Logged Visits:

9th Jun 2024  15:49  by TrigboBaggins

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 1/10

Trig currently inaccessible as developers have closed the bridleway it is situated by. Very tall fences. Hoping they do not damage the trig while they build whatever they are doing!

18th May 2024  16:26  by TriggyWiggy74

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Bit of a useless trig now Graffiti makes it sad

Banks?

13th Apr 2024  10:40  by andyrandom

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Graffiti-ed pillar sat next to a wide and popular footpath. No view, but nearby new housing estate has some metal sculptures of deer which are worth visiting. Easy parking in the closed off road Little Waltham Road.

21st Feb 2024  12:02  by gillywig

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Clear of brambles. Much paint mainly orange.

Trig ©gillywig
Top ©gillywig
Bracket ©gillywig

2nd Sep 2023  08:32  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Went wrong a couple of times trying to find the side road just to the west of the main A130. Easy parking there and walk about three hundred metres east, crossing the main road and along a wooded path between new housing developments. Could have parked closer. Pillar just to north of path. Graffiti painted on it but spider and cap in place and FB so not doing too badly for an urban location. No views though as vegetation grown up all around. Had a closer look at the deer sculpture on the new estate.

Belstead Flush plate
Belstead Spider and cap in place
Belstead Looking south west
Belstead South face

3rd Feb 2023  12:07  by G4ICP

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Adjacent footpath. Cap in place. Views of industrial premises and a large building site!

25th Sep 2022  16:06  by DaveD

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

8/9 with Debi. A family had stopped by the trig and were interested about what it was and its history - 2nd time today!

27th Mar 2022  16:36  by WanderingSal

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

2nd Dec 2021  17:09  by Tomaszewski

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Beside track . Easy to find urban trigpoint .

15th Nov 2020  12:35  by Sentinel

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

East to find, park on the old road off the A130

©Sentinel

13th Sep 2020  10:48  by slateloose

Gridref: TL 72000 10400   FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked in Back Lane and walked across A130 following bridleway, very busy road and difficult to cross. Trigpoint is at the side of the track.

30th Aug 2019  13:00  by alistair_uk

FB Number: S3873  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Fould while on a Geocaching trip. It has been surrounded by new buildings with housing to the back and industry to the front, but it is still standing strong at the side of the footpath.

The Belstead trigpoint standing strong

9th Jun 2019  10:32  by andy135

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

6th Apr 2018  16:35  by CJO

Gridref: TL 72030 10428   FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

All intact. High quality/expensive housing closing in on all sides. This may survive as its on a PROW and adjacent to a national grid gas compressor site.

Belstead
Belstead adjacent development

2nd Apr 2018  08:30  by Foinavon

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

unremarkable trig but fascinating big sculpture nearby.

©Foinavon
nearby sculpture ©Foinavon

9th Jun 2017  09:45  by Sprite84

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

No view. In good condition.

9th Apr 2017  21:14  by Sa1ra

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

24th Feb 2015  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: TL 72026 10433   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

30th Aug 2014  21:42  by infinson

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

A quick walk from the road to this one an easy find beside the footpath.

31st May 2014  17:33  by Bridgeman

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Park on old road to west of A130 and walked east to trig point. Well wooded area

Belstead Trig Point ©Bridgeman
Belstead Trig Point FB ©Bridgeman

31st Jul 2009  20:10  by bluebeard

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

27th Jul 2009  19:09  by Griefmiester

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked on the main road then along the footpath - Pillar good condition - bit of grafitti, likes the local hippies have been at it!

2nd May 2009  16:26  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

26th Apr 2009  11:50  by cazmockett

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Passing by walking the Centenary Circle and noticed this trig point. I'm a keen geocacher but this is the first trig point I've bagged :-)

Spider on top The bit on top of the pillar.©cazmockett

11th Jun 2008  20:15  by mitsiman

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Easy bag for my last this evening - parked in entrance on A130 and walked up FP to the trig, passing some gas or oil pipe compound - dont smoke !!

1st Oct 2007  18:40  by rhayader_wanderer

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

possible to park on the main road but easier on the minor road that runs parallel to it.

6th Jul 2007  17:30  by Original Pickaxe

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Fairly uninteresting location with Trig situated just off the footpath with no views to anywhere. Spider and FB are all present and correct.

Trig ©Original Pickaxe
Flush Bracket ©Original Pickaxe
Spider ©Original Pickaxe

21st Dec 2006  11:00  by Delta 41

Gridref: TL 72036 10435   FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked the car on the grass verge by the gate. Unfortunately, due to some rather "gung ho" map reading on my part, I chose the wrong gate. Instead of a simple stroll along a straight footpath, we had to cross a golf course, scramble up an overgrown muddy bank, and squeeze through a small hole in a chain-link fence. The TP is in fair condition with (as mentioned previously) a couple of small symbols painted on. The concrete surface has crumbled slightly on the top.

11th Jun 2006  15:47  by The Essex Land Rovers

Gridref: TL 72036 10428   FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©The Essex Land Rovers

21st Nov 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

S3872
S3872
S3872

13th Nov 2004  14:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

The dodgiest thing about this pillar is crossing the A130 to get to it. It's been painted with a couple of transfers which are now fading - but the thought was there. Plug with indented lettering.

21st Aug 2004  08:30  by donohoep

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

Easily found being located on the left hand side of the easily accessible public footpath about 200m from the gateway on the A130 Surrounded by thick brambles but possible to get close to the ??? face of the pillar. Pillar has been painted white in the past and has some blue/white astrological symbols painted on the ??? face. Plug and spider are intact.

14th Feb 2004  15:40  by mr mercator

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 3/10

Crossed River Chelmer and A130 to reach the pillar that was covered in brambles (very thick on top) but actually had some white paint still on it.

Overgrown with brambles
The plate

31st Aug 2003  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3872  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc; metal cap shallow letters; blue crescent painted on pillar; in brambles N side of tk