Logged Visits:

1st Jan 2024  19:22  by Taff of the north

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

1st Jan 2024  19:22  by Taff of the north

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

I have been notified by a local councillor that the Trig Pillar was "rescued" from the rubble and transported to a safe storage location in August 2018. He supplied two photographs or the pillar strapped to a trailer.

9th Jul 2022  17:03  by Mark-UKUS

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 2/10

I parked at the end of Sedgefield Way and followed the Bridleway around the Building Supplies company and then a short way along between the Prison and the wasteland The area where the pillar was situated is blocked off by a sturdy metal fence with spikey bits on top. Had a look through the railings to the place where the TP was, and contented myself that I wasn't behind the imposing prison wall.

©Mark-UKUS

27th Apr 2021  18:33  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Back again for another look as I'm down here working. A lot less brambles and grass to deal with this time. Spent a good 45 mins searching the area but still couldn't find it.

6th Jul 2020  19:00  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 6/10

Parked at the end of Cheltenham road by Toolstation. You can wak around the side of the security gate as the fence only joins the gate on one side! The waste ground has been used for fly tipping but there is a path from the gate to the trig location almost. Used my gps to locate the site, walked round and round the trees and stomped down a lot of the weeds and brambles but still could not locate the trig. A lot more rubble has been dumped around that area. Reading more of the comments from the last 10 years, some have slightly different cords so I will try these tomorrow. Tried looking a second time, no luck. Looked around all the bushes / trees and brambles. Compared photo from Borderer with what's there now. The trig has either been removed or is under a pile of rubble. I will email Teesside museum to ask if they salvaged it.

8th Nov 2018  07:22  by PeteBoggs

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 3/10

Wow I made a real mess of this one. Parked up nice and early , there is now an 8ft high locked gate to prevent access but there is just enough space to wriggle under it. The security cabin is gone. However in the poor ealy mornung light I found the right area with aid of gps but couldn't find trig. Then lost my bearings and took 45 mins to find my way back . Not fun

8th Jun 2017  17:07  by Ant1974

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

29th Apr 2017  17:45  by Borderer

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

Having passed this way on the nearby A19 a few times I thought the I'd pay a visit. Parked in the car park next to the security cabin and although it appears to be in use (radio and TV present) no one at home so carried on to the pillar. I have seen worse locations (but not many). A one in four chance of the pillar falling on it's face or was it deliberate after reading a previous log on 12/07/12 about potential preservation?

©Borderer

3rd Mar 2017  12:01  by ger

Gridref: NZ 46021 20531   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 4/10

Pillar a few hundred meters E from road end at Lustrum Indus. Est. FB unfortunately is on side facing ground - 'top' corner damaged - open spider. Can see one arch of 'Infinity Bridge' at brg 205deg - buildings restrict views of Cleveland Hills.

9th Jul 2016  13:03  by Earby Rambler

FB Number: S4272  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Visited with P61 on 12 Trig day out.

Approach to Prison
Trig

9th Jul 2016  13:03  by painterman61

FB Number: S4272  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Parked beside old security hut easy but dodgy walk out due to fly tipping trig on its side very near to stockton HMP area looks like it could be developed soon so trig could be a gonner.Joint visit with ER

trig ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
base ©painterman61
jailbreak ©painterman61

2nd Oct 2015  09:57  by vegibagger

FB Number: S4372  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

what a sad old trig lying fb down in an industrial wasteland in Middlesbrough. does it get much more pitiful?? as MickandKim said...not in prison but sulking face down

14th Mar 2015  14:00  by carlgorse

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

Went through Gap around by Prison and Still toppled over

TP3978 Holme House Farm Operated Amateur Radio , Trig Point Fallen over and still i same place ©carlgorse

10th Nov 2013  10:56  by peregrinus

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

No change, not relocated, not yet anyway. By small alder tree and heap of stone. From SSE, Wetherby Close, gap under gate if you are slender.

1st May 2013  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NZ 46024 20530   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Access by Dore Kitchens and Bathrooms on Lustram Ind. Est. The panel on the left hand side of gates down at NZ461204. Otherwise crawl/slide/shuffle under large gap under gate itself. Trig toppled, whole and in situ.

12th Jul 2012  11:59  by peregrinus

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

Non visit note: according to a local, the council hope to move the trig to the local Stockton on Tees museum, approx NZ 4298 1480.

5th May 2012  15:40  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NZ 46027 20536   FB Number: S4272  Condition: Toppled  Score: 1/10

Sorry site not in prison but sulking face down

14th Apr 2012  11:00  by CJO

Gridref: NZ 46024 20528   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Gap in security fence, walked across waste land. Trig on its side with FB face down.

dead trig

10th Dec 2011  13:57  by slateloose

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

Parked near security cabin,big hole in fence,walked over towards prison,trig is toppled over with the flush bracket facing downwards,so unable to read number.Somebody needs to rescue this trig.

31st Oct 2011  07:03  by TomL

Gridref: NZ 46026 20527   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 4/10

Previous visit 23/08/11 07:24 Rode past boundry with prison. No sign of pillar but lots of possible rubble piles and concrete. Entrance to waste land by JT Doves was unlocked but no time to investigate. Early early morning start needed. This is a slightly different entrance to the one Sheepsocks photographed. Relogged 07:03am 31/10/11. You have to scramble under this gate now. Pillar toppled and moved as suspected. Logged grid ref is current position of pillar flush bracket down in a small ditch. If it were not for the view of the ICI towers the score would have been much lower.

Holme House Farm 31/10/11 ©TomL

21st May 2011  17:50  by sheepsocks

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Unreachable but visible  Score: 3/10

Original footpaths now blocked by unclimbable fence and diversion notices posted. But trig still clearly visible from new footpath which runs from housing estate by A19 southwards along prison boundary. Trig looks in good condition and building not yet started. Only access to the land is from the south via closed gates with unoccupied security cabin.

20th Apr 2010  16:00  by Andy West

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

16th Jan 2010  09:55  by ted

FB Number: S4272  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

The mapped right of way has been diverted alongside the prison wall. The trig survives - no apparent progress with the industrial park since the previous visitor. Plug intact. No views worth mentioning.

Holme House Farm trig from outside fence
Holme House Farm trig
Holme House Farm trig
Holme House Farm FB
Holme House Farm top

9th Sep 2009  16:28  by Peter Astle

Gridref: NZ 46027 20536   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Still there 09/09/09 but a pile of forthcoming hardcore is but 10m distant!

30th Nov 2008  12:40  by Late starter

FB Number: S4272  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

If you want to see this pillar in situ, then you will need to visit pretty promptly as the land it sits on is about to be developed. From the look of the nearby JCBs, the trig could be uprooted in the next few days! For now, the trig is surrounded by a prison, an industrial estate, the busy and noisy A19, and ICI pollution from the Billingham works...maybe trig heaven is looking like a better location after all! For what it is worth, the plug is still there with indented lettering.

JCBs poised to uproot pillar!

2nd Aug 2008  16:03  by senrabyar

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

The farmland is now surrounded by a tall spiked green fence. There is a guard who wouldn't let me in, and didn't understand the term 'trig point'. Nearest approach is 41m to the west.

9th Sep 2007  00:00  by Tonyht

Gridref: NZ 46050 20550   FB Number: S4272  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

A short walk from the car and easy to locate and access, although the large fence being erected around the site many indicate things are about to change. Close to prison and does not have much going for it. This is a retrospective log and condition at time of visit was good

7th Feb 2007  13:05  by Bergfuehrer

FB Number: S4272  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

County Durham. It is strange really why there is still an arable field here, surrounded by roads, trading estates, housing and a prison.

9th Oct 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S4272  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

vgc, metal cap shallow letters, a few m into arable field in shadow of prison wall, impressive population of asters in rough grassland to SE

Montaged by Jon Rouse ©peregrinus

29th Jul 2004  19:04  by Brisey

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

Be careful how you approach this trig as it is easy to walk through HM Prison property without realising! Condition assumed good.

TP3978 in a cereal field Sorry there is nothing in this picture to distinguish the TP from many others. The prison was behind me.

6th Jan 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S4272  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Trig is in field very near prison wall.

S4272
S4272
S4272

26th Nov 1998  12:56  by jimmy

FB Number: S4272  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

under the gloomy walls of HM prison Stockton--not a place to linger