Logged Visits:

6th Feb 2024  16:53  by silverfox11

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Unusually sited just outside the rear garden of someone's house!

27th Nov 2023  20:55  by Ande1865

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Definitely in an odd place

13th Nov 2023  12:51  by trignerd

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

Not that hard to find but nasty damp and muddy path down to it. No view at all, perhaps there was before the houses were built

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1st May 2023  13:00  by AutomatedAnimal

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

Fairly easy to locate. There was a path leading down to it off the main path. The pillar is right on the fence line of someone's garden. All was quiet today. Took some photos and we were soon on our way again.

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28th Jan 2023  10:05  by andyrandom

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

I would hate to try this one in the summer! Previous loggers' advice about paths to the trig was very useful, but if all else fails, follow the fenceline until you're opposite the house to the right of the one with the loft extension, and you should find it. Being winter, the area was fairly clear of plantlife, though it did feel intrusive bagging this one, as the trig has a direct view into the house opposite from their rear windows. And a noisy canine onlooker didn't help! Took care to angle my camera away from the house. It's a really bizarre place for a pillar, too, not being anywhere near the summit. Still, it's in good condition, and isn't too difficult to bag in the winter.

4th Dec 2022  11:15  by Mickandkim

Gridref: ST 54900 77600   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Not easy to locate but found next to back gate

27th Oct 2022  15:50  by Honinitrigbagger21

FB Number: 3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Followed previous instructions.Bagged the Kings Weston TV Mast afterwards.

3rd Sep 2022  10:19  by CPhillimore72

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Combined in a trig walk with Penpole and Shirehampton Golf Club trigs. Interestingly sited right up against a garden fence with zero view!

25th Sep 2021  17:40  by ady650b

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

12th Dec 2020  15:30  by Tony J

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Headed downhill through woods from Kings Weston Hill summit to find trig just off a faint path, right next to someone's garden! There was a dog in the garden who wasn't remotely bothered by my presence, it must have seen a few trig baggers in its time.

18th Oct 2020  13:59  by Andy West

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

9th Aug 2020  11:49  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

well hidden but followed previous instructions

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9th Aug 2020  11:49  by Pritch227

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

followed charles instructions ,once down the path with logs for steps I just made a beeline for the back gardens and wuzzerL eventually found it deep in the undergrowth,not the best!!!

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30th May 2020  09:28  by TimmyC

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Possibly missing  Score: 5/10

25th May 2020  16:39  by BarryHorton

Gridref: ST 54899 77622   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

"Impossible to miss" said someone better than I. has it been moved or destroyed?

Is says it's here...

25th May 2020  16:38  by BarryHorton

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

30th Jun 2019  17:30  by Aye Jimmy

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 2/10

Was visiting nearby hill summit, had a thrash about in the undergrowth. Had no GR and couldn't find trig. Should have read logs first!

7th Apr 2019  18:01  by RichardM

Gridref: ST 54916 77634   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Took us a while to locate this one. Once at the back garden gate follow fence line S for 20m and pillar is impossible to miss, though you have to ignore the barking dog in the neighbouring back garden.

7th Apr 2019  17:59  by DeniseMc

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

An unlikely place and awkward to find but rewarding to do so and exactly as marked on the map! The Trig is in the public woodland but only a few metres away from a manicured lawn. The clue, as others say, is to find a V shape corner of woodland that is bounded by house fences and then look for a house with a blocky loft conversion and it's by the next house ( away from the point of the V. The woods are brambly with informal paths making the trig hard to spot until you are very close.

1st Apr 2019  11:05  by rupertal

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

1st Apr 2019  11:03  by trigging on an island

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

Enjoyable little stop off on our way north even if the trigs situation itself was rather uninspiring.

30th Jan 2019  15:50  by Nekyram

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked in Arden Close. Took the footpath from the corner by the houses. Trig took a while to find. Took a narrow path down to back of houses, trig found in the undergrowth.

30th Nov 2018  11:12  by G1ANQ

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

After collecting Mr N, I left him in the car to bag this trig. Its not too difficult to find but my new phone GPS needed to be calibrated so the App did send me on a bit of a wild goose chase. I found it by using the pictures. Glad its winter so that the vegetation has died down. No views really. And rather soggy under foot, glad I didnt bring the dog.

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Trig Point

22nd Apr 2018  12:23  by asbown

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

easy enough when following instructions above.

22nd Apr 2018  12:23  by The reluctant trigger

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

25th May 2017  11:24  by slateloose

Gridref: ST 54900 77600   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Trig point in good condition but what a strange location. Plus a little messy crashing about only yards from the back garden of the nearby house.

18th Apr 2017  16:01  by vegibagger

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Very strange location but must've had good views before housing estate was built. Took narrow footpath from end of Ardern Close. Bear left at fork and left on to wide track. 30 metres then left and downhill on another narrow footpath with a few log steps - you will eventually reach a gate into a garden in V of boundary fences. Before you get to the V the pillar is down along the boundary to your right about ten to fifteen metres before this path end, uncovered from ivy at the moment in front of garden with neatly manicured lawn. Really satisying to find, if weird!

location ©vegibagger
trig ©vegibagger
top ©vegibagger
fb ©vegibagger

20th Aug 2016  13:00  by Loz&Bib

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

Really overgrown and accessible through the woods.

8th May 2016  15:13  by boblynoriho

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Hidden amongst the undergrowth near a garden fence. Nearby house owners were enjoying the sun and gave us some strange looks.

Kings Weston trigpoint ©boblynoriho

6th Jul 2015  18:37  by Griefmiester

Gridref: ST 54913 77634   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Second time lucky for this one, really odd place for a pillar, the clue is the house with the dormer windows. good condition, no views.

Pillar & FB

28th Jun 2015  12:35  by g4wsb

Gridref: ST 54920 77639   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

As before into woods meet path left along on left downward path takes to path from behind house.turn right two houses from dormer windows house along fence line south.

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28th Mar 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: ST 54917 77639   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

26th Mar 2015  10:45  by dugswell2

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Took time to find as it was hiding in the undergrowth on a faint path to somebodies back garden.

28th Dec 2014  11:40  by samtrev

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

From path walk down through trees towards house with Dormer window and find the trigpoint on the right next to garden fence.

13th Dec 2014  14:32  by jonglew

Gridref: ST 54915 77632   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Easy find with GPS, which took us straight to it. There are tracks through the dense, scrubby wood that lead to it after accessing woods from end of Arden Close off Southwood Drive. Pillar is in awkward spot with copious garden refuse strewn about it. Original cap in place, deeply indented lettering; all sight holes open; BSM-style FB. No views.

Pillar TP4226©jonglew
Spider TP4226©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP4226©jonglew

8th Nov 2014  15:41  by BRISTOLIAN

FB Number: 3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

After visiting the nearby TV mast decided I would have a go at this one. The previous two "found" logs really helped here. But only after we found it. That might not sound right but it is true. The trig was impossible to spot so when I eventually shouted to Mrs K that I had laid eyes on it I removed all the ivy from trig. If anyone wants to find this as soon as possible the hint here is to find the massive blue trampoline in the back garden as this is where the trig is. Be quick though as ivy will regrow quickly. As a previous finder has stated. This is a very satisfying trig to bag.

Mr K at Trig. Usual pose.©BRISTOLIAN
The flush bracket Pic of bracket©BRISTOLIAN

12th Sep 2014  17:15  by samtrev

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

15th Apr 2014  06:21  by JeanV

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

Amazing! I suppose the pillar once had good views E/ SE over the city, before the houses were built, but even so it's odd it's not higher up. Truly bizarre. Thanks to the Cyclist for very helpful directions. Just to clarify - as s/he writes, you "will reach a gate into a garden in V of boundary fences". Then - "Turn back" - this means "turn back" the way you have come, back up the path - NOT along the line of the fences which separate the gardens from the scrub - and then twelve yards or so back up the path, it's left, slightly downhill, and the TP is deep in ivy, hard by the back fence of a house.

27th Dec 2013  10:54  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Challenging, even with The Cyclist's excellent notes. Muddy paths, brambles, ivy - it's got the lot - a hailstorm added to the fun.

Kings Weston ©lonesome_cowboy_burt

17th Nov 2013  19:22  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Third attempt! Now armed with 1:25,000 and web info. Took narrow footpath from end of Ardern Close. Bear left at fork and left on to wide track. Very soon turn left and downhill on another narrow footpath with a few log steps - you will reach a gate into a garden in V of boundary fences. Turn back and the pillar is along the boundary to your left heavily covered in undergrowth. Really satisying to find!

31st Mar 2013  15:39  by CJO

Gridref: ST 54910 77632   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Glad to visit in early spring before the vegetation takes hold. Pillar covered in brambles, ivy and garden debris, not visible until within a few meters. BSM type FB on east face with cap still intact, had to move ivy to see. No views at all, suprised pillar is here and not higher up the slopes, perhaps on installation better views were to be had than from the more densly wooded slopes. The Bristol pillars do seem particularly difficult to access.

S3384 well hidden
S3384 cap and ivy

29th May 2011  08:54  by Trigger

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

TP4226

25th Sep 2010  14:15  by desperate dan

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

Just too overgrown to find it

30th Apr 2010  09:00  by Dusty

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Trigpoint
Spider
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4th Dec 2009  15:15  by cmb1953

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Most difficult yet. Could not have found without secateurs to cut a path through undergrowth.

28th Nov 2009  13:49  by SebastienCale

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

Challenging to say the least. Very well camoflaged by brambles and difficult to get close through the undergrowth. It took me about 10mins and the picture with the dormer windows to locate it. Wouldn't be surprised if I was reported as a prowler. Perhaps we should make friends with the house owner! It's a pity because the woods on approach are very nice.

25th Feb 2008  15:00  by tom

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

The pillar is sited amongst scrub next to the back garden fence of some private houses on the lower slopes of a wooded ridge. It has a metal cap with small raised letters and FB S/3384. The scrub between the path and the pillar has recently been partly cleared to make for relatively easy access compared to the visits of others. The site was reached by a very indirect but very pleasant route from the Coombe Dingle car park of the Blaise Castle Estate. The houses mask any view the pillar once possessed. Some of the suburbs of Bristol come into view a little higher up. There is mature woodland on the higher slopes of the hill and on the crest a pleasant strip of open grassland stretches to the Blaise Castle Estate.

7th Sep 2007  10:10  by bluebeard

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

found on second visit. (large amount of seasonal vegetation !!!)

22nd Apr 2007  13:05  by Managra

FB Number: 3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Tom found this one, thanks to the directions given by Saginanivalis - it was the dormer window that gave it away but I'd say it was about 20m from the end of the close. Don't approach this one wearing shorts - you'll get torn to shreds / stung to death. No views and on the very edge of the gardens. Metal plug with raised lettering

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10th Apr 2007  12:49  by Hartryggers

Gridref: ST 54900 77600   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Just off the path at the back of some houses, bit of a scramble through undergrowth, but nowhere near as bad as Purdown

27th Mar 2007  15:00  by Lydford Locators

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Having logged the trig as a 4, I'd rate the surroundings 0! Must be the worst place that a trig has ever brought us!!

18th Feb 2007  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

vgc, metal cap, small raised letters, hedgeline just outside gardens. Path NW from end of Ardern Cl, path S for 80m, then descend to edge of wood, aiming just S of house with dormer windows in roof. Quite an obstacle course to reach, but pillar now completely clear - thanks to IRM and subsequent visitors.

1st Jan 2007  17:04  by captain gore-tex

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

Having reviewed the previous logs we decided to try this one on New Year's day, armed with gardening kit, and it paid off. GPSR co-ords spot on and a recently felled tree helped clear the way so it was just the final 20 or so feet where we had to cut our way through to a trig that was completely overgrown, at least until we had snipped away! We found the crown in mint condition, probably due to having been completely covered for some years. A good 20mins of gardening has revealed the trig ready for the next visitor. Strange spot to erect one in the first place.

top in mint condition ©captain gore-tex
Some snipping needed to get there.... ©captain gore-tex
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Clear, but for how long?
Ready for the next visitor

8th Apr 2006  10:28  by Brisey

Gridref: ST 54913 77635   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

I managed to get a GPS reading where the path was reasonably open to the sky, and kept contact as I struggled through the undergrowth. I needed the GPS as I couldn't spot the pillar until I was very close. I got many scratches from the young, strong bramble briars, so good luck to anyone who tries this one later in the year. A lowish score is deserved for pain and effort, and the backs of houses don't help either.

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S3384 A point and hope picture, because of the proximity of the fence.

18th Mar 2006  11:45  by Glaslyn

Gridref: ST 54910 77630   FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

How anyone finds this in summer i dont know! As earlier logs say,GPS not too accurate.Pillar is up against fence 30feet from the path,surprised no one came ou of the houses to challenge me as i was there for 10 minutes(then went back as had dropped GPS!!)One for the winter .Thanks to ianmac for the effort to make it visible!

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©Glaslyn

4th Jul 2005  18:20  by rhayader_wanderer

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

I came up about twenty metres short but the GPS was all over the place and the vegetation in full growth. Definitely one for the winter as it is about 40m off the nearest track

8th Mar 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Even with leaves fallen this was a nightmare. GPS took me to trig at back of houses but it was covered in ivy and defended with gigantic brambles. After 30 mins of stomping householder came out and gave me loppers and iron bar - still took another 15 mins. He could remember reading being taken - over 10 years ago; I'm surprised as no views at all in any direction.

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8th Nov 2003  16:00  by peregrinus

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

Searched in vain. After Iain's efforts it should be easier next time

14th Oct 2003  14:30  by maurice

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 0/10

Area covered in very dense scrub. will try again when leaves have fallen.

2nd Jan 1995  00:00  by widget

Gridref: ST 54900 77600   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 0/10

Ran fm Blaise Castle Car Park. TP not found. Spent 30 mins searching! Stupid place for a trig anyway, now housing estate there.....grumble, grumble!

13th Jun 1981  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S3384  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

After hunting the higher woodland, pillar finally found more or less in the back garden of a house pretty close to where car was parked! Site will probably get overgrown in future years!