  Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill]
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Oxfordshire
County (CoH):Oxfordshire (CoH)
Catchment:Thames
Class:Hump, Tump (200-299m), Historic County Top, Clem
(Hu,Tu,2,CoH,Cm)
Grid ref:SU 72837 95794
Summit feature:in woods 7m SW of track
Drop:125m
Col:132m  SP805005  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 165
(1:25k) 171
Observations:ground on path 45m ESE at SU 72876 95771 is 0.5m lower
Comments:1.5m higher than 17280 Beacon Hill and 2m higher than Shirburn Hill SU723952
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Notes:
  • Oxfordshire historic county top
  • Replaced by Hill 5479 Whitehorse Hill as the Current County top in the 1974 boundary changes

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From spot height 254 on minor road west of summit. Car park closed for forestry works, but could just squeeze one car into space opposite track. Track to unclear summit covered in brash from forestry works, but easy enough to pick a way through. KeithByTheC26/11/2023
From Cowleaze Wood Car Park. Visited the War memorial and various potential High Points.Iris Jephcote06/01/2023
From Cowleaze Wood Car Park. Visited the War memorial and various potential High Points.Ivy Jephcote06/01/2023
From Cowleaze Wood Car Park. Visited the War memorial and various potential High Points.Jephcote8306/01/2023
from CP on B road next to M40 Jcn 6, via Hill Farm, with K, return same way.IanHHill27/10/2022
Bald Hill from SU 72672 95874ronaldo33311/09/2022
13.4 mile circular from car park near to summit. Following paths to Turville, then re-ascending Bald Hill from the east. We followed clearing in woods to very boring summit. Heading back to the car park afterwards. Surprisingly quiet for a Sunday on most of the paths around here except for the woods the summit is in which was quite busy.DanTrig21/08/2022
The sort of summit that gives hill bagging a dodgy name.summitter16/08/2022
https://cjwilliams1975.wixsite.com/website/post/bald-hillcjwilliams23/01/2022
From Cowleaze Wood Car Park. Misty rainy day very atmospheric in the woods. Visited the War memorial, High Point and the viewpoint on the opposite side of the road.Jephcote8323/12/2021
Parked at Cowleaze Wood Car Park. Did a 13km walk round Commonhill Wood and Charkley Shaw. Mediocre views. Most exciting view was sheep herding. Came back to discover my car had been broken into and contents stolen. A truly regrettable trip, that has probably put paid to my burgeoning ideas of hill bagging.Merculean08/12/2021
Set off early for a long day in the saddle and the first of four county tops today. A woody location so not much of a view.pclyndes11/06/2021
Circular walk starting and ending in Aston Rowat, first up Beacon Hill 255.7m crossed M40 using bridge, walked metaled road to Bald hill 257.2, then Shirburn Hill trig point then down to Ridgeway trail eastwards to complete loop.Gareth188607/05/2021
As a detour from the Ridgewaylerritt11/04/2021
Walked here from the nearby car park, very muddy paths.Sapphirites04/01/2021
RainingParkerP196021/10/2020
Summit off track in wood and other alternate points all visitedAlan Caine11/09/2020
Short stroll from the car park en route to a pub meet in Turville. Will have to return sometime to search for the elusive Chiltern gentian.milimana08/08/2020
Pleasant enough stroll, clockwise along footpaths in Cowleaze Wood from car park of same name. Just 0.79km with only 12m of ascent so unsurprisingly a flat and indistinguishable summit feature. Plumped for area near HT electricity pole on or near 257m spot height. Returned to van and drove 500m SW down road to bag trig pillar inside cow field west of road.mntainman19/07/2020
Pleasant stroll through woods from car park. Found the memorial to WW2 Halifax crash, then on to discover the summit. On way home from Coventry with Geraldine.Pete West05/07/2020
Nice views from Aston Rowant Nature Reservetwg2715/06/2020
Lovely 18km walk from Cherry Tree Corner Car Park with trimarc2 & r1Fionalevey04/06/2020
18k circular walk from Cherry Tree Car Park through lovely woods along well marked bridleways and FP in the Wormsley Park Estate and Aston Rowant nature reserve. With Philippa and Fionatrimarc204/06/2020
with Fiona and DTL on a long 18k circular walk through lovely woods and parksr104/06/2020
21.1km run: Beacon Hill, Adwell Cop, and Bald Hill.maclrc08/03/2020
Figure of 8 walk through Cowleaze Wood and Aston Rowant Nature Reserve.prwild22/02/2020
Parked Watlington - Looped along the Ridgeway and up alongside M40 to get to the higher ground .D SID04/12/2019
Worst mud we've had in a while, but also it's been raining almost non-stop for weeks and weeks. Would definitely like to come back to the area when it's a bit less sodden. HP is basically indistinguishable.sjb23/11/2019
20km walk around Cowleaze Wood.atreides788716/06/2019
A short walk from the car park to the junction by the telegraph poles. A good walk around to try and ensure got exactly the right point. A very popular spot with dog walkers.andrewcoles02/06/2019
On own. Easy short walk from Cowleaze Wood car park to grassy open area at junction of paths with telegraph pole. Spotted a woodpecker high in the trees drumming and a red kite carrying a twig for nesting material. Very peaceful.Beeliner22/03/2019
From the muddy and pot-holed CP along the muddy track. 15 minutes there and back.Newton Maximus08/03/2019
High point of the historic county of Oxfordshire. Worked in Cambridge and drove to Oxfordshire after work.peter_tun18/01/2019
A quick walk from the CP. With B and R.jenx09/12/2018
A quick stop off on way home, gave us some fresh air. Walked up from Ridgeway path so that gave it a sense of hill!nickywood122/11/2018
Solo. Parked in Cowleaze car park and went for a walk. Strolled around Aston Rowant nature reserve after finding the summit as I had new boots to break in. Another county top completed.Buck29/09/2018
1st of 6 tops (5 tumps) today on Stage 6 of the Ridgeway with Lesley on a route from Watlington to Saunderton. Lesley waited on a concrete block while i headed up a track over the road and onto a woodland track to reach the summit area then did a circular to take in spot height and take another track round returning the same way. Lesley was ok because she was included in a film a guy was making about the Chiltern Hills. We headed over to Lewknor where I intended to carry on to Adwell Cop...Dazingdale26/09/2018
With Jenx and Bryher to the same telegraph pole. Better light this timenordicstar12/09/2018
From Cowleaze car park to one of the least memorable HuMPs around. Visited Shirburn Hill trig 730m to the SW for a bit of excitement...Aye Jimmy09/09/2018
Lewknor to Princes Risborough. Glad I had a POI on my GPSraymondwilkes08/08/2018
.CreakingHiker05/07/2018
.tim74705/07/2018
Circuit with CPgarth8701/06/2018
Muddy.dal13/04/2018
Solo. Muddy!Dangerous Dave18/02/2018
Parked on B4009 Lewknor and walked up Hill Road which becomes track. Returned same way as Ridgeway looked very muddy.Pollyanna09/02/2018
Parked in woods carpark, walked to GPS summit and was very muddyjmistry8621/01/2018
Stroll around the woods from the Cowleaze car park, frustratingly indistinct summitmapple29/06/2017
Short wander from Cowleaze Wood car park. Views from the other side of the road.squeegs01/04/2017
Parked in Cowleaze Wood carpark and took a circular walk through the woods to take in the HP. Firecrest and Red Kites seen.JohRvs26/03/2017