Current county tops

The current division of England into ceremonial counties, and Wales into Preserved Counties, each with a Lord Lieutenant, dates from 1996. These are the highest points in the 8 Preserved Counties of Wales and the 48 ceremonial counties of England:

Hill   name County Metres Feet Drop Grid Reference
Snowdon Gwynedd 1085 3560 1039 SH 60989 54379
Carnedd Llewelyn Clwyd 1064 3491 750 SH 68365 64374
Pen y Fan Powys 886 2907 668 SO 01210 21588
Fan Foel Dyfed 781 2562 4 SN 82148 22347
Chwarel y Fan Gwent 679 2228 72 SO 25819 29417
Craig y Llyn West Glamorgan 600 1969 392 SN 90689 03155
Craig y Llyn (boundary) Mid Glamorgan 589 1932 0 SN 90977 03168
Garth Hill South Glamorgan 307 1007 211 ST 10341 83505
Scafell Pike Cumbria 978 3209 912 NY 21552 07211
The Cheviot Northumberland 815 2674 556 NT 90905 20523
Mickle Fell Durham 790 2592 212 NY 80604 24547
Whernside North Yorkshire 736 2415 408 SD 73849 81416
Black Mountain Herefordshire 703 2306 154 SO 25564 35023
Kinder Scout Derbyshire 636.3 2088 496.6 SK 08484 87560
Green Hill Lancashire 628 2060 24 SD 70161 82020
High Willhays Devon 621 2037 537 SX 58027 89220
Black Hill West Yorkshire 582 1909 165 SE 07817 04689
Shining Tor Cheshire 559 1834 236 SJ 99476 73744
High Stones South Yorkshire 550 1804 62 SK 18790 94354
Black Chew Head Greater Manchester 542 1778 35 SE 05612 01965
Brown Clee Hill Shropshire 540 1772 373 SO 59375 86706
Cheeks Hill Staffordshire 520 1706 3 SK 02610 69906
Dunkery Beacon Somerset 519 1703 414 SS 89151 41596
Worcestershire Beacon Worcestershire 425 1394 337 SO 76882 45237
Brown Willy Cornwall 420 1378 314 SX 15873 80004
Cleeve Hill Gloucestershire 330 1083 234 SO 99692 24602
Walbury Hill Berkshire 297 974 188 SU 37348 61632
Leith Hill Surrey 295 968 246 TQ 13938 43184
Milk Hill Wiltshire 294.3 966 147 SU 10427 64314
Pilot Hill Hampshire 286 938 45 SU 39875 60111
Black Down West Sussex 280 919 191 SU 91949 29634
Lewesdon Hill Dorset 279 915 185 ST 43776 01174
Bardon Hill Leicestershire 278 912 170 SK 45993 13199
Turner’s Hill West Midlands 271 889 87 SO 96744 88719
Wendover Woods Buckinghamshire 267 876 180 SP 89074 09087
Whitehorse Hill Oxfordshire 261 856 79 SU 30085 86383
Ebrington Hill Warwickshire 261 856 111 SP 18781 42634
Currock Hill Tyne & Wear 259 850 102 NZ 10717 59214
Betsoms Hill Kent 251 823 15 TQ 43555 56332
Ditchling Beacon East Sussex 248 814 214 TQ 33163 13074
Bishop Wilton Wold Yorkshire E Riding 248 814 205 SE 82182 57026
Westerham Heights Greater London 245 804 0 TQ 43634 56485
Pavis Wood Hertfordshire 244 801 0 SP 91433 09147
Dunstable Downs Bedfordshire 243 797 105 TL 00881 19424
St Boniface Down Isle of Wight 241 791 241 SZ 56735 78548
Arbury Hill Northamptonshire 225 738 102 SP 54012 58777
Big Hill Northamptonshire 225 738 63 SP 54906 61206
Newtonwood Lane Nottinghamshire 205 673 0 SK 45618 60646
Cold Overton Park Rutland 197 646 11 SK 82708 08532
Billinge Hill Merseyside 179 587 155 SD 52559 01432
Normanby Top Lincolnshire 168 551 162 TF 12111 96470
Dundry Hill East Bristol 160 525 0 ST 59341 66837
Chrishall Common Essex 147 482 15 TL 44304 36202
Great Chishill Cambridgeshire 146 479 8 TL 42730 38626
Great Wood Suffolk 128 420 37 TL 78690 55863
Beacon Hill Norfolk 105 344 79 TG 18354 41434
High Holborn City of London 22 72 0 TQ 30973 81610

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