TACit Tables
(Hills over 2000 feet with at least 30 metres drop on all sides)
(Hills of any height with at least 150 metres drop on all sides)
First published June 1997 by TACit Press
ISBN 0 9522680 7 8
Text and maps copyright © Alan Dawson 1997
Illustrations copyright © Chris Tyler 1997
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be republished or redistributed in any other format.
10% of the cover price will be donated to the John Muir Trust to help the purchase and conservation of more wild land. (Freepost John Muir Trust, Musselburgh, Midlothian EH21 7BR)
Series editor: Dave Hewitt
Thanks to ED Clements for helpful comments on several entries in the tables, to Charles Everett for researching the status of Abberley Hill and Milk Hill, and to John Gillham for pictorial assistance.
This is one of a series of booklets aiming to provide definitive lists of hills in Britain and elsewhere. Clearly a lot of people who like climbing hills also like to have lists of them. TACit Tables provide walkers with highly accurate, up-to-date details of hills while being easily affordable and easily replaceable. All heights and grid references in TACit Tables are obtained from the latest large-scale maps. The Ordnance Survey has published large-scale metric maps of almost all of England, so future changes should be minimal, but if necessary the lists will be updated.
The details of grid references, heights and drops provide precise measurements of the location and significance of the summits, but convey nothing about distance, topography, terrain or other characteristics of the hills. Maps provide much of this detail, and the tables are intended to be used alongside a map. No attempt is made here to suggest routes or starting points for walks.
A Hewitt is a Hill in England, Wales or Ireland over Two Thousand feet high (610 metres) with a drop of at least 30 metres (98 feet) all round. There are 525 Hewitts in total: 178 in England, 137 in Wales and 211 in Ireland (Black Mountain is in both England and Wales). There is a long tradition of climbing 2000-foot hills in England and Wales, and it is safe to claim that nowhere else in the world can match the amount of attention and analysis given to hills of such modest height. At least eight different publications1 have appeared over the years containing lists of 2000-foot summits of England. The addition of this booklet to an apparently overcrowded field can be justified by a number of features which make it original and useful:
Some of the previously published lists are out-of-date and no longer available, notably the widely-used list produced by George Bridge1 in 1973. Currently the most accurate and popular list is in The Mountains of England and Wales Volume 2: England by John and Anne Nuttall. This is a useful guidebook but it includes a very large number of hills, and makes no distinction between major summits and minor tops. Many walkers will feel that by using a more selective list they can climb all the 2000-foot summits without having to visit every one of the lesser tops. The list of Hewitts deliberately includes fewer summits than the Nuttalls by requiring hills to have a drop of at least 30 metres (98 feet) all round. Although this is just as arbitrary as the 15-metre limit which the Nuttalls use, in practice it works well, as almost all the Hewitts are worth visiting in their own right, whereas many of the lesser summits do not warrant a detour from a path or ridge. The inclusion in this booklet of the drop from each summit together with the list of SubHewitts (pages 12-13) makes it easier for walkers to decide for themselves which summits they wish to climb, without feeling obliged to take in every one of the minor tops in a round of all the 2000-foot hills.
Hills are grouped into geographical areas as shown above. The region and section numbers are the same as those used in The Relative Hills of Britain1, which is why the region numbers start at 33. The layout of the list of Hewitts highlights mountains with a drop of over 150 metres (ie Marilyns), which are treated as major summits. Other hills are grouped beneath the relevant major summit, with their names indented. They are listed in order of relative height, so the most significant summits are shown first. Separate groups of hills are kept together. The information is laid out in the following columns:
This column gives the height of the hill above sea level in metres. All Ordnance Survey 1:50000 maps show metric contours and spot heights. The contours are usually very accurate, but the spot heights are not generally as accurate as those on larger scale maps, though some heights are now being updated as the 1:50000 maps are revised. It is not possible to rely entirely on larger scale maps, as some spot heights are omitted from the 1:25000 or 1:10000 maps. In cases where differing heights for the same point are given on different maps, the following order of precedence is generally used: 1:10000; 1:25000; 1:50000. Any exceptions are indicated in the Notes section on pages 26-28.
The height in feet is arrived at in all cases simply by multiplying the metric figure by 3.2808 and rounding up or down.
Where possible, names are taken from the relevant 1:50000 map. If a hill is not named on this then the name is taken from a larger scale map. Where a hill has a general name and a summit name, the general name is given in the main list, as this tends to be more commonly used, with summit names referred to in the Notes section. As well as notes for specific summits, the following symbols may be used after the hill name:
* Height taken from 1:25000 map.
** Height taken from 1:50000 map.
*** Height converted from 1:63360 map or other non-metric map.
° Height taken from relevant contour ring as no spot height is given on any map.
This column gives the number(s) of the Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50000 map(s) on which the summit of the hill is to be found.
Each grid reference pinpoints the location of the summit of the hill to within 100 metres. All grid references have been double-checked for accuracy on 1:10000 maps, using a precise technique (a plastic overlay sheet with 100 small squares per grid square).
This column refers to the relative height of the hill. It shows the height difference (in metres) between the summit and the col connecting the hill to the next higher summit. For some summits this is different to the method used to calculate the drop in earlier TACit Tables. To provide continuity, a second figure is shown in brackets where the alternative method would give a different result.
For example, the drop from Scafell Pike given as 912 (450). This means that there is a drop of 912 metres from the summit of Scafell Pike before the ground rises again toward a higher summit. As there is no higher summit in England, the measurement is derived from the height of a 'col' at SJ630333 near Market Drayton in Shropshire, where the ground drops to 66 metres before rising again westward toward Snowdonia. This makes sense mathematically and helps confirm the fact that Scafell Pike is a significant summit, but it is of no practical value. The (450) refers to the drop between Scafell Pike and the next summit with a 150-metre drop, whether higher or lower. This is Pike of Blisco, and so it means that the col between Scafell Pike and Pike of Blisco is 450 metres lower than the summit of Scafell Pike. In this case there is a very long and undulating ridge between the two points, over Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Esk Pike, Bowfell, Shelter Crags, Crinkle Crags and Cold Pike, so again the drop figure is not particularly useful, as the actual amount of ascent and descent involved in walking between Scafell Pike and Pike of Blisco is far more than 450 metres (as shown by the drop figures for these intervening hills).
A more typical example is Great Gable, where the drop figure of 425 (278) indicates that there is a drop of 425 metres to the col between Great Gable and Scafell Pike (higher summit), but 278 metres to the col between Great Gable and Kirk Fell (lower summit, higher col). In this case both figures may be useful, but feedback from earlier TACit Tables indicated a preference for the drop measurement to refer consistently to a higher summit. In the case of Kirk Fell itself (and most other summits), the nearest major summit is higher anyway, so the two methods both give a figure of 181 metres, showing that you have to descend for 181 metres from Kirk Fell before climbing toward Great Gable (plus the 36 metres ascent and descent for Kirk Fell East Top, which is en route).
Although Scafell Pike is much nearer to Great Gable than it is to Pike of Blisco, the col at Sty Head between Great Gable and Scafell Pike is lower than the col at Red Tarn near Pike of Blisco, and in such cases the higher col is always used.
A letter c in the drop column means that there is no spot height for the connecting col shown on any metric map, so the drop is estimated from the position of contour lines. It should be accurate to within two or three metres. The drop figures may be used to calculate how much descent and re-ascent is likely to be involved in climbing two or more hills together, but the examples above illustrate that these figures refer to the minimum possible descent - if the terrain is uneven or there are intervening summits then the actual descent on the ground will be greater. A map or knowledge of the route may be required for this level of detail.
This column is left blank for you to write the date each hill is climbed, or to enter a retrospective tick. People who disapprove of record-keeping can ignore this column.
Some people argue that climbing hills in order to claim their summits has little to do with the actual experience of hillwalking; that it reduces hillwalking to the sedentary status of stamp collecting or trainspotting. Healthy and harmless but perhaps a little sad and obsessive.
An alternative view is that tables such as in this booklet represent a key, or maybe a door handle. They can help guide you toward your objective just as reliably as any signpost or guidebook. The lists convey more than names and numbers. Every hill is different, every route is different, every day out is worthwhile. Each entry may represent smooth grassy slopes or rough bouldery heather, crags or bogs, sunshine or snow, trees and flowers, birds and rabbits, tumbling streams and shimmering lakes, winding paths and forest tracks.
Sometimes it is easy to forget all this. Lists of hills can help to remind you, for they provide an incentive to get out more often, and guidance about where to go. All you need is a list, a map and a pair of boots. And at the end of the day, you will have more than memories - you will have new dates in your list to remind you where you have been; the icing on the cake. This in itself can be strangely satisfying, providing a sense of achieving something as well as enjoying it. Those who choose to keep records can appreciate and enjoy their walks just as much as anyone else, but their reward is a little greater than for those who are too proud or too principled to bother making a note of which hills they have climbed. After all, enjoyment is temporary but achievement is permanent.
North of River Eden, A69, River South Tyne and River Tyne from the Solway Firth to Tynemouth.
6 Hewitts including 1 Marilyn.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
815 | 2674 | The Cheviot | 74,75 | NT909205 | 556 | (c 409) |
714 | 2342 | Hedgehope Hill 2 | 80 | NT943197 | 148 | |
615 | 2018 | Cushat Law 2 | 80 | NT928137 | 147 | |
610 | 2001 | Bloodybush Edge | 80 | NT902143 | 114 | |
619 | 2031 | Windy Gyle 3 | 80 | NT855152 | 113 | |
652 | 2139 | Comb Fell | 80 | NT924187 | 69 |
North of River Derwent, B5292 and A66 from Workington to Penrith. 12 Hewitts including 3 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
931 | 3054 | Skiddaw | 89,90 | NY260290 | 709 | (463) |
865 | 2838 | Little Man | 89,90 | NY266277 | 61 | |
715 | 2346 | Lonscale Fell | 89,90 | NY285271 | c 50 | |
734 | 2408 | Long Side | 89,90 | NY248284 | 40 | |
746 | 2447 | Carl Side | 89,90 | NY255280 | c 30 | |
868 | 2848 | Blencathra * | 90 | NY323277 | 461 | |
702 | 2303 | Bowscale Fell | 90 | NY333305 | 87 | |
683 | 2241 | Bannerdale Crags | 90 | NY335290 | 37 | |
710 | 2329 | Knott | 89,90 | NY296329 | 242 | |
690 | 2264 | Great Calva | 89,90 | NY290311 | 142 | |
663 | 2175 | Carrock Fell *** | 90 | NY341336 | 91 | |
658 | 2159 | High Pike | 90 | NY318350 | 69 |
West of A591 from Keswick to Ambleside and north of the Eskdale railway and Hardknott Pass.
59 Hewitts including 12 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
978 | 3209 | Scafell Pike * | 89,90 | NY215072 | 912 | (450) |
902 | 2959 | Bowfell | 89,90 | NY244064 | 146 | |
859 | 2818 | Crinkle Crags 4 | 89,90 | NY248048 | 138 | |
964 | 3163 | Scafell 2 | 89,90 | NY206064 | 133 | |
783 | 2569 | Glaramara | 89,90 | NY246104 | 121 | |
885 | 2904 | Esk Pike | 89,90 | NY236075 | 112 | |
807 | 2648 | Lingmell *** | 89,90 | NY209081 | c 72 | |
785 | 2575 | Allen Crags | 89,90 | NY236085 | 60 | |
935 | 3068 | Ill Crag 5 | 89,90 | NY223073 | 57 | |
910 | 2986 | Great End | 89,90 | NY226083 | 56 | |
934 | 3064 | Broad Crag 5 | 89,90 | NY218075 | 52 | |
701 | 2300 | Cold Pike | 89,90 | NY262035 | 46 | |
651 | 2136 | Rossett Pike | 89,90 | NY249075 | 40 | |
721 | 2365 | Glaramara South Top 6 | 89,90 | NY242097 | 37 | |
632 | 2073 | Dovenest Crag 7 | 89,90 | NY255113 | c 36 | |
834 | 2736 | Crinkle Crags South Top | 89,90 | NY250045 | 32 | |
815 | 2674 | Shelter Crags | 89,90 | NY249053 | 31 | |
632 | 2073 | Seathwaite Fell | 89,90 | NY227097 | c 31 | |
705 | 2313 | Pike of Blisco | 89,90 | NY271042 | 177 | |
899 | 2949 | Great Gable | 89,90 | NY211103 | 425 | (278) |
648 | 2126 | Fleetwith Pike | 89,90 | NY205141 | 117 | |
715 | 2346 | Brandreth | 89,90 | NY214119 | 61 | |
801 | 2628 | Green Gable | 89,90 | NY214107 | 50 | |
646 | 2119 | Base Brown | 89,90 | NY225114 | 38 | |
802 | 2631 | Kirk Fell | 89,90 | NY194104 | 181 | |
787 | 2582 | Kirk Fell East Top | 89,90 | NY199107 | 36 | |
892 | 2926 | Pillar | 89,90 | NY171121 | 348 | |
627 | 2057 | Yewbarrow | 89,90 | NY173084 | 142 | |
797 | 2615 | Haycock | 89 | NY144107 | 94 | |
841 | 2759 | Scoat Fell | 89 | NY159113 | 86 | |
826 | 2710 | Red Pike | 89 | NY165106 | c 62 | |
642 | 2106 | Iron Crag *** | 89 | NY123119 | c 56 | |
828 | 2717 | Black Crag | 89 | NY165116 | 34 | |
616 | 2021 | Yewbarrow North Top 8 | 89 | NY175091 | 33 | |
692 | 2270 | Seatallan 9 | 89 | NY139084 | 193 | |
852 | 2795 | Grasmoor | 89,90 | NY174203 | 519 | (c 250) |
839 | 2753 | Crag Hill | 89,90 | NY192203 | 117 | |
672 | 2205 | Scar Crags | 89,90 | NY208206 | 55 | |
637 | 2090 | Causey Pike | 89,90 | NY218208 | 40 | |
660 | 2165 | Whiteless Pike | 89,90 | NY180189 | 36 | |
773 | 2536 | Sail | 89,90 | NY198202 | 32 | |
772 | 2533 | Wandope | 89,90 | NY188197 | 30 | |
791 | 2595 | Grisedale Pike | 89,90 | NY198225 | c 189 | |
770 | 2526 | Hopegill Head | 89,90 | NY185221 | 97 | |
719 | 2359 | Whiteside | 89,90 | NY175221 | c 39 | |
739 | 2425 | Hobcarton Crag | 89,90 | NY193220 | 37 | |
807 | 2648 | High Stile | 89 | NY170148 | 362 | |
616 | 2021 | Great Borne | 89 | NY123163 | 113 | |
633 | 2077 | Starling Dodd | 89 | NY141157 | c 73 | |
755 | 2477 | Red Pike | 89 | NY160154 | c 40 | |
744 | 2441 | High Crag | 89,90 | NY180140 | 35 | |
762 | 2500 | High Raise | 89,90 | NY280095 | c 283 | |
726 | 2382 | Ullscarf | 89,90 | NY291121 | c 118 | |
709 | 2326 | Pike of Stickle 10 | 89,90 | NY273073 | c 54 | |
736 | 2415 | Harrison Stickle 10 | 89,90 | NY281074 | c 53 | |
753 | 2470 | Dale Head | 89,90 | NY223153 | 397 | (177) |
653 | 2142 | High Spy | 89,90 | NY234162 | 148 | |
727 | 2385 | Hindscarth | 89,90 | NY215165 | 71 | |
737 | 2418 | Robinson | 89,90 | NY201168 | 161 |
East of A591 and north of A685 from Keswick to the M6. 36 Hewitts including 9 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
950 | 3117 | Helvellyn | 90 | NY342151 | 712 | (376) |
857 | 2812 | Great Dodd | 90 | NY341205 | 109 | |
726 | 2382 | Clough Head | 90 | NY333225 | 108 | |
883 | 2897 | Raise | 90 | NY342174 | 91 | |
675 | 2215 | Sheffield Pike | 90 | NY369181 | 91 | |
843 | 2766 | Stybarrow Dodd | 90 | NY343189 | 68 | |
890 | 2920 | Catstye Cam | 90 | NY348158 | 63 | |
858 | 2815 | Dollywaggon Pike | 90 | NY346130 | 50 | |
863 | 2831 | White Side | 90 | NY337166 | 42 | |
795 | 2608 | Green Side | 90 | NY352187 | 30 | |
873 | 2864 | Fairfield | 90 | NY358117 | 299 | (c 191) |
792 | 2598 | Dove Crag | 90 | NY374104 | 50 | |
822 | 2697 | Hart Crag | 90 | NY368112 | c 48 | |
637 | 2090 | Little Hart Crag | 90 | NY387100 | c 34 | |
766 | 2513 | Great Rigg | 90 | NY355103 | 31 | |
841 | 2759 | St Sunday Crag | 90 | NY369134 | c 159 | |
776 | 2546 | Red Screes | 90 | NY396087 | c 260 | |
736 | 2415 | Seat Sandal | 90 | NY343115 | c 150 | |
828 | 2717 | High Street | 90 | NY440110 | 373 | (236) |
778 | 2552 | Harter Fell 2 | 90 | NY459093 | 149 | |
713 | 2339 | Branstree | 90 | NY477100 | 137 | |
757 | 2484 | Ill Bell | 90 | NY436077 | 124 | |
696 | 2283 | Rest Dodd | 90 | NY432137 | 111 | |
802 | 2631 | High Raise | 90 | NY448134 | 88 | |
720 | 2362 | Froswick | 90 | NY435085 | 75 | |
671 | 2201 | Loadpot Hill | 90 | NY456181 | c 48 | |
792 | 2598 | Rampsgill Head | 90 | NY442128 | 41 | |
730 | 2395 | Kentmere Pike | 90 | NY465077 | 39 | |
706 | 2316 | Yoke | 90 | NY437067 | 38 | |
655 | 2149 | Selside Pike | 90 | NY490111 | 36 | |
628 | 2060 | Rough Crag | 90 | NY454112 | c 33 | |
784 | 2572 | Thornthwaite Crag 11 | 90 | NY431100 | 31 | |
763 | 2503 | Stony Cove Pike | 90 | NY417100 | 171 | |
664 | 2178 | Tarn Crag | 90 | NY488078 | 160 | |
638 | 2093 | Grey Crag 12 | 90 | NY497072 | 41 | |
657 | 2155 | Place Fell | 90 | NY405169 | c 262 |
South of Eskdale railway, Hardknott Pass, A591 and A685 from Ravenglass to the M6.
7 Hewitts including 2 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop |
803 | 2634 | The Old Man of Coniston * | 96,97 | SD272978 | 416 |
763 | 2503 | Wetherlam | 89,90 | NY288011 | 145 |
778 | 2552 | Dow Crag | 96,97 | SD262977 | 129 |
802 | 2631 | Swirl How | 89,90 | NY272005 | 120 |
773 | 2536 | Grey Friar *** | 89,90 | NY259003 | 78 |
745 | 2444 | Black Sails | 89,90 | NY282007 | 37 |
654 | 2146 | Harter Fell | 96 | SD218997 | c 276 |
North of A684 from the River Lune to the A1. 39 Hewitts including 12 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
893 | 2930 | Cross Fell | 91 | NY687343 | 651 | (c 315) |
664 | 2178 | Black Fell | 86 | NY648444 | 89 | |
848 | 2782 | Great Dun Fell | 91 | NY710321 | 76 | |
686 | 2251 | Round Hill | 91 | NY744361 | c 71 | |
767 | 2516 | Meldon Hill | 91 | NY771290 | 65 | |
842 | 2762 | Little Dun Fell | 91 | NY704330 | 61 | |
794 | 2605 | Knock Fell ** | 91 | NY721302 | 48 | |
709 | 2326 | Melmerby Fell | 91 | NY652380 | 43 | |
656 | 2152 | Grey Nag | 86 | NY664476 | c 40 | |
788 | 2585 | Mickle Fell 13 | 91,92 | NY804243 | c 210 | |
675 | 2215 | Murton Fell 13 | 91 | NY753245 | 74 | |
748 | 2454 | Little Fell 13 | 91 | NY781222 | c 73 | |
619 | 2031 | Bink Moss | 91,92 | NY875243 | 43 | |
621 | 2037 | Cold Fell | 86 | NY605556 | 168 | |
747 | 2450 | Burnhope Seat 14 ** | 91 | NY785375 | 190 | |
703 | 2306 | Chapelfell Top | 91,92 | NY875346 | 142 | |
675 | 2215 | James's Hill 15 | 91,92 | NY923325 | 67 | |
649 | 2129 | Viewing Hill | 91 | NY788332 | 66 | |
708 | 2323 | Great Stony Hill | 91,92 | NY823359 | c 54 | |
673 | 2208 | Killhope Law | 86,87 | NY819448 | 48 | |
614 | 2014 | Flinty Fell 16 | 86,87 | NY770419 | 43 | |
612 | 2008 | Burtree Fell 17 | 87 | NY862432 | c 38 | |
710 | 2329 | Dead Stones | 91 | NY793399 | 33 | |
614 | 2014 | The Dodd | 86,87 | NY791457 | c 31 | |
651 | 2136 | Three Pikes | 91,92 | NY833343 | 30 | |
716 | 2349 | Great Shunner Fell | 98 | SD848972 | c 297 | (c 191) |
709 | 2326 | High Seat | 91,92 | NY802012 | 112 | |
667 | 2188 | Little Fell | 98 | SD808971 | c 49 | |
675 | 2215 | Lovely Seat 18 * | 98 | SD879950 | c 150 | |
672 | 2205 | Rogan's Seat | 91,92 | NY919030 | c 195 | |
662 | 2172 | Nine Standards Rigg | 91,92 | NY825061 | 157 | |
708 | 2323 | Wild Boar Fell | 98 | SD758988 | c 344 | (295) |
681 | 2234 | Swarth Fell | 98 | SD755966 | c 76 | |
678 | 2224 | Baugh Fell 19 | 98 | SD740916 | 265 | |
676 | 2218 | The Calf 20 | 98 | SD667970 | 383 | (245) |
640 | 2100 | Fell Head ° | 97 | SD649981 | c 86 | |
674 | 2211 | Calders | 98 | SD670960 | 33 | |
639 | 2096 | Yarlside | 98 | SD685985 | 208 | |
624 | 2047 | Randygill Top | 91 | NY687000 | 131 |
North of A65 and River Aire from Kirkby Lonsdale to the A1. 15 Hewitts including 9 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
736 | 2415 | Whernside | 98 | SD738814 | 408 | (c 270) |
687 | 2254 | Great Coum | 98 | SD701835 | c 221 | |
627 | 2057 | Gragareth | 98 | SD687793 | 30 | |
723 | 2372 | Ingleborough | 98 | SD741745 | c 427 | |
650 | 2133 | Simon Fell | 98 | SD754751 | c 35 | |
704 | 2310 | Great Whernside | 98 | SE002739 | c 288 | (c 209) |
702 | 2303 | Buckden Pike | 98 | SD960787 | c 207 | |
694 | 2277 | Pen-y-ghent | 98 | SD838733 | c 306 | (242) |
680 | 2231 | Plover Hill ° | 98 | SD849752 | c 59 | |
668 | 2192 | Fountains Fell | 98 | SD864715 | 243 | |
624 | 2047 | Darnbrook Fell | 98 | SD884728 | 40 | |
672 | 2205 | Great Knoutberry Hill | 98 | SD788871 | c 254 | (234) |
668 | 2192 | Dodd Fell Hill | 98 | SD840845 | 230 | |
643 | 2110 | Yockenthwaite Moor | 98 | SD909810 | 86 | |
614 | 2014 | Drumaldrace * | 98 | SD873867 | 66 |
The counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Derbyshire, together with those parts of Yorkshire south of the River Aire and Staffordshire north of Stafford. 2 Hewitts including 1 Marilyn.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
636 | 2087 | Kinder Scout 21 | 110 | SK085875 | c 488 | (219) |
633 | 2077 | Bleaklow Head | 110 | SK092959 | c 128 |
The counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire, together with those parts of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire west of the River Severn. 1 Hewitt which is also a Marilyn.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop |
703 | 2306 | Black Mountain 22 ** | 161 | SO255350 | 154 |
The counties of Cornwall and Devon. 1 Hewitt which is also a Marilyn.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
621 | 2037 | High Willhays 23 | 191 | SX580892 | 533 | (c 512) |
These are the top twenty English Hewitts in terms of height above sea level.
Sect | Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
34B | 978 | 3209 | Scafell Pike | 89,90 | NY215072 | 912 | (450) |
34B | 964 | 3163 | Scafell | 89,90 | NY206064 | 133 | |
34C | 950 | 3117 | Helvellyn | 90 | NY342151 | 712 | (376) |
34B | 935 | 3068 | Ill Crag | 89,90 | NY223073 | 57 | |
34B | 934 | 3064 | Broad Crag | 89,90 | NY218075 | 52 | |
34A | 931 | 3054 | Skiddaw | 89,90 | NY260290 | 709 | (463) |
34B | 910 | 2986 | Great End | 89,90 | NY226083 | 56 | |
34B | 902 | 2959 | Bowfell | 89,90 | NY244064 | 146 | |
34B | 899 | 2949 | Great Gable | 89,90 | NY211103 | 425 | (278) |
35A | 893 | 2930 | Cross Fell | 91 | NY687343 | 651 | (c 315) |
34B | 892 | 2926 | Pillar | 89,90 | NY171121 | 348 | |
34C | 890 | 2920 | Catstye Cam | 90 | NY348158 | 63 | |
34B | 885 | 2904 | Esk Pike | 89,90 | NY236075 | 112 | |
34C | 883 | 2897 | Raise | 90 | NY342174 | 91 | |
34C | 873 | 2864 | Fairfield | 90 | NY358117 | 299 | (c 191) |
34A | 868 | 2848 | Blencathra | 90 | NY323277 | 461 | |
34A | 865 | 2838 | Little Man | 89,90 | NY266277 | 61 | |
34C | 863 | 2831 | White Side | 90 | NY337166 | 42 | |
34B | 859 | 2818 | Crinkle Crags | 89,90 | NY248048 | 138 | |
34C | 858 | 2815 | Dollywaggon Pike | 90 | NY346130 | 50 |
These are the top twenty English Hewitts in terms of relative height, ie they have the greatest drop. They may therefore be regarded as the highest points of the twenty main hill ranges in England.
34B | 978 | 3209 | Scafell Pike | 89,90 | NY215072 | 912 | (450) |
34C | 950 | 3117 | Helvellyn | 90 | NY342151 | 712 | (376) |
34A | 931 | 3054 | Skiddaw | 89,90 | NY260290 | 709 | (463) |
35A | 893 | 2930 | Cross Fell | 91 | NY687343 | 651 | (c 315) |
33A | 815 | 2674 | The Cheviot | 74,75 | NT909205 | 556 | (c 409) |
40 | 621 | 2037 | High Willhays | 191 | SX580892 | 533 | (c 512) |
34B | 852 | 2795 | Grasmoor | 89,90 | NY174203 | 519 | (c 250) |
36A | 636 | 2087 | Kinder Scout | 110 | SK085875 | c 488 | (219) |
34A | 868 | 2848 | Blencathra | 90 | NY323277 | 461 | |
35B | 723 | 2372 | Ingleborough | 98 | SD741745 | c 427 | |
34B | 899 | 2949 | Great Gable | 89,90 | NY211103 | 425 | (278) |
34D | 803 | 2634 | The Old Man of Coniston | 96,97 | SD272978 | 416 | |
35B | 736 | 2415 | Whernside | 98 | SD738814 | 408 | (c 270) |
34B | 753 | 2470 | Dale Head | 89,90 | NY223153 | 397 | (177) |
35A | 676 | 2218 | The Calf | 98 | SD667970 | 383 | (245) |
34C | 828 | 2717 | High Street | 90 | NY440110 | 373 | (236) |
34B | 807 | 2648 | High Stile | 89 | NY170148 | 362 | |
34B | 892 | 2926 | Pillar | 89,90 | NY171121 | 348 | |
35A | 708 | 2323 | Wild Boar Fell | 98 | SD758988 | c 344 | (295) |
35B | 694 | 2277 | Pen-y-ghent | 98 | SD838733 | c 306 | (242) |
The following 14 hills miss out on being Hewitts by less than ten metres in height. Where relevant the name of the major summit in the same hill group is shown in brackets.
Sect | Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop |
34B | 609 | 1998 | Illgill Head | 89 | NY169049 | 314 |
35B | 609 | 1998 | Calf Top | 98 | SD664856 | 312 |
35B | 609 | 1998 | Horse Head Moor 24 | 98 | SD893768 | 157 |
35A | 609 | 1998 | Renwick Fell (Cross Fell) 25 | 86 | NY611462 | c 57 |
34B | 608 | 1995 | High Seat (High Raise) | 89,90 | NY287180 | 136 |
35A | 605 | 1985 | Green Bell (Yarlside) | 91 | NY698010 | 48 |
35A | 605 | 1985 | Arant Haw (The Calf) | 98 | SD662946 | 57 |
35B | 604 | 1982 | Little Whernside (Great Whernside) | 98 | SE028776 | c 79 |
40 | 603 | 1978 | Cut Hill (High Willhays) | 191 | SX598827 | 90 |
40 | 603 | 1978 | Hangingstone Hill (High Willhays) | 191 | SX617861 | 48 |
33 | 602 | 1975 | Peel Fell 26 | 80 | NY624997 | 196 |
35B | 602 | 1975 | High Green Field Knott (Horse Head Moor) 27 | 98 | SD845784 | 66 |
33 | 601 | 1972 | The Schil (The Cheviot) 28 | 74 | NT869223 | c 134 |
34D | 600 | 1968 | Black Combe | 96 | SD135854 | 362 |
The following 36 hills miss out on being Hewitts by less than ten metres of relative height. Hills are grouped in sections and the name of the major summit in the same hill group is shown in brackets.
34B | 703 | 2306 | Ladyside Pike (Grisedale Pike) | 89,90 | NY184227 | 28 |
34B | 735 | 2411 | Combe Head (Scafell Pike) | 89,90 | NY249109 | c 28 |
34B | 740 | 2428 | Little Stand (Scafell Pike) * | 89,90 | NY250033 | 25 |
34B | 612 | 2008 | Rosthwaite Fell (Scafell Pike) | 89,90 | NY255118 | 24 |
34B | 741 | 2431 | Round How (Scafell Pike) | 89,90 | NY218081 | c 23 |
34B | 775 | 2543 | Looking Steads (Scafell Pike) | 89,90 | NY245101 | 22 |
34B | 959 | 3146 | Symonds Knott (Scafell Pike) | 89,90 | NY207067 | 21 |
34B | 683 | 2241 | Cold Pike West Top (Scafell Pike) | 89,90 | NY258035 | 20 |
34B | 723 | 2372 | Thunacar Knott (High Raise) | 89,90 | NY279079 | 27 |
34B | 680 | 2231 | Loft Crag (High Raise) ° | 89,90 | NY277071 | c 22 |
34B | 656 | 2152 | Low Saddle (High Raise) | 89,90 | NY288133 | c 21 |
34B | 819 | 2687 | Steeple (Pillar) | 89 | NY157116 | c 24 |
34B | 697 | 2287 | Caw Fell (Pillar) *** | 89 | NY131109 | c 22 |
34B | 627 | 2057 | Looking Stead (Pillar) | 89,90 | NY186117 | c 20 |
34B | 641 | 2103 | Dodd (High Stile) | 89 | NY163157 | 20 |
34C | 891 | 2923 | Nethermost Pike (Helvellyn) | 90 | NY343142 | 29 |
34C | 863 | 2831 | Striding Edge (Helvellyn) *** | 90 | NY350149 | c 28 |
34C | 756 | 2480 | Hart Side (Helvellyn) | 90 | NY359197 | 23 |
34C | 718 | 2356 | Birkhouse Moor (Helvellyn) | 90 | NY363159 | 21 |
34C | 673 | 2208 | Branstree East Top (High Street) | 90 | NY487103 | 24 |
34C | 618 | 2028 | Hartsop Dodd (Stony Cove Pike) | 90 | NY411118 | 24 |
34C | 621 | 2037 | Rydal Fell (Fairfield) | 90 | NY357086 | 23 |
34C | 612 | 2008 | Heron Pike (Fairfield) | 90 | NY356083 | 21 |
34C | 622 | 2041 | Birks (St Sunday Crag) | 90 | NY380143 | c 20 |
34D | 610 | 2002 | White Maiden (Old Man of Coniston) ° | 96 | SD254957 | c 23 |
34D | 796 | 2612 | Brim Fell (Old Man of Coniston) | 96,97 | SD270985 | c 21 |
34D | 785 | 2575 | Great Carrs (Old Man of Coniston) | 89,90 | NY270008 | c 20 |
35A | 695 | 2280 | Gregory Chapel (Great Shunner Fell) 29 | 91,92 | NY802003 | c 28 |
35A | 689 | 2260 | Hugh Seat (Great Shunner Fell) | 98 | SD809991 | c 24 |
35A | 620 | 2034 | Bellbeaver Rigg (Burnhope Seat) | 91 | NY762350 | c 28 |
35A | 634 | 2080 | Fiend's Fell (Cross Fell) | 86 | NY643406 | 27 |
35A | 699 | 2293 | Backstone Edge (Cross Fell) | 91 | NY725276 | 26 |
35A | 668 | 2192 | Water Crag (Rogan's Seat) | 91,92 | NY928046 | 25 |
35A | 676 | 2218 | Knoutberry Haw (Baugh Fell) | 98 | SD731919 | 20 |
35B | 628 | 2060 | Green Hill (Great Coum) | 98 | SD701820 | 24 |
40 | 619 | 2031 | Yes Tor (High Willhays) | 191 | SX580901 | 24 |
A further 39 English summits with a drop of 15-19 metres are listed in the Nuttalls' book1.
The first person recorded as having climbed all the English 2000-foot summits was Edward Moss1 who completed the list on 22nd July 1951. The second person was ED Clements, compiler of The Hewitts and Marilyns of Ireland, who finished on 30th May 1953. The Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA) keeps a register of all those who have climbed the two-thousand foot summits of England and Wales or of Ireland. To register, send an A5 SAE to Alan Castle (TT), Glebe House, Ravenstone, Olney, Buckinghamshire MK46 5AR and ask for a claim form. The LDWA do not record details of English ascents only.
A Marilyn is any hill that has a drop of at least 150 metres (492 feet) on all sides, regardless of distance, absolute height or topographical merit. The list of all Marilyns in Britain is published in The Relative Hills of Britain (Alan Dawson, Cicerone Press, 1992). Since this book was published a number of new Marilyns have been discovered, and some original ones deleted. Details of these amendments are published in an update sheet which is now distributed with the book and is available separately from the author or publisher.
There are currently 1551 Marilyns in Britain: 1213 in Scotland, 178 in England, 156 in Wales and five in the Isle of Man (Black Mountain is in both England and Wales). There are a further 453 Marilyns in Ireland. Note that these figures are slightly different to those quoted in The Hewitts and Marilyns of Wales, due to two recent additions in England and two deletions in Ireland. The list of English Marilyns published here is in most respects the same as that in The Relative Hills of Britain but with the following important differences:
-- As well as the height above sea level (absolute height), the list shows the drop from each hill (relative height), as explained on pages 3 and 4.
-- Details of heights and grid references have been double-checked for accuracy on 1:10000 scale maps and updated where necessary. Where different heights are given on different scales of map, the 1:10000 or 1:25000 scale maps are used, as the 1:50000 maps are generally less accurate for spot heights. Several hills have therefore gained or lost a metre or two.
-- The following recently discovered English Marilyns are included:
Section | Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop |
34B | 244 | 800 | Swinside | 89,90 | NY243224 | 152 |
35A | 675 | 2215 | Lovely Seat | 98 | SD879950 | c 150 |
35B | 609 | 1998 | Horse Head Moor | 98 | SD893768 | 157 |
38B | 285 | 935 | Abberley Hill | 138,150 | SO751672 | c 157 |
38B | 276 | 904 | Aconbury Hill | 149 | SO505330 | 157 |
38B | 254 | 833 | Hegdon Hill | 149 | SO585539 | c 156 |
39 | 295 | 968 | Milk Hill | 173 | SU104643 | c 151 |
41 | 279 | 915 | Lewesdon Hill | 193 | ST437012 | 185 |
42 | 188 | 617 | Cheriton Hill | 179,189 | TR197396 | 150 |
-- The following hills no longer qualify as Marilyns and are excluded:
33 | 714 | 2342 | Hedgehope Hill | 80 | NT943198 | 148 |
33 | 615 | 2018 | Cushat Law | 80 | NT928137 | 147 |
34B | 964 | 3162 | Scafell | 89,90 | NY206064 | 133 |
34C | 778 | 2552 | Harter Fell | 90 | NY459093 | 149 |
34C | 487 | 1598 | Baystones | 90 | NY403052 | 149 |
35B | 608 | 1995 | Birks Fell | 98 | SD918763 | 29 |
38B | 252 | 827 | Grendon Green | 149 | SO599574 | c 39 |
41 | 277 | 908 | Pilsdon Pen | 193 | ST413011 | c 83 |
-- Birks Fell has been superseded by Horse Head Moor, Grendon Green by Hegdon Hill, and Pilsdon Pen by Lewesdon Hill.
-- Three hills have been renamed:
Long Barrow to Dent (Section 34B)
White Downs to Watch Croft (Region 40)
North Downs to Detling Hill (Region 42)
-- The summits of Lambrigg Fell (Section 34B) and Crowborough (Region 42) have moved a short distance to a new grid reference.
Hills are listed in height order within each section. Details given are the same as for the Hewitts. Fifty-one English Marilyns are over 2000 feet high and are also Hewitts so are listed twice in this booklet. Most of the remaining 127 Marilyns below 2000 feet can provide enjoyable walks, and are a good alternative in poor weather when the higher summits are obscured by mist. The smaller hills are also ideal for filling in an odd hour or half day, or for exploring during busy holiday periods when the bigger hills and more popular routes tend to become crowded. The absence of paths on many lower hills can make them less straightforward than the higher summits.
North of River Eden, A69, River South Tyne and River Tyne from the Solway Firth to Tynemouth.
8 Marilyns including 1 Hewitt.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
815 | 2674 | The Cheviot | 74,75 | NT909205 | 556 | (c 409) |
602 | 1975 | Peel Fell 26 | 80 | NY624997 | c 196 | |
520 | 1706 | Sighty Crag * | 80 | NY601809 | c 295 | (163) |
501 | 1644 | Shillhope Law | 80 | NT873096 | 158 | |
440 | 1444 | Tosson Hill | 81 | NZ005982 | 247 | |
319 | 1047 | Long Crag | 81 | NU062069 | c 169 | |
315 | 1033 | Ros Hill | 75 | NU081253 | c 222 | |
266 | 873 | Housedon Hill | 74,75 | NT902327 | c 182 |
North of River Derwent, B5292 and A66 from Workington to Penrith. 6 Marilyns including 3 Hewitts.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
931 | 3054 | Skiddaw | 89,90 | NY260290 | 709 | (463) |
868 | 2848 | Blencathra | 90 | NY323277 | 461 | |
710 | 2329 | Knott | 89,90 | NY296329 | 242 | |
552 | 1811 | Lord's Seat | 89,90 | NY204265 | 237 | |
447 | 1467 | Binsey | 89,90 | NY225355 | c 242 | |
254 | 833 | Watch Hill | 89 | NY159318 | c 157 |
West of A591 from Keswick to Ambleside and north of the Eskdale railway and Hardknott Pass.
21 Marilyns including 12 Hewitts.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
978 | 3209 | Scafell Pike | 89,90 | NY215072 | 912 | (450) |
899 | 2949 | Great Gable | 89,90 | NY211103 | 425 | (278) |
892 | 2926 | Pillar | 89,90 | NY171121 | 348 | |
852 | 2795 | Grasmoor | 89,90 | NY174203 | 519 | (c 250) |
807 | 2648 | High Stile | 89 | NY170148 | 362 | |
802 | 2631 | Kirk Fell | 89,90 | NY194104 | 181 | |
791 | 2595 | Grisedale Pike | 89,90 | NY198225 | c 189 | |
762 | 2500 | High Raise | 89,90 | NY280095 | c 283 | |
753 | 2470 | Dale Head | 89,90 | NY223153 | 397 | (177) |
737 | 2418 | Robinson | 89,90 | NY201168 | 161 | |
705 | 2313 | Pike of Blisco | 89,90 | NY271042 | 177 | |
692 | 2270 | Seatallan 9 | 89 | NY139084 | 193 | |
609 | 1998 | Illgill Head | 89 | NY169049 | 314 | |
573 | 1880 | Blake Fell | 89 | NY110196 | c 164 | |
549 | 1801 | Hard Knott | 89,90 | NY231023 | 154 | |
512 | 1680 | Mellbreak | 89 | NY148186 | 260 | |
469 | 1539 | Lingmoor Fell | 90 | NY302046 | 245 | |
423 | 1388 | Low Fell | 89 | NY137226 | 270 | |
352 | 1155 | Dent 30 | 89 | NY041129 | c 175 | |
335 | 1099 | Loughrigg Fell | 90 | NY347051 | 172 | |
244 | 801 | Swinside 18 | 89,90 | NY243224 | 152 |
East of A591 and north of A685 from Keswick to the M6. 14 Marilyns including 9 Hewitts.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
950 | 3117 | Helvellyn | 90 | NY342151 | 712 | (376) |
873 | 2864 | Fairfield | 90 | NY358117 | 299 | (c 191) |
841 | 2759 | St Sunday Crag | 90 | NY369134 | c 159 | |
828 | 2717 | High Street | 90 | NY440110 | 373 | (236) |
776 | 2546 | Red Screes | 90 | NY396087 | c 260 | |
763 | 2503 | Stony Cove Pike | 90 | NY417100 | 171 | |
736 | 2415 | Seat Sandal | 90 | NY343115 | c 150 | |
664 | 2178 | Tarn Crag | 90 | NY488078 | 160 | |
657 | 2155 | Place Fell | 90 | NY405169 | c 262 | |
537 | 1762 | Great Mell Fell | 90 | NY396253 | 198 | |
505 | 1657 | Little Mell Fell | 90 | NY423240 | c 226 | |
494 | 1621 | Grayrigg Forest | 97 | SD598998 | 191 | |
388 | 1273 | Hallin Fell | 90 | NY433198 | 163 | |
357 | 1171 | High Rigg | 90 | NY308219 | c 189 |
South of Eskdale railway, Hardknott Pass, A591 and A685 from Ravenglass to the M6.
13 Marilyns including 2 Hewitts.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
803 | 2634 | The Old Man of Coniston | 96,97 | SD272978 | 416 | |
654 | 2146 | Harter Fell | 96 | SD218997 | c 276 | |
600 | 1968 | Black Combe | 96 | SD135854 | 362 | (c 248) |
573 | 1880 | Whitfell | 96 | SD158929 | c 221 | |
339 | 1112 | Lambrigg Fell 31 | 97 | SD586941 | c 152 | |
335 | 1099 | Top o'Selside | 96,97 | SD309919 | 191 | (183) |
334 | 1096 | Lowick High Common | 96 | SD259839 | 230 | |
321 | 1053 | Gummer's How | 96,97 | SD390884 | c 217 | |
317 | 1040 | Holm Fell | 90 | NY315006 | 165 | |
274 | 899 | Hutton Roof Crags | 97 | SD556774 | c 176 | |
270 | 886 | Claife Heights | 96,97 | SD382973 | c 177 | |
231 | 758 | Muncaster Fell | 96 | SD112983 | c 194 | |
215 | 705 | Whitbarrow 32 | 97 | SD441870 | c 182 |
North of A684 from the River Lune to the A1. 15 Marilyns including 12 Hewitts.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
893 | 2930 | Cross Fell | 91 | NY687343 | 651 | (c 315) |
788 | 2585 | Mickle Fell 13 | 91,92 | NY804243 | c 210 | |
747 | 2450 | Burnhope Seat 14 ** | 91 | NY785375 | 190 | |
716 | 2349 | Great Shunner Fell | 98 | SD848972 | c 297 | (c 191) |
708 | 2323 | Wild Boar Fell | 98 | SD758988 | c 344 | (295) |
678 | 2224 | Baugh Fell 19 | 98 | SD740916 | 265 | |
676 | 2218 | The Calf 20 | 98 | SD667970 | 383 | (245) |
675 | 2215 | Lovely Seat 18 | 98 | SD879950 | c 150 | |
672 | 2205 | Rogan's Seat | 91,92 | NY919030 | c 195 | |
662 | 2172 | Nine Standards Rigg | 91,92 | NY825061 | 157 | |
639 | 2096 | Yarlside | 98 | SD685985 | 208 | |
621 | 2037 | Cold Fell | 86 | NY605556 | 168 | |
554 | 1818 | Hoove | 92 | NZ003071 | c 179 | |
499 | 1637 | Kisdon | 98 | SD899998 | c 184 | |
481 | 1578 | Dufton Pike | 91 | NY699266 | 163 |
North of A65 and River Aire from Kirkby Lonsdale to the A1. 15 Marilyns including 9 Hewitts.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
736 | 2415 | Whernside | 98 | SD738814 | 408 | (c 270) |
723 | 2372 | Ingleborough | 98 | SD741745 | c 427 | |
704 | 2310 | Great Whernside | 98 | SE002739 | c 288 | (c 209) |
702 | 2303 | Buckden Pike | 98 | SD960787 | c 207 | |
694 | 2277 | Pen-y-ghent | 98 | SD838733 | c 306 | (242) |
687 | 2254 | Great Coum | 98 | SD701835 | c 221 | |
672 | 2205 | Great Knoutberry Hill | 98 | SD788871 | c 254 | (234) |
668 | 2192 | Fountains Fell | 98 | SD864715 | 243 | |
668 | 2192 | Dodd Fell Hill | 98 | SD840845 | 230 | |
609 | 1998 | Calf Top | 98 | SD664856 | 312 | |
609 | 1998 | Horse Head Moor 24 | 98 | SD893768 | 157 | |
556 | 1824 | Aye Gill Pike | 98 | SD720886 | 167 | |
506 | 1660 | Thorpe Fell Top | 104 | SE008596 | c 308 | |
402 | 1319 | Ilkley Moor | 104 | SE114452 | c 244 | |
357 | 1171 | Sharp Haw | 103 | SD959552 | 168 |
The counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire, together with those parts of Yorkshire south of the River Aire and Staffordshire north of Stafford. 17 Marilyns including 1 Hewitt.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
636 | 2087 | Kinder Scout 21 | 110 | SK085875 | c 488 | (219) |
582 | 1909 | Black Hill | 110 | SE078046 | 165 | |
561 | 1841 | Ward's Stone 33 | 102 | SD592587 | 395 | (c 176) |
559 | 1834 | Shining Tor | 118 | SJ994737 | c 236 | |
557 | 1827 | Pendle Hill | 103 | SD804414 | c 395 | |
544 | 1785 | White Hill | 103 | SD673587 | c 159 | |
520 | 1706 | Fair Snape Fell ° | 102 | SD597472 | c 225 | |
517 | 1696 | Boulsworth Hill 34 | 103 | SD929356 | 323 | (284) |
477 | 1565 | Hail Storm Hill | 109 | SD835193 | 244 | (c 174) |
456 | 1496 | Winter Hill | 109 | SD659149 | 218 | |
455 | 1493 | Freeholds Top | 103 | SD906218 | c 152 | |
396 | 1299 | Easington Fell 35 | 103 | SD730486 | 194 | |
385 | 1263 | Gun | 118 | SJ970615 | c 168 | |
350 | 1148 | Longridge Fell | 103 | SD658410 | 242 | |
343 | 1125 | The Cloud | 118 | SJ904636 | 174 | |
227 | 745 | Raw Head | 117 | SJ508548 | 150 | |
179 | 587 | Billinge Hill 36 | 108 | SD525014 | 155 |
The counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, together with the part of Yorkshire east of the A1.
5 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
454 | 1489 | Urra Moor 37 | 93 | NZ594015 | 409 | (197) |
434 | 1424 | Cringle Moor | 93 | NZ537029 | 177 | |
328 | 1076 | Gisborough Moor | 94 | NZ634123 | 152 | |
246 | 807 | Bishop Wilton Wold 38 | 106 | SE820569 | c 203 | |
168 | 551 | The Wolds 39 | 113 | TF121964 | 162 |
The county of Shropshire. 10 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
540 | 1772 | Brown Clee Hill | 137,138 | SO593865 | 373 | (239) |
536 | 1759 | Stiperstones | 137 | SO367986 | 357 | (c 212) |
533 | 1749 | Titterstone Clee Hill | 137,138 | SO591779 | 232 | |
516 | 1693 | Long Mynd 40 | 137 | SO415944 | c 192 | |
459 | 1506 | Caer Caradoc Hill | 137,138 | SO477953 | 271 | |
452 | 1483 | Heath Mynd | 137 | SO335940 | 190 | |
407 | 1335 | The Wrekin | 127 | SJ628080 | 298 | |
358 | 1175 | Burrow | 137 | SO381830 | c 189 | |
335 | 1099 | Callow Hill ° | 137,138 | SO460850 | c 154 | |
321 | 1053 | View Edge | 137 | SO422809 | c 167 |
The county of Herefordshire together with those parts of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire west of the River Severn. 15 Marilyns including 1 Hewitt.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
703 | 2306 | Black Mountain 22 ** | 161 | SO255350 | 154 | |
426 | 1398 | Hergest Ridge | 148 | SO254562 | 158 | |
425 | 1394 | Worcestershire Beacon 41 | 150 | SO768452 | c 337 | (c 327) |
391 | 1283 | Bradnor Hill | 148 | SO282584 | 178 | |
375 | 1231 | High Vinnalls ° | 137,148 | SO478724 | c 248 | |
366 | 1201 | Garway Hill | 161 | SO436250 | c 267 | (247) |
329 | 1079 | Wapley Hill | 137,148,149 | SO346624 | 157 | |
326 | 1070 | Shobdon Hill | 137,148,149 | SO382640 | c 172 | |
296 | 971 | May Hill | 162 | SO695212 | c 217 | (c 180) |
294 | 965 | Burton Hill | 148,149 | SO394487 | c 196 | |
290 | 951 | Ruardean Hill | 162 | SO635168 | c 174 | |
285 | 935 | Abberley Hill 42 ° | 138,150 | SO751672 | c 157 | |
276 | 906 | Aconbury Hill 18 | 149 | SO505330 | 157 | |
269 | 883 | Seager Hill 43 | 149 | SO612390 | c 164 | |
254 | 833 | Hegdon Hill 44 | 149 | SO585539 | c 156 |
The counties of Leicestershire, Rutland, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, together with those parts of Staffordshire south of Stafford, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire east of the River Severn, Wiltshire and Berkshire north of the Kennet and Avon Canal, and London north of the River Thames. 5 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop |
330 | 1083 | Cleeve Hill 45 | 163 | SO996246 | 242 |
316 | 1037 | Walton Hill | 139 | SO942797 | 207 |
299 | 981 | Bredon Hill | 150 | SO957402 | 257 |
278 | 912 | Bardon Hill 36 | 129 | SK460131 | c 170 |
267 | 876 | Haddington Hill 46 | 165 | SP890089 | 180 |
The counties of Cornwall and Devon. 7 Marilyns including 1 Hewitt.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
621 | 2037 | High Willhays 23 | 191 | SX580892 | c 533 | c 512 |
420 | 1378 | Brown Willy 47 | 201 | SX158799 | c 314 | 257 |
334 | 1096 | Kit Hill 48 * | 201 | SX375713 | 171 | |
312 | 1024 | Hensbarrow Beacon 49 | 200 | SW996575 | 193 | |
261 | 856 | Christ Cross 50 | 192 | SS964052 | 173 | |
252 | 827 | Watch Croft 51 | 203 | SW420357 | c 225 | |
252 | 827 | Carnmenellis | 203 | SW695364 | c 165 |
The counties of Somerset and Dorset, together with the part of Wiltshire south of the Kennet and Avon Canal. 11 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
519 | 1703 | Dunkery Beacon 52 | 181 | SS891415 | 414 | (c 404) |
384 | 1260 | Wills Neck 53 | 181 | ST165351 | 261 | |
325 | 1066 | Beacon Batch 54 | 172,182 | ST484572 | c 241 | (208) |
315 | 1033 | Staple Hill | 193 | ST240166 | 212 | |
308 | 1010 | Selworthy Beacon | 181 | SS918479 | c 193 | |
297 | 974 | Periton Hill | 181 | SS946441 | c 182 | |
288 | 945 | Long Knoll | 183 | ST786376 | 171 | |
279 | 915 | Lewesdon Hill 55 | 193 | ST437012 | 185 | |
277 | 909 | Win Green | 184 | ST925206 | c 159 | |
233 | 764 | Dundry Down | 172,182 | ST553667 | 170 | |
207 | 679 | Hardown Hill | 193 | SY405942 | c 154 |
The counties of Hampshire, Surrey, Kent, West Sussex, East Sussex and the Isle of Wight, together with those parts of Berkshire south of the Kennet and Avon Canal and River Thames, and London south of the River Thames. 16 Marilyns.
Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
297 | 974 | Walbury Hill | 174 | SU373616 | c 188 | (180) |
295 | 968 | Milk Hill 42 ° | 173 | SU104643 | c 151 | |
295 | 968 | Leith Hill | 187 | TQ139431 | 246 | (c 212) |
280 | 919 | Black Down | 186,197 | SU919296 | 191 | |
270 | 886 | Butser Hill | 197 | SU716203 | 158 | |
267 | 876 | Botley Hill 56 | 187 | TQ396553 | c 206 | |
248 | 814 | Ditchling Beacon | 198 | TQ331130 | c 213 | |
242 | 794 | Crowborough 57 | 188 | TQ510305 | c 159 | |
241 | 791 | St Boniface Down (Isle of Wight) | 196 | SZ568785 | 241 | (c 177) |
238 | 781 | Chanctonbury Hill | 198 | TQ134120 | 215 | |
217 | 712 | Firle Beacon | 198 | TQ485059 | 196 | |
214 | 702 | Wilmington Hill | 199 | TQ548034 | 192 | |
214 | 702 | Brighstone Down (Isle of Wight) | 196 | SZ432847 | c 150 | |
200 | 656 | Detling Hill 58 ° | 188 | TQ804586 | c 163 | |
188 | 617 | Cheriton Hill 18 | 189 | TR197396 | 150 | |
164 | 538 | Cliffe Hill 59 | 198 | TQ434107 | 152 |
The first people to climb all the English Marilyns were Ann and Rowland Bowker of Portinscale in Cumbria, who had to complete the list on three separate occasions: firstly on Shillhope Law (their last Marilyn from the original list), secondly on Cheriton Hill after its discovery in 1994, and thirdly on Horse Head Moor after its promotion ahead of Birks Fell in 1996.
Anyone who has climbed over 600 British Marilyns is eligible for a place in the Marilyn Hall of Fame. To stake a claim, first climb the hills then contact the author via TACit Press.
As the highest 51 English Marilyns are all Hewitts, there is little point in listing them again here. Instead, both lists below are limited to those Marilyns below 2000 feet high.
These are the highest 29 English Marilyns under 2000 feet, ie all those between 500 and 610 metres.
Sect | Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop | |
34B | 609 | 1998 | Illgill Head | 89 | NY169049 | 314 | |
35B | 609 | 1998 | Calf Top | 98 | SD664856 | 312 | |
35B | 609 | 1998 | Horse Head Moor | 98 | SD893768 | 157 | |
33 | 602 | 1975 | Peel Fell | 80 | NY624997 | c 196 | |
34D | 600 | 1968 | Black Combe | 96 | SD135854 | 362 | (c 248) |
36 | 582 | 1909 | Black Hill | 110 | SE078046 | 165 | |
34D | 573 | 1880 | Whitfell | 96 | SD158929 | c 221 | |
34B | 573 | 1880 | Blake Fell | 89 | NY110196 | c 164 | |
36 | 561 | 1841 | Ward's Stone | 102 | SD592587 | 395 | (c 176) |
36 | 559 | 1834 | Shining Tor | 118 | SJ994737 | c 236 | |
36 | 557 | 1827 | Pendle Hill | 103 | SD804414 | c 395 | |
35B | 556 | 1824 | Aye Gill Pike | 98 | SD720886 | 167 | |
35A | 554 | 1818 | Hoove | 92 | NZ003071 | c 179 | |
34A | 552 | 1811 | Lord's Seat | 89,90 | NY204265 | 237 | |
34B | 549 | 1801 | Hard Knott | 89,90 | NY231023 | 154 | |
36 | 544 | 1785 | White Hill | 103 | SD673587 | c 159 | |
38A | 540 | 1772 | Brown Clee Hill | 137,138 | SO593865 | 373 | (239) |
34C | 537 | 1762 | Great Mell Fell | 90 | NY396253 | 198 | |
38A | 536 | 1759 | Stiperstones | 137 | SO367986 | 357 | (c 212) |
38A | 533 | 1749 | Titterstone Clee Hill | 137,138 | SO591779 | 232 | |
33 | 520 | 1706 | Sighty Crag | 80 | NY601809 | c 295 | (163) |
36 | 520 | 1706 | Fair Snape Fell | 102 | SD597472 | c 225 | |
41 | 519 | 1703 | Dunkery Beacon | 181 | SS891415 | 414 | (c 404) |
36 | 517 | 1696 | Boulsworth Hill | 103 | SD929356 | 323 | (284) |
38A | 516 | 1693 | Long Mynd | 137 | SO415944 | c 192 | |
34B | 512 | 1680 | Mellbreak | 89 | NY148186 | 260 | |
35B | 506 | 1660 | Thorpe Fell Top | 104 | SE008596 | c 308 | |
34C | 505 | 1657 | Little Mell Fell | 90 | NY423240 | c 226 | |
33 | 501 | 1644 | Shillhope Law | 80 | NT873096 | 158 |
These are the top 20 non-Hewitt English Marilyns in terms of relative height, ie they have the greatest drop.
41 | 519 | 1703 | Dunkery Beacon | 181 | SS891415 | 414 | (c 404) |
37 | 454 | 1489 | Urra Moor | 93 | NZ594015 | 409 | (197) |
36 | 561 | 1841 | Ward's Stone | 102 | SD592587 | 395 | (c 176) |
36 | 557 | 1827 | Pendle Hill | 103 | SD804414 | c 395 | |
38A | 540 | 1772 | Brown Clee Hill | 137,138 | SO593865 | 373 | (239) |
34D | 600 | 1968 | Black Combe | 96 | SD135854 | 362 | (c 248) |
38A | 536 | 1759 | Stiperstones | 137 | SO367986 | 357 | (c 212) |
38B | 425 | 1394 | Worcestershire Beacon | 150 | SO768452 | c 337 | (c 327) |
36 | 517 | 1696 | Boulsworth Hill | 103 | SD929356 | 323 | (284) |
34B | 609 | 1998 | Illgill Head | 89 | NY169049 | 314 | |
40 | 420 | 1378 | Brown Willy | 201 | SX158799 | c 314 | (257) |
35B | 609 | 1998 | Calf Top | 98 | SD664856 | 312 | |
35B | 506 | 1660 | Thorpe Fell Top | 104 | SE008596 | c 308 | |
38A | 407 | 1335 | The Wrekin | 127 | SJ628080 | 298 | |
33 | 520 | 1706 | Sighty Crag | 80 | NY601809 | c 295 | (163) |
38A | 459 | 1506 | Caer Caradoc Hill | 137,138 | SO477953 | 271 | |
34B | 423 | 1388 | Low Fell | 89 | NY137226 | 270 | |
38B | 366 | 1201 | Garway Hill | 161 | SO436250 | c 267 | (247) |
41 | 384 | 1260 | Wills Neck | 181 | ST165351 | 261 | |
34B | 512 | 1680 | Mellbreak | 89 | NY148186 | 260 |
The following 39 hills miss out on being Marilyns by less than ten metres of relative height.
Sect | Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop |
34C | 778 | 2552 | Harter Fell 2 | 90 | NY459093 | 149 |
34C | 487 | 1598 | Baystones 2 | 90 | NY403052 | 149 |
38A | 320 | 1050 | Earl's Hill | 126 | SJ409048 | 149 |
42 | 255 | 837 | Littleton Down 60 ** | 197 | SU941150 | 149 |
33 | 714 | 2342 | Hedgehope Hill 2 | 80 | NT943197 | 148 |
34B | 653 | 2142 | High Spy | 89,90 | NY234162 | 148 |
37 | 242 | 794 | Eston Nab | 93 | NZ568183 | c 148 |
33 | 615 | 2018 | Cushat Law 2 | 80 | NT928137 | 147 |
34B | 902 | 2959 | Bowfell | 89,90 | NY244064 | 146 |
37 | 189 | 620 | Seamer Beacon | 101 | TA008876 | 146 |
38A | 393 | 1289 | Sunnyhill | 137 | SO327837 | c 146 |
41 | 199 | 653 | Nine Barrow Down 61 | 195 | SZ008811 | c 146 |
34D | 763 | 2503 | Wetherlam | 89,90 | NY288011 | 145 |
41 | 203 | 666 | Swyre Head | 195 | SY933785 | 145 |
41 | 158 | 518 | Glastonbury Tor | 182,183 | ST512386 | 145 |
42 | 147 | 482 | Tennyson Down (Isle of Wight) 62 | 196 | SZ325853 | 145 |
38B | 279 | 915 | Buck Stone | 162 | SO541122 | c 145 |
34D | 189 | 620 | Lowscales Hill | 96 | SD153819 | c 145 |
34D | 489 | 1604 | Green Crag | 96 | SD200982 | 144 |
36 | 418 | 1371 | Bull Hill | 109 | SD766187 | 144 |
38B | 318 | 1043 | Merbach Hill | 148,161 | SO303447 | 144 |
36 | 462 | 1516 | Win Hill | 110 | SK186850 | c 144 |
35B | 282 | 925 | The Chevin | 104 | SE199441 | c 144 |
35A | 286 | 938 | Beacon Hill | 90 | NY521313 | c 143 |
41 | 176 | 577 | Bleadon Hill | 182 | ST366571 | c 143 |
35A | 703 | 2306 | Chapelfell Top | 91,92 | NY875346 | 142 |
34A | 690 | 2264 | Great Calva | 89,90 | NY290311 | 142 |
34B | 627 | 2057 | Yewbarrow | 89,90 | NY173084 | 142 |
38A | 398 | 1306 | Ragleth Hill | 137,138 | SO454921 | 142 |
39 | 203 | 666 | Alderton Hill | 150 | SP009345 | 142 |
40 | 142 | 466 | Beacon Hill (Lundy Island) | 180 | SS132448 | 142 |
36 | 304 | 997 | Lees Moor | 119 | SK249674 | c 142 |
39 | 198 | 650 | Robins Wood Hill | 162 | SO840150 | c 142 |
34B | 447 | 1467 | Murton Fell | 89 | NY094190 | 141 |
36 | 335 | 1099 | Mow Cop | 118 | SJ858575 | 141 |
41 | 274 | 899 | Bulbarrow Hill | 194 | ST777055 | 141 |
40 | 356 | 1168 | Mardon Down | 191 | SX767870 | c 141 |
34B | 509 | 1670 | Hen Comb | 89 | NY132181 | 140 |
38B | 200 | 656 | Coppet Hill ° | 162 | SO577182 | c 140 |
Frequent local government reorganisation has made things difficult for those who aspire to visit the highest point of all counties in England. There is now a ragbag mixture of unitary authorities, counties and districts, with further upheaval due in 1998. A list of the highest points of those traditional counties still in existence from April 1998 is given below. Unitary authorities (other than the Isle of Wight) are excluded. Details given are the same as for the Hewitts and Marilyns. Tops with a drop of 0 metres are indeterminate points on the side of a hill. Only 22 of these County Tops are Marilyns. It seems slightly odd that just three County Tops are between 300 and 500 metres high.
Sect | County | Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop |
34B | Cumbria | 978 | 3209 | Scafell Pike | 89,90 | NY215072 | 912 |
33 | Northumberland | 815 | 2674 | The Cheviot | 74,75 | NT909205 | 556 |
35A | Durham | 788 | 2585 | Mickle Fell | 91,92 | NY804243 | c 210 |
35B | North Yorkshire | 736 | 2415 | Whernside | 98 | SD738814 | 408 |
38B | Herefordshire 63 | 703 | 2306 | Black Mountain | 161 | SO255350 | 154 |
36 | Derbyshire | 636 | 2087 | Kinder Scout | 110 | SK085875 | c 488 |
35B | Lancashire | 628 | 2060 | Green Hill | 98 | SD701820 | 24 |
40 | Devon | 621 | 2037 | High Willhays | 191 | SX580892 | c 533 |
36 | Cheshire | 559 | 1834 | Shining Tor | 118 | SJ994737 | c 236 |
38A | Shropshire | 540 | 1772 | Brown Clee Hill | 137,138 | SO593865 | 373 |
36 | Staffordshire | 520 | 1706 | Cheeks Hill | 119 | SK026699 | 0 |
41 | Somerset | 519 | 1703 | Dunkery Beacon | 181 | SS891415 | 414 |
38B | Worcestershire 63 | 425 | 1394 | Worcestershire Beacon | 150 | SO768452 | c 337 |
40 | Cornwall | 420 | 1378 | Brown Willy | 201 | SX158799 | c 314 |
39 | Gloucestershire | 330 | 1083 | Cleeve Hill | 163 | SO996246 | 242 |
42 | Surrey | 295 | 968 | Leith Hill | 187 | TQ139431 | 246 |
39 | Wiltshire | 295 | 968 | Milk Hill | 173 | SU104643 | c 151 |
42 | Hampshire | 286 | 938 | Pilot Hill | 174 | SU398601 | 45 |
42 | West Sussex | 280 | 919 | Black Down | 186,197 | SU919296 | 191 |
41 | Dorset | 279 | 915 | Lewesdon Hill | 193 | ST437012 | 185 |
39 | Leicestershire | 278 | 912 | Bardon Hill | 129 | SK460131 | c 170 |
39 | Buckinghamshire | 267 | 876 | Haddington Hill | 165 | SP890089 | 180 |
39 | Warwickshire | 261 | 856 | Ebrington Hill | 151 | SP187426 | 111 |
42 | Oxfordshire | 261 | 856 | Whitehorse Hill | 174 | SU300863 | 79 |
42 | Kent | 251 | 823 | Betsom's Hill | 187 | TQ435563 | 15 |
42 | East Sussex | 248 | 814 | Ditchling Beacon | 198 | TQ331130 | c 213 |
39 | Hertfordshire | 244 | 801 | Pavis Wood * | 165 | SP914092 | 0 |
39 | Bedfordshire | 243 | 797 | Dunstable Downs | 166 | TL008194 | c 105 |
42 | Isle of Wight | 241 | 791 | St Boniface Down | 196 | SZ568785 | 241 |
39 | Northamptonshire | 225 | 738 | Arbury Hill | 152 | SP540587 | 101 |
37 | Nottinghamshire | 204 | 669 | Newtonwood Lane 64 | 120 | SK456605 | 68 |
39 | Rutland 65 | 197 | 646 | Cold Overton Park | 141 | SK827085 | 11 |
37 | Lincolnshire | 168 | 551 | The Wolds | 113 | TF121964 | 162 |
39 | Essex | 147 | 482 | Chrishall Common | 154 | TL443362 | 15 |
39 | Cambridgeshire | 146 | 479 | Great Chishill | 154 | TL428384 | c 9 |
39 | Suffolk | 128 | 420 | Great Wood | 155 | TL786558 | 37 |
39 | Norfolk | 105 | 345 | Beacon Hill | 133 | TG186413 | c 102 |
The following counties had disappeared by April 1997 or are due for abolition in 1998. Most have been dismembered into separate unitary authorities, though some live on as districts while others exist only as cricket teams or distant memories.
Sect | County | Metres | Feet | Name | Map | Grid ref | Drop |
39 | Avon | 264 | 866 | Niver Hill | 182 | ST565539 | 0 |
42 | Berkshire 66 | 297 | 974 | Walbury Hill | 174 | SU373616 | c 188 |
37 | Cleveland | 328 | 1076 | Gisborough Moor | 94 | NZ634123 | 152 |
36 | Greater Manchester | 542 | 1778 | Black Chew Head | 110 | SE056019 | c 35 |
38B | Hereford and Worcester | 703 | 2306 | Black Mountain | 161 | SO255350 | 154 |
37 | Humberside | 246 | 807 | Bishop Wilton Wold | 106 | SE820569 | c 203 |
39 | Huntingdonshire | 80 | 263 | Boring Field ° | 141,153 | TL047710 | 0 |
34D | Lancashire Furness | 803 | 2634 | Old Man of Coniston | 96,97 | SD272978 | 416 |
42 | London | 250 | 821 | Botley Hill | 187 | TQ407562 | 0 |
36 | Merseyside | 179 | 587 | Billinge Hill | 108 | SD525014 | 155 |
42 | Middlesex | 155 | 509 | Bushey Heath | 176 | TQ152939 | 79 |
36 | South Yorkshire | 550 | 1804 | Howden Edge | 110 | SK187943 | c 65 |
33 | Tyne and Wear | 259 | 850 | Currock Hill * | 88 | NZ096593 | c 101 |
39 | West Midlands | 271 | 889 | Turner's Hill | 139 | SO967887 | 87 |
36 | West Yorkshire | 582 | 1909 | Black Hill | 110 | SE078046 | 165 |
34C | Westmorland | 950 | 3117 | Helvellyn | 90 | NY342151 | 712 |
37 | Yorkshire East Riding | 246 | 807 | Bishop Wilton Wold | 106 | SE820569 | c 203 |
35A | Yorkshire North Riding | 788 | 2585 | Mickle Fell | 91,92 | NY804243 | c 210 |
35B | Yorkshire West Riding | 736 | 2415 | Whernside | 98 | SD738814 | 408 |
* Height taken from 1:25000 map.
** Height taken from 1:50000 map.
*** Height converted from 1:63360 map or other non-metric map.
° Height taken from relevant contour ring; no spot height shown on any map.