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13th Mar 2024  13:36  by iannotts

Gridref: SE 51000 83600   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Walk along Cleveland Way from Sutton Bank over access land up to trig on mound fair views .

Plate in view ©iannotts

29th Sep 2023  14:00  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked on the verge pas the entrance to the gallops. Followed the ROW's to the access land and then to the trig.

23rd Jul 2023  13:00  by LizzyCrawford1

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

Hambleton Down Instagram: LizzyCrawford1

9th Jun 2023  00:00  by carolje

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

3rd Jun 2023  14:55  by Steve Pennock

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Visited with Foxy while on a walk with Dearne Valley Walking Group. Cut across from access land from the Cleveland Way and walked along the gallops to access the trig which is sat on a small hill covered in nettles on the inside of the gallops.

3rd Jun 2023  14:53  by Foxy

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

On a Dearne Valley Walking Group hike with Steve Pennock. Starting from the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre, just over nine miles hiked with great views over the Vale towards Thirsk and beyond. As we returned via the Cleveland Way, Steve and I took a short detour over the scrubland and the gallops. The pillar sits atop a small hill where the nettles were in full force. The views from the pillar are quite ordinary. The pillar appears to be in generally good condition but the surface skin is cracking and breaking away in places. The centre of the spider has been replaced with concrete or similar.

Flush bracket ©Foxy
The spider ©Foxy
The pillar ©Foxy
Me & the trig ©Foxy

2nd Jan 2023  13:40  by Wheelyman

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

You need to go ‘off path’ to get close.

12th Dec 2022  10:30  by Tonka

Gridref: SE 51080 83680   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Wonderful hoar frost and mist which kept shifting leaving beautiful blue skies and strong winter sunshine. Very atmospheric. Met no one and no horses galloping - ground conditions unsuitable today. Lucky to see the TP in such conditions - breath taking beauty!

Flush Bracket
Trig point
Landscape

8th Dec 2022  00:00  by Ronaldo333

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

Hambleton Down 2954 from GR: SE 51562 83133

19th Sep 2022  18:47  by Poppydog

Gridref: SE 51085 83682   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Poppydog on Hambleton Down ©Poppydog

28th Aug 2022  12:16  by Antonia.

Gridref: SE 51090 83658   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Fantastic views on route to trig

15th May 2022  13:41  by Andrea

Gridref: SE 51000 83600   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Challenge to get to as it felt like private land

23rd Apr 2022  20:47  by brit_97

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

15th Apr 2022  11:10  by The Trudges

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Flush Bracket ©The Trudges
Trig
Spider©The Trudges
View from spider ©The Trudges

15th Apr 2022  11:05  by MickSan

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Done with Trudge Tracey

©MickSan
©MickSan

25th Feb 2021  12:30  by TrevSym

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

Good access from the drovers road. Ideal to mountain bike from Sutton Bank visitor centre and pick up 3 trigs.

2nd Sep 2020  15:59  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

2nd Sep 2020  13:03  by dharris

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

9th Aug 2020  20:00  by BasilDowl

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

I waited until a Sunday evening before attempting this one, figuring no one would be about either on the gallops or the farmland. I followed the footpath from Dialstone Farm, and went all the way to the bottom of the gallops before hopping the broken wall and following the grass racetrack round and beyond the extent of the access land, again trying to be discreet. The pillar came into view sat atop its grassy, overgrown tumulus, and it was the work of a moment to nip over the gate and up to the pillar. You are visible from the farm buildings when on the tumulus, so my stay was very brief. I returned the same way and carried on my walk along to Sneck Yate.

The tumulus
The pillar (1)
The flush bracket
The top of the pillar
The pillar (2)

1st Dec 2019  12:14  by M&M....

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

16th Feb 2019  14:54  by Dumfriesmike

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

Viewed from edge of the gallops

28th Jul 2018  09:17  by srichy20

Gridref: SE 51081 83682   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Short trespass from the Sutton Bank footpath. Lady with dogs accosted us on the way back informing us that is was private property. It was torrential rain by this point why she needed to come and tell us since we were clearly leaving.... But hey!

School Boy Error Forgot to move the grass. (it was lashing it down) Flush bracket is of the type that has no 'S' in front of the number

9th Apr 2018  13:20  by dugswell2

FB Number: 2954   Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Sunny.

28th Oct 2017  14:12  by johnfwoolley

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

Close to the Cleveland Way

12th Oct 2017  15:45  by BigJ

Gridref: SE 51087 83686   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked near the gliding club and walked round the path on the escapement, over the main road and on,via the path, to a point passed the trig. Nipped over the gallop and across the field. Nice walk back watching the gliders.

24th Jun 2017  17:58  by Aye Jimmy

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

From Dialstone Farm, mostly along bridle/cycle ways until just past a wood, then across gallops and a field of long grass which had been partially cut, fortunately. Trig perched on top of deeply vegetated mound.

Hambleton Down The TP.
Hambleton Down The FB.
Hambleton Down Top of trig with bitumen plug.

30th Oct 2016  12:00  by ger

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

3rd Apr 2016  15:24  by amblerbob

Gridref: SE 51084 83682   FB Number: S2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

From Cleveland Way, due east across Gallops to easily opened gate.

14th Mar 2016  09:15  by painterman61

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

First of day usual route along cleveland way trig on grassy tumulus trig in vgc sunny mist clearing good view from sutton bank first new trig of year nice to start with a primary.

trig ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
fb ©painterman61

27th Dec 2015  11:32  by Whats the Point

Gridref: SE 51086 83719   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Brilliant day with blue sky. Makes a change from getting soaked on the last two days.Continued to Nettle Dale and Flassen Dale - reminded me of the dry valleys on The Wolds.

Hambleton Down

10th Oct 2015  15:51  by jamiekeighley

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

Parked at Dialstone Farm, along bridleway, over a few fences, easy enough. Very quiet today. Great view down to Sutton Bank.

©jamiekeighley

30th May 2015  10:00  by Portia142

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

15th Apr 2015  15:00  by stan toon

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Tremendous views......lots of fine cracks on trig

©stan toon

8th Feb 2015  14:48  by Alfred the great

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

The Trigpoint ©Alfred the great

24th Dec 2014  15:15  by jimp

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

Interesting to see the gallops nearby. Small stile next to a gate to climb. Atop a tumulus.

11th Sep 2014  08:23  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Used bridleway from Dialstone Farm. Watched training gallop on adjacent prepared "racetrack", then walked across to tumulus and pillar through wet grass.

15th Mar 2014  09:50  by paulxtr

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walked across from the Cleveland Way.

Hambleton Down ©paulxtr

14th Mar 2014  15:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SE 51085 83682   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Up over gallops no horses today

1st Jul 2013  15:50  by clochandighter

Gridref: SE 51084 83681   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Overall approach from NE, final approach from SW. Parked east side of road beside comms mast compound opposite Dialstone Farm at SE518843 because mapped car park at Sutton Bank wanted money. Walked bridleway to SE507837 then anticlockwise around gallops following field edges to approach trig from SW. Overgrown grassy tumulus in hay field. Pillar in fair condition, crazed with cracks. Spider centre plugged with tar. Flush bracket faces SSW ~209°. Vented through NW sight hole. 360° open outlook.

2954 - Hambleton Down pillar & self

16th Jun 2013  16:37  by Bangkok_ian

Gridref: SE 51083 83679   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Took a slight detour from the Cleveland Way path and walked along the gallops for a couple of hundred metres. No electric fences, cows or other obstacles at all. Slight trespass over the stile and up the grassy knoll it stands on. Not such a good view as I was expecting, but good enough.

22nd May 2013  10:08  by The RockKnocker

Gridref: SE 51085 83682   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Me, Marie and Rocky the dog walked 7 miles today from the car park at the top of Sutton Bank then to the trig then round the lake and up to Hood Hill and back to the car (tired now)

Hambleton Down trig

19th Apr 2013  00:00  by dogwalking

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

31st Mar 2013  16:00  by trigofthedump

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

27th Sep 2012  21:13  by PeteBoggs

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

Accessed from Cleveland Way

©PeteBoggs
©PeteBoggs

24th Sep 2012  13:17  by slateloose

Gridref: SE 51000 83600   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Rainy and very windy,just about able to stand up.Not a good day to look for cattle.

15th Sep 2012  14:03  by bigtykedog

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

On top of a tumulus :>( Watch out for the 3 long horned bulls.

Not to be messed with! Thankfully a wire fence between me and them!

28th Aug 2012  15:35  by Particle

FB Number: S2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Went from path to north, easy across new grown grass.

4th Aug 2012  17:20  by CJO

Gridref: SE 51084 83681   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Approached from Cleveland way. Cut across fields Met the farmer tending his horses and long horned cattle, he directed us through the maze of electric fences. Pillar on a mound (tumulus) covered in long grass surrounded by a recent;y havested silage/hay crop.

approaching 2954

29th Jul 2012  13:20  by Andy D

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

Reached from footpath heading east from Cleveland Way on northern side of trig. Had to negotiate gallops, but field harvested with tractors on field to collect bales. The tumulus on which the trig stands is infested with nettles. It was a good job I wasn't wearing shorts.

©Andy D

23rd Jul 2012  21:00  by vegibagger

Gridref: SE 51000 83600   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

on top of tumulus in middle of mown and left silage field that made my Jamie's eyes stream from the amount of pollen we assumed

21st Mar 2012  13:45  by Border Peat

Gridref: SE 51083 83681   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked at beside horse gallops climbed over stile trig is visible so walked in a direct line fields empty

S2954©Border Peat

6th Mar 2012  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SE 51082 83683   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

1st Dec 2011  15:00  by redDragon

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

pillar ontop of grassy tumulus within a horses gallop. Fairly straightforward to reach from the Cleveland way. Fence on south edge of field is apparently electric.

29th Sep 2011  14:45  by Dusty

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Trigpoint
Spider
Flush Bracket

7th Sep 2011  14:20  by stonestreaker

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

©stonestreaker
©stonestreaker
©stonestreaker

23rd Jul 2011  14:37  by blackboot29

FB Number: S2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

In middle of mound surrounded by nettles

7th May 2011  16:15  by sheepsocks

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked at Sutton Bank info centre, early purple orchids blooming between road and carpark. Trig on slightly trespassy area although easily accessable from Cleveland Way. 4 hares on the gallops!. Trig on a barrow....not the wheeled kind!

early purple orchids by Sutton Bank info centre parking

25th Apr 2011  16:13  by Blackjack

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

Viewed the pillar from the Cleveland Way, but didn't have time to get any closer.

Hambleton Down As seen from the Cleveland Way©Blackjack

2nd Sep 2010  12:00  by yorkshirenige

Gridref: SE 51080 83680   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Approached this one from the bridleway to the north and so avoided the electric fences encountered by others. It is a case of timing your visit to avoid the horses running around the gallop. Like other TP Baggers before me, I expected this one to be harder to reach that it was. Perched on a very grassy tumulus with nice views. Some surface crazing.

17th Jul 2010  13:43  by senrabyar

Gridref: SE 51082 83684   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

24th Feb 2010  18:40  by melch

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

24th Feb 2010  11:43  by wrose

Gridref: SE 51086 83689   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Passed nearby whilst walking a stretch of the Cleveland way from Helmsley to Osmotherley with my walking group - The Irregulars, LDWA. So this slight detour was an opportunity to visit that was just too good not to miss. Followed the fence from the turn off suggested by others. Had to climb one fence and go through two electrified gates to reach the pillar on slightly raised area. Could not see the pillar until about fifty yards away because of the mist but knowing the area it is likely to be a good viewing point. Pillar in good condition.

11th Oct 2009  07:16  by barnsley skip

Gridref: SE 51083 83682   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked car in the Sutton Bank visitor centre did not have to pay as too early starts at 8.30 am. Picked up the Cleveland way path followed fence line to Seanmac grid ref SE50927 83393 thanks for that turned right keeping electric fence to right till reached the gallop track cross to find trig on Tumulus. good around views with no horses running today.

GPS reading
Looking towards to Gallops

8th Aug 2009  12:00  by RoPeHe

Gridref: SE 51083 83683   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Pillar in good condition except for minor surface crazing. On edge of tumulus in grassy field not far off the Cleveland Way. Excellent views today in all direction.

13th Jun 2009  14:13  by Peter Astle

Gridref: SE 51085 83682   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

24th Oct 2007  14:41  by seanmac

Gridref: SE 51085 83684   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

On private land inside a racing track for horses. From the visitor centre walk North West along the Cleveland Way to SE50927 83393 then turn right off the path through the scrub and the trig is on a raised mound of land. Watch out for the electrified fences and horses riding around the track!

GPS Readings GPS Readings
The Trig My Missus at the trig

14th Sep 2007  13:10  by Turtle II

Gridref: SE 51083 83685   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

29th May 2007  00:00  by Tonyht

Gridref: SE 51085 83675   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy to access and locate. On top of a tumuli with some really great views.

10th Mar 2007  11:25  by ted

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

One sighting-hole open; tarmac plug; extensive surface cracks on FB face. On top of tumulus - would be extensive views on a good day, but this wasn't. No nags today.

Hambleton Down trig
Hambleton Down trig; view S
Hambleton Down View from W
Hambleton Down Another ghost trig... OS 1:25000 North York Moors (West sheet) 1982 shows a triangulation symbol at SE518843. This corresponds to the OS benchmark database entry 'SE38 INT030 DIALSTONE MAST Dest 07/84'. The current mast must be a replacement.
Hambleton Down FB

3rd Feb 2006  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Didnt note any damage but must admit didnt look very closely.

2954
2954
2954

11th Dec 2005  13:00  by smiley dog

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

saw this one during a walk from sutton bank.Gormire lake very picturesque.

4th Nov 2005  23:19  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Ignored the pay and display and parked roadside by the gallops where the footpath leaves the road then headed direct in best low visibility balck and green for the trig. Damage very minor compared to some I've seen today

27th Sep 2005  11:00  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SE 51200 83700   FB Number: S2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Wasexpecting this to be awkward as marked on Explorer as Gallops ,v quiet though,lovely views from Sutton Bank on Cleveland Way.

2nd Aug 2005  09:31  by Tom de Erin

Gridref: SE 51110 83690   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pillar is on top of the Tumulus. Bung missing on top.

TP on Cold Kirby Moor On a racehorse training area

30th Apr 2005  10:30  by John Stead

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Would have been a good view if not misty but interesting visit and near cache. BM no is 2954 not S2954

The pillar with my walking pole
The Bracket

26th Jul 2004  22:26  by Pengy&Tigger

FB Number: S2954  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Damaged but repaired. Found while caching. Bracket no looks like 2954 to me from the pic.

27th Dec 2003  01:10  by sleepwalker

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Approached from the North Yorkshire Moors Visitor Centre at Sutton Bank.

24th Dec 2003  15:30  by IanM

FB Number: S2054  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Must remember not to rely on photography for the flush bracket number! Need to return. Revisited on 27.6.04, now very well protected and partially hidden by nettles and thistles. This time wrote down the flush bracket number, just as well as the camera batteries went flat on me!

29th Sep 2002  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

on large tumulus in arable fld, commanding view. No S prefix.

17th Jul 2002  15:52  by manonabike

Gridref: SE 51000 83600   FB Number: 2954  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

8th Jun 1997  00:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: 2954  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

A bit trespassy.