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11th Feb 2024  18:47  by HiyaHillers

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

Ist trig of the day. Straight up from Coalport yha where I stayed past 2 nights. 4m circular

22nd Aug 2023  10:46  by slateloose

Gridref: SJ 69100 01100   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Walked along Red Lane and across field under first powerline to trig point. Stubble fields at the moment.

4th Jun 2023  15:55  by debbieosb124

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1st Dec 2022  08:12  by Ben_johnno

Gridref: SJ 69104 01139   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

5th Mar 2022  00:00  by painterman61

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

easy up from lane trig in vgc crop gun close by

trig ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
fb ©painterman61

20th Feb 2022  11:55  by Wheresthatpenguin

Gridref: SJ 69104 01137   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked on Red Lane. Climbed through a gap in the hedge and then walked through two fields up to the pillar, which can be found amongst several electricity pylons, which were all crackling away. There was a gas powered scatterbird device in the trig field which went off several times, making a very loud bang!

Pillar
Flush Bracket
Spider/Theodolite Mount
Pillar

1st Jan 2022  13:45  by Stevo

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

Dramatic setting, beneath the pilons which stretch into the distance. View of The Wrekin and Cosford to the North and East. Approach, leaving the track and sympathetic skirting the crop fields to the brow of the hill.

Trig and dawg

26th Oct 2020  00:00  by gasman

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3rd Aug 2020  11:22  by G1ANQ

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Cycled past Iron Bridge, just because I wanted to see it. Then over to this Trig. Easy enough to find but had to go through a field of beans for final bit. Can hear the electric cracking. Didnt hang about. Looks like rain.

TP
TP humming and cracking with power!

12th Jul 2020  16:45  by Skypaddler

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy access from Red Lane through a gap in the edge. Pillar set in an unploughed area of a crop field. Walked carefully along tractor tracks in between the crop to prevent damage.

Upper Riddings bracket ©Skypaddler
Upper Riddings pillar Pillar set in a field of crops©Skypaddler

12th Jul 2020  16:45  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

Gridref: SJ 69104 01137   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

See my entry as Skypaddler

4th Apr 2020  17:04  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

Lawrie Jones

16th Dec 2019  10:33  by sven

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked in Red Lane. There are two locations some 100m up the lane. One you can reverse into and the second a few 10s of metres further on a muddy pull over. Squeeze through a gap, in the hedge in the corner of the field, adjacent and walk up the field from the corner to a dateless gap. The pillar is visible on the skyline directly under the elect transmission lines. Field was muddy and not planted up or the crop hadn't germinated. Good views all around. retraced steps and away to Ironbridge to buy Christmas pork pies from the World famous Uleys Pork Pie Shop.

Pillar & Pylons

25th Apr 2019  12:39  by fennwalker

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Upper Riddings ©fennwalker
©fennwalker

21st Dec 2018  09:49  by CJO

Gridref: SJ 69112 01148   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

All intact. Has a plastic cap.

Upper Riddings

26th Jul 2018  07:15  by Thomas David Whitaker

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Parked in the wide field entrance down Red Lane and headed up. Followed tramlines through a heavy crop of wheat which took me to within 12 feet of the pillar. Extensive views of more wheat ready for combining.

3rd Apr 2018  16:40  by asbown

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

quick stroll from red lane.

3rd Apr 2018  16:40  by The reluctant trigger

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

25th Mar 2018  13:21  by paulxtr

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked on Red Lane E of pillar. No crops in field so headed straight towards it. Lots of pylons!

Upper Riddings ©paulxtr

18th Aug 2017  16:59  by stignest

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

A fine view but for the pylons..noisy creatures that they are. easy from Redlane. pillar in good condition.

2nd Oct 2016  07:20  by Dusty

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pillar
Spider
Flush Bracket

13th Apr 2016  15:03  by RichardM

Gridref: SJ 69106 01140   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Eagerly swung leg over cycle in Telford, pushed down hard on pedal and came to abrupt halt to the grinding and mangling sound of metal. 15 minutes with adjustable and screwdriver I'd removed the rear derailier from the wheel and I was on my way. Not the best of starts! Trig easily accessed from the N via lane and grassy field margins. Convenient tractor lines through shoots of crop in field. Very good views.

2nd Dec 2015  11:35  by Garth Fenton

Gridref: SJ 69106 01149   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

plug in the centre. Used the power lines as a guide. parked at the start of Red Lane new layby, just cleared.

6th Apr 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SJ 69106 01141   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

8th Mar 2015  09:39  by jonglew

Gridref: SJ 69105 01139   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Drove along Red Lane parking at field boundary junction NE of trig. 250m walk to pillar, found in muddy arable field beneath noisy, crackling HV power lines. A vestige of its once white paint job remains; cap missing, composite plug replacement; LHD side sight hole open. Some good views.

Pillar TP6667©jonglew
Pillar TP6667©jonglew
Spider TP6667©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP6667©jonglew

21st Sep 2013  13:30  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SJ 69104 01137   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walk up field from lane to gap on right of hedge

27th Apr 2013  15:40  by RichardL

Gridref: SJ 69104 01137   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pillar, wires and showers

7th Apr 2013  18:00  by pjr

Gridref: SJ 69107 01140   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked on Red Lane walked up muddy field edge pillar easily visible after two fields

5th Jan 2013  14:20  by yukin61

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

no crops in the field now, so pretty easy to get to from red lane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaegSG3QFPQ

the pillar
the pillar
the pillar
the pillar & me
north from TP6667
east from TP6667
south from TP6667
west from TP6667

4th Sep 2012  13:44  by CURRYSCRIM

Gridref: SJ 60107 01139   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Similar access as Glaslyn. If you park on RedLane on the verge just under the pylons, there is a convienent hole/fence to access the field. The field crop was high today but access to the pillar was easy via tractor tracks. Quite good views.

31st Jan 2012  11:56  by longmyndhiker

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

18th Jan 2012  16:33  by trigging on an island

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

I walked up from the River Severn at Coalport along a thin yellow road that was a bit busier than I would have liked. I turned left onto the track to Swinbatch, and then accessed the trig pillar via a gap in the hedge and the field boundary. It was hard to concentrate on the view with the sound of pylons fizzling overhead. I returned back the same way and narrowly missed being caught out by somebody driving up the track.

25th Nov 2011  09:11  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

First visit a couple of years back thwarted by crops. Success this time. Convenient gap in hedge from track, one field edge, through access into next hedge and across young crop. Views out across Severn Valley, Wrekin and the Clees.

28th Jan 2011  11:09  by Phil Clayton

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Visited during a south Telford walk from Town Centre-Coalport-Ironbridge-Coalbrookdale-Dawley. Just to prove you don't always get lost in Telford.

10th Sep 2005  15:00  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SJ 69100 01100   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Access off lane to N.Park just up lane on verge,pllar directly under Pylons and cables .Wet,no views today.

31st Aug 2005  11:35  by Lathama

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked at the entrance to a track and found an easy gap in the hedge, then followed the field boundary to the pillar. It's quite white painted, with an asphalt plug replacement. E sighthole open, others closed. In the centre of an arable field of fodder crops of some kind, right underneath the overhead power lines. Good views eastwards towards Wolverhampton, NW to Wrekin [and you can also see the exhaust chimney from the Ironbridge power station, if that's what turns you on...].

14th Mar 2005  17:52  by Keith Stevens

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

In farmer's field under a run of pilons. OK condition, private

Upper Riddings trig

31st Oct 2004  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, in arable fld just E of elec pylon

S1856 fb ©peregrinus
S1856 trig ©peregrinus

7th Mar 2004  14:36  by seaship

Gridref: SJ 69106 01143   FB Number: S1856  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

In an unattractive field in Broseley, right under some power lines. The pillar itself seems in good condition, still with a fair amount of white paint on, but I didn't check too carefully, as the sky was attacking me with water.