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16th Jun 2025  12:15  by Kevlar

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Easy trespass bag from the road (as others have described). I went over a rusty gate which is in the next field. Then climbed over the stone wall where wooden pallets were positioned on the trig side, which made it a bit easier. Trig in excellent condition. And lovely views on a warm sunny day.

27th Apr 2025  12:43  by Border Peat

Gridref: SD 50629 60608   FB Number: S5386  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

©Border Peat

13th Nov 2024  11:10  by timdoggart

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked on nearby minor road, over gate and up field - easy bag. Good views over Lancaster

Trigpoint The trigpoint

8th Nov 2024  13:24  by Robert Phillips

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

A quick bag from the minor road.

©Robert Phillips

21st Jul 2024  20:46  by Heidi

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

21st Jun 2024  14:00  by Nekyram

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked roadside. Over fence and up to trig. A new replacement top has been fitted.

16th Jun 2024  11:06  by Holmes Chapel u3a walkers

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

Parked on Little Fell Road and hopped over low barbed wire fence into field. Walked up to the trig. Good views of Morecambe Bay.. By Richard for HCU3A

West Hill pillar

25th Jan 2024  14:02  by Andy West

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

10th Sep 2023  12:39  by lancslass75

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

Parked at the layby on Little Fell Road and then walked back to field, a quick hop over the fence and up to bag the trig. Only a 5 min drive from Rigg Lane carpark on way home from doing Clougha Pike.

©lancslass75
©lancslass75
©lancslass75

6th Jul 2023  20:31  by Moacky

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

This is the nearest pillar to my childhood home, although I was unaware of the fact. I was aware of pillars, the nearby one on Clougha Pike was possibly the first one I ever visited in the early 1960’s. Up and down from the road.

Clougha Pike in the distance. ©Moacky

27th May 2023  13:39  by String Beans

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

27th May 2023  12:30  by Stringbeans

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

Had to go to this one just after climbing up Clougha Pike . Had to count the fields on the OS Map to find it

19th May 2023  13:07  by Boxmoor Lass

Gridref: SD 50600 60600   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy bag from Little Fell Road having just done Clougha Pike. Had to pop over wall to reach this one.

6th May 2023  08:50  by Wheresthatpenguin

Gridref: SD 50627 60610   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked on Little Fell Road. Climbed over a fence into the trig field.The pillar can be found at the top of the hill. The cap was missing, so I replaced it

Pillar
Flush Bracket
Spider Before & After Cap Replaced
Pillar

26th Mar 2023  14:00  by Foxy

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

One of eleven trigs bagged in the Lancaster Morcambe area, on the way to Kendal. This was the third. Parked at roadside. Over the wall for short walk to the pillar - another sat in a depression full of water. Great views of the fells in the Yorkshire Dales. In the opposite direction, the roof of the Ashton Memorial could be seen on the horizon. The pillar is in generally good but the centre cap for the spider is missing.

Flush bracket ©Foxy
The spider ©Foxy
The pillar ©Foxy
Me & the trig ©Foxy
View from the pillar ©Foxy

29th Jul 2022  12:15  by Ian Robinson

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

4th Jul 2022  09:54  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked at the bottom of the hill and then over the damaged wall to the trig.

10th Jan 2022  11:45  by JoeNTMY

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Jumped over wall/fence, walked along the edge of field and across to trig. Sheep grazing and field was wet and boggy during visit.

28th Aug 2021  00:00  by carolje

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

1st Jun 2021  12:30  by Topofthemoor

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

West View. Parked at the layby to the pillar 0.1m. On Little Fell Road. The top of the pillar can be seen driving up but not where I parked. There was a gate to the adjacent field with cows present. The tumbled wall near the tree is guarded with nettles. I didn't jump the wall and barbed wire fence. As farmers passing in their tractors. Turned left out of Little Fell road and took photo.

West View From lay by. 0.1m
West View Cows in the adjacent field.
West View
West View

7th Feb 2021  00:00  by Samuel Dawkins

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

Views good, but technically trespassing to access it, via a very stodgy bit of field over a fence. Has a moat.

6th Sep 2020  13:30  by sheepsocks

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Almost a drive-by! Visible from the road. Bagged en route between Forest of Bowland trigs

1st Aug 2020  09:44  by tigger4242

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

1st Jul 2020  14:45  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

1st Jul 2020  14:45  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

1st Jul 2020  14:45  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

27th Nov 2019  14:32  by vegibagger

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

200 metres up field over wall and barbie fence at road

19th Sep 2019  10:38  by Earby Rambler

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

Visited whilst on BM hunt in the area, arrived via Stagecoach buses from Earby/Preston. Entered via gate to adjacent field, CBM on gatepost opposite.

Pillar
Panoramic
Panoramic

3rd Apr 2018  18:23  by WuzzerL

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

©WuzzerL

3rd Apr 2018  18:15  by Pritch227

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

up from the lane,quick bag.

©Pritch227

25th Nov 2017  09:18  by jonglew

Gridref: SD 50626 60614   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Short hop over a very wet and muddy pasture from Little Fell Rd. Pillar has a soggy moat. No cap/plug; rear sight hole open. Extensive panorama.

Pillar TP6823©jonglew
Spider TP6823©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP6823©jonglew

28th Oct 2017  13:24  by g4wsb

Gridref: SD 50626 60615   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©g4wsb
©g4wsb
©g4wsb

1st Aug 2017  14:20  by Hands

Gridref: SD 50628 60611   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

From small parking area to the South East , along road and over corner of a low wall into a muddy morass, eventually followed wall up to Trig which sits on a meadow top surrounded by cows that ran off on my approach, the Trig is in good condition with an open cap and one open sight hole, full 360 viewpoint includes Clougha Lancaster and the Southern Lakes

©Hands

3rd Jul 2017  18:54  by Fremington

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 8/10

9th Mar 2017  16:00  by Thomas David Whitaker

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

A hundred or so years ago my grandfather worked on this land -West View- then owned by his uncle. My gran was working in service in the farmhouse and there they met. I would like to think they walked up to this highest spot of the farm to see the view of Quernmore valley and the recently built Ashton Memorial. The pillar wouldn't appear for 30 years,but I like to think it's part of my family heritage. Too hazy today for good west views.

15th Aug 2015  09:01  by paulxtr

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked in the layby to the ese of the pillar and walked up the road to the gate of the adjacent field then up to the trig. Good view of Clougha Pike and Morecambe Bay.

West View ©paulxtr

31st Jul 2015  16:41  by g4wsb

Gridref: SD 50628 60613   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©g4wsb
©g4wsb
©g4wsb

21st Apr 2014  13:46  by slateloose

Gridref: SD 50600 60600   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

18th Apr 2014  12:03  by trigangel

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

5th Apr 2014  16:31  by CJO

Gridref: SD 50631 60616   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

revisit. no cap.

5th Apr 2014  09:25  by Dusty

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Visited with pkbathrooms on way to Trig Bagging get together at 10am.

pkbathrooms & pillar
Spider
Flush Bracket

5th Apr 2014  08:21  by pkbathrooms

Gridref: SD 50627 60610   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

little bit boggy around trig but nice bag

5th Apr 2014  07:59  by trigging on an island

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Early morning visit on my way up to the triggers gathering at the Jubilee Tower.

10th Jan 2014  12:56  by wrose

Gridref: SD 50630 60612   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Joint visit with Carole. We parked in a gateway to the NNE at SD 50731 60833. This gave access to the field to the north of the one in which the pillar is situated and negates the need to climb any walls or fences. By initially keeping low beside the wall an entrance into the trig field is available. Then it is just up the hillside to the pillar. It is in very good condition but the plug is missing leaving the top open to the elements.

S5336 West View Pillar.
S5336 West View Flush Bracket.
S5336 West View Plug.

10th Jan 2014  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SD 50630 60610   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

29th Dec 2013  10:02  by CURRYSCRIM

Gridref: SD 50628 60614   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked on Little Fell Road in small layby. A double strand barbed wire fence runs very close to the roadside wall but if you climb over the wall by the tree, there is only one strand to negotiate.

Another Island pillar!

20th Nov 2013  07:38  by jamiekeighley

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

Parked on Little Fell Road next to field with trig. I went over the barbed wire fence and up to the top. Easy bag, very wet field today.

©jamiekeighley

7th Sep 2013  13:30  by dugswell2

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Popped up again after TuMP 108785 The Cragg, Littledale.

29th Jun 2013  19:51  by coinea

Gridref: SD 50629 60613   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Extremely inquistive and bold cows in field. Not deterred by arm waving and shouting. Was getting nudged by a bovine nose in the derriere while I was trying to take GPS reading at pillar. They chased me back down the field (providing entertainment for companion watching from safety of car)and harassed me as I tried to negotiate deep mud and barbed wire at dyke to escape from field.

S5336 West View.

15th Sep 2012  12:13  by BLACKCATWHITEFEET

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

5th Sep 2012  11:50  by Keith Stevens

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

From the lane below, up the field to the left, photo'd over the wall, rather than climb it. Great day, pillar looks good

West View Pillar

2nd Sep 2012  10:17  by CJO

Gridref: SD 50626 60613   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

field very wet. good views would be even better without clouds on Bowland and lakes hills.

S5336 view across to Ashton Memorial

21st Jul 2012  19:00  by blackboot29

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Short walk from car. Easy to find

31st May 2012  17:00  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Staying in Lancaster tonight en route from Southampton to Scotland. Decided to walk to West View from central Lancaster(so glad to get out of the car)along country lanes,and passed what I sensed used to be a psychiatric hospital(Moor Hospital)now forlornly closed. Wonderful Victorian building,some of it cathedral-like:surely this will not be demolished? Found trig in middle of sheep-filled field - they politely moved out of my way as rain threatened:lowering grey & black clouds drifting in from the moors. Very atmospheric;it was early evening time. But my luck held,and returned to Lancaster in a reasonably dry state. Later a fine pint in the Brown Cow!

14th Apr 2012  12:07  by chocolate_chops

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

14th Apr 2012  09:33  by trigangel

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked in lane below trig, walked along lane to gate in ajacent field then across field through patchy deviding hedge. Lovely day, greate views.

30th Nov 2011  21:25  by The Magna Defender

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

No problems here bagged the nearby geocache

1st Oct 2011  18:26  by Triggers

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

Easily bagged from road. Done after open day at cumbria uni

West View ©Triggers

28th Sep 2011  13:21  by painterman61

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

First off the day temp 26 c easy bag from road good views trig in vgc plug missing heatwave.

trig ©painterman61
trig ©painterman61
trig ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
fb ©painterman61

24th Sep 2011  19:05  by stonestreaker

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

I wouldn't recommend trashing that wall any more- theres a good gate 200yds up the road and easy field boundaries once inside. Good views to East.

©stonestreaker
©stonestreaker

21st Aug 2011  20:56  by Sandgrownun

Gridref: SD 50629 60610   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

As most people,parked in pull in opposite crumbling barn on Little Fell Rd. Hop over wall and barbed fence and up hill.Pillar in good condition,no cap/plug & one sight hole open.Good 360° views.

West View. The Trig.
West View. Flush Bracket.
West View. Top.

7th Aug 2011  18:10  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: SD 50630 60613   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

West View View towards Caton windfarm.
West View Location, no cap.
West View The FB.

26th Jul 2011  09:50  by wanderer

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Very easy in the sunshine

31st May 2011  13:09  by clochandighter

Gridref: SD 50628 60611   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed March 1949 costing £9.1s.4d. Computed as tertiary triangulation station SD47/T59 in 1950. Levelled for height in 1953. Last maintained by the OS in May 1976. SITE VISIT: Pillar in good condition. Spider centre open. Flush bracket faces 107° (ENE). Vented through SW sight hole. 360° open skyline but limited in distance for most directions.

S5336 - West View & GRP
S5336 - West View pillar & FB

13th May 2011  14:30  by yorkshirenige

Gridref: SD 50627 60610   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Nice views. No cap.

29th Mar 2011  08:10  by dal

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Cap missing. Straightforward.

6th Nov 2010  13:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SD 50627 60610   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy hop over wall near lay-by Good views

24th Oct 2010  00:00  by rupertal

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

9th Oct 2010  15:20  by Morecambe Monkey

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

9th Oct 2010  00:00  by pete37038

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

Top views, minimum mither to get to it despite fence and wall, easy one

22nd Jun 2010  19:40  by PeteBoggs

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

An easy one just jump the wall by the ruined barn

©PeteBoggs
©PeteBoggs

30th Apr 2010  16:06  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

1st Feb 2009  09:24  by SlainteJimmy

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

NW sight open and cap missing. Bloomin freezing and icy round the base today. Aided over the dyke by a handy tree on the roadside, the barbed wire gets easier a couple of metres to the north of the tree.

West View ...very open with, errr... a good West View.

22nd Jan 2009  15:00  by MAC.HAWK

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

Couldnt get to it today, the previous remarks about - gap in the wall - are less relevent as its been partialy fixed. Immediately east of the trig the wall has had some attention and wooden pallates block entry. Its would be easy enough to climb the pallates and jump the wall but there is a barbed wire fence approx 1 foot from the wall which you would need to clear and on todays visit you would land in a sea of very wet and deep mud. You then have the problem of getting back over the barbed wire & the wall. Contrary to my OS map which shows 2 adjacent fields to the north before the road reaches Newlands Road the actuality is that the field immediately north of the trig field has been merged with the field the trig is in. In the NE corner, adjacent the road is a locked gate which will give easier access to the trig. Which it would have today if it hadnt been yet another sea of wet deep mud. I recommend visiting in a less rainy season (or when the grounds frozen).

2nd Oct 2008  15:15  by bluebeard

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

19th Jul 2008  16:00  by BILLY COO

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

WEST VIEW TRIGPOINT ©BILLY COO
WEST VIEW FLUSH BRACKET ©BILLY COO

25th Jun 2008  08:08  by Clanfield Rambler

Gridref: SD 50637 60619   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Pillar in good condition, plug missing. Good views west. Easy access from road

14th Jun 2008  14:00  by ted

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Plug missing. Good views, especially towards Clougha Pike. Rain finally moving away as per the forecast.

West View Trig
West View Trig
West View FB

27th May 2008  14:33  by bonatti

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

The Column

8th Jun 2005  13:20  by rhayader_wanderer

Gridref: SD 50629 60612   FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

5/27 Parking by abandoned collapsing building easy climb over break inn wall then up to trig on crest. good western views

21st Mar 2005  15:50  by mickandshane

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy access from the road. Good view west (as the name indicates) to the Ashton Memorial. Plug missing.

12th Nov 2004  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, no cap or plug, pasture just N of wall

10th Aug 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

S5336
S5336
S5336

8th May 2004  17:45  by SunnyJim

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

S5336 Flush Bracket

22nd Apr 2004  12:00  by Seasider

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

After the strangeness of the my last two trigs I was disappointed to find a regular pillar!! Nothing special about its location.

20th Mar 2004  14:36  by fasgadh

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Guarded by a swamp, but what a shocking change of scenery east of the M6. Lovely views. You just dont see half of it from the motorway.

Little Fell

6th Mar 2004  16:05  by Trigger

FB Number: S5336  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Updated flush bracket number

TP6823 Flush Bracket
TP6823 Pillar

4th Jan 2003  21:38  by soloist

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

Found this one in the snow