Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Staple Hill
Height: 316m / 1036ft • Prominence: 214m / 702ft • Summit : no feature: 60m SE of trig pillar in wood • Trip reports (hill-bagging)

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30-Jul-24 • hawki2at33 • flickr
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Photography
Somewhere in the agricultural wilds of the Blackdown Hills... and the reason we are all here.
27-Oct-23 • Fitzpaine • flickr
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Kiss Me Quick
But no tongues! Dairy calves on farmland at Taunton Deane in Somerset.
27-Oct-23 • Fitzpaine • flickr
cow cows calf calves tongue lick licking kiss kissing nudge nuzzle livestock farm farming farmland cattle dairy dairyherd herd dairycows higherbucklandfarm deadman staplehill neroche taunton tauntondeane somerset westcountry southwestengland rural ruralengland ruralbritain rurallife pasture grazing field riveryarty moorfarm blackdownhills countryside england uk davidjdalley xt4 fujifilmxt4 fujixt4 35mm fujifilm fuji october autumn fyfett otterford greenland yarty somersetfarm agriculture 53290431737

Marsh Fritillary {explored}
Once again today the weather stopped me shooting butterflies on the hills. Grrrr !! :@[ Took this back in May but forgot to post it. I found this one on a little jolly around Mount fancy farm with Lucy and Steve. Quite a surprise to see it there,
27-May-23 • Cosper Wosper • flickr
marshfritillary mountfancyfarm somerset butterfly rare explore explored 53088639270

Planthopper ~ Ditropis pteridis
Adult male and newly 'emerged' female. Mount Fancy farm reserve.
27-May-23 • Cosper Wosper • flickr
delphacidae ditropispteridis mountfancyfarm delphacids brachypterous planthopper 52930072019

OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.

D3CF1086-C1
30-Jul-24 • hawki2at33 • flickr
fujifilmx fujifilmxt fujinon somerset xf1855mmf284 xt3 2024 captureone 53894767176

Photography
Somewhere in the agricultural wilds of the Blackdown Hills... and the reason we are all here.
27-Oct-23 • Fitzpaine • flickr
photo photography photographer blackandwhite blackwhite blackdownhills bw monochrome mono camera rural ruralengland ruralbritain rurallife somerset otterford fyfett yarty riveryarty deadman neroche taunton tauntondeane westcountry southwestengland england uk xt4 fujifilm fuji fujifilmxt4 fujixt4 35mm pasture cows livestock cattle gate girl woman people person higherbucklandfarm staplehill countryside autumn october agriculture farm farmland farming davidjdalley 53293828896

Kiss Me Quick
But no tongues! Dairy calves on farmland at Taunton Deane in Somerset.
27-Oct-23 • Fitzpaine • flickr
cow cows calf calves tongue lick licking kiss kissing nudge nuzzle livestock farm farming farmland cattle dairy dairyherd herd dairycows higherbucklandfarm deadman staplehill neroche taunton tauntondeane somerset westcountry southwestengland rural ruralengland ruralbritain rurallife pasture grazing field riveryarty moorfarm blackdownhills countryside england uk davidjdalley xt4 fujifilmxt4 fujixt4 35mm fujifilm fuji october autumn fyfett otterford greenland yarty somersetfarm agriculture 53290431737

Marsh Fritillary {explored}
Once again today the weather stopped me shooting butterflies on the hills. Grrrr !! :@[ Took this back in May but forgot to post it. I found this one on a little jolly around Mount fancy farm with Lucy and Steve. Quite a surprise to see it there,
27-May-23 • Cosper Wosper • flickr
marshfritillary mountfancyfarm somerset butterfly rare explore explored 53088639270

Planthopper ~ Ditropis pteridis
Adult male and newly 'emerged' female. Mount Fancy farm reserve.
27-May-23 • Cosper Wosper • flickr
delphacidae ditropispteridis mountfancyfarm delphacids brachypterous planthopper 52930072019


Greasy Fritillary
A nice surprise to find this little fella at Mount fancy farm reserve. They seem to be popping up everywhere this year.
27-May-23 • Cosper Wosper • flickr
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None Shall Pass
Nettles deny entry into a derelict stone outbuilding. Near Fyfett in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.
02-Sep-22 • Fitzpaine • flickr
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Bleak House
A derelict farm outbuilding near Fyfett. In the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.
02-Sep-22 • Fitzpaine • flickr
fyfett blackdownhills otterford staplehill taunton tauntondeane somerset southwestengland westcountry uk england rural ruralengland countryside countrylife countrycottage farm farmland outbuilding shack shed stable abandoned derelict dilapidated tumbledown ruin ramshackle overgrown stone stonecottage davidjdalley blackandwhite bw blackwhite monochrome mono x100t fujix100t fujifilmx100t deserted disused neglected uninhabited greenland deadman yarty 52339302302

Moor and Moor
A country lane near Fyfett in the the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.
02-Sep-22 • Fitzpaine • flickr
fyfett staplehill taunton tauntondeane blackdownhills moorfarm moorview somerset westcountry southwestengland otterford rural ruralengland england uk countryside countrylife countrylane countryroad sign signage signpost road farm greenland deadman davidjdalley x100t fujifilmx100t fujix100t yarty somersetfarm neroche 52331904297

Staple Hill
25-May-10 • johnabutler2 • flickr
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Staple Hill
25-May-10 • johnabutler2 • flickr
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Videos
A test of the Gopro Hero 9 in 5K30 using the linear lens mostly and Hypersmooth 3.0 without the horizon leveling. Staple Hill is a ...
Woods trail Staple Hill forest , crawling trail with few others trucks from FB group blackdown hill RC crawlers very friendly and ...
I am often asked why I started a YouTube channel and what it is about doing it that I enjoy! In this video I touch upon some of my ...
Me on my own at Staple hill in the blackdown Hills.
A Single Moment is a song taken from Nate Fyfett's Album "The Shepherd and his Dog". Filmed and photographed at Tamarack ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.