Logged Visits:

30th Mar 2024  09:35  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked in residential area to south west of the hill, up Tollards Road, north east of Topsham Road. Footpath signposted through to Pyne’s Hill. Open common ground popular with dog walkers. Headed for high ground north across open field to gate in corner then east, stayed on south side of tree line, gained a little more height , into another field, started looking in tree line for pillar. Asked a couple of dog walkers neither had seen it. Vegetation quite thick. Thought there might be signs of path worn through by other visitors. Then spotted it , top peeping above a purple flowering creeper plant. Quite well hidden. There’s the remains of a wire fence but more of a trip hazard than an obstacle. No views at all, although outside the bushes quite good views to south west. Cap missing. Did a bit of tidying up but left most of the creeper there as it was quite attractive. Moved some logs piled up on the FB side, bit inconvenient.

Pyne’s Hill Spider and missing cap
Pyne’s Hill Flush plate (didn’t notice the creature at the time)
Pyne’s Hill Looking east
Pyne’s Hill Looking north
Pyne’s Hill Spotted from the field edge (centre of picture)

11th Jan 2024  14:00  by Nev

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

Closest I could get other than snagging on the barbed wire fence.

8th Oct 2023  15:57  by slateloose

Gridref: SX 94800 91000   FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked on Pynes hill road, Ashton Court office building. Walked footpath between offices to open park land. Crossing the open area north west to a tree line, the trig point is hiding in the trees with an old fence line to climb over. No views surrounded by trees.

8th Apr 2023  12:45  by Anthony V

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

There are two paths that run close to this Trig only one will give you reasonable access. Guess which one I chose ? You should take the …… Nah , find out for your self 😀 It’s not a great distance. A part of Exeter that I’ve never been to before. Will be back when it’s warmer.

9th Dec 2022  12:35  by tasmod G4NQX

FB Number: S3718  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Not the best location. It's very forlorn. Someone has tied some thick fallen branches together across base. Whole trig appears to be built on a cement block box now extremely overgrown. Discared barbed wire adjacent to trig tore my jeans and nicked my thumb. I bled like a stuck pig.

It's in there ! Look carefully it's in there through the blackthorn bushes

3rd Oct 2022  13:05  by gower lad

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Oh dear, what a poor unloved pillar. Hidden away out of View in a strip of scrub with barbed wire fence either side, running along crest of ridge. Easy access on multiple paths across public fields from business park to south. Hope my visit cheered it up.

5th Jun 2022  08:20  by Triggy Stardust

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Had a bit of fun finding this one on a misty Sunday morning.

9th Feb 2022  15:35  by manuforlife

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Managed to access it over the barbed wire. TP in good condition albeit a bit overgrown with brambles etc.

24th Jan 2022  13:02  by Susie B

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Access as previously described up footpath to Ludwell from Pynes Hill Lane. Walk across field diagonally left to woodland strip. TP is on bank and barbed wire has been trampled down nearby.

©Susie B

11th Dec 2021  17:46  by ady650b

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

2nd Nov 2021  08:45  by andyrandom

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Gave this one a 7 because there are some lovely views of Exeter from the adjacent fields... but there's none from the pillar itself, which is fenced in to a tree-lined gully. A portion of fence directly behind the pillar has collapsed, allowing access, but clambering down to the front of it is a bit of a faff. Still, it's in good nick, it's on a mahoosive concrete plinth, and the walk up to it (from nearby Tollards Road) was very pleasant. There are worse ways to start the day...

1st May 2021  18:30  by je448

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

Right amongst the trees, have to go through bracken to see it.

18th Jan 2021  16:30  by Milangoc1

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

It took me a while to find this one. I wasn't sure between which fields this one was and it was a bit of an anticlimax when I did find it.

22nd Jul 2020  16:38  by triggering

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

in hedge

4th May 2020  15:30  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

Gridref: SX 94896 91040   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Trig pillar concealed within trees between two fields, with ivy and vinca wrapping round and a badger sett underneath. Pillar in good condition.

4th May 2020  15:30  by Skypaddler

Gridref: SX 94896 91040   FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Trig pillar concealed within trees between two fields, with ivy and vinca wrapping round and a badger sett underneath. Pillar in good condition.

28th Feb 2020  13:40  by Iscadoodle

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Able to spot this in the winter months in Hedge popped over the wire.

©Iscadoodle

30th Jul 2019  16:04  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©WuzzerL

30th Jul 2019  16:01  by Pritch227

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

nice location,found it after a few minutes

©Pritch227

1st Apr 2019  11:47  by coinea

Gridref: SX 94899 91046   FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

With Sharen Kingham

S3713 Pynes Hill

1st Apr 2019  11:46  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Busy wee trading estate today. Asking at a nearby business if we could park which they agreed to and took a path to a disused 'sports' ground and found various wee paths towards the trigpoint. #54 of the trip. With Coineanach Hutch. Also geocaching YOSM. YSM0721 Pynes Hill

Pynes Hill selfie ©thejackrustles
Pynes Hill collage

21st Dec 2018  15:38  by dave.johnson

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

In the area today

Pyne ©dave.johnson

15th Dec 2017  12:41  by vegibagger

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Through path on trading estate on to the back grassyhill top and just bit into woodland the other side.

6th Aug 2017  10:29  by Thejenkies

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Short sharp walk up to this one. Then we had to find our way to access the wired off area. Soon found a way to the pillar which is in good condition. No views to be had as in wooded area.

Pynes Hill Pillar ©Thejenkies
Pynes Hill Pillar FB ©Thejenkies

30th Jul 2017  12:45  by PlasmaWave

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

In the area for the Devon 2017 Mega, so took a pleasant walk up the hill but pillar took some finding in dense woodland. Co-ords were spot on though.

YSM0721 Pynes Hill

7th May 2017  16:20  by monkeydestructor

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

YSM721 Pynes Hill ©monkeydestructor

24th Apr 2017  09:31  by Yukonhuskies

FB Number: 3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Not too difficult to access,in hedge behind wire

TP5547 - Pynes Hill

15th Apr 2017  17:26  by gerryu2

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

YSM721 Pynes Hill. A quick walk up the footpath and across the grass. Then into the middle of the hedge to spot the trig. Very well hidden. Cheers.

20th Sep 2016  12:13  by Redroaming

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Trig hidden inside barbed wire fence with blackthorn bushes, but just visible. With back to trig, reasonable views across fields on eastern side of Exeter.

21st Sep 2015  15:30  by Nekyram

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

21st Sep 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SX 94901 91047   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

22nd Jun 2015  19:35  by ed-don

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Hidden in a blackthorn hedge but visible without crossing the barbed wire. Pillar in good condition thanks no doubt to being hidden. Visited whilst constructing a Multi Geocache

27th Mar 2015  09:45  by Dusty

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pillar
Spider
Flusn Bracket

27th Mar 2015  09:44  by pkbathrooms

Gridref: SX 94896 91040   FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

not too bad to get to

21st Dec 2014  09:49  by CJO

Gridref: SX 94892 91036   FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Accessed by footpath next to Redrow. All intact. Overgrown by ivy in hedge.

Pynes Hill

22nd Apr 2014  13:11  by Trigger happy

FB Number: S3718  Condition: Good  Score: 1/10

buried in hedge you will need to crawl through hedge to get it

13th Jul 2013  11:53  by asbown

Gridref: SX 94872 91034   FB Number: S3737  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

6th Jul 2012  13:15  by bluebeard

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

the pillar is hidden INSIDE the hedge area. Its best to go into the middle of this area and wander up and down. In Exeter for UK CHALLENGE.

5th Dec 2010  15:37  by jzimmy12345

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

7th Oct 2010  18:30  by Dart More

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

Agree access from north western side is best. Hedge area is now quite mature. Trig and plinth are in good nick and probably benefitting from increased protection. In middle of run and got hassle from dog owners with no control.

14th Jun 2010  15:26  by raypool

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Bit awkward to get to, found it easier to access from the northern side.

13th Oct 2009  12:42  by Dave.B

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

Took me two attempts to find this one, second time with GPS. Pillar now buried deep in the hedgerow, just about visible from 3 feet away at the barbed wire fence. Not visible at all from the other side of the hedge.

In there! The pillar is is the middle of this \"clearing\" in the hedge.©Dave.B

1st Jan 2009  13:02  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SX 94890 91040   FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy find in winter. Park in large gateway off Ludwell lane to the NE.This appears to be local dog walking area with no access problems at all. Pillar is over 1 fence. Good views of Exeter and bus overhead from the nearby airport.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

20th Jul 2008  16:59  by geodruth

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

The geeky friend out with tworedboots... Impossibly hard to find but GPS won the day. Incredibly overgrown and couldn't get close to it due to nettles, brambles and lack of machette.

TP5547 through the brambles ©geodruth

20th Jul 2008  16:23  by tworedboots

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

My first trig pillar, out with a friend - she with a map and me with a GPSr - I found it first! Could hardly see it as it's so overgrown, tried to get to it but had to give up in the end!

23rd May 2008  20:57  by lozzi47

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

I couldn't get to the trig as it was surrounded by stinging nettles and a barbed wire fence. Couldn't see bracket either but he looked to be in good nick.

31st Mar 2008  15:30  by seanmac

Gridref: SX 94899 91043   FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Got lucky and parked right next to path leading onto hill. The trig is now behind a small barbed wire fence

GPS Readings
Path Leading to trig

13th Sep 2007  16:45  by rhayader_wanderer

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

easy walk difficult parking lots of yellow lines

25th Apr 2007  13:13  by kinkykimbo

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Found this one at luchtime today as I work in the area. The trig is in good condition and I enjoyed walking to this one.

9th Apr 2007  12:51  by Scally and the Princess

Gridref: SX 94900 91000   FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

15th Mar 2007  20:12  by rena1970

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Logged in the dark whilst getting a geocache in the park.

15th Mar 2007  20:12  by wheelybarrow

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

29th Oct 2006  06:34  by keehotee

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Fantastic view - on the right day. Found as part of a multi-cache.

17th Aug 2006  15:00  by The Morgan Mob

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

Found this whilst completing Exon View 2 cache. Was really over grown when we found it

13th Aug 2006  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, metal cap shallow letters, in alcove in dense hedge, accessible from grassland to S, public access of sorts.

23rd Apr 2006  12:15  by mickandshane

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy access from the east. Park near the Redrow building off Pynes Hill Lane and take the footpath to Ludwell. It's on the highest point of the hedge to the west. Plug with indented lettering.

20th Sep 2005  17:15  by widget

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

This is a nice TP set at the highest point of Exeter's Ludwell Valley Park. It takes 20 minutes to walk steadily up from Northbrook Golf Course on the Topsham Road, although there are a variety of access points and many footpaths. Views of Exeter from close by are very good and you can also look south down the Exe estuary to Exmouth and Dawlish Warren.

13th Feb 2005  10:00  by plymplodder

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Hedge now trimmed for easier access but now barbed wire in way of close up inspection.

5th Sep 2004  06:10  by Trigger

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

12th May 2004  20:00  by Snells Pace

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

Its in quite good condition. Hedge that it's in is starting to mature now. I got badly stung by nettles having a good look at it

9th Mar 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

S3713
S3713
S3713

27th Dec 2003  13:11  by hollowing

FB Number: S3713  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Off the back of a 'business park' on the eastern edge of Exeter. The pillar is in a hedge that has recently been replanted, so I'd expect it to disappear from view eventually (at least in summer). Looks ok, a bit battered by the weather, but otherwise happy enough.

Pillar Looking towards the city.
Plate Oops, should have gently moved the ivy first ...