| Name: | Bembridge Down |
| Hill number: | 5453 |
| Height: | 104.9m / 344ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2914 St Boniface Down |
| County/UA: | Isle of Wight |
| Topographical area: | IE01 Wight-looe |
| SMC/RHB section: | 42: South-East England & the Isle of Wight |
| Island: | Isle of Wight |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (100-199m), Clem (Hu,Tu,1,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SZ 62506 86029 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground by security fence on SE side of fort |
| Drop: | 100.6m |
| Col: | 4.3m SZ 6070 8469  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 196 (1:25k) OL29E |
| Observations: | grass banks within the fort are a few metres higher but man made |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 164 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Revisit ok-ish path through the nettles and bramble to get right in behind the bush! also stepped over the fence to visit the other side of the fence | Jephcote83 | 30/05/2024 |
| Revisit, path through the nettles and bramble to get right in behind the bush to the high point | Jephcote20 | 30/05/2024 |
| Revisit, path through the nettles and bramble to get right in behind the bush to the high point | Jephcote22 | 30/05/2024 |
| Visited bush like everyone else and walked down to the Crab and Lobster in Bembridge for a pint! | BaggerGutt | 07/05/2024 |
| With Daddy, Mummy and Edie | FreyaK | 13/04/2024 |
| With Daddy, Mummy and Freya | EdieK | 13/04/2024 |
| Wandered in to compound. I'd like to visit the trig pillar on top there, up those steps. Someone said you can't go up there. Health and safety etc. I'll pretend didn't hear you say that. So I went up anyway | vegibagger | 10/04/2024 |
| Walked round fort and the visited Culver Down monument- a dedicated bag this time, with brother Pete who wasn't with us in 1977and had never been on this Hump. | pwheeler | 11/06/2023 |
| Parked next to fort visited summit bush and view finder. | Jephcote83 | 21/05/2023 |
| Parked next to fort visited summit bush and view finder. | Jephcote20 | 21/05/2023 |
| Parked next to fort visited summit bush and view finder. | Jephcote22 | 21/05/2023 |
| From the Crab and Lobster up to Bembridge Down, Brading Down, Ashey Down and Kemphill before back to the catamaran and back to Portsmouth. | Buck | 15/01/2023 |
| G M M | Idris | 07/09/2022 |
| GMM | maryjdavies | 07/09/2022 |
| Nipped up here with Sarah so she could bag the Hump and I revisited the summit by the Hawthorn bush. Had tried to organise a visit inside the fort but no availability till May. Perhaps another time. | assynt_bob | 15/04/2022 |
| Cliff top walk from the zoo. Shame that entrance to the fort is barred. | summitter | 27/09/2021 |
| Parked in car park just below summit. Took path around the outside of the moat to end in main car park. Bagged the high point behind the Hawthorn Bush | JulieB | 09/09/2021 |
| Parked 300m northwest of fort and walked on good path round north side to summit in the hawthorn bush next to the fence. Then back round road on south side of fort. Bush slightly higher than viewfinder. | KeithByTheC | 09/09/2021 |
| Linear walk from Seaview along coastal path to Bembridge, over Bembridge Down - monument and fort - finishing in Brading. Good views on a hot day. With Gillian | richard69 | 08/06/2021 |
| Parked in the nearby parking space and walked up to enjoy the views | ThomasJoseph | 07/06/2021 |
| With Timmy | kindpercy | 18/04/2021 |
| As SteveSmith, but car park quiet & managed to park within 10m of the hawthorn bushes & bramble. Enough space to get behind the bushes to the summit by security fence. Good view across the Solent to Portsmouth. (S) | gerrybowes | 14/04/2021 |
| 5th of 6 HuMPs today. A walk up with Bembridge Fort and Downs NT car park adjacent to summit at NW end of car park. Careless parking meant I had to walk further than necessary, but pleasantly surprised to see there is a worn path around hawthorn bush then through brambles stopping at the high point between the bush and barb wire fence giving some validity to my pursuit. | mntainman | 22/09/2020 |
| Cycled here from Shanklin - super views in all directions. | Richard | 10/09/2020 |
| Short walk from car park, HP between Hawthorn bush and BWF. Then took a walk down to Yarborough monument. | PeterD | 08/07/2020 |
| Walked up from Brading station. | PGCE | 03/11/2019 |
| Hard to know where natural HP is- probably under the fort. However, we settled on a spot near the carpark and a hawthorn bush. Great views on a sunny day after a tour of Bembridge Fort and visit to the sad toppled trig. Cut marks on nearby boundary stone and Yarborough monument too. | Denise | 17/09/2019 |
| After visit to the fort. Hawthorn bush beside BWF at edge of car park. SE side of fort. Great views. | RichardM | 17/09/2019 |
| I came here on a work trip to look for white-tailed eagles and was delighted to get the bonus of two hill ticks. Parked in the car park and set up our scopes to survey the marshes below. Only had to wander a few metres to get to the highest point outside of the Palmerston Fort. Didn't see any eagles although the GPS tracker showed we only missed one by a few minutes as it arrived back on the island after a six day excursion around the south of England. Did see hobbies, great white egrets, water rail and marsh harriers. | Herbert Anchovy | 05/09/2019 |
| First of the day on a day trip to the IOW, few paces from the car. | rhalstead | 30/03/2019 |
| An early morning visit with frost on the ground. The fort is now shut for the winter. Great views on a clear morning. | Anthony Vosper | 02/11/2018 |
| Ten steps there and ten steps back! | SS | 30/10/2018 |
| a late afternoon car tour. A great view. | Moorponder | 25/09/2018 |
| Shame there is no access to the fort - nice views. | twg27 | 17/06/2018 |
| Nike from Sandown Station. Road goes over summit ridge. | trimarc2 | 05/06/2018 |
| With Jenx, Bryher and SuperVans. Parked very close, super views on a bright sunny day. Completing Section 42. Parking nr high point behind hawthorn bush. Interesting looking artificial top. | nordicstar | 14/05/2018 |
| Self, Peter and dog | Invicta14 | 16/03/2018 |
| With K. Fort not accessible but natural high point next to car park. | Ashley | 11/03/2018 |
| From Sandown esplanade along the coast path to Culver Down and then inland along the metalled road to the natural high point by the car park next to the fort. | Mariana Trench | 24/12/2017 |
| Great view, headland easy to access. | stripybadger | 09/10/2017 |
| From Brading Down walked alongside the Brading road to Brading. Then took the B3395 to a layby, where a gate gives access to the RSPB nature reserve. Walked over Point 39m to the road that goes up Bembridge Road. Walked alongside the road to the fort and summit. Walked back to Brading and took the train back to Ryde. | Sprog | 25/08/2017 |
| TD,C & H | This Dog | 24/08/2017 |
| HF Walk from Arreton Down to Sandown via Culver Down. | jigglybones | 22/08/2017 |
| I had a tour of Bembridge Fort by the National Trust volunteers (Tuesdays only, April-October). Absolutely fascinating! Got up high inside and walked all the outside and the Yarborough Monument. | Nick | 04/10/2016 |
| Solo visit late afternoon, windy but great views all around. Culverdown road leads up top the fort. This is off Sandown road. I would say its best aproached from the east heading west as the turn in to culverdown is tricky. | One man Bucket | 21/08/2016 |
| Windy but great views. | JohRvs | 10/07/2016 |
| Parked just to the W of the fort and walked around the perimeter (no access to fort without prior arrangement) | webmaster | 20/04/2016 |
| 1/5 First of five on the mainland and the island....(Bembridge Down/Brading Down/Ashey Down/Arreton Down/Chanctonbury Ring) | Fergalh | 03/04/2016 |
| Couldn’t quite park on the summit ;-) | tim747 | 31/01/2016 |
| . | CreakingHiker | 31/01/2016 |