This year, The Queen will celebrate 60 years on the throne. And to celebrate this very special landmark, a network of beacons is being lit, not just in the UK, but throughout the Commonwealth.

Your local Scout Group - 31st Bath Scouts, who meet at St. Barnabas Church in Southdown - have arranged for one of these beacons to be lit right here in Bath.

Southdown Roundhill, with fantastic views over the city, will be the location for one of over 3,000 beacons being lit throughout the world, and we would like to invite you to join in with this very special celebration. The event will start at 8pm, with the beacon being lit at around 10pm.

See the 31st Bath Scouts and National Jubilee Beacons sites for more details.

 We will meet by the YMCA at 1.30pm for a longer walk, possibly to Inglesbatch.

 We will meet at 10am on the Whiteway Road side of the field where the young trees are planted.

 We will be holding our annual Litter Pick on 25th March.  Meet at 3pm by the Children's Play Area.  See you there!

 On 4th February we will be organising a walk from the Roundhill over to the Tithe Barn at Englishcombe and back.  Meet by the Children's Play Area at 10.30am.

You can see pictures from our previous visit to the Tithe Barn here.

 We will be holding our Annual General Meeting at the YMCA at 8pm on Thursday 24th November.  All are welcome to attend.  We would particularly welcome anyone interested in joining the Friends of Roundhill committee.

Last November we planted around 100 small trees, a good number of which have survived.  This year we have the opportunity to replace those that didn't make it.

We need to finish off clearing the summer's growth around the trees we planted last year.  Meet at 10.30 on the field side at the bottom of the hill, close to the Whiteway Road hedgerow.  Please bring garden shears.

It's been very quiet here on the website and on the Events front over the past few months, but there have been a number of activities progressing unseen in the background.

Firstly we've been considering various options for interpretative signs to provide information about the Roundhill.  Joe has done some fantastic research on the history of the hill and the surrounding landscape - click the image to view the full detail.  We are working with the council to agree on the type of sign and arrange production and installation.

We had a successful Litter Pick on April 10th.  We found quite a lot less litter than last year.  Thanks to all those who took part.

The annual cross walk took place on Good Friday.