| Name: | Littleton Down |
| Hill number: | 2911 |
| Height: | 254.9m / 836ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2909 Butser Hill |
| County/UA: | West Sussex |
| Topographical area: | ES06 Walbury-butser |
| SMC/RHB section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
| Catchment: | Minor Rivers only (South) |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Submarilyn, Clem (Hu,Tu,2,sMa,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SU 94124 14944 |
| Summit feature: | small ridge of earth |
| Drop: | 149.2m |
| Col: | 105.7m SU 8741 1667  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 197 (1:25k) OL10 121 |
| Observations: | summit in trees |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15 Survey of Littleton Down.pdf |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 141 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| A few metres through nettles into trees behind large cairn and RAF memorial. | malcorbett | 28/07/2024 |
| Walked as part of a 6 mile loop with Joe and Tom, nice spot with memorial to crashed WW2 bomber. | fnem | 04/02/2024 |
| First of four hills on anti clockwise walk fron Duncton viewpoint car park. Took same route as others on paths and tracks to memorial and cairn, HP just in trees. | PeterD | 15/11/2023 |
| On day five South Downs Way | nickywood1 | 01/10/2023 |
| Galltywenallt | 15/08/2023 | |
| Parked at Duncton Viewpoint car park. Track through the wood not obvious, but spotted it from the road. Pleasant woodland track, then along the main path around the quarry edge, another woodland track going S, then around the field edge to the WWII monument. Summit just inside the wood. | LizH | 15/08/2023 |
| Cocking to Amberley. Revisit. | Smudge | 19/03/2023 |
| From the chapel to the south. A poignant reminder that so far in aviation the Hill has yet to lose a contest with an aircraft! | tim747 | 30/01/2023 |
| With GFE during Maverick SDW 46km race. Lovely weather - tiring course. | Fionalevey | 29/10/2022 |
| A detour from a walk on the South Downs. Visited with Alma Aurea. | meltdiceburg | 20/04/2022 |
| Duncton Circuit (bagging Balavington Down, Farm Hill, Glatting Beacon and Littleton Down) | PhilipChaston | 01/08/2021 |
| Branched off the South Downs Way and headed through the woods. Summit is indeterminate but definitely claimed via the head height rule. Walked to Amberley via the Monarch's Way and only saw four other people in two hours - who says the South Downs are crowded? This was my final Hump in section 42. | Richard | 19/06/2021 |
| With Rosaleen. Rain off/rain on/rain off/rain on, all day. From Bignor Hill car park: Farm Hill, Barlavington Down, Littleton Down | mazz | 15/05/2021 |
| Parked at Duncton viewpoint. Followed paths around a quarry and through woods. A little bit of the South Downs way and byways through woods to the high point marked by flint cairn and memorial to crew of Lancaster that crashed during WWII. Beautiful sunny day before heading back to watch HRH Prince Philip's funeral. | Buck | 17/04/2021 |
| From the S. Parked behind well house in wide entrance of track leading up to church at SU 9429 1375 - Up bridleway to small ridge of earth that lies just inside wood & behind the flint cairn & RAF memorial. (S) | gerrybowes | 14/04/2021 |
| Enjoyed my time walking around these woodlands very much but the highest point was rather vague. | Alex C | 22/09/2020 |
| During South Downs Way East - West | twg27 | 20/09/2020 |
| Detour from SDW | lerritt | 21/08/2020 |
| 32km around Hesworth. | atreides7887 | 21/06/2020 |
| From Upwaltham church. | PGCE | 12/05/2019 |
| With K and Alison, parked on A road above Duncton, walked down to Seaford College, along to Graffham, then up to and along S Downs Way to track jcn 500m from summit and followed obvious path to not-so-obvious top. | IanHHill | 26/03/2019 |
| Approached from Duncton viewpoint following paths skirting quarry through woods on scarp slope. High point marked by flint cairn and adjacent memorial to crew of Lancaster that crashed during WWII killing all on board. Good views to Isle of Wight and east along the downs. | Pete West | 15/01/2019 |
| From the chapel to the south. Another hill with a memorial to the crew of a crashed plane. Utter carnage on British hills during the war it seems. Ventured into the wood but impossible to identify an obvious high point. | Herbert Anchovy | 12/09/2018 |
| Jenx and Bryher. Longish walk through woods to emerge at the top and views to the coast. Good parking point on A285, off road path then pleasant RoW to summit. | nordicstar | 13/05/2018 |
| With K from viewpoint carpark to NE. Most paths/tracks churned by vehicles and very muddy. In mist and rain | Ashley | 09/03/2018 |
| Walked from the Eartham Wood Cp it is a great circular walk taking in the five tops Nore Hill, Glatting Beacon, Farm Hill, Barlavington Down & Littleton Down | philhythe | 28/10/2017 |
| Arundel stn - Rewell Hill - Westburton Hill - Glatting Beacon - Farm Hill - Barlavington Down - Littleton Down - Court Hill - Levin Down - Singleton bus stop | Mark Jackson | 14/10/2017 |
| Date est | ejjohnstone | 01/10/2017 |
| 10 ascents of the Downs over 7 hrs working our way along zig zagging up and down from Cocking car park to Grafham and back (no summmit today). With L and Betty the Jack Russell. Good amount of up training gearing up for Langdale OMM next month. nicely sheltered in the woods during heavy showers except for the last hour of torrential downpour and 40 mph winds . Strangely exhilarating as we ran through it. Meanwhile Hurricane Irma was battering Florida. . | Chris Pearson | 10/09/2017 |
| Very wet and dreary climb! | MarkGD | 29/05/2017 |
| Walk from Duncton on another hot Spring day following well-signed footpaths; with Rosalie. | JOHNS | 09/04/2017 |
| From church just as dawn was breaking. Partridges not happy about my presence! OS high point in field outside wood is clearly not right. Walked about inside the wood as others have. | ijpowell | 28/10/2016 |
| Pleasant walk from S via Church | RobertP | 14/12/2015 |
| 2/5 Second of five on wet day (Reigat Hill/Littleton Downs/Bedham Hill/Kithurst Hill/Crowborough Hill) | Fergalh | 12/12/2015 |
| From viewpoint, easy stroll on good tracks. | rhalstead | 18/10/2015 |
| From SU 942 137 near the Church. Wandered around in the wood to convince myself I had visited the highest bit. | summitsup | 17/04/2015 |
| A pleasant climb from Upwaltham. | Chris Peart | 28/06/2014 |
| Parked at entrance of road leading to church. | jimbloomer | 10/01/2014 |
| Flattish top so walked around a bit near the memorial to a bomber from 617 Squadron (Dambusters). | clivevilla | 08/10/2013 |
| From Duncton Hill viewpoint | squeegs | 05/05/2013 |
| From viewpoint CP using path N of chalk pit. Good wander around the top. | chrisbien | 24/04/2013 |
| Walk up from Duncton Hill viewpoint car park via south side of quarry, back down north side of the quarry. | Biffin | 22/04/2012 |
| Motorised hill raid into SE England. Waymarked track from Littleton Farm most of the way. First cuckoo 0f '12. | Eddie | 04/04/2012 |
| A nice walk up from the southern side of the hill starting by the picturesque church. | JohnStoneham | 26/02/2012 |
| Parked on A285 at Upwaltham Barns. F.P.past old church (worth a visit). Picnic in Nov.sun near poignant memorial to bomber crew near summit | David Rawden | 15/11/2011 |
| Started from the viewpoint car park. Helped a couple locate a dog that had been missing for 24 hours. Top less exciting! | Martin R | 22/08/2011 |
| I too parked at the viewpoint on the A285 and walked up past quarry and fields before entering wood again. Top just before the end of the wood heading south. There is a great old tree just as path enters field. | Father Ted | 03/09/2010 |
| South Downs Challenge | papagenos | 17/07/2010 |
| Climbed on way home from Isle of Wight. | Man of Kernow1 | 03/05/2010 |
| From SSE good track. 1st top gently rounded and pleasant. 2nd part in woods. Covered in brambles even in February. Impossible to tell which is the higher point. | destaylor | 09/02/2009 |