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27th Mar 2024  13:15  by SamMeaden

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

©SamMeaden

9th Mar 2024  13:30  by gower lad

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Walked from White Horse CP along Imber Range Perimeter Path (part of mid-Wilts Way), the boundary of the Salisbury Plain military training area. Then followed narrow track across the field from the east gate to reach pillar. The narrow track was so even it looked artificially made. Then dangling from the pillar, a glo-stick and orienteering clipper. Maybe something to do with the army, everything else round here is.

2nd Aug 2023  20:06  by Ande1865

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

18th Mar 2023  13:25  by trignerd

Gridref: ST 87871 49207   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy find

©trignerd

3rd Sep 2022  15:41  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Slow ride along the byway from Westbury Down. Where byway bends slightly from south to south west stopped at gate. Judged from map pillar west from there. Over gate and across field for about four hundred metres. Pillar beside open gate between two fields. Checkpoint marker sticking out of top. Lovely shiny FB looks like it has been polished. Good views to west.

Upton Cow Down Flush plate
Upton Cow Down South
Upton Cow Down East along fence towards byway

1st Aug 2022  19:06  by vegibagger

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Driveable Road up on to summit plateau. While I was pressing air dry clay into the FB a bull had started getting a bit closer and was growling. I just ignored him. He didn't come close enough to feel any threat. Numbers in my geeky 'Birthday Trig Walk of Life' set for 2nd May birthdays makes it David Beckham's 48th birthday pillar. He should come and visit 2/5/23 next year. Kipped the night roadside about 400m to SW

Trig ©vegibagger
FB ©vegibagger
Top 'face' ©vegibagger
Side pattern ©vegibagger

24th Jul 2022  13:20  by Juliah

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

24th Jul 2022  13:20  by Juliah

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

Entered cow field to bag this one

24th Apr 2022  21:03  by Mr Calum B Thornton

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

24th Apr 2022  14:15  by TrigDave

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Approached from path to the north, requiring an easy crossing of barbed-wire fence. Nice views, trig in good nick although a rod was affixed to the top. Appropriately, cows in field at the time.

28th Mar 2022  14:55  by seandorey

Gridref: ST 87900 49200   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Not accessible due to locked gate.

It's over there somewhere!

21st Dec 2021  12:47  by CJO

Gridref: ST 87870 49209   FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Cap missing. Has a rotting wooden stake down centre.

Pillar

31st May 2021  12:30  by andyrandom

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Pillar easily located beside gate in field of sheep. Sheep were surrounding trig, but happily made way for this concrete chaser. Stunning views along byway leading to trig.

27th Mar 2021  09:34  by 360exploring

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Found whilst cycling from Westbury to Larkhill on the Mid Wilts Way. Easy find in a farmers field

©360exploring
©360exploring

27th Mar 2021  09:34  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

27th Nov 2020  11:35  by [email protected]

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

27th Sep 2020  00:00  by RichBiker

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

13th Sep 2020  16:00  by pljg

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

Spotted from the nearby track. Great views from here in the September sun.

27th Oct 2018  11:25  by slateloose

Gridref: ST 87800 49200   FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked at double gate on bend where track starts just north of Windy Ridge Farm. Walked track up to edge of ranges and access field from track across to trig point. Lots of sheep in field with very young lambs, only a few weeks old. Great distant view over ranges. Red flags out.

19th Jul 2018  00:00  by Woodleywalker

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Train to Warminster picked up the Imber Perimiter Path, very hot and steep in parts to the ridge, my acomplice held up the barbed wire for me to cross the field to the pillar, army very quiet.

18th May 2018  11:09  by G1ANQ

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Last one for toady as i have almost completed the Imber way. Accessed the field the Trig was in via a proper farmers gate made out of barbwire and wood poles. Field is full of daises and buttercups. Trig is next to pole and slightly raised on plinth. A good days trig hunting!

Flush Bracket
Trig Point

2nd Jun 2017  14:15  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked just off the A350 near Upton Scudamore on the old road complete with its redundant cats-eyes. Walked up the Imber Range Perimeter Path to Upton Cow Down to find not cows but sheep. Pillar has open cap (still has a piece of wood jammed inside) & all four sight-holes are open.

6th Apr 2015  16:23  by g4wsb

Gridref: ST 87873 49213   FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

G. Track up on Mid Wilts Way.in field

©g4wsb
©g4wsb
©g4wsb

28th Dec 2014  15:06  by BRISTOLIAN

FB Number: 2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Some metal bars of some sort bolted to spider. Easy access through field gate over grass.

Mr K at trig. Usual trig pose.©BRISTOLIAN

10th Sep 2014  13:46  by panniers

Gridref: ST 87873 49208   FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

2nd Jul 2014  14:49  by quivive

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Good views across to Cley Hill.

17th Jun 2014  18:24  by plet56

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

18th Apr 2014  00:00  by Nekyram

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

28th Mar 2014  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: ST 87874 49213   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Track to SE pillar drive-able from minor road to NE to main road to SW. However, middle section not so good, so best access from SW end (ST 870482)

9th Mar 2013  15:36  by dal

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Straightforward, strolled up from the bottom of hill.

26th Dec 2012  12:25  by Managra

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

On a plinth with a strange red finish. Missing plug

©Managra

21st Dec 2012  08:29  by jonglew

Gridref: ST 87874 49212   FB Number: S2523  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

On the edge of one of the Salisbury Plain MoD training areas (Imber Range). Access straight forward over rough pastures from the footpath, but no public row. Parking at the bottom of the hill just off the A350, or can drive up the single track road and park within 350m of the trig. Pleasant open area with good 360 views; Cley Hill very prominent to the west. The pillar has a large flake of concrete missing on one of the vertical edges and the plug is missing (with a piece of wood jammed into the centre hole). Sight holes are all open but with a rock jammed into the one beneath the FB. The pillar has a reddish hue to it and the concrete is smoother than most.

Pillar TP6672©jonglew
Spider TP6672©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP6672©jonglew

6th Nov 2012  09:00  by asbown

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

good views from here,you can drive from westbury down pillar to within a couple of hundred metres.

9th Sep 2012  13:44  by CornishWalker

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

©CornishWalker
©CornishWalker

10th Mar 2010  14:00  by cmb1953

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Not easy to spot from ROW. Had to explore field to N. on summit.

30th Oct 2008  08:20  by Dart More

Gridref: ST 87871 49220   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Exposed foundations - easily accessible flat summit with views over the plain

17th Jun 2008  21:10  by Trigger

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

2nd Feb 2008  13:10  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SU 87870 49200   FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Pleasant walk up from SW,is possible to drive but needed the air and excercise ! Into field with good views.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

29th Dec 2007  13:30  by PHMB

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Drove up byway from junction on A350, which is also turning for Upton Scudamore. Pillar is in large field with some reasonable views across Plain. Pillar in reasonable condition with slight deterioation of render. Plug missing, hole unfilled. Foundations exposed.

31st Oct 2007  15:41  by seanmac

Gridref: ST 87872 49214   FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Off the imber range path which you can drive along just ignore the signs, the locals do.

GPS Readings
View Towards Westbury Down

18th Sep 2007  11:20  by rhayader_wanderer

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

Nice parking spot where the road appear to end at the warminster end. Then quietly cursed having climbed on my bike only to realise I could have knocked all bar the last 200m off by driving up to the no public access sign and parking area. Still I suspect bike descended faster than my car would have done. Trig over two fences on sheep field

29th Jun 2007  11:00  by bluebeard

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

long walk up from the A road, along the Range road, then over nice downland grass to the Trig. No cows seen.

6th Jun 2007  00:00  by Tonyht

Gridref: ST 87875 49015   FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy to locate, but minor trespass required to access. Looked well cared for with a polished plate. Nice to see.

20th May 2007  19:06  by tom

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

Drove alongside the field by the rather bumpy unsurfaced road from Upton Scudamore to Westbury White Horse. Big sky and big views as the sun was setting.

24th Sep 2005  17:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Perhaps it should be called Upton Sheep Down as they were the only inhabitants of this extensive pasture field. We parked on the little yellow road near Windy Ridge Farm but could have driven two thirds of the way to the trig if we had known. The track is part of the Imber Range Perimeter Path and metalled as far as the edge of the range. It seems to be a popular spot for local dog walkers and quite a few cars past us on our way there and back. The trig has good views in all directions, particularly over Salisbury Plain. Plug missing.

21st Aug 2004  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, stake in centre hole, twine in top loops. Pasture

S2523 fb ©peregrinus
S2523 trig ©peregrinus

23rd Mar 2004  09:15  by maurice

FB Number: S2523  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10