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Photos for County Tops My ProgressI have completed 86 (61%) of 141 current County and UA Tops. League Table - compare your progress with other members of this site. |
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Table Notes
Close- Type - C:Historic County top; A:Administrative (1974) County top;
U:Current County/UA top; c:ex-County top
M,N,H,W:also a Marilyn, etc. - Click on column headings (e.g. Name of Top) to re-order the list, and click again to reverse order
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- Metres and Feet - height of summit above sea level
- Grid Reference (see Disclaimer) - Click on a grid ref for OS map courtesy of Multimap (opens a new window)
- Letters in brackets after grid ref show how it has been derived:
g=recorded by GPS receiver; g2=averaged from 2 recordings (etc);
t=grid ref of trig pillar (derived from OS website);
e=estimated from map (i.e. no actual readings); e6=estimated to 6 digits only
Please contact the author with any you have recorded, including a brief description of the actual point recorded - the more readings, the greater the accuracy of the grid ref - Date of Ascent - my/your personal log
- Summits displayed in red are the ones I/you have ascended
Current County and Unitary Authority Tops of England and Wales
The map and list depict the current administrative counties and Unitary Authorities of England and Wales, and their highest points above sea level. These are the areas which were formed by administrative changes in the late 1990's through to 2001.
Though the traditional historic counties and their boundaries still exist, local government administrative changes have been largely adopted by map-makers and in road-signage, giving us new administrative "counties". The notable changes were: the establishment of Greater London in the 1960s; the metropolitan "counties" and other oddities in the 1970's, e.g. Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Midlands, Humberside, Avon, together with wholescale administrative changes in Wales; the changeover to Unitary Authorities from the late 1990's.
Some of the tops on this page are real oddities, and may seem a bit pointless in some of the low-lying counties, and especially in the metropolitan areas. This website also includes pages for the Historic County Tops, and for the Administrative (1974) County Tops.
Click here for more detailed information on county history.
(Current County/UA Tops appear as Type=U on this website)
| Total listed: 150 |
| Type | Name of Top | Metres | Feet | County | Grid Reference | Date of Ascent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCU |
Holyhead Mountain | 220 | 722 | Anglesey (Sir Fon) | SH 21858 82948 (t) | |
| U |
Hoar Stones, Howden Edge | 514 | 1686 | Barnsley | SK 15845 98320 (e) | |
 AU |
Niver Hill | 264 | 866 | Bath and NE Somerset | ST 56515 53892 (g) | 01/07/1998 |
| CAUY |
Dunstable Downs | 243 | 797 | Bedfordshire | TL 00881 19424 (t) | 01/06/1993 |
| U |
Rednal Hill | 250 | 820 | Birmingham | SO 99591 76584 (g) | 02/07/2003 |
| MU |
Winter Hill | 456 | 1496 | Blackburn with Darwen | SD 65983 14936 (t) | |
| U |
Warbreck Reservoir | 30 | 98 | Blackpool | SD 31617 38495 (e) | |
 MDU |
Coety Mountain | 578 | 1896 | Blaenau Gwent | SO 23158 07996 (g) | 08/09/2004 |
| U |
Winter Hill 2 | 445 | 1460 | Bolton | SD 66285 14615 (e) | |
| U |
Ringwood Road | 65 | 213 | Bournemouth | SZ 04930 94998 (g) | 25/10/2005 |
| U |
Surrey Hill | 130 | 427 | Bracknell Forest | SU 88856 64110 (g) | 28/03/2005 |
| U |
Withins Height, Round Hill | 455 | 1493 | Bradford | SD 97845 35040 (e) | |
| DU |
Werfa | 568 | 1863 | Bridgend | SS 91278 94775 (t) | |
| U= |
West Hill | 195 | 640 | Brighton and Hove | TQ 27935 11450 (e) | |
| U |
Bullock Hill | 195 | 640 | Brighton and Hove | TQ 36725 06259 (t) | |
| U |
Dundry Hill East | 160 | 525 | Bristol | ST 59341 66837 (g) | 09/11/2005 |
| MCAU |
Haddington Hill | 267 | 875 | Buckinghamshire | SP 89072 09088 (g) | 12/09/2003 |
| U |
Scholes Height & Bull Hill | 415 | 1362 | Bury | SD 75575 19020 (e) | |
| U |
Pen March | 535 | 1755 | Caerphilly | SO 08220 11085 (g) | 08/09/2004 |
| U |
Waystone Edge | 480 | 1575 | Calderdale | SD 99795 13985 (e) | |
| CAU |
Great Chishill | 146 | 479 | Cambridgeshire | TL 42730 38626 (g) | 11/09/2003 |
| MU |
Garth Hill | 307 | 1007 | Cardiff | ST 10342 83506 (t) | |
 NHMCU |
Pumlumon Fawr | 752 | 2467 | Cardiganshire (Ceredigion) | SN 78971 86945 (t) | 07/12/2003 |
| CAU |
Fan Foel | 781 | 2562 | Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin) | SN 82140 22338 (e) | 10/06/2000 |
| MDAU |
Shining Tor | 559 | 1833 | Cheshire | SJ 99464 73743 (t) | 12/04/2005 |
 NHMU |
Carnedd Llewelyn | 1064 | 3490 | Conwy | SH 68380 64398 (e) | 10/07/1992 |
| MCAU |
Brown Willy | 420 | 1378 | Cornwall | SX 15872 80004 (t) | 15/08/1987 |
| U |
Corley Moor | 167 | 547 | Coventry | SP 28103 84858 (g) | 14/03/2003 |
| NHMWCAU |
Scafell Pike | 978 | 3209 | Cumbria | NY 21555 07210 (g) | 16/07/1995 |
| U |
Dere Street | 218 | 715 | Darlington | NZ 20630 24555 (e) | |
| NHCU |
Moel Sych | 827 | 2713 | Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) | SJ 06630 31855 (g) | 07/10/2000 |
| U |
Allestree Park | 135 | 443 | Derby | SK 33965 40635 (e) | |
| NHMCAU |
Kinder Scout | 636 | 2087 | Derbyshire | SK 08460 87535 (g) | 15/08/1990 |
| NHMCAU |
High Willhays | 621 | 2037 | Devon | SX 58023 89203 (e) | 28/07/1992 |
| U |
Foredoles Head | 144 | 472 | Doncaster | SK 51309 93376 (t) | 11/04/2005 |
| MCAU |
Lewesdon Hill | 279 | 915 | Dorset | ST 43778 01172 (g) | 03/08/2005 |
| U |
Cawney Hill | 251 | 823 | Dudley | SO 95350 89720 (e) | |
| NHMCAU |
Mickle Fell | 788 | 2585 | Durham | NY 80605 24550 (g) | 13/07/2003 |
| MCAU |
Ditchling Beacon | 248 | 813 | East Sussex | TQ 33164 13070 (t) | |
| CAU |
Chrishall Common | 147 | 482 | Essex | TL 44301 36202 (g) | 12/09/2003 |
| MDCU |
Moel Famau | 555 | 1817 | Flintshire (Sir Fflint) | SJ 16115 62670 (g) | 22/04/2003 |
| AUY |
Currock Hill | 259 | 849 | Gateshead | NZ 10718 59204 (g) | 30/05/2004 |
| MCAU |
Cleeve Hill | 330 | 1082 | Gloucestershire | SO 99696 24599 (t) | 01/06/1997 |
| AU |
Westerham Heights | 245 | 804 | Greater London | TQ 43634 56485 (e) | |
| NHMCAU |
Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa | 1085 | 3560 | Gwynedd | SH 60989 54379 (t) | 15/04/1985 |
| U |
Halton Castle | 100 | 328 | Halton | SJ 53740 82020 (e) | |
| CAU |
Pilot Hill | 286 | 938 | Hampshire | SU 39875 60111 (t) | 01/06/1998 |
| U |
Whelly Hill | 142 | 466 | Hartlepool | NZ 45282 34245 (g) | 28/08/2005 |
| NHMCAU |
Black Mountain | 700 | 2297 | Herefordshire | SO 25588 35051 (g) | 26/10/1999 |
| CAU |
Pavis Wood | 244 | 800 | Hertfordshire | SP 91420 09190 (e) | 01/06/1993 |
| MCAU |
Snaefell | 621 | 2036 | Isle of Man | SC 39774 88087 (t) | |
| MCAU |
St Boniface Down | 241 | 790 | Isle of Wight | SZ 56735 78550 (g) | |
| U |
Higher Newford, St Marys | 51 | 167 | Isles of Scilly | SV 91227 12052 (e) | |
| CAU |
Betsoms Hill | 251 | 823 | Kent | TQ 43555 56332 (e) | |
| U= |
Bransholme | 11 | 36 | Kingston upon Hull | TA 09579 36174 (g) | 11/04/2005 |
| U |
East Mount | 11 | 36 | Kingston upon Hull | TA 13578 32810 (t) | 11/04/2005 |
| MDCAU |
Black Hill | 582 | 1909 | Kirklees | SE 07816 04687 (t) | |
| U |
Knowsley Park | 97 | 318 | Knowsley | SJ 45440 94320 (t) | |
| U= |
Hag Brow | 97 | 318 | Knowsley | SJ 46150 94425 (e) | |
| NhAU |
Green Hill | 628 | 2060 | Lancashire | SD 70161 82020 (g) | 05/10/2002 |
| U |
Burley Moor | 340 | 1115 | Leeds | SE 14060 44545 (e) | |
| U |
Nether Hall | 110 | 361 | Leicester | SK 64476 06480 (g) | 02/07/2003 |
| MCAU |
Bardon Hill | 278 | 912 | Leicestershire | SK 45992 13199 (t) | 02/07/2003 |
| MCAU |
Normanby Top, The Wolds | 168 | 551 | Lincolnshire | TF 12110 96470 (t) | |
| U |
Woolton Hill | 89 | 292 | Liverpool | SJ 41925 87360 (e) | |
| U |
Whitehill, Butterfield Green | 178 | 584 | Luton | TL 10536 25259 (e) | 24/05/2003 |
| U |
Heaton Park | 108 | 354 | Manchester | SD 83492 04558 (e) | |
| U |
Holly Hill | 170 | 558 | Medway | TQ 67165 63400 (e) | |
| U |
Merthyr Common | 530 | 1738 | Merthyr Tydfil | SO 08020 11021 (g) | 08/09/2004 |
| U |
Quarry Hill | 100 | 328 | Middlesbrough | NZ 55220 12360 (e) | |
| U |
Bow Brickhill | 171 | 561 | Milton Keynes | SP 91523 34484 (t) | 26/03/2003 |
| NHCAU |
Chwarel y Fan | 680 | 2228 | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | SO 25817 29415 (g2) | 01/03/2003 |
| MDhCAU |
Craig y Llyn | 600 | 1969 | Neath Port Talbot | SN 90689 03156 (t) | 02/04/2005 |
| U |
Westerhope | 131 | 430 | Newcastle upon Tyne | NZ 18858 66894 (t) | |
| MU |
Wentwood | 309 | 1014 | Newport | ST 41134 94310 (t) | |
| CAU |
Beacon Hill | 105 | 343 | Norfolk | TG 18359 41425 (e) | |
| U |
Saxby Wold | 102 | 335 | North Lincolnshire | SE 99975 17270 (e) | |
| U |
Blagdon Hill Farm | 240 | 787 | North Somerset | ST 50411 57788 (g) | 08/11/2003 |
| U |
Camperdown | 86 | 282 | North Tyneside | NZ 28088 71827 (e) | |
| NHMCAU |
Whernside | 736 | 2415 | North Yorkshire | SD 73850 81415 (t) | 22/06/2003 |
| U |
Wold Newton | 117 | 384 | North-East Lincolnshire | TF 25278 96874 (e) | |
| CAUY |
Arbury Hill | 225 | 738 | Northamptonshire | SP 54015 58770 (g) | 27/03/2003 |
| NHMCAU |
Cheviot (The) | 815 | 2674 | Northumberland | NT 90904 20522 (t) | 15/08/1991 |
| U= |
Mapperley | 130 | 427 | Nottingham | SK 58790 43105 (e) | 25/08/2005 |
| U |
Nottingham M1 | 130 | 427 | Nottingham | SK 50660 43285 (e) | |
| CAU |
Newtonwood Lane | 204 | 669 | Nottinghamshire | SK 45617 60649 (g) | 11/04/2005 |
| AU= |
Silverhill | 205 | 671 | Nottinghamshire | SK 47069 62125 (g) | 11/04/2005 |
| DAU |
Black Chew Head | 542 | 1778 | Oldham | SE 05615 01988 (e) | |
| AU |
Whitehorse Hill | 261 | 856 | Oxfordshire | SU 30083 86375 (t) | 01/09/2001 |
| MDCU |
Foel Cwmcerwyn | 536 | 1760 | Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) | SN 09409 31161 (t) | 19/08/2004 |
| CU |
Racecourse Road | 81 | 266 | Peterborough | TF 03530 04169 (g) | 27/03/2003 |
| U |
Roborough/Woolwell | 160 | 525 | Plymouth | SX 50483 61568 (e) | |
| U |
Corfe Hills | 78 | 256 | Poole | SY 99855 96622 (g) | 26/10/2005 |
| U |
Fort Southwick | 122 | 400 | Portsmouth | SU 62606 06900 (g) | 06/04/2006 |
| NHMCAU |
Pen y Fan | 886 | 2906 | Powys | SO 01212 21588 (t) | 17/08/1993 |
| U |
Park Lane, Tilehurst | 103 | 338 | Reading | SU 66332 72941 (g) | 04/06/2003 |
| MAU |
Gisborough Moor | 328 | 1076 | Redcar and Cleveland | NZ 63445 12345 (e) | |
| AU |
Craig y Llyn 2 | 590 | 1935 | Rhondda Cynon Taff | SN 90979 03165 (g) | 02/04/2005 |
| U= |
Hail Storm Hill | 472 | 1549 | Rochdale | SD 84420 18940 (e) | |
| UY |
Blackstone Edge | 472 | 1549 | Rochdale | SD 97214 16380 (t) | |
| U |
Fir Hill, Harthill Field | 157 | 515 | Rotherham | SK 49447 79700 (g) | 11/04/2005 |
| CU |
Cold Overton Park | 197 | 646 | Rutland | SK 82708 08533 (t) | 02/07/2003 |
| U |
Greenheys | 115 | 377 | Salford | SD 71445 04871 (e) | |
| AU |
Turner's Hill | 271 | 889 | Sandwell | SO 96750 88715 (e) | |
| U |
Melling Mount | 36 | 118 | Sefton | SD 40335 01200 (e) | |
| DAU |
High Stones, Howden Edge | 550 | 1804 | Sheffield | SK 18793 94363 (e) | |
| MDCAU |
Brown Clee Hill | 540 | 1772 | Shropshire | SO 59366 86556 (t) | 01/06/1999 |
| U |
East Burnham Park | 51 | 167 | Slough | SU 95456 83034 (g) | 11/11/2003 |
| U |
Meigh's Wood, Old Arden | 185 | 607 | Solihull | SP 25950 84590 (e) | 14/03/2003 |
| MDCAU |
Dunkery Beacon | 519 | 1702 | Somerset | SS 89143 41587 (t) | 01/07/1998 |
| U |
Hanging Hill | 237 | 778 | South Gloucestershire | ST 71734 70278 (g) | 04/05/2003 |
| U |
Boldon Hills | 90 | 295 | South Tyneside | NZ 35025 60210 (e) | |
| U |
Basset Avenue | 82 | 269 | Southampton | SU 41936 16916 (g) | 06/04/2006 |
| U= |
London Road | 61 | 200 | Southend-on-Sea | TQ 82113 86635 (g) | 11/11/2003 |
| U |
Heath Mount | 60 | 197 | Southend-on-Sea | TQ 82715 88254 (g) | 11/11/2003 |
| MAU |
Billinge Hill | 179 | 587 | St Helens | SD 52562 01428 (t) | 22/06/2003 |
| CAU |
Cheeks Hill | 520 | 1705 | Staffordshire | SK 02609 69904 (g) | 12/04/2005 |
| U= |
Robin Hood's Picking Rods | 327 | 1073 | Stockport | SK 00610 90944 (g) | 12/04/2005 |
| U |
Mellor Moor | 327 | 1073 | Stockport | SJ 98676 87252 (t) | 12/04/2005 |
| U= |
Thorpe Larches | 80 | 263 | Stockton-on-Tees | NZ 39075 25715 (e) | |
| U |
Boy Hill | 82 | 269 | Stockton-on-Tees | NZ 47920 10755 (e) | |
| U |
Meir Heath | 250 | 820 | Stoke on Trent | SJ 92765 40270 (e) | 12/04/2005 |
| CAU |
Great Wood | 128 | 419 | Suffolk | TL 78691 55864 (t) | 26/03/2003 |
| U |
The Moors | 170 | 558 | Sunderland | NZ 36325 50870 (e) | |
| MCAU |
Leith Hill | 294 | 965 | Surrey | TQ 13949 43162 (e) | |
| MU |
Mynydd y Gwair | 373 | 1224 | Swansea | SN 66481 09470 (g) | 15/08/2004 |
| UY |
Liddington Castle | 277 | 909 | Swindon | SU 20984 79759 (t) | 01/08/1998 |
| U |
Hoarstone Edge | 497 | 1631 | Tameside | SE 01980 01693 (e) | |
| MU |
The Wrekin | 407 | 1335 | Telford and Wrekin | SJ 62808 08098 (t) | 27/08/2007 |
| U |
Langdon Hill | 115 | 377 | Thurrock | TQ 67918 86363 (g) | 11/11/2003 |
| UY |
Beacon Hill | 196 | 643 | Torbay | SX 85805 62034 (t) | |
| U |
Coety Mountain 2 | 570 | 1886 | Torfaen | SO 23215 08035 (g) | 08/09/2004 |
| U |
The Devisdale | 70 | 230 | Trafford | SJ 75585 87462 (e) | |
| U |
Tair Onnen | 137 | 449 | Vale of Glamorgan | ST 03664 73985 (t) | |
| U |
Wooley Edge | 176 | 577 | Wakefield | SE 30670 13439 (t) | 25/07/2003 |
| U |
Barr Beacon | 227 | 745 | Walsall | SP 06071 97385 (t) | 02/07/2003 |
| U |
Appleton Park | 105 | 344 | Warrington | SJ 61391 84267 (t) | |
| CAUY |
Ebrington Hill | 261 | 856 | Warwickshire | SP 18779 42633 (g) | 01/06/1997 |
| MCAU |
Walbury Hill | 297 | 974 | West Berkshire | SU 37348 61631 (t) | 01/06/1998 |
| MCAU |
Black Down | 280 | 918 | West Sussex | SU 91935 29613 (t) | 08/04/2006 |
| U |
Billinge Hill | 165 | 541 | Wigan | SD 52176 01757 (g) | 22/06/2003 |
| mCAUY |
Milk Hill | 295 | 967 | Wiltshire | SU 10415 64341 (e) | 01/07/1997 |
| U |
Ashley Hill | 144 | 472 | Windsor and Maidenhead | SU 82402 81109 (t) | 04/06/2003 |
| U |
Poll Hill | 108 | 354 | Wirral | SJ 26775 82330 (e) | |
| U |
Bowsey Hill | 140 | 459 | Wokingham | SU 80652 80255 (g) | 04/06/2003 |
| U |
Sedgley Beacon | 235 | 771 | Wolverhampton | SO 92322 94407 (e) | |
| MCU |
Worcestershire Beacon | 425 | 1394 | Worcestershire | SO 76884 45223 (t) | 01/07/1999 |
| U |
Craig Berwyn | 790 | 2592 | Wrexham | SJ 07700 33593 (e) | 07/10/2000 |
| U |
Stock Hill | 44 | 144 | York | SE 54371 47320 (g) | 11/04/2005 |
| MCAU |
Bishop Wilton Wold | 246 | 807 | Yorkshire E Riding | SE 82182 57026 (g) | 11/04/2005 |
Total climbed: 91 (60.7%) of 150 listed
