Historic County Tops  

 

The list contains the highest points in the historic counties of England.

Click on the county or top in blue to see summit details and pictures within the Peak District.

Click on the county or top in green to see summit details and pictures in other areas.

 

Historic Counties Top Height (M) Grid Reference
Bedfordshire Dunstable Downs 243 TL 009 194
Berkshire Walbury Hill 297 SU 373 616
Buckinghamshire Haddington Hill 267 SP 891 091
Cambridgeshire Great Chishill 146 TL 427 386
Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely Haddenham Village 39 TL 467 752
Cheshire Black Hill 582 SE 078 047
Cornwall Brown Willy 420 SX 158 800
Cumberland Scafell Pike 978 NY 215 072
Derbyshire Kinder Scout 636 SK 085 875
Devon High Willhays 621 SX 580 892
Dorset Lewesdon Hill 279 ST 438 012
Dorset Pilsdon Pen 277 ST 413 011
Durham Burnhope Seat 746 NY 788 375
East Riding of Yorkshire Bishop Wilton Wold 246 SE 822 570
East Suffolk Wattisham Airfield 90 TM 024 502
East Sussex Ditchling Beacon 248 TQ 332 131
Essex Chrishall Common 147 TL 443 362
Gloucestershire Cleeve Hill 330 SO 997 246
Hampshire Pilot Hill 286 SU 399 601
Herefordshire Black Mountain 700 SO 256 351
Hertfordshire Pavis Wood 244 SP 914 092
Huntingdonshire Boring Field 80 TL 047 711
Isle of Wight St Boniface Down 241 SZ 569 785
Kent Betsoms Hill 251 TQ 436 563
Lancashire Coniston Old Man 803 SD 272 978
Leicestershire Bardon Hill 278 SK 460 132
Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland Pinchbeck Marsh 8 TF 279 286
Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven Viking Way 151 SK 890 237
Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey Normanby Top, The Wolds 168 TF 121 965
London Hampstead Heath 134 TQ 264 868
Middlesex Bushey Heath 155 TQ 152 940
Norfolk Beacon Hill 102 TG 184 414
North Riding of Yorkshire Mickle Fell 788 NY 806 245
Northamptonshire Arbury Hill 225 SP 540 588
Northamptonshire, Soke of Peterborough Racecourse Road 81 TF 035 042
Northumberland The Cheviot 815 NT 909 205
Nottinghamshire Newtonwood Lane 204 SK 456 606
Oxfordshire Bald Hill 257 SU 729 958
Rutland Cold Overton Park 197 SK 827 085
Shropshire Brown Clee Hill 540 SO 594 866
Somerset Dunkery Beacon 519 SS 891 416
Staffordshire Cheeks Hill 520 SK 026 699
Staffordshire Oliver Hill 513 SK 027 676
Surrey Leith Hill 294 TQ 139 432
Warwickshire Ebrington Hill 261 SP 188 426
West Riding of Yorkshire Whernside 736 SD 738 814
West Suffolk Great Wood 128 TL 787 559
West Sussex Black Down 280 SU 919 296
Westmorland Helvellyn 950 NY 343 151
Wiltshire Milk Hill 295 SU 104 643
Worcestershire Worcestershire Beacon 425 SO 769 452

 

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