| Name: | Lewesdon Hill |
| Hill number: | 2896 |
| Height: | 278.6m / 914ft |
| County/UA: | Dorset |
| Topographical area: | ES05 Staple-lewesdon |
| SMC/RHB section: | 41: South Central England |
| Catchment: | Axe (Seaton), Catchment Boundaries, Brit |
| Historic County: | Dorset |
| Administrative County: | Dorset (1974-1996), Dorset (1889-1974) |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Historic County Top, Administrative County Top, Current County/UA Top, Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,2,CoH,CoA,CoU,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | ST 43776 01174 |
| Summit feature: | grassy mound at east end of ridge |
| Drop: | 187.2m |
| Col: | 91.4m ST 3279 0880  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 193 (1:25k) 116 |
| Observations: | mound under tree 60m NNW at ST 43758 01234 is as high |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Comments: | Replaces hill 2898 Pilsdon Pen as Dorset County top |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 380 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From P in Broadwindsor @ ST 4368 0269. | summitsup | 28/06/2024 |
| Hoped to park near Stoke Knapp Farm, but parking here very difficult, so ended up parking about 1km down the road near Lewesdon Farm. Followed road to Stoke Knapp and then ascended Wessex Ridgeway path to the west. Lovely views to north over green rolling countryside. Track narrows to a path. At ST 437014 turned south on easy to follow footpath to the grassy summit plateau. Beautiful deciduous woodland, with sufficient spacing and gaps to allow good views of nearby hills. Dorset was the only historical English county I had not visited, so glad to make it to its modest but lovely high point. Returned same way. Walked solo (Mrs waiting in car!). Weather mostly bright, but with squally showers all day, which I luckily missed during the walk. A lot of rainwater trickling down the Wessex Ridgeway path! | jamessteel100 | 20/03/2024 |
| A morning ascent of Dorset's highest point - I'm sure the views are wonderful but today Lewesdon Hill definitely had its head in the clouds! | ThomasJoseph | 12/03/2024 |
| Parked at the road side in Broadwindsor near the junction of Yarn Barton and the B3162. Lovely walk up through the fields and then the beech woods on the summit. | islamidget | 26/09/2023 |
| An easy mile-long walk from the car park in Broadwindsor, with newborn baby in tow. Easy to find the summit. Pleasant views of surrounding countryside through the trees at the top. | hillbagger91 | 21/08/2023 |
| Like Beeliner below parked at the school in Broadwindsor and enjoyed coffee, sandwiches and a cinnamon bun at the Wobbly Cottage bakery before ascending on a path through fields and into the beech wood top. Returned the same way. Overcast and low cloud. With Gillian. | richard69 | 28/07/2023 |
| With E. On a lovely summer morning we parked outside the school in Broadwindsor and started by having a coffee and freshly baked cinnamon bun at the superb one man bakery in The Old Post Office. Through field paths passing the memorial for The Forgotten Pilot of Lewesdon Hill then onto ridge and Dorset county summit. Returned via Wessex Ridgeway passing Higher Knapp Farm then footpaths passing Honeycombe Farm and along Monarchs Way back into Broadwindsor. A delightful walk and another county top bagged. | Beeliner | 27/06/2023 |
| With Lesley. Lovely blue bells on top plateau. | Nick Canute | 16/05/2023 |
| Parked at the Old Post Office in Broadwindsor. Took path from 439022 through grassy fields followed up onto ridge and to summit, crossing over a very muddy path. To return walked along ridge path down to meet Wessex ridgeway, then along here to meet outgoing path. On return came down fields to village at 435025. Pleasant 2.6 mile loop. Nice picnic spot with cairs and benches opposite Post Office. | JulieB | 24/02/2023 |
| From West Street in Broadwindsor via boggy footpaths. Had tried to park to the East but no spots. | KevPalmer | 09/01/2023 |
| From Broadwindsor via Pilsdon Pen | cjwilliams | 31/07/2022 |
| Lewesdon Hill, Hardown Hill, Beacon Batch, and Dundry Down in one day | mazz | 25/02/2022 |
| Muddy footpaths from Buck’s Head. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 08/01/2022 |
| Lewesdon Hill from GR: ST 43953 00501 | ronaldo333 | 28/10/2021 |
| Lewesdon Hill from GR: ST 43953 00501 | Hippster | 28/10/2021 |
| With Rob | Jbratt95 | 14/08/2021 |
| Out and back from Broadwindsor. My First Marilyn! :-) | stagger onward | 01/08/2021 |
| First County Top with my cousin, unfortunately the car broke down for 4 hours before some how being okay again, very stressful but adventurous day. | DavidHiner | 07/06/2021 |
| Parked at the post office and walked up. | Stevooo | 23/04/2021 |
| With Sal from Broadwindsor - nice sunny Autumn day but fields watched. Nice clearing on top. | davechaffey | 02/11/2020 |
| First Marilyn climbed after discovering what Marilyns are... now got to try to work out all the others done in a lifetime of hiking... | Punkbagger | 27/10/2020 |
| With Bev | simon and co | 19/10/2020 |
| With J during a few days based in Somerset. Had difficulty finding parking on S or E sides of hill, so parked easily near village shop in Broadwindsor. Walked S up the B3162 safely enough & then followed the public footpaths across the fields to meet the Wessex Ridgeway. Up to the summit & then wandered around the top taking in the occasional views through the trees. Lots of tree swings for some reason. Back by the same route & then on to Hardown Hill. | NotReallyABagger | 06/10/2020 |
| MC | Martin66 | 28/09/2020 |
| Cycled over from Horton near Ilminster up to the ridge at Stoke Knapp Farm. A short walk up the track and then up through the Beech woods to the top - County Top No..4. Views out to the south through the trees to Golden Cap and the English Channel. | pclyndes | 05/09/2020 |
| Rain and thunder on the way up, sunshine on the way down! | ParkerP1960 | 27/08/2020 |
| 1/5 Parked at start of bridleway to S and nipped up and back. V windy, cool showers. | Rounsfell | 27/06/2020 |
| Parked by the church at Stoke Abbot and made along Jubilee Way to the south of Lewesdon Hill. Nice clamber up through beech woods. Thought I had more to do, yet suddenly I was up on the large grass platform of the summit. This is a very pleasant place. Top hump of this trip. Continued to the end and down to join Wessex Ridge Way and then east to Waddon Hill. As others say the landowner of Waddon Hill has gone over the top with the keep out signs. More welcome would be their showing some effort with fitting stiles. I encountered locked gates and electric fences across the right of way on the way to Lewesdon. May be the same people in charge. Hope the county council rights of way officer doing something on this. | Pete West | 22/02/2020 |
| Crewkerne station - Mosterton Down - Conegar Hill - Lewesdon Hill - Waddon Hill - Gerrard's Hill - Beaminster Hill - South Warren Hill - Jack's Hill - Hincknowle Hill - Mangerton Hill - Melplash - bus to Crewkerne. | Mark Jackson | 18/01/2020 |
| From Coombe Lane. Quick bag on way to football at Weymouth | Longwojo | 19/10/2019 |
| From Stoke Abbott to summit and down to Broadwindsor. | IanHHill | 02/10/2019 |
| Having ‘bagged’ Eggardon hill early I drove to Broadwindsor and parked by the village store. Breakfast pastry purchases before a 10.5 mile walk up to Lewesdon hill before heading back down to pick up bridleway and road to Pilsdon Pen. Heading down to Stoke Abott using roads and Bridle Paths and the Jubilee Way to Stoke Abbott then up to Chartknolle Farm out and back to Gerrard's Hill. Headed back to Broadwindsor via Waddon Hill which is clearly a hill the landowner does not want you to walk up! | Buck | 03/08/2019 |
| Parked to the south of the top, at the entrance to the bridleway. Easy walk up through the trees, well signed. | jedthehumanoid | 26/07/2019 |
| On the way to walk the Cerne Valley Trail. Very early morning quick up & back walk to summit from parking area near courtwood farm. | fosal29 | 09/07/2019 |
| With Pete and Bo | paulhilder | 23/06/2019 |
| Managed to squeeze the car in near Stoke Knapp farm to E of hill and followed Lewesdon Hill Lane up to woods at top. Struggled up directly via the NE ridge but returned much more sensibly to the lane via the RoW leading back to the N. | Wheelsy | 15/06/2019 |
| Lovely little climb from Bucks head, nice views from the top | Jephcote83 | 27/05/2019 |
| The Dorset Invader half marathon | Terra Love | 26/05/2019 |
| Solo. On way home from Mother’s Day. | Fidget | 31/03/2019 |
| Parked in layby at entrance to Brimley Coombe farms. Nice walk to summit area which was site of old hill fort. | NormanW | 11/02/2019 |
| Nice little stroll up from Buck's Head. Great views on the way up, but the actual summit was in cloud so I didn't quite see the appeal of doing my planned circuit round to Waddon Hill and Stoke Abbott... | jkl | 30/12/2018 |
| Walked over from Pilsdon Pen via minor roads and FP to South. Traffic free! Then up steep slope from near Buck's Head. Enjoyable. Onto Waddon Hill next. | trimarc2 | 20/11/2018 |
| There is parking for three cars immediately to the S of the frontage of Bucks Head and which was in use by local dog walkers. | Isbjorn | 11/11/2018 |
| 5/5 Marilyn Day in South Central England. Lewesdon Hill from the B 3351: A great sunset on ascent, then creeping through the dark forest on the way down. | silveracorn_alan | 29/10/2018 |
| Up and back from Buck's Head | Fred Windsor | 09/10/2018 |
| With Katy | George Thompson | 14/09/2018 |
| 10k circuit from Broadwindsor over Pilsdon Pen and Lewesdon Hill | KeithByTheC | 11/09/2018 |
| Views are severely restricted by the trees. | CMR114 | 07/09/2018 |
| From the south, with my sister who lives locally. | Topographer57 | 11/08/2018 |
| Parking on the road was a bit tricky but we found a layby and went up from the South. Was an easy hike through trees with glimpses of the view. The summit was a plateau surrounded by trees. Limited views. Beautiful quiet area. Did with Joe & Tom. | fnem | 05/08/2018 |