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• County: Essex
• Nearest Town(s): Saffron Walden
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 5 – 60 mins
• Height: 111m
• W3W: ///scrub.slimming.locator
• Map: OS Explorer 195 – Braintree and Saffron Walden

The Littlebury Hedge trig pillar is an easily bagged roadside pillar, just outside of Littlebury near Saffron Walden. We nabbed this one during a bicycle ride out from home during ...
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• County: Surrey
• Nearest Town(s): Dorking
• AONB: Surrey Hills
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 5-20 minutes
• Height: 172m
• W3W: ///void.oddly.take
• Map: OS Explorer 146 - Dorking, Box Hill and Reigate

Where To Park There is a really handy National Trust car park behind the cafe at the top of the hill, around five minutes from the trig pillar. The walk ...
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• County: Hampshire
• Nearest Town(s): Sway
• National Park: New Forest
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 1 minute
• Height: 59m
• W3W: ///decoding.octopus.fidelity
• Map: OS Explorer OL22 New Forest

An exceedingly easy drive-by trig pillar, we highly recommend a gentle walk in the area around Sway, which showcases some of the best the New Forest has to offer. Where to Park There ...
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County: Renfrewshire Nearest Town: Greenock Difficulty: Easy Time: 20 minutes Height: 228m This was a quick walk with stunning views. Originally, I was going to try and get a couple of trigs but I forgot to lift my walking boots when I left the house. I was wearing my approach ...
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• County: Lanarkshire
• Nearest Town: Rutherglen
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 1 hour 15 mins
• Dechmont Hill: 184m
• Spittal Hill: 162m
• Map: Explorer 342

We decided to spend our Sunday morning bagging a few local trigs. There are quite a few on the south side of Glasgow so we started in the east and picked up a few of ...
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• County: Lanarkshire
• Nearest Town: Rutherglen
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 1 hour 15 mins
• Hallside: 46m
• Spittal Hill: 74m
• Map: Explorer 342

We decided to spend our Sunday morning bagging a few local trigs. There are quite a few on the south side of Glasgow so we started in the east and picked up a few of the ...
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• County: East Sussex
• Nearest Town(s): Tunbridge Wells
• AONB: High Weald (Ashdown Forest)
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 10 minutes
• Height: 198m
• W3W: ///column.litters.senses
• Map: OS Explorer Map (135) Ashdown Forest*

On the same weekend that we bagged Gills Lap we decided to try and nab another trig just down the road. With Mother and Sister in tow, ...
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• County: Strathclyde
• Nearest Town: Lennoxtown
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 1 hour
• Height: 551m
• Map: OS Explorer Map Campsie Fells (348)

Warning – this post contains nudity and terrible navigation. This was going to be an epic triple trig bagging, but I was foiled by peat bogs and my inability to stay upright. Where to ...
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• County: Fife
• Nearest Town: St Andrews
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 20 minutes
• Height: 217m
• Map: St Andrews and Fife OS Map 371

We picked up this trig after a day out in St Andrews as a slight detour on our way to Anstruther to eat our own weight in fish and chips. I have plotted ...
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• County: Gwent
• Nearest Town(s): Abergavenny
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 2 hours
• Height: 596m
• W3W:///sues.stutter.flippers
• Map: OS Explorer OL13 Brecon Beacons National Park - Eastern area (OS Explorer Map)

Sugar Loaf is a distinctive hill overlooking Abergavenny in the heart of the Brecon Beacons. Managed by the National Trust, it’s a popular choice for walkers, families, runners – ...
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• County: Hertfordshire
• Nearest Town(s): Whempstead
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 15 mins
• Height: 118m
• W3W: ///lives.hotel.gentle
• Map: Luton and Stevenage (193)

If you’ve come here looking for the Bromley Common in Kent, I’m afraid you’re in the wrong place but you may appreciate our ...
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• County: East Sussex
• Nearest Town(s): Crowborough
• AONB: High Weald (Ashdown Forest)
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 10 minutes
• Height: 204m
• W3W: ///grounding.reclaimed.footpath
• Map: OS Explorer Map (135) Ashdown Forest

Unlike Sam I wasn’t on the doorstep of a National Park growing up, but the Ashdown Forest comes ...
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• County: Hampshire
• Nearest Town(s): Ringwood
• National Park: New Forest
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 50 minutes
• Height: 76m
• Map: OS Explorer OL22 New Forest, Southampton, Ringwood, Ferndown, Lymington, Christchurch and Bournemouth (OS Explorer Map)*

When the only way to get a photo of Bryn by a trig pillar is to tempt him with a toy... This ...
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• County: Derbyshire
• National Park: Peak District
• Nearest Town(s): Hathersage
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 15 mins – 4 hours
• Height: 438m
• Map: OS Explorer Map OL1 The Peak District: Dark Peak Area*

High Neb was the final trig point in a set of three we bagged in one walk. The other two, Stanage Edge and Stanage Pole include ...
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• County: Derbyshire
• National Park: Peak District
• Nearest Town(s): Hathersage
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 15 mins – 4 hours
• Height: 438m
• Map: OS Explorer OL1 The Peak District, Dark Peak area (OS Explorer Map)*

At this point, I was very much wishing I had worn a hat. Stanage Pole is our first Intersected Station (as opposed to our ...
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• County: Derbyshire
• Nearest Town(s): Hathersage
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 15 mins – 4 hours
• Height: 457m
• Map: OS Explorer Map OL1 The Peak District: Dark Peak Area*

Stanage Edge is an iconic crag in the Peak District, popular with climbers and walkers alike, and with three trig points in close succession, it’s a must do for ...
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• County: Gwynedd
• Nearest Town(s): Llanberis
• National Park: Snowdonia
• Difficulty: Medium/ Hard
• Time: 6 hours
• Height: 1085 m

Where To Park There are many routes to tackle Snowdon and the easiest, but longest, is the Llanberis path. To take this route, park in one of the Llanberis pay and display car parks - the walk is ...
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County: South Gloucestershire
Nearest Town(s): Bristol (Keynsham)
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15 minutes
Height: 80m
Map: OS Explorer Map (155) Bristol and Bath* Trigs and dogs are our favourite things! Bagging the Cockroad trig pillar was just a fun one to try and find, because we happened to be in the area. If you live in ...
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County: Cornwall
Nearest Town(s): Padstow
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 1 hour
Height: 74m
Map: OS Explorer Map (106) Newquay and Padstow* This is a short circular walk which mainly follows the South West Coast Path around the edge of Trevose Head. The car park I’ve started the walk from is popular with surfers as Booby’s Bay ...
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County: Cornwall
Nearest Town(s): Padstow
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 45 minutes
Height: 55m
Map: OS Explorer Map (106) Newquay and Padstow* This isn’t a trig pillar, but it is a trig point and it is a pillar. Also, the views from the top are fantastic (particularly when enjoyed at sunset with a glass of something fizzy) ...
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County: Norfolk (The Hamlet nearby is in Cambridgeshire)
Nearest Town(s): Ely
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20 minutes
Height: -0.5 m
Map: OS Explorer Map (228) March and Ely* The Lowest Trig Pillar in the UK There is a certain appeal to bagging the lowest trig point in the UK. The Little Ouse trig pillar takes the ...
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• County: Gwynedd
• Nearest Town(s): Porthmadog
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 1 hour
• Height: 262m
• Map: OS Explorer Map OL18 Harlech, Porthmadog & Bala/Y Bala*

The utter lack of view, reminiscent of Golden Cap Moel-y-Gest is a recognisable hill in the popular seaside town of Porthmadog, near Snowdonia. For us, it was a rest day trigbagging adventure, sandwiched ...
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• County: Dorset
• Nearest Town(s): Chideock, Lyme Regis
• AONB: Dorset
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 1 hour
• Height: 191 m
• Map: OS Explorer Map (116) Lyme Regis and Bridport*

What a view...! Golden Cap, the highest point on the South Coast, was an opportunistic bag for us. We were in the area for a wedding, so we decided to ...
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• County: Buckinghamshire
• Nearest Town(s): Bletchley
• Difficulty: Easy (Roadside)
• Time: 5 minutes
• Height: 159m
• Map: OS Explorer Map (192) Buckingham and Milton Keynes

Potsgrove was our second trig on my birthday (the first being Bow Brickhill), and it remains firmly in second place. In fact, it may be up there with the most boring trigs we’ve ...
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• County: South Yorkshire
• Nearest Town(s): Bamford, Hope
• National Park: Peak District
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 2 hours
• Height: 538 m
• Map: OS Explorer OL1 The Peak District, Dark Peak area (OS Explorer Map)*

Forgive the selfie, we forgot the proper camera Where To Park There are several approaches to the Back Tor trig pillar - ...
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• County: Bedfordshire
• Nearest Town(s): Bletchley
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 45 minutes
• Height: 171 m
• Map: OS Explorer Map (192) Buckingham and Milton Keynes*

Some people spend their birthdays with lots of friends, eating cake and making merry. I spent my birthday this year dragging Nick to local trig pillars and outdoors shops. To be fair, we ...
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• County: Staffordshire
• Nearest Town(s): Leek
• National Park: Peak District
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 1.5-3 hours
• Height: 506 m
• Map: OS Explorer OL24 The Peak District (OS Explorer Map)*

Where to Park There is plenty of off road parking at the base of The Roaches, but this fills ...
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• County: Cheshire
• Nearest Town(s): Congleton
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 1 hour
• Height: 344 m
• Map: OS Explorer Map (268) Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Congleton*

The Cloud offers a simple ascent to a trig pillar with a great view of the surrounding areas including Jodrell Bank, a beautiful viaduct and Rudyard Lake. For those that want ...
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• County: Surrey
• Nearest Town(s): Dorking
• AONB: Surrey Hills
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 1 hour
• Height: 143 m
• Map: OS Explorer Map (146) Dorking, Box Hill and Reigate*

A weekend visit to sunny Surrey meant we were keen to bag at least one trig (if for no other ...
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• County: Hertfordshire
• Nearest Town(s): Baldock
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 40 minutes
• Height: 97 m
• Map: Landranger (153) Bedford, Huntingdon, St. Neots & Biggleswade (OS Landranger Map)*

The trig point at Bygrave is our nearest trig point, as the crow flies, so it was any obvious choice for ...
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• County: Yorkshire
• Nearest Town(s): Ingleton
• National Park: Yorkshire Dales
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 3-5 Hours
• Height: 723 m
• Map: OS Explorer Map OL2 Yorkshire Dales South & Western*

Summit of Ingleborough - TP4102 (Photo by Ellie Stacey) Found on OS map OL2, Ingleborough is one of the ...
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• County: Derbyshire
• Nearest Town(s): Castleton, Edale
• National Park: Peak District
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 0.5-2 hours
• Height: 517 m
• Map: OS Explorer OL1 The Peak District, Dark Peak area (OS Explorer Map)*

Sam at the top of Winnat Pass Mam Tor is a towering peak rising above ...
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• County: Cumbria
• Nearest Town(s): Wasdale Head
• National Park: Lake District
• Difficulty: Medium
• Time: 3-5 hours
• Height: 977 m
• Map: OS Explorer OL6 The English Lakes - South Western area (OS Explorer Map)*

Who doesn't love Kendall Mint Cake? The Highest Point in England Though the Trig ...
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• County: Hampshire
• Nearest Town(s): Ringwood
• National Park: New Forest
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 50 minutes
• Height: 104 m
• Map: OS Explorer OL22 New Forest, Southampton, Ringwood, Ferndown, Lymington, Christchurch and Bournemouth (OS Explorer Map)*

I grew up in Ringwood, on the cusp on The New Forest. Until ...
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So What Are Trig Pillars? Started by the Ordnance Survey in 1936, triangulation pillars were created by the surveyors to provide bases for the mapping equipment of the day, the humble theodolite. This was an impressive feat given the times, and helicopter dropping of equipment was not really an option ...
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• County: Bedfordshire
• Nearest Town(s): Luton
• AONB: Chilterns
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 25 minutes
• Height: 195 m
• Map: Landranger (166) Luton, Hertford, Hitchin & St Albans (OS Landranger Map)*

Warden Hill was our second local trig, which we bagged on the same day as Deacon Hill. Of the ...
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• County: Bedfordshire
• Nearest Town(s): Hitchin
• AONB: Chilterns
• Difficulty: Easy
• Time: 20 minutes
• Height: 173 m
• Map: Landranger (166) Luton, Hertford, Hitchin & St Albans (OS Landranger Map)

In what is a relatively flat county, we’re pleased with any hill we can get our hands on. A ...
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