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Name:Sheepcote Hill
Hill number:2865
Height:271.7m / 891ft
Parent (Ma):2866  Seager Hill
RHB Section:38B: West Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester
County/UA:Herefordshire
Catchment:Wye
Class:Clem
(Cm)
Grid ref:SO 61379 38924
Summit feature:ground a few metres SW of vehicle track
Drop:21.3m
Col:250.5m  SO 6202 3839  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 149
(1:25k) 189
Observations:ground 30m NW at SO 61363 38950 is 0.3m lower
Survey:Leica RX1250
Comments:on Clems list, former Marilyn position of 2866 Seager Hill
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After Seagar Hill, went back down the footbath and then up a forestry track to avoid a farmer in the adjacent field. Lots of CCTV and no trespassing signs. Good views from the trig, and the smell of wild garlic nearby. Seen by the farmer on the way back, but was quickly back down to the road as rain had set in.Droplet749414/03/2024
5 Marilyns from base in Ludlow. Aconbury Hill, Garway Hill, Ruardean Hill, May Hill, and Seager Hill. Ruardean Hill was almost a drive by, Seager Hill was a bit of a nettle fest. The other three made the day.Longwojo10/06/2023
3/5 Marilyns today, parked to south at right of gate, parking for 1 or 2 small cars max, through hole in hedgerow to left of gate, up easy track which bears off to right and up across grassy hill, join gravel path and up to ridge, you'll need to hop a couple of fences here if you want to bag the trig but I went right and up and ended up near enough to the trig on other side of bwfTribal2er05/03/2023
From 622379, gate entrance ruined by recent forest lorries. Parked a little further west in next wide gate entrance. Up old Row to ridge. Turned left along ridge to top. Sunday (no shooting), forestry extraction appears finished. No one around. The bit west of the trig looked higher and we walked it. GPS coords confirm it.iangalbraith27/11/2022
On bike from Ledbury, Hereford bound.davechaffey29/04/2022
Walked along the ridge top track from the PRoW ( parking for 1 vehicle where the PRoW begins ). Lots of CCTV signs & Superb Views.DanMaisieBex21/04/2022
Up footpath and along ridge from the southeast, as described by others. Lots of CCTV signs, no people, not many pheasants.davidpettit8409/04/2022
Limited parking next to footpath south of hill then along track on crest. Good views. Didn't bother climbing the fence for the trig.Nick Canute01/04/2022
Good parking. Good path. Did not feel threatened or aimed at. Lovely.Play2End30/10/2021
Parked at SO 6116 3787 (just S of the junction) as forestry work had temporarily closed the road above that. On the hill itself I approached the summit from the SE - needed to get over a gate to reach the trig and then a fence to get back onto the track to the summit. Didn't see any people, but lots of threatening signage and pheasants.paulhilder25/08/2021
Parked in the usual spot and hiked up. Beware that new signs aplenty regarding CCTV and high fences installed. Lots of hunting perches around too (and no shortage of pheasant to shoot). Reached as close to the summit as safe to do so without either trepassing or being shot !jamiequackers18/07/2021
park 6224 379 up row past big badger sett to ridge walk se to south top then nw to north top walk to point 269 return same route and visit trig 2 bwf to cross note numerous'new' private keep out cctv signs along ridge so sharpishunderhill28/06/2021
From minor road to SW, with only one locked gate needing to be bypassed (others were open).Gayle03/11/2020
'Part ot a Circular run from Little Tarrington.lots of locked gates to ignore...Big Deer Shooting area. The trig is in between two higher pieces of ground!!Shutterlag28/10/2020
Bike ride and walks in a circuit from Hereford: Dinedor Camp, Aconbury Hill, Fownhope Park, Haugh Wood, Seager Hill S Top - Seager Hill, Canwood Knoll, Little Hill, Backbury Hill.Mark Jackson10/10/2020
G, MyIdris22/08/2020
G Mymaryjdavies22/08/2020
Parked at church. Up road and across various overgrown fields and barbed wire fences. Lots of farm work going on near top. Back down what I assumed was some kind forestry track. Huge gate but no problem getting roundketzster30/06/2020
Parked on school road and walked up the track to the common and on to the trig and summit. No barbed wire anymore.Stevooo16/05/2020
Was here for the trig 7 or 8 years ago so good to get this one tidied up today.Alex C09/03/2020
Parked by a field entrance near the top of a lane signposted Durlow Common. Continued up the lane and then along the right of way to the ridgeline. Took in both summits and trig point along the way. Nice views across to the Malvern Hills!Gerry the Ranger06/03/2020
Usual start (SO6225037935).Visited both tops & trig.ger23/12/2019
Trig is between highest hills !gettingonabit03/11/2019
Same route as others. Room for the car by footpath sign. Nettles everywhere, especially around the trig. Solo.Dangerous Dave11/08/2019
Parked 6225037935. Grassy track passes by trig on NE side before high point near edge of track. Long wet grass made for soggy boots and trousers.NormanW20/07/2019
Parked at SO 622379 - straight forward path up from here to trackss on ridge. Bit of vegetation on route but pleasant compared to many other Marilyns. Crossed barbed wire fence and waded through nettles to trig on the way to the summit area. Summit needs a cairn - went to gps grid ref on hill bagging then had a good walk around (on and off the track) invade of other higher bits. Returned by same route. Bagged whilst en route to Cardiff for work.assynt_bob27/05/2019
From GR022379 parking at confluence of tracks. Track up the ridge spine, bypassed the trig at the side of the field (over barbed fence and midst brambles and nettles, wearing shorts! No thanks) summit unmarked on track, but shortly after zigzag round 2 high gate fences.N.Morters01/05/2019
See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/305039377outlawcatcher11/04/2019
1/6 after visiting Tom in Brum. Running, from SE. Just after dawn. Dry, warm, hazy but view. Out and back. Rounsfell17/02/2019
From Upper Hazel Farm.Very enjoyable stroll along the ridge track in the late afternoon sunshine.SteveG15/02/2019
Parked just down from Park Farm infront of a locked gate then walked directly up the footpath to the track, no problem with vegetation at this time of year. Walked along the ridge as stated by someone previously locked gates can be easily walked around onto track. Came down track from col ?? back to just beside the footpath on the road.JulieB27/12/2018
From SO 622379 - the path going up from here is thin and could be difficult to find in descent - it meets the ridge at about 70m E of a small transmitter mast. The path W along the ridge is blocked by two staggered and locked unscalable gates - the stagger allows them to be bypassed without difficulty, but then a BWF has to be negotiated to reach the trig. A vehicular track returns to the parking spot from SO 621382.Isbjorn11/11/2018
6/6 Marilyn Day. Seager Hill from Durlow Common. Groping through the undergrowth in the dark to locate the summit – too many brambles! Many pheasant as well!silveracorn_alan26/10/2018
Ridge track from south east, a bit overgrown in places but mostly OK.Topographer5712/08/2018
Parked at SO622379 and took track to ridge to both summits. Thistles, brambles, nettles and horse flies - not a day for shortsRamblingpaul15/07/2018
With K from woods above Park Farm. Alive with houseflies and cleggs.Ashley14/07/2018
7/11M parked at start of path to the east.robertphillips20/10/2017
Stealth bag at the end of the day. Parked by Park Coppice in the gateway to a forestry track a few metres along from the start of the FP. Best not use this parking place during working hours, as there is work above. The FP is nice, narrow and steep, and joins a scruffy, grassy vehicle track, which runs to the top of the hill. Descent via the forestry track is quick and easy.Gill13/10/2017
Parked at field gate then ploughed through mud until track cleared a bit. Pleasant enough stroll along the ridge with good views to north east.SS19/03/2017
3/3. Parked just down from Park Farm then walked up a good track to high point on GPS then located the trig after it. Good views. Company: Solo well except for thousands of game birds.iandesbottes19/10/2016
A nice walk along the ridge. Lots of pheasants.jenx06/10/2016
Repeat as last time from the lane, cleared woods now regrowing. This is same place the FP goes from and if bold can take that up towards summit and cut the corner - the way we came down. Much better, clearer day. Many pheasants around and evidence of vehicles on the track but saw no one and visited tops and trig untroubled by naught but the lovely viewsnordicstar06/10/2016
From the millpond campsite up via tarrington common (nettle and bramble fest)GmacT09/07/2016
From Hazel Court. Overgrown ridge walk with good views to Malvern hills especially from top of Hazel Court track.twg2708/07/2016
Another good SOTA activation on 145-fm.G4OOE23/03/2016
Along ridge from Woolhope Cockshoot, muddy track at first, over south top and visited trig point on way back.PeterD13/03/2016
SOTAmike.hartley22/11/2015
Stroll up a muddy forestry track. Through a gate which looks very out of place. Views muted today.stig_nest27/10/2015
From Hazel Court.squeegs05/07/2015
With Bevsimon and co17/04/2015