| Name: | Beacon Hill |
| Hill number: | 5276 |
| Height: | 306m / 1004ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2298 Wentwood |
| County/UA: | Monmouthshire [Sir Fynwy] |
| Topographical area: | WS04 Waunfach-black |
| SMC/RHB section: | 32C: Neath to Chepstow |
| Catchment: | Usk, Catchment Boundaries, Wye |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (300-399m), Clem (Hu,Tu,3,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SO 51219 05381 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 104m |
| Col: | 202.3m SO 4776 0319  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 162 (1:25k) OL14W |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 111 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Bagged from the carpark whilst in the area. This was my final hill on the Supersummits list which is described on Haroldstreet. | NormanW | 24/11/2023 |
| Car park and nice paths to trig at summit. Viewpoint board a little further on. What's not to like? | Minto | 07/07/2023 |
| 20:56...darkness trig n HuMP bag from car park to the SW by mobile phone torchlight. | vegibagger | 07/04/2023 |
| Short walk from car park. Freshly ppainted trig pillar | cjo | 02/04/2023 |
| Me, Adam, Peggy - 2 hour walk | davecnash | 11/02/2023 |
| A diversion off Stage 2 of the Wye Valley Walk (Tintern - Monmouth), using forestry tracks. The top seemed a long time coming. A bad day for visibility, so the promised views of the mountains were sadly obscured by cloud. | thesweetcheat | 23/07/2022 |
| With CreakerHiker. | tim747 | 01/02/2022 |
| Walked up from Trellech. Summit area in open woodland has trig pillar built on rocky mound which although the highest point doesn't look very natural. Ground in trees just to NE a more natural option. Mast base close by. | RichardM | 21/01/2022 |
| Walk with kids etc. Followed green route from car park. Good afternoon walk. | SlowOl | 28/07/2021 |
| Beacon Wood car park at SO 5104 0524 - Exited car park, immediate right & then NE on a wide track for about 150m to a waymarker post - Tuned right & a short walk up to the trig point. (S) | gerrybowes | 17/06/2021 |
| Visited the summit with Alma Aurea as part of an afternoon walk at Beacon Hill completing the Father Ted walk. Nice to have a trig on the route. | meltdiceburg | 07/06/2021 |
| Nice easy one to start the day following 26 mile drive from Pandy C&C Club site. Starting from Beacon Hill Wood car park quarty mile walk there and back to trig pillar/summit surronded by trees. | mntainman | 18/04/2021 |
| Nice scenic drive to Beacon Wood car park & then an easy stroll to the trig point. Relaxing walk through the woods afterwards. | Gerry the Ranger | 24/11/2020 |
| I have climbed this hill several times before but not noted that it was a hill of any note. I last walked it with a friend as part of a 23 mile walk on a lovely day. Good views over the eastern Black Mountains. | morgs4mountains | 20/06/2020 |
| With K. Eighth hill of the day. From car park follow trail and take first right to reach trig. Smelt a stinkhorn but couldn't find it. | Ashley | 08/09/2019 |
| 1/5 Just about spotted right point to right of main path shortly after leaving car park, tricky when all the leaves are out! | penbet | 24/05/2019 |
| A topographical oddity, the only UK Supersummit (over 1000 ft with nothing higher for 10 miles) that isn't also a Marilyn. Seemingly also true for the metric version (300m & 15km). | IainT | 19/02/2019 |
| Parked by the memorial hall in Llandogo and took the narrow lane behind the village up, then lanes to the forest car park and path to the summit. Returned the same way. Solo. Welsh name for the hill is Golygfa Ban. | Man of Kernow1 | 17/04/2018 |
| Easy and pleasant detour off the Wye Valley path - clear paths. | kasharic | 14/04/2018 |
| From the car park on the southwest side, up the track around the north side of the hill, out around the heathland and then back to the south side of the hill, then northwest along the path to the trig point. | Mariana Trench | 05/04/2018 |
| W Jenx and Bryher, car park at GR510053 was closed, but possible to park before barrier. Easy stroll thru nice woodland to near benches, then right turn to trig visible through trees (in autumn anyway) | nordicstar | 04/10/2017 |
| A quick walk up and easy to find the trig today. | jenx | 04/10/2017 |
| Car park was closed but parking at the entrance was not a problem for the short trip along FP and then small path to the trig in the trees. | PeterD | 09/09/2017 |
| With P | Pip56 | 13/03/2017 |
| Easy walk up hardest job was finding the hidden trig. Plenty of Jays. | isabelle | 22/01/2017 |
| Easy short walk to top of hill. As previously reported, trig is hidden in woodland, nice views available nearby. Parked at 51280 05720 (plenty of spaces) as car park marked on map was closed. | Cas-gwent | 07/01/2017 |
| Doing walks book | hill_walker | 04/08/2016 |
| In dark and rain. Not the most pleasurable experience. | Alex C | 29/01/2016 |
| A very wet and cloudy day... the trig point is surrounded by trees - if you want a view - head North West a 100m or so - passing mountain bikers assured me that there is one. I noticed the hill name when researching travel to an adjacent orienteering event - when I finish the county tops - perhaps I shall do all the Beacon Hills | M3WDD | 07/11/2015 |
| An easy walk along a path from the car park, however I walked straight passed it due to the trig being hidden by vegetation on the angle of approach. | Dugswell2 | 05/07/2015 |
| When I saw how thick the tree growth was I thought finding the trig would be a nightmare. Fortunately there was a nice path leading straight to it off the main track. Short and uneventful walk. | Herbert Anchovy | 27/03/2015 |
| Easy walk from car park. | rhalstead | 11/01/2015 |
| 1/7 First climb of day a quick hop up from car park. | Fergalh | 13/12/2014 |
| Good views from the car park. | Chris Peart | 11/10/2013 |
| From car park 300m away. Overgrown algae covered Trig lost in undergrowth mind you. Only the other boot prints led me to it. All a bit 2001 A Space Odyssey... | dicky | 30/04/2013 |
| Car park close to the summit of this HuMP which is closed until 31 Jan 2013 due to 'harvesting', so the sign said. We parked at the entrance in front of the chain and walked the short distance to the summit seeing no sign of any activity. | jonglew | 02/12/2012 |
| Countryfile Great British walks route. Started at Trellech. Distance = 9.0km. Average moving speed = 5.4km/h. Time moving = 01:40:00. | paulnewby81 | 27/12/2011 |
| Simple ascent from car park although trig is a little hidden. Turn right at the highest point of the path opposite the viewpoint. | clivevilla | 06/09/2011 |
| Climbed when staying at the birthday party of a friend from CUHWC, in the handily nearby village of Llandogo - various antics involving candles, balloons | Mark Jackson | 27/08/2011 |
| Just like Des. | chrisbien | 08/05/2011 |
| From SO 510 052 | summitsup | 03/04/2011 |
| Stroll from the car park. Top just off main path. Hardest bit is from the car park to the information board and that isn't tricky. | destaylor | 10/09/2010 |
| MTB ride up and round via Whitestone from Catbrook | MarkGD | 20/06/2010 |
| Parked in the FC car park on the minor road to the west and walked the short distance to the trig point from there. | Father Ted | 26/05/2010 |
| Ascend from car park | arranc | 18/04/2010 |
| Walked up from Llandogo along a quiet steep road.Then along forestry commission footpaths some land has been opened up thanks to the beacon heathland project. Trig hidden in woodland close to the picnic bench.Some fine views here of the welsh hills | hodder | 03/09/2009 |
| Short walk from car park. | Dusty | 14/02/2009 |
| Cycled from Hereford. Made a pigs ear of this getting into wrong part of forest altogether | desperate dan | 13/02/2005 |
| undistinguished woodld summit. tk & fp from car pk to W | RHW | 04/01/2003 |
| From Beacon Hill cp, visited the summit then had a pleasant walk via Maryland, and above Cuckoo Hill to the cp on the Wye Valley Walk. With Pete | pwheeler | 19/09/2000 |