TP0729 - Whittlebury Church Tower

Grid reference :	SP 68950 44226
Type :	Bolt
Condition :	Inaccessible
Current use :	Passive station
Station Number :	T1SP6844
Historic use :	Secondary
Waypoint :	TP0729
County :	Northamptonshire
Nearest town :	BUCKINGHAM

Nearby trigpoints, placenames  There are 10 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 9681st with 10 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 4.31/10 (from 16 logged visits) Was First logged: 27th Jul 2003 Was Last found intact: 24th Jun 2006 Was Last logged: 26th Feb 2012 Of the 16 logged visits, 0 recorded a location	[Zoom In/Out] [Hide Labels] [Hide Caches]
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Selection of photos for this Bolt. By Pyoung1s By Griefmiester ©mitsiman ©Glaslyn ©scafell3210 See 5 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

26th Feb 2012  17:37  by MCL

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

OK so now I have an idea.... Time and technology have moved on since my log some years ago and still no-one has managed to bag this one. It strikes me that what we need is one of those little radio controlled helicopters with a camera on it...and someone who can fly it. Any takers?

8th Jul 2011  19:30  by cmb1953

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Church locked up this evening , so no access to tower. Took photo of bench mark instead.

14th May 2011  16:38  by Pyoung1s

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

TP0729

11th Aug 2010  13:45  by Arnand

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 6/10

My first failure of the day. Nobody home with church all locked up so no chance of checking this. Found marking on bell tower but judging by cobwebs on door it has not been opened for a while. May try again

19th May 2009  17:04  by Griefmiester

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 4/10

Church locked at time of visit Cut Bench Mark interesting but not what i came to find and log - so no chance of getting closer today, will be back!

12th Mar 2008  17:40  by mitsiman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 4/10

Just the mark im afraid. No one there to do anything else.

©mitsiman

21st Jun 2007  15:30  by Brisey

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 4/10

I arrived just too late to ask the keyholder about access to the church tower, so I join the list of failures to find, but I am not calling it unreachable. See http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm24144 for my log of the cut mark on the buttress of the church tower.

16th Dec 2006  16:15  by Glaslyn

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 1/10

No access to tower so no find.a bit late and dark to start trying to gain access.

Its up there ....maybe...©Glaslyn

18th Nov 2006  22:18  by Father Ted

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Nice church! Walked to the bottom of the tower so I suppose I was within a few meters of it horezontally.

28th Sep 2006  13:20  by Rhayader_wanderer

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

Noone round so now progress on confirmation :-)

24th Jun 2006  14:00  by milvus-milvus

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

Finally stopped by to log this one.

The benchmark

14th Jun 2006  17:15  by Lathama

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Arrived as the churchwarden and her friend were doing the church flowers! She allowed me to climb into the bellringers area but access to the top of the tower where the bolt is was by a vertical wooden ladder not very well attached to the wall and then a complicated trapdoor through to the bells, followed by a similar ladder and trapdoor to the roof. The warden said she wasn't happy about me going up there - and neither was I!!! One day, somebody will come and look at this in addition to logging the benchmark on the tower base!

10th Jul 2005  12:45  by scafell3210

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

Preceded by another wonderful Red Arrows display.

11th Jul 2004  12:30  by scafell3210

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

Stunning display of the Red Arrows on F1 Grand Prix day over Silverstone cicuit - Display started at 12 Midday today, now the Grand Prix starts at 1PM.

Whittlebury Church ©scafell3210
Whittlebury Church The Mark on the Tower©scafell3210
Whittlebury Church The view from the hill over Silverstone circuit©scafell3210

12th Mar 2004  18:00  by scafell3210

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

This is not a bolt. What we have here is the mark (arrow and line rather like on a flush bracket) carved into the Church tower ( about 2 feet above the ground on the corner to the left of the lightning conductor ). The field next to St Marys to the left of the path in the picture is a place we visit annually. The hill overlooks Silverstone circuit and although you can not see the F1 British Grand Prix the view of the pre race Red Arrows display from here is tremendous you can almost touch them as they roar over your head - I suspect they even use the Church atop the hill as a sighting line. So keep it secret but trigpointers are invited for about 1PM (check Red Arrows website)on Sunday 11 July 2004 - beauty is you drive straight in arriving after and leaving before the races traffic jams - bring a picnic.

Whittlebury Church Tower The path to the church on a wet winters evening.©scafell3210
Whittlebury Church Tower - BenchMark The benchmark engraving - better picture to come in the summer.©scafell3210

27th Jul 2003  11:45  by Historian

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

Archaeological dig taking place in the churchyard.