Logged Visits:

25th Feb 2023  09:58  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

About a mile west of the T junction in Winterbourne village, pulled over on verge at a dip in the road at the start of a footpath adjacent to a house. North along footpath, partly tarmac. Headed onto high ground where there were a couple of gazebos. Not far enough. Could see a wooded hill further on to north west. Back down to footpath, through gate, across a grassy field, could get muddy but ok at the time. Another gate then uphill to left. Wooded area fenced, had to be in there. Onto highest part of ground, pillar quite well camouflaged amongst tree trunks. On the 1967 OS sheet 158 (adds to the fun) indicates clear ground. Not any more, views lost. Fencing could be to do with badgers as there were quite a few big burrows on the hill to avoid. Spider and cap in place.

Borough Hill Flush plate
Borough Hill West, showing spider and cap, bit mossy
Borough Hill South, I think
Borough Hill North, I think

26th Dec 2022  08:30  by andyrandom

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Accessed from the path to the south. Having read the previous logs, there were a few differences by the time of my visit: the second gate is now a metal one; the metal gate before the stile is gleaming and new; the stile itself is no longer there; and - probably because I bagged this one on Boxing Day - there was no vegetation on top of the hill, so the pillar was easily accessible. Fence behind the new metal gate isn't easily climbable, but following it round to the far corner of the sheepfield leads to another metal gate, which is easily scaled to reach the hill and the pillar. No unwelcoming signs were spotted. All in all, considerably easier than I was expecting! Trig is in good nick, but covered in moss. No views.

13th Nov 2022  14:29  by Ande1865

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

7th Mar 2021  13:20  by MylesM

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walkable from home which I did on a glorious sunny Sunday afternoon. Quite a contrast between the peaceful aspect of the woodland setting and the constant drone of traffic on the nearby M4.

Borough Hill Glorious woodland setting
Borough Hill Nestling nicely in the woods

17th Sep 2020  08:30  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SU 43980 72521   FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walked up lane and around house then up hill into trees

26th May 2020  15:40  by AHD

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Parked and followed route as described by 21qazxsw. Was tempted to climb over barbed wire fence but go through gate and make your way diagonally to the top of the hill.

13th Jan 2019  14:27  by 1473

Gridref: SU 43981 72525   FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

17th Jul 2018  12:10  by Nekyram

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked at Mudhall House and took footpath to the woods.low bared wire fence to access trig found on small hill.seen evidence of pheasant shoots.

29th Jun 2018  16:51  by slateloose

Gridref: SU 43900 72500   FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Walked footpath from Mudhall cottage to Borough Copse. Trig point is to left of path in an overgrown area, near a game bird breeding area.

14th Feb 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SU 43983 72528   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

17th Aug 2016  13:28  by G1ANQ

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Hmm.. I must be getting tired! Cycled up farm drive as it is a bridleway. Blokes in farm yard told me where the BW goes. In a nice way. The BW gets you withing 50m of the trig but then you have to hop over a barbwire fence and into, what looks like, a pheasant feeding station. There was a trailer , but no-one about. I then bashed around in the stingers and bracken trying to find it. I was about to give up as I couldnt see it anywhere and didnt want too much noise, when, if by magic, I saw it. It was in a small clearing. Glad this is the last one for today as took a bit of a lie down, once i got back to the bike. Took it slow back to Chieveley but the over grown BW didnt help in a couple of places.

Flush Bracket ©G1ANQ
TP Why couldnt I find it?©G1ANQ

19th Oct 2014  13:30  by 21qazxsw

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

We parked in a grassy layby on Winterbourne Rd to the SSE of the trig (point A on the attached satellite image). The layby was on the S side of the road, opposite Winterbourne Wood Cottage, & had an Environment Agency OBH (observation borehole) labelled Winterbourne Mnr. OBH, grid ref. SU 44490 71762. We then walked W along the road to the footpath immediately to the W of "Mudhall" (marked "Mud Hall Cottage" on the OS Explorer map). There were a few nice horses in the paddocks at Mudhall & 2 very yappy white dogs. We took the path heading N, going through 3 wooden gates (points B, C & D). Each gate had plaques that stated "Erected By West Berks Ramblers For West Berks Council". Climbed over a 4th gate (metal) (point E), & to the left and up the hill was the stile that had a tree fallen over it. The stile & the whole area beyond was overgrown & impenetrable, completely inaccessible. We carried on walking around the base of the hill until we were at the N side of it, climbed over a 5th gate (metal) with a sign that said "PRIVATE NO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY" (point F). Then we made our way up to the top of the hill. The trig was in a clearing (i.e. no trees but full of impassable undergrowth) at the top of the hill, on the N side of the clearing (point G). It was extremely difficult to find the trig and then to get to it due to the thick undergrowth, the trig being completely obscured & engulfed. We had to do a lot of chopping and cutting with our gardening shears to make a path to it and clear all the undergrowth around it. Tip for future visitors: gardening tools are a must. 8 out of 10 for the difficulty finding it & the amount of gardening / chopping required! Trig was in very good condition, completely covered in green moss, original metal cap in place with lightly indented lettering, all 4 sightholes open. We could just see the M4 in between the trees, although we could hear it the whole time. Lots of pheasants around. *** Revisited 4 April 2015 - did a lot of chopping to clear the area around the trig & scraped all the green moss off the trig. It is looking in fine shape again! I left a 2p coin in the front sighthole (immediately below the FB) for the next visitor to find.

Before chopping: completely engulfed, completely inaccessible
After chopping: made ourselves a path to it
the route to the trig

16th Jun 2014  14:19  by edfielden

Gridref: SU 43980 72522   FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Walked up from the south along the footpath. The grass seemed to get longer as I went through each of the three kissing gates! Once beside the tumulus I climbed through the barbed wire fence and then had to force my way through the bracken, brambles and nettles to find my way to the pillar which I could not see until I was less than 5 metres from it! Further details and photos to follow...

20th Mar 2014  11:10  by sven

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked by lovely house with horse paddocks and followed bridleway through good quality kissing gates provided by Berks Ramblers & Council. Pillar on summit tumulus. Stile is inaccessible due to fallen tree. Vegetation not a problem at this time of year. No views to speak of. Returned same way - house has a superb northern glassed aspect. Underfoot conditions still very wet after winter.

23rd Nov 2013  12:15  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Called here en route to Swindon Town 1-3 Leyton Orient. This trigpoint today was to be the first in a super hat-trick, but both Swindon & Saints let me down! At least the pillar was reliable: in general good condition, mostly moss-clad, cap intact, & all sight holes open. Within ear-shot of the M4. Fine countryside hereabouts - must return for a walk in this River Lambourn area with the old Newbury to Lambourn railway to trace.

16th Jun 2013  12:05  by g4wsb

Gridref: SU 43975 72518   FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

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1st Jun 2013  10:02  by jonglew

Gridref: SU 43983 72522   FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Parked on minor road 800m S at Mud Hall Cottage, looks like a large new house built where that was. Stile from footpath into copse is getting rickety. Trig located in a sea of nettles etc, approaching waist height. Cleared vegetation from immediately round the pillar. Apart from a partial covering of moss pillar seems in good condition; all sight holes open; original cap in place. No views due to trees; M4 noise intrusive.

Pillar - Before TP1533©jonglew
Pillar - After TP1533©jonglew
Spider TP1533©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP1533©jonglew

23rd Jul 2011  00:00  by DeniseMc

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

9th Apr 2011  08:02  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Cycled most of way on bridle track. Although no official path there is a stile into thicket. Later in the year access will be difficult through undergowth. Views no largely obscured by surrounding trees.

12th May 2009  16:46  by Griefmiester

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

I parked at the end of the lane to Whyfield Manor Farm, and walked the half mile or so along the footpath, past the farmhouse and up to Trigpoint. Pillar is in good condition and located in a clearing, will be lost in undergrowth very soon.

2nd Mar 2009  15:10  by martinc

Gridref: SU 43992 72527   FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Nice easy find. Brambles covering one side but otherwise clear. Good condition with spider and plug in place.

25th Sep 2008  11:37  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SU 43980 72510   FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Took some uncovering as swathed in ivy and brambles. The area surrounding was partially cleared ,I guess to facillitate the shoot parties.Easy pleasant walk in from the S,then over fence into copse.Pillar at obvious high point.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

29th Feb 2008  11:11  by bluebeard

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

the tp itself is covered by brambles and almost hidden

15th Dec 2007  14:00  by cavinguk

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

In need of TLC! covered in brambles and as a result quite hard to find. M4 ruins the peace here too. However that said, great walk from Newbury in beautiful countryside.

©cavinguk

8th Oct 2006  14:15  by lackofluke

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 5/10

Surrounded by brambles.

7th Apr 2006  16:15  by rad

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Top of hill cleared about a year ago, looking at hte state of the felled wood. Very easy to get to, even a stile at the sout-east corner of hilltop copse. View of M4 a disappointment, although slightly contented as not still on it!

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16th Dec 2005  10:40  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Pleasant walk having parked 50m east of the footpath up. Disturbed a deer by the final very muddy gate evidence of recent thinning of the copse. Trig unaffected. One mark off for M4

6th Nov 2005  16:20  by dal

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

At the end of a day of torrential rain, the sun came out as it was setting. Nice spot, pity about the drone from the M4. Vgc.

2nd Sep 2005  08:30  by Trigger

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

19th Mar 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

vgc, metal cap deep letters, in pleasant summit copse

S5827 fb ©peregrinus
S5827 top ©peregrinus
S5827 trig ©peregrinus
S5827 trig ©peregrinus

21st Feb 2004  09:45  by mickandshane

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Plug with indented letering.

21st Feb 2004  09:33  by HEATHENS

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

15th Mar 1981  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S5827  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Access to pillar site via private road to Wyfield Manor Farm where permission was granted to walk to summit of the hill to find off-white pillar in field used to grow maize.

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