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Name:Woolwell Road
Hill number:5529
Height:162m / 531ft
Parent (Ma):2877  High Willhays
RHB Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
County/UA:Devon, Plymouth
Catchment:Tamar
Class:Current County/UA Top
(CoU)
Grid ref:SX 50472 61583
Summit feature:middle of roundabout between Tescos and the council offices
Drop:0m
Col:162m  SX504615  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 201
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 86 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
From the N. Easy roadside parking on Towerfield Drive & then 60m or so to the obvious high point in middle of roundabout. Tick.gerrybowes03/09/2023
From Resco car park.mart079720/03/2023
There’s a bank between the roundabout and the council offices which is higher than the roundabout.Adrian18/07/2022
With J. Parked in Tesco car park on a busy Saturday morning. Back to roundabout. Stood in middle with my GPS, tick, back to store. What am I doing?!Beeliner02/07/2022
From Tesco car park. Walked all round it, then across to the grassy centre. No GOMLs or barbed wire fences were encountered.Minto01/07/2022
From Tesco - light traffic so easy access to roundaboutBramley16/01/2022
You can get 3hrs free parking at Tesco, which really ought to be adequate...agentmancuso30/06/2021
Included a full circuit of the top in my car for good measure.mae05/09/2020
Parked at Tesco and walked up to the roundabout. I now feel like a geek standing in the middle of a roundabout, at least no one honked their horn!WAYNE ROWLETT30/08/2020
From Tescos car park. Forgot my crampons but still made it! Solo. Visited the trig on Roborough Common on the way back north. Solo.Dangerous Dave06/08/2019
Quick circular walk from Tesco car park. Then popped into the store for sandwiches.Herbert Anchovy20/03/2019
PArked in Tesco's car park. Not a challenging feat of moutaineering.lenman05/01/2019
Visited on the way to a job in Plymouthmagirob01/04/2018
Parked in Tesco car park. Roundabout not that busy. Easy to cross to the summit.Barbara Singer04/02/2018
Top of the roundabout. Easy to cross the road.Campbell Singer04/02/2018
Parked in Tesco car park and climbed back up to the summit!clivevilla12/11/2017
Made it across the hazardous road to ascend the obstacle. I particularly liked this one, because I'm not very good with heights.PK121/04/2017
Busy Saturday evening, standing in the middle of a roundabout!! Must be Nuts....rhalstead04/03/2017
Shame the wooded bank on E side of roundabout is just outside the UA boundary, a much better CoU HP than the roundabout. Took the trouble to go up there just in case, but map says niet!jonglew12/09/2016
Parked at Tesco. A short walk to watch the traffic go round. Probably the most dangerous unitary top. Solo.bolton18/10/2015
Short walk from Tesco car park. Glad I didn't have to explain the many passers by why I was crossing to the middle of the roundabout and then returning.PeterD21/06/2015
1/7 Aprroached from Lidl car park not the hardest climb !Fergalh12/04/2015
HmmmmRHW06/04/2015
Not many CoU's you can also top up your phone, buy diesel and get some bananas!arranc26/03/2015
One of those where you do wonder why we do this?Mark Sims23/09/2014
Accidental bag!moorsman28/08/2014
On a wet day whilst Josh was at Plymouth University open day.simon and co05/04/2014
One of the great UA tops! I felt a tremendous sense of empowerment as I stood in the middle of the island. Also investigated the densely vegetated higher mound that is just outside the boundary - some interesting earthworks there.signyred03/04/2014
Another roundabout. Oliver wasn't very impressed.Newton Maximus27/12/2012
Drove all the way down from Coventry only to find myself in the middle of the rounderbout! I too made use of the facilities at Tescos. The weekend got better from here on in. Climbed Brown Willy as my last Historic County top.Father Ted07/09/2012
A fine roundabout. Newly mowed today. Highlight of the walk was parking next to the lawn mower.destaylor29/06/2012
Wow!chrisbien23/05/2012
Park in Tesco car park then jumped on the grassy roundabout.Dugswell211/03/2012
NOT THE MOST INSPIRING BUT HANDY FOR PARKING AND LOO. AS UNITARY AUTHORITIES ARE BASED ON HUMAN RATHER THAN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, WOULDN'T IT BE MORE SENSINBLE TO COLLECT SOMETHING LIKE TOWN HALLS?BURGESS12/02/2011
Middle of roundabout near Tesco's. Higher ground to the East is over the boundary in Devon.webmaster14/08/2009
A quick dash from Tesco'sOverthehilljill03/05/2009
Middle of roundabout between Tesco's and the council offices - is this the most humiliating summit to stand at with a GPS whilst your brother takes a picture on his huge SLR? Still, at least there's toilets and easy parking in Tesco...!wheresthepath25/09/2007
Took high point to be in middle of roundabout near Tescos.Nice car park.electricratman14/08/2007
drive over en route to TescoRhayader_wander30/05/2007
could not resist claiming top on route to watch football, parked up just beyond roundabout and a quick walk round with gps,asbown17/02/2007
Estimated date. Fairly confident the centre of the roundabout is manmade (other nearby roundabouts are similar), given which the HP may be on the pavement to N. Raised section by boundary is I think manmade too.amarillo-oro-como01/01/1993
Driven past many times, never gave it thought, First log for the site. Now to back date some others!!Chris Derrick26/11/1987
PM27/09/2021
Matt13/07/2021
ZanderH30/06/2021
sglennon11/05/2021
Manuel Pereda08/10/2020
Ben Rinnes17/07/2019
ARC28/06/2019
Alan Whatley26/06/2019