Logged Visits:

30th Oct 2023  14:33  by trignerd

Gridref: SU 12900 74385   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

No oilseed now but looks like a cereal crop has been planted recently so still kept to tractor tracks. Pic nicely framed by a rainbow.

©trignerd

16th Sep 2023  12:05  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Reasonably straightforward. Pulled over at car park at top of hill on east side of the road. Pillar visible over gate in field on south west side of road. Across stubble field direct line. Good views. Cap missing. Incidentally, interesting information board opposite car park gives information about the eight white horses on Wiltshire hillsides.

Hackpen Hill Flush plate
Hackpen Hill North east
Hackpen Hill North west
Hackpen Hill South west showing spider and missing cap
Hackpen Hill South east

20th Aug 2023  08:57  by Bergen

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

13th May 2023  16:08  by boblynoriho

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Oilseed made this difficult. Enter the field from the eastern corner and head south along the tramlines until you find the right one up to the trig!

Hackpen Hill pillar ©boblynoriho

3rd May 2023  13:19  by Cboz

Gridref: SU 12800 74300   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked at Hackpen Hill car park. Walked along the Ridgeway towards Avebury. Crossed into the far back right hand corner of the farmers field on your right, where the fence has been flattened. Continued to the far back left hand corner of the field and walked the perimeter until easy access to the trig was available. I didn't want to damage the crop and the rape in the field was high. Luckily there was a good area where the crop wasn't growing which led straight to the trig. Quick and easy hop through the wooded area back onto the main road to get back to the car park. Lovely day. Stunning views. My dog enjoyed pretending she could catch the hares running through the trig field (she was on a lead).

©Cboz

11th Dec 2022  00:00  by explorer_olway

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Found whilst walking The Ridgeway National Trail and a short diversion off the path to access the TP in a field.

Hackpen Hill TP 3552 ©explorer_olway
Hackpen Hill FB ©explorer_olway

20th Aug 2022  17:00  by TrigDave

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Approached from fence opposite parking spaces to the north, field recently harvested so trig easily spotted and bagged after a short trudge. Great views though no better or worse than you'll get along the rest of the Ridgeway.

TP3552 Hackpen Hill from the North Hackpen Hill trig viewed from the North

29th Jul 2022  21:22  by Ande1865

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

22nd Apr 2022  16:24  by CJO

Gridref: SU 12894 74385   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Cap missing. Tram lines run east-west and past within 2 m of pillar.

Pillar

1st Apr 2022  11:08  by seandorey

Gridref: SU 12800 74300   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

You can see for miles from here.

You can see most of Wiltshire from here

20th Feb 2022  13:00  by Helenb123

Gridref: SU 12897 74387   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

16th Nov 2021  11:05  by andyrandom

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Was looking forward to a nice, easy bag here. Wasn't fooled by the not-a-trig by the roadside, and headed up the track and over a collapsed section of barbed wire fence to get to the pillar. A new crop seemed to be making its first appearance in the field (I wasn't expecting that in November), so I followed the tractor lines wherever possible, thinking maybe I shouldn't be doing this. On the way out, the thick, claggy mud claimed the sole of my boot, and a constant stream of ramblers made it difficult to exit the field without looking deeply suspicious. Fairly sure the occupants of the 4WD vehicle that then drove down the edge of the field saw me, too (though I'm pretty certain I did a lot less damage to the new shoots than they did...) No confrontations, but felt awkward, and was now faced with bagging the other four pillars on my itinerary with only one boot sole...

9th Nov 2021  22:25  by Duncan68

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

©Duncan68
©Duncan68

9th Nov 2021  22:20  by JoeNTMY

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

©JoeNTMY

11th Sep 2021  20:40  by ET

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

2nd May 2021  09:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SU 12800 74300   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

From CP to N then followed tractor lines due to crop

15th Sep 2020  16:06  by Andy West

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

30th Aug 2020  12:00  by bwm

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

Crop in field, so unable to visit

23rd Aug 2020  13:00  by 22thenext500

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

Difficult to find with the rather unpleasanrt looking crop still standing and with following the tractor tracks up and down the field. Found this crop everywhere all weekend.

©22thenext500

11th Mar 2020  12:18  by blackboot29

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

Easy to get to from the ridgeway track at this time of year. Climbed into field over broken fence and short walk across field.

6th Nov 2019  13:14  by slateloose

Gridref: SU 12800 74300   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Walked the Ridgeway south from car park and stepped over low broken down fence into the trig field. Still in stubble after harvest, so easy walk over to trig.

13th Sep 2019  17:20  by 21qazxsw

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked at the car park to the N of the trig. Across the road from the car park, there is a fake trig (it does not have a spider, FB or sightholes) by the side of the road. Entered the field by climbing over the field gate (to the right of the white van in the pic of the fake trig). Crop had been harvested, so I just walked across the field straight to the trig. Trig in good condition, centrecap missing, rear sighthole open, all other sightholes closed. The trig looks like it has been repaired immediately below the FB. I left a 2p coin in the rear sighthole for the next visitor to find. I also visited the nearby White Horse.

the fake trig across the road from the car park
the trig station
looks like it's been repaired immediately below the FB

13th Sep 2019  17:10  by Ramblingpaul

Gridref: SU 12900 74392   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Located in middle of arable field which had recently been harvested. Quick walk into field.

14th Apr 2019  17:20  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: SU 12898 74397   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Hackpen Hill Trig at top of crop field. One sight hole open to SSW.
Hackpen Hill The FB, faces NNE.
Hackpen Hill Top of trig.

28th Mar 2019  14:30  by rupertal

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

29th Mar 2018  12:40  by vegibagger

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

In middle of ploughed field of heavy clay hence totally caked boots. Delightful yellow lichen patterns. No plug. And a welcome to Daydreameruk Cara and her first trig log and 28th Feb.... 28 is a perfect number

Trig ©vegibagger
Top 'face' ©vegibagger
FB ©vegibagger

28th Feb 2018  08:32  by Daydreameruk

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Been finding trigs all my life, now I’ve found this site. Perfect!

1st Nov 2017  14:25  by Sprog

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

21st Oct 2017  10:51  by RichBiker

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

13th Aug 2017  09:50  by plet56

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

18th Jan 2017  14:10  by RichardM

Gridref: SU 12899 74387   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

By cycle from Swindon. In field of rough grass and stubble 160m from Ridgeway track. Blue skies, sunshine and birdsong, not bad for January. Another fairly flat topped hill

30th Sep 2016  13:40  by tim747

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

30th Sep 2016  10:10  by G1ANQ

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Cycled along byways to get here. Easy to get to as the field has been harvested and wasnt muddy. Some nice views.

Flush Bracket
TP

16th Aug 2016  19:01  by Griefmiester

Gridref: SU 12904 74392   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parking in the usual car park and then along the Ridgeway, As I arrived it was harvest time and the hay bails were being loaded onto a tractor, I was intending to ask the farmer/workers for permission, as I walked along it became apparent that they were off to empty the trailer, my assumption therefore was they would be a while! so hoped fenced and walked the 200m ish across the stubble to the Pillar, good condition, amazing weather and great views.

Pillar & FB

11th Jun 2016  11:50  by pkbathrooms

Gridref: SU 12897 74387   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

what a clarty field today. had a walk along the ridgeway and then back to the field from the main road. Mrs PKB blocked the hotel sink up trying to wash the clart and stones off hubby's sandals....good job she knows a plumber!!

1st Aug 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SU 12900 74392   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

2nd Jan 2015  09:20  by g4wsb

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

WAB trig award.

©g4wsb

9th Nov 2014  08:40  by BRISTOLIAN

FB Number: 2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Found whilst Geocaching in the area. Parked at car part and then muddy walk over grass seedlings to Trig.

Mr K at Trig. Usual Trig pose.©BRISTOLIAN

9th Nov 2014  08:40  by CornishGazza

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Visited whilst geocaching in the area, lovely views. Straightforward stroll across muddy field from lay-by.

27th Jul 2014  14:20  by Merthyr_boy

Gridref: SU 12898 74387   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

12th Apr 2014  13:00  by dianarama

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

31st Mar 2014  13:10  by Phil Clayton

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 7/10

Passed by on Ridgeway. Crop growing in field. The reported "trig" by road is an old tank trap?

19th Mar 2014  12:55  by sven

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Not the easiest to access. Walked for half kilometre from Hack Pen WH CP along the Ridgeway Path to gap in fence then cut across the field of oil seed rape to the pillar. Views today limited despite the improving weather. Returned via tractor tyre tracks to avoid trampling rape seedlings in an east and north direction to gate in field. Returned to Hackpen white horse CP for lunch.

15th Jul 2013  19:40  by edfielden

Gridref: SU 12899 74385   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Am pleased to say that the reports of this pillar's demise have been greatly exaggerated! I walked in along tractor tracks through barley/wheat crop to the pillar right in the middle of the field. Great hazy outlook. Sighthole opposite FB open, all others plugged. Further details and photos to follow...

10th Apr 2013  13:50  by [email protected]

Gridref: SU 12900 74300   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Ridgeway Walk

6th Jan 2013  10:26  by theblack

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

Trig is now at the field entrance by the roadside

5th Nov 2012  16:35  by asbown

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

across the field from the car park at the road summit,just in time to watch the sunset.

9th Sep 2012  14:00  by pjr

Gridref: SU 12900 74394   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Cycled down Ridgeway From Ogbourne St George.Weather fine off to Marlborough for Ice Cream.

12th May 2012  08:50  by longmyndhiker

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Okay, here we go: one hour into the Ridgeway 40 and looking to get quite a few TPs today. Short diversion through crop. Odd looks from fellow walkers like water off a duck's back.

16th Apr 2012  00:00  by gasman

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

14th Mar 2012  16:54  by The Odyssians

Gridref: SU 12800 74300   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

10th Mar 2012  14:45  by dugswell2

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

A quick back from minor road to NE.

Trig + surrounds ©dugswell2

15th Jan 2012  09:40  by jonglew

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Bagged this trig before setting out for a pleasant 11 mile trudge off the Ridgeway to Broad Hinton and across to Bincknoll Castle & Bassett Down Woods before returning via Uffcott. A cold, crisp but sunny January day - lovely. Trig is just over 300m from the Hackpen Hill car park and in the middle of an agricultural field so a trespass is required and be prepared to get muddy at the wrong time of the year - not today though. Easy acces to the white horse carved into the hill.

Pillar TP3552©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP3552©jonglew

10th Dec 2011  11:30  by Chalky

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Spider centre intact.

2nd Nov 2011  17:00  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Short stroll from the nearby carpark - had to return here because a few years ago whilst walking the Ridgeway, my intended diversion here was not possible due to the field being ploughed. Getting dark today, raucous rooks wheeling around, some mistiness creeping in, and winter days beckoning.....a wonderful atmospheric November day to be enjoyed.

20th Aug 2011  18:11  by DaveD

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

11th Dec 2010  13:30  by DanTrig

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

15 mile walk taking in Hackpen Hill trig and Barbury Hill, we walked down the byway from hell after Barbury Hill, this time of year stay clear of Gypsy Lane, we saw a 4x4 that couldn't even get through the mud!

31st Oct 2010  22:02  by Nekyram

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

29th Sep 2010  15:25  by JimJinks

Gridref: SU 12900 74395   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

11th Sep 2010  10:04  by Lonewalker

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Walked in across recently harvested field, over tricky barbed wire fence, from the Ridgeway path. Incredible amount of flint in the soil, more stone than soil it seemed. Trig is overgrown by rhubarb of all things, but in good condition with an intact plug. Sweeping views across the flat countryside.

25th Jan 2010  12:01  by g4wsb

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

©g4wsb
©g4wsb

16th Jan 2010  16:01  by dal

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Came out of the mist at 111m. Field not yet ploughed, Intact cap with indented letters. Vgc.

1st Jan 2010  13:30  by cmb1953

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

©cmb1953

28th Dec 2009  10:57  by Lone Hunter

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Spotted from the ridgeway whilst Geocaching on the Temple Bottom series. Not sure if there was a young crop in the field, but decided not to go across the field to the trip point after the recent wet weather.

4th Dec 2009  00:00  by pete37038

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

No crops in sight, got right to it. Anyone know what the trig type thing is in the parking spot nearby ?

20th Nov 2009  10:52  by beemerboxer1

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Logged whilst Geocaching one of the "Temple Bottom" series. All crops had been harvested.

The pillar in November 2009

5th Nov 2009  08:45  by Mr.Dewdrop

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

Easily spotted from The Ridgeway.

4th Jul 2009  14:36  by Father Ted

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked in the convenient car park and walked up to the trig point using the tractor lines. I thought at first that the trig point had been moved to the roadside opposite the car park as there is something there that looks suspiciously like a trig point - I wonder if they used the same mold.

28th Apr 2008  13:01  by tom

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

The pillar was found in a field of blooming rape next to The Ridgeway; it has a metal cap with shallow lettering and FB S2403. Distant ridges to the south and east were shrouded in dark rain cloud; Cherhill Down is to the southwest. Below the scarp slope Swindon lies to the north and low rolling countryside stretches to the horizon in the north and west. Nearby Monkton Down affords a good view from the Ridgeway to Avebury and beyond; Temple Bottom was home to a couple of magnificent highland cattle and has a cottage that retains a cut benchmark in its brick work; I was attacked by a ferocious hailstorm at Rockley Down; a deer jumped into the woods as I crossed Wick Down and the view of Preshute Down from the byway was quite picturesque.

24th Oct 2007  11:34  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

9th Sep 2007  10:32  by Phil Kay

Gridref: SU 12899 74392   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

A foggy Sunday morning, not much to see. TP is in the middle of a field. Luckily it had recently been harvested. (Height:892ft)

Chris at Hackpen ©Phil Kay

17th Aug 2007  11:00  by bluebeard

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

walked down the road from the car park and used the tramlines to gain access

29th Apr 2007  12:01  by Hartryggers

Gridref: SU 12900 74400   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked in the Hackpen Hill Car Park excellent views. Odd looking imitation trig by the information board, but GPS pointed to the correct trig in a crop field, did a quick dash across the field keeping low.

10th Dec 2006  13:48  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SU 12890 74380   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Quick walk over a stubble field ,weather closing in so no views.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

2nd Dec 2006  15:20  by Managra

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Good condition. No crop, only stubble. Fantastic views.

©Managra
©Managra

18th May 2006  11:50  by Lydford Locators

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Could see it, but unable to reach due to crops in the field together with unfriendly notices from the local farmer!

29th Apr 2006  19:44  by macroderma

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

Unable to get close as it is surrounded by crops at the moment Definitely a winter job

26th Feb 2006  20:00  by Gralorn

Gridref: SU 12897 74387   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Lovely views, popular spot

26th Jan 2006  16:50  by CrazyL200

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

©CrazyL200
©CrazyL200

13th Dec 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, metal cap shallow letters, arable field

Montaged by J Rouse ©peregrinus

4th Dec 2005  12:34  by ANDYBUG&LADYBIRD

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Visited this one with Bekandian, as they said in their log we were unable to get right up to the trig due to the barbed wire fence, I'm quite glad really as the field looked extremely muddy and we had just walked loads off before getting back in the car.

Trig in the distance ©ANDYBUG&LADYBIRD

4th Dec 2005  12:33  by Bekandian

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Easily visible from the Ridgeway, situated in a private field surrounded by barbed wire. Therefor not accessable without trespassing.

Ian with the TP in the distance ©Bekandian
The TP with bird in flight ©Bekandian

12th Oct 2005  18:20  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Nice firm easy to cross barbed wire fence but ground a bit claggy. Biggest effort of the day and even this was a 15 min round trip. Did a double take at the car park by the main road as a marker stone has been build to same spec as local trigs.

16th Apr 2005  10:40  by Mr.Dewdrop

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

Unable to gain access due to barbed wire fence around field

Trig from near the car park to the north

22nd Sep 2004  11:00  by walkergeoff

Gridref: SU 12802 74866   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

The corn had gone by the time I got there, so I had an easier walk across the field.

Plate, with GPS
General view of Trig Point

17th Jul 2004  09:00  by Trigger

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pick up the correct set of tractor tracks from the road through the corn and they'll lead you straight to the trig without damaging the crop!

4th Apr 2004  12:20  by NeverLost

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Visible from the Ridgeway (where a dip in the land provides a gap in the fence to limbo under ;-)

Flush bracket
Spider
Trig

17th Feb 2004  15:00  by lookingmrb&pwb

Gridref: SU 12800 74300   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 5/10

look from the road not visable from the by-way

4th Jul 2003  12:03  by Nr

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Logged whilst walking the Ridgeway LDP

15th Dec 2001  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 7/10

in dull arable field, viewpoint nearby - fine view NW from car pk, not from summit

12th Jan 1997  00:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Plug with indented lettering.

12th Sep 1992  13:00  by arranc

Gridref: SU 12800 74300   FB Number: S2403  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

on Ridgeway path. good views to W and N over the flat middle distance

28th Aug 1982  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 4/10

Pillar in middle of field under crop so didn't approach it.