List of ceremonial counties of England by highest point
This is a list of the ceremonial counties of England by their highest point.[1][2][3]
Rank | Ceremonial county | Height (m) | Relative height | Name | Grid reference | |
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1 | Cumbria | 978 | 912 | Scafell Pike | NY215072 | |
2 | Northumberland | 815 | 556 | The Cheviot | NT909205 | |
3 | Durham | 788 | 210 | Mickle Fell | NY805245 | |
4 | North Yorkshire | 736 | 408 | Whernside | SD738814 | |
5 | Herefordshire | 703 | 154 | Black Mountain | SO255350 | |
6 | Derbyshire | 636 | 488 | Kinder Scout | SK085875 | |
7 | Lancashire | 628 | 30 | Green Hill | SD701820 | |
8 | Devon | 621 | 533 | High Willhays | SX580892 | |
9 | West Yorkshire | 582 | 165 | Black Hill | SE078046 | |
10 | Cheshire | 559 | 236 | Shining Tor | SJ994737 | |
11 | South Yorkshire | 548 | 53 | High Stones | SK188943 | |
12 | Greater Manchester | 542 | 34 | Black Chew Head | SE056019 | |
13 | Shropshire | 540 | 373 | Brown Clee Hill | SO593865 | |
14 | Staffordshire | 520 | 0 | Cheeks Point on Cheeks Hill[4] | SK026699 | |
15 | Somerset | 519 | 414 | Dunkery Beacon | SS891415 | |
16 | Worcestershire | 425 | 337 | Worcestershire Beacon | SO768452 | |
17 | Cornwall | 420 | 314 | Brown Willy | SX158800 | |
18 | Gloucestershire | 330 | 242 | Cleeve Hill | SO996245 | |
19 | Berkshire | 297 | 188 | Walbury Hill | SU373616 | |
20 | Surrey | 295 | 246 | Leith Hill | TQ139431 | |
21 | Wiltshire | 294 | 149 | Milk Hill | SU104643 | |
22 | Hampshire | 286 | 47 | Pilot Hill | SU398601 | |
23 | West Sussex | 280 | 191 | Black Down | SU919296 | |
24 | Dorset | 279 | 185 | Lewesdon Hill | ST437011 | |
25 | Leicestershire | 278 | 170 | Bardon Hill | SK459131 | |
26 | West Midlands | 271 | 87 | Turners Hill | SO967887 | |
27 | Buckinghamshire | 267 | 180 | Haddington Hill | SP890090 | |
28= | Oxfordshire | 261 | 79 | Whitehorse Hill | SU300863 | |
28= | Warwickshire | 261 | 111 | Ebrington Hill | SP187426 | |
30 | Tyne and Wear | 259 | 13 | Currock Hill | NZ107592 | |
31 | Kent | 251 | 15 | Betsom's Hill | TQ435563 | |
32 | East Sussex | 248 | 213 | Ditchling Beacon | TQ331130 | |
33 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 246 | 203 | Bishop Wilton Wold | SE821570 | |
34 | Greater London | 245 | 0 | NE shoulder of Westerham Heights | TQ436564 | |
35 | Hertfordshire | 244 | 0 | NE shoulder of Pavis Wood | SP914091 | |
36 | Bedfordshire | 243 | 105 | Dunstable Downs | TL008194 | |
37 | Isle of Wight | 241 | 241 | St Boniface Down | SZ569785 | |
38 | Northamptonshire | 225 | 102 | Arbury Hill, Big Hill | SP540587, SP549612 | |
39 | Nottinghamshire | 204 | 69 | Newtonwood Lane | SK456606 | |
40 | Rutland | 197 | 11 | Cold Overton Park | SK827085 | |
41 | Merseyside | 179 | 155 | Billinge Hill | SD525014 | |
42 | Lincolnshire | 168 | 162 | Normanby le Wold Top | TF121964 | |
43 | Bristol | 160 | east of Dundry Hill | ST593668 | ||
44 | Essex | 147 | Chrishall Common | TL443362 | ||
45 | Cambridgeshire | 146 | Great Chishill | TL427386 | ||
46 | Suffolk | 128 | 37 | Great Wood Hill | TL786558 | |
47 | Norfolk | 103 | 79 | Beacon Hill | TG183414 | |
48 | City of London | 22 | High Holborn | TQ310816 |
See also
- List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point
- List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom
- List of Scottish council areas by highest point
- List of Scottish counties by highest point
- List of Welsh principal areas by highest point
- List of Northern Ireland districts by highest point
- List of Northern Ireland counties by highest point
References
- ^ Muir, Jonny (2011). The UK's County Tops: Reaching the top of 91 historic counties. Cicerone. ISBN 9781849655538.
- ^ Edwardes, Simon (2001). "County and Unitary Authority Tops". The Mountains of England and Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Edwardes, Simon (2001). "English Counties". The Mountains of England and Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Kent, Jeff, Staffordshire's 1,000-Foot Peaks, Witan Books, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9927505-0-3
Sources
- County and Unitary Authority Tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills, which holds information on all English county and unitary authority tops.
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Lists of English counties