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Name:Westerham Heights
Hill number:5503
Height:245m / 804ft
Parent (Ma):3686  Botley Hill
RHB Section:42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight
County/UA:Greater London, Kent
London Borough:Bromley (LB)
Catchment:Thames
Class:Current County/UA Top, London Borough Top
(CoU,CoL)
Grid ref:TQ 43619 56503
Summit feature:no feature: ground on E verge of A233
Drop:0m
Col:245m  TQ436564  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 187
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  • Highest point in any Greater London borough

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 155 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Walked across the road from the bus stop, took a photo and then walked to Betsom's.Sixtyplus04/07/2023
Nipped across the road from parking for Betsom's Hill.Minto30/06/2023
Left our car parked in the track to Betsom Hill. Walked along the B233 until we'd crossed the county boundary on the otherside of the road. Took the field corner by the gate as the high point because it was safe to stand there.RowanP21/08/2022
Bagged along with Betsom's Hill. It's by the side of a very busy road. Beware of the A233.hillbagger9119/01/2022
Parked on Tatsfield Lane, Hawleys Corner and walked up the very busy road. The hp is on a very dangerous bend in the road on the east bank within the trees. Solo.Dangerous Dave06/01/2022
Did Greater London's county top on the same day as Kent and City of London. What a joke this county top was for just being on the side of a main road! And that is literally London's highest point...DavidHiner07/09/2021
Westerham Heights > Betsoms Hill from GR: TQ 43677 56442ronaldo33329/08/2021
Westerham Heights > Betsoms Hill from GR: TQ 43677 56442Hippster29/08/2021
Corydon and Bromley are of a different order of magnitude to the rest of the Boroughs. Croydon more than twice as high as 15 Borough tops and Bromley more than twice as high as all but 7. All 32 Tops cycled from Kentish Town in 18 runs, in 35 days. 975 km and 5985 m of ascent.pclyndes07/06/2020
picked up on way to Betsoms HillD SID26/08/2019
Small detour from NDW. Done straight after Betsoms Hilllerritt27/07/2019
Bagged at same time as Betsom's Hill with another couple of hundred meters of dodging traffic.jedthehumanoid05/07/2019
Final London Borough Top. 246 bus stops pretty much at the summit.Mark Jackson02/03/2019
Betsom's Hill and Westerham Heights by No 246 bus (Bromley South or Hayes to Westerham service, every half hour). 'William Hall Coachworks' stop is ideally situated between the two summits.PGCE07/02/2019
On own. On verge of dangerous main road. Bagged on the way to Betsoms Hill. Not one for a picnic stop!Beeliner05/07/2018
Walked along dangerously busy road from Betsoms Hill Farm and crossed road near bend.Campbell Singer19/04/2018
Cycling to the highest points in London Boroughs and eating a bun at the top of each. #3 Bromley Border of Kent and London. Had the bun in Shampan car park.Maggot20/08/2017
Done with Betsom Hill, walk along busy road to verge on east.PeterD05/06/2017
County top outing, boring but got to be done I parked cheekily in the entrance to the gas works and then walked the 10 seconds back to the turning with the sign for Westerham Heights farm the high point is opposite on the other side of the road, but really who caresWAYNE ROWLETT13/11/2016
Drive byRocksRock27/06/2016
Circular 10 mile walk from Titsey church included Betsom's Hill. The peak is on the main road opposite Westerham Heights house.Dull.Graeme15/05/2016
TD, C & H by mobile kennel.This Dog27/03/2016
10/11 Tenth of eleven on wet day (Langdan Hill/Heath Mount/London Road/Wrotham Hill/Holly Hill/Dettling Hill(North Downs)/Cheriton Hill/Toys Hill/Betsoms Hill/Westerham Heights/Botley Hill)Fergalh25/12/2015
Along road from Betsom's Hill. Definitely more dangerous than the Inn Pin.ngthack12/12/2015
Parked up and did at same time as Betson's HillRussellab22/11/2015
Drove over this one in car. No views to speak of.fnem08/09/2015
This was done after a quick geocaching trip around the South of Biggin Hill. Following the Road down to Westerham we parked on the side and then bagged both Westerham heights and Betsom's Hill. It would have been rude not to.Dragonzilla27/08/2015
OpenStreetMap on GPS has the boundary on E verge opposite house. Convenient parking in gateway same side of road. My final LB highpoint on way home from Heathrow, having summitted the Cameroon, Belgium and Netherlands national HPs during the week: quite an eclectic bunch!RHW08/03/2015
Parked along track/driveway at TQ435564. Highest point is a few metres S on opposite verge on busy A233.webmaster26/02/2015
Have driven this way in the past. Road closed this pm due to traffic accident so didn't make it. Leaving unticked for a GPS visit when next passing.RHW22/02/2015
Not an impressive summit, if indeed it can be called that. With Roguemaltose09/02/2015
With SteveGinaSmith06/01/2015
Part of Betsom Hill, Kent Historic County Top walk with Gina. Really wet day so rather than planned 11 mile circular walk ended up driving round and doing short walk to bag days tops.Parked in field entrance blocked by tree trunk opposite lane to Little Betsom Farm. Walked NW along both sides of busy road to Westerham Heights Farm to ensure visit high point.mntainman06/01/2015
A dangerous spot!catman09/10/2014
Easy roadside bagging ..Haygalzer05/10/2014
After overnight stay just north of the North Downs Way with Betsom Hill Old County Top Toonickywood118/03/2014
Rubbishsimon and co07/03/2014
Walked from Kent county top about 100m down the road. Equally disappointing. With Rich, Chris and Andy.Biffin03/11/2013
nothing that's not been said before.. maybe we could petition the house owner to get a huge granite slab installed in the garden as a summit feature..stig_nest21/09/2013
While trying to find somewhere to park for Betsoms Hill.Newton Maximus26/07/2013
It was a box ticker. We walked from Westerham itself - bloody dangerous road!markrussell30/05/2013
As said by others this is a mad spot, with no verge either side of road. Darted out from by Westerham Heights House and back, parking in lane by that, possible to get the Kent top from here too.nordicstar21/05/2013
climbed with Alli, started at Botley Hill and continued along the North Downs.Approached from north direction but found road very busy.Cold and even snowing at times.No view from point.Carried onto Clackett services and then back to Botley Hill.(8 miles)rickybalboa30/03/2013
Uninspiringrhalstead12/03/2013
Not the best place to find a summit.bolton17/01/2013
Parked in a field gateway by Westerham Heights when doing Betsom's Hill - Kent's historic county top. (PM)gerrybowes17/01/2013
Visited With Darren while trying to visit all the high points on London in one day.magirob10/01/2013
One of the scariest hills I've climbed. Traffic on the A233 is lethal and the top is on a blind corner. Felt safer on the Inn Pinn!prwild09/09/2012
Drive by hill. Close to housesteverd23/08/2012
KJFcrazy05/08/2012