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14th Apr 2024  12:32  by eon

Gridref: NZ 62900 20200   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

(3724) Parked on Pontac Road. Straightforward route from there to the pillar. Bracken etc not too bad so all was visible. Some slight damage is apparent, but overall the pillar is in fair condition. Silly graffiti is still present. All metalwork accounted for - centre cap with deep indented lettering. Pillar history: Built on the 15th of September 1947, at a cost of £5 14s 6d. Last maintained by the OS in April of 1981.

Errington Wood ©eon
Pillar #1 ©eon
Pillar #2 ©eon
Pillar #3 ©eon
FB S4208 ©eon
Top - showing damage ©eon
Centre cap - detail ©eon

13th Dec 2023  11:44  by jamiekeighley

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

Parked on Pontac Rd, up decent paths.

©jamiekeighley

7th Apr 2023  14:53  by Crazy

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Decent views towards the coast from the nearby edge and a pleasant spot for the trig on rough land alongside the fieldside BW. Trig whitewash is fading and on 3 sides has THE, FLAT & EARTH written on. The 4th side has a big black rectangle with a yellow diamond. The steep muddy paths in the woods are not a place to walk in gripless trainers and quite cut up in places by bikes and horses. From parking area at W end of Errington Wood on a sunny day KJ

19th Jan 2023  11:41  by 2E0HPI

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Another visit here since my last visit in 2015 Walked up from Marske then through the woods to the TP

8th Mar 2022  15:07  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked on the top road in Upleatham and followed the ROW's up to the trig. Dont think the locals were amused with the works van spoiling the area for a little while. Numpties with a paint brush have been at the trig.

11th May 2021  11:21  by Lorna52

Gridref: NZ 62900 20200   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Still in use actually . It’s directing the tunnel and Nader the moors

In use ©Lorna52
Through the trees the laser hits the diamon ©Lorna52
©Lorna52
©Lorna52

3rd May 2021  09:37  by Andrea

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

25th Mar 2021  14:40  by TrevSym

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

15th Nov 2020  00:00  by Ronaldo333

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

28th Sep 2020  18:37  by cathy trickett

Gridref: NZ 62928 20211   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Vandalised

15th May 2020  11:12  by M&M....

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Still has flat earth..., graffiti and a diamond sticker on it.

27th Sep 2019  13:32  by JRoche2018

Gridref: NZ 62932 20216   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Easy walk up from the car park on the New Marske road apart from the steps. Pillar slightly hidden by bracken so wacked back to reveal. Some deep chipping to Pillar but ok otherwise apart from the flat earth graffiti.

6th Sep 2019  14:23  by jonglew

Gridref: NZ 62929 20211   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

From large forest car park due W. Good forest tracks to edge of woods at NZ 6243 2008, then along Patterson's Bank to the trig. Pillar has 'THE', 'FLAT', 'EARTH' stencilled on 3 sides and a large yellow rhomboid on black background on the remaining side. There is some significant chipping to the top, not just screed, but concrete also. An original centre cap is retained, deeply indented lettering; front sight hole sealed, other 3 open. No views.

Pillar TP3067©jonglew
Spider TP3067©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP3067©jonglew

2nd Apr 2019  10:03  by WanderingSal

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

18th Feb 2019  12:16  by dadu 13

FB Number: S4202  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

A very long walk there and back from the Church, the pillar is vandalised and there was some type of instruments on the pillar when I visited and a van parked in the field.

©dadu 13

27th Dec 2018  13:52  by paulxtr

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

From the church to the SSE. Very muddy walk in.

Errington Wood ©paulxtr

3rd Aug 2018  16:30  by agentmancuso

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Simple enough from car park to East, network of trails gets you there one way or another.

3rd Aug 2018  16:30  by ZanderH

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

26th Jun 2018  17:50  by Particle

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

Easy to find & great views.

28th Apr 2018  13:25  by Andy West

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

21st Apr 2018  09:24  by vegibagger

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

THE EARTH IS FLAT written on the sides...wonder who painted it, rather badly unfortunately. More white paint need so it's not as patchy.

26th Nov 2017  10:05  by dugswell2

FB Number: S4208   Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Cool and sunny walk to the earth is flat trip point.

24th Oct 2017  08:50  by PeteBoggs

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

From Pontac Road

©PeteBoggs
©PeteBoggs
©PeteBoggs

22nd Oct 2017  11:15  by Moacky

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Up through popular woods and along edge of fields.It seems the world is flat.

©Moacky
©Moacky

29th Jul 2017  13:00  by Borderer

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Had to find this one from memory as I had neglected to bring any maps and had dropped my phone / GPS in a muddy puddle at Eston Beacon. Parked in the picnic area to the west and up through the woods. Pillar located just off the footpath but surrounded with ferns, limited views.

©Borderer
Roseberry Topping from Errington Wood©Borderer

3rd Apr 2017  11:25  by ger

Gridref: NZ 62928 20208   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Walked from Longbeck rail st. Pillar has a chunk of conc missing from a top edge & also a top corner - spider has OS metal cap. The pillar has recently been painted white but with masking to form alphabetical characters giving: 'THE EARTH IS FLAT' (one word on each side face) - the letter L has been painted over. Views from the trig this time of year are quite good (low bracken, etc), The Sea & Cleveland's Matterhorn can be seen.

9th Jul 2016  19:18  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked on Pontac Road. A steep climb up the stairs and passed some lovely carved wooden sculptures.

Errington Wood YOSM crew ©thejackrustles
Errington Wood Collage

9th Jul 2016  19:15  by monkeydestructor

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Parked on Pontac Road. A steep climb up the stairs and passed some lovely carved wooden sculptures.

Errington Wood ©monkeydestructor

9th Jul 2016  19:12  by gerryu2

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

Parked on Pontac Road. A steep climb up the stairs and passed some lovely carved wooden sculptures.

9th Jul 2016  16:07  by Earby Rambler

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Visited with P61 on 12 Trig day out.

Approach
Trig

9th Jul 2016  16:07  by painterman61

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Walked up from the free car park good paths lead to the top through nice woodlands.trig in vgc with cap fine views over the hedges. Joint visit with ER

trig ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
fb ©painterman61

22nd Oct 2015  08:00  by We TRye hard

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

I tried to get 4 trigpoints in a day - this one was the first at 8.00am! great views

view from Trigpoint

9th Oct 2015  12:00  by Tonyht

Gridref: NZ 62927 20211   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy to locate and access. Approached from New Marske and a short sharp climb is needed from that direction. While the pillar is sited in shrub there are great views from the nearby ridge. Today was clear and you could see up the NE coats as far as Sunderland and beyond. A nice visit.

9th Sep 2015  15:15  by KevP

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

East ascent from footpath at top of Pontac Road. Steps led up to edge of wood. 214 I think. Trig was buried in heather. I used the GPS to find it. A hint, follow the edge of the field where the track brings you up to. Cross into the next field and carry on for approx 10 metres and the pillar will be off to your left.

30th Aug 2015  16:25  by Walker Dan

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Once the right path was found an easy walk up through the wood and round the edge of the wheat fields that were being harvested today.

26th Jun 2015  12:15  by arranc

Gridref: NZ 62900 20200   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

over 200 steps now made for a direct path to ridge.

31st Jan 2015  08:45  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NZ 62930 20210   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Steep walk up steps in sleet

30th Aug 2014  12:22  by slateloose

Gridref: NZ 62900 20200   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

17th Aug 2014  12:48  by Alfred the great

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

Had to scramble in the bracken for this one!

©Alfred the great
The view NE to the Offshore Windfarm ©Alfred the great

31st May 2014  09:51  by fitzydan

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Found this after visiting the nearby cache as the YOSM has visited it.

The Flush Bracket
The Trig Pillar

15th Apr 2014  12:35  by GeoMini

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Great views today. Visited whilst geocaching in Errington Woods

1st Jan 2014  12:16  by Just-us-Two

Gridref: NZ 62930 20210   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Steep walk up through the woods to this one. would have had good views but very overcast. Picked up this one whilst getting the nearby geocache.

1st Jun 2013  00:00  by dogwalking

Gridref: NZ 62928 20210   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

PARKED AT TOP OF PONTAC ROAD THEN WALKED STRAIGHT UP FOOTPATH TO THE TOP THEN LEFT TO THE TRIG

1st May 2013  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NZ 62926 20210   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

13th Mar 2013  14:28  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: NZ 62927 20213   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Piece missing from one top corner. OS cap with lightly indented letters.

Errington Wood View towards Roseberry Topping.
Errington Wood Flush bracket.

4th Feb 2013  13:30  by pauljoiner

Gridref: NZ 62933 20211   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 7/10

26th Dec 2012  13:41  by Whats the Point

Gridref: NZ 62922 20217   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Made a mess of this came without them correct map card for my satmap so working to grid ref. I’d got the 25000/1 maps of the NYMs but not my 50000/1 map of the complete country. My initial log was made from the android app – I made the error of logging the details on the Airy Hill page – shows that errors can easily be made trying to work with a phone out in the field. Either that or the onset of dementia!

Errington Wood

3rd Sep 2012  00:00  by Bramley

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

Easily up from car park. Trig hidden in undergrowth

30th Jul 2012  13:28  by clochandighter

Gridref: NZ 62928 20209   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed 15th September 1947 costing £5.14s.6d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NZ42/T84 in 1948. Levelled for height in 1959. Last maintained by the OS in April 1981. SITE VISIT: Overall appraoch from northwest. Parked near roadend at NZ625205. Followed mapped RoW to NZ629202 then further 50m, trig in undergrowth. Pillar in good condition. Spider retains replacement OS centre cap with deep indented letters. Flush bracket faces SE, ~123°. Vented through three sight holes, FB face plugged. 180° open outlook, remainder lost to surrounding trees.

S4208 - Errington Wood & GRP
S4208 - Errington Wood pillar & FB

16th Jun 2012  16:38  by CJO

Gridref: NZ 62929 20213   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Walked in from north, turn left at the owl and take steep staircase. Views towards Roseberry Topping. There is a large anenometer tower on the summit plateau. Discussion with local dog walkers suggest that any wind farm development is currently on hold.

Tall bracken and grass
owl carving at base of staircase

7th Aug 2011  11:00  by sheepsocks

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Only rain of the day at this one...parked at Errington Woods and walked along the permissive bridle way then peeled off uphill at convenient point. Trig buried in brambles, views better towards the coast.

29th Jul 2010  11:32  by Pharisee

Gridref: NZ 62930 20211   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

There’s room to park at the end of the residential road north of the wood. From there, there is a well marked path, with steps on the steepest part, south through the wood. Turn east when you reach the top and follow the wide track along the field’s edge to the pillar which is set on a small ‘hillock’. It’s mostly obscured by ferns but once through them, it’s fairly clear on the other side. The pillar has a couple of large chips out of the top edge at the end of two of the spider’s ‘arms’ and the spider it’s self, has many striations cut into it. These look old and there aren’t matching cuts in the centre plug so maybe they were there from the beginning. The views from the pillar are best to the south as the northern aspect is obscured by trees but there are some good views to the north, looking out over the coast from the track a few yards west of the pillar.

The Pillar (1) ©Pharisee
The Pillar (2) ©Pharisee
The top of the Pillar ©Pharisee
The view north from a few yards west of the pillar. ©Pharisee

19th Jul 2010  11:50  by matty1971b

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

31st Aug 2009  07:38  by barnsley skip

Gridref: NZ 62929 20211   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked car at end of Pontac Road New Marske took footpath South into wood uphill take the path with the HORSES PROHIBITED sign good stepped path to top turn East along line of wood edge. Follow path to two gate posts trig 50 mt on. would at one time had good views of coast line but now trees block the view.

Looking toward Roseberry Topping
GPS reading

11th Jul 2009  09:32  by TomL

Gridref: NZ 62928 20209   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Burried in the undergrowth as most things including paths seem to be at the moment. Corner missing and plug intact. 2nd pillar of the morning.

Errington Woods 11/07/09 ©TomL

4th Nov 2008  13:55  by senrabyar

Gridref: NZ 62930 20210   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

16th May 2008  18:11  by Peter Astle

Gridref: NZ 62930 20210   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

©Peter Astle

5th Apr 2008  12:10  by ted

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Slight damage to top with fading graffiti. Plug intact; puzzled over the cuts on the spider (see photo)- evidently made with the plug removed. Most likely made by placing the tribrach heavily onto the top of the pillar - probably not in the approved OS manner 8-) Views along the coast from Saltburn, Tees and towards Hartlepool, also Redcar and Billingham with Roseberry Topping in the opposite direction.

Errington Wood trig
Errington Wood trig
Errington Wood FB
Errington Wood top, showing unusual damage to the spider

26th May 2007  22:00  by Postie

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

Great views at night!! Slog to get to the top though!

11th Apr 2007  12:00  by Pengy&Tigger

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Slogged it up to the top - can see roseberry from here too.

2nd Nov 2006  11:01  by manonabike

Gridref: NZ 62920 20210   FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 4/10

Very muddy walk through the forest, obviously horse country by the poached state of the paths.

3rd May 2006  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Chunk gone from top corner also from one end of spider.

S4208
S4208
S4208
S4208

13th Feb 2005  01:10  by sleepwalker

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Approached from the picnic area at the western end of the woods south of New Marske.

28th Sep 2002  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S4208  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

in scrub at NW cnr of arable field at top of steep scarp, E of fp, pleasant summit, good view