List of historic tops, by county

This menu lists all the historic tops by county name. See the “About” page for details on how this list was compiled. The ranking is by altitude, considering the historic tops only. If I have bagged a top, there is a link to the relevant blog post.

See also the list of modern tops and the list of all tops by name of summit.

Walkers coming up onto the top of Glas Maol, summit of Angus.

• Aberdeenshire and Banffshire: Ben Macdhui, 4,295ft/1,309m [2nd of this list by altitude].
• Anglesey: Holyhead Mountain, 722ft/220m [78th]. Bagged as #1, 22nd June 2019.
• Angus: Glas Maol [pictured], 3.504ft/1.068m [7th]. #38, 14th August 2021.
• Argyll: Bidean nam Bian, 3,770ft/1,150m [5th].
• Ayrshire: Kirriereoch Hill, 2,566ft/782m [24th]. #49, 20th March 2022.
• Banffshire — see Aberdeenshire
• Bedfordshire: Dunstable Downs, 797ft/243m [75th]. #31, 5th May 2021.
• Berkshire: Walbury Hill, 974ft/297m [61st].
• Berwickshire and East Lothian: Meikle Says Law 1,755ft/535m [48th].

The monument on the summit of Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns, on Haddington Hill.

• Brecknockshire: Pen y Fan, 2,906ft/886m [14th].
• Buckinghamshire: Haddington Hill [pictured], 875ft/267m [68th]. #8, 12th February 2020.
• Bute: Goat Fell, 2,867ft/874m [15th].
• Caernarfonshire: Snowdon, 3,560ft/1,085m [6th].
• Caithness: Morven, 2,316ft/706m [34th].
• Cambridgeshire: Great Chishill, 479ft/146m [85th].
• Cardiganshire: Pen Pumlumon Fawr, 2,467ft/752m [27th].
• Carmarthenshire: Fan Foel, 2,562ft/781m [25th].
• Cheshire: Black Hill, 1,909ft/582m [44th]. #10, 16th April 2020.

Approaching the summit of Ben Cleuch, county top of Clackmannanshire.

• Clackmannanshire: Ben Cleuch (pictured) 2,365ft/721m [32nd]. #5, 29th October 2019.
• Cornwall: Brown Willy, 1,378ft/420m [57th].
• Cumberland: Scafell Pike, 3,209ft/978m [9th].
• Denbighshire: Cadair Berwyn, 2,726ft/830m [18th]. #54, 1st July 2022.
• Derbyshire: Kinder Scout, 2,087ft/636m [40th].
• Devon: High Willhays, 2,037ft/621m [41st].
• Dorset: Lewesdon Hill, 915ft/279m [66th].
• Dumfriesshire: White Coomb, 2,694ft/821m [20th]. #19, 18th September 2020.
• Dunbartonshire: Ben Vorlich, 3,094ft/943m [12th].
• Durham: Burnhope Seat [pictured], 2,447ft/746m [29th]. #13, 11th July 2020.

The trig point on the summit of Burnhope Seat: formerly (but no longer) the highest point in Durham.

• East Lothian: see Berwickshire
• East Suffolk: Wattisham Airfield, 295ft/90m [91st].
• East Sussex: Ditchling Beacon, 813ft/248m [72nd].
• Essex: Chrishall Common, 482ft/147m [84th].
• Fife: West Lomond [pictured below], 1,713ft/522m [49th – the median of the historic Tops, along with Hill of Stake]. #62, 8th January 2023.
• Flintshire: Moel Famau, 1.818ft/554m [45th]. #34, 19th June 2021.
• Glamorgan: Craig y Llyn, 1,969ft/600m [43rd].  #6, 13th December 2019.
• Gloucestershire: Cleeve Hill, 1.082ft/330m [58th].  #3, 10th August 2019.
• Guernsey, Bailiwick of: Le Moulin, 374ft/114m [89th].

West Lomond, summit of Fife, seen over Edinburgh.

• Hampshire: Pilot Hill, 938ft/286m [64th].
• Herefordshire: Black Mountain, 2,297ft/700m [35th].
• Hertfordshire: Pavis Wood, 800ft/244m [74th]. #7, 12th February 2020.
• Huntingdonshire: Boring Field (sic), 263ft/80m [93rd].
• Inverness-shire: Ben Nevis, 4,413ft/1,345m [1st]. #2, 20th July 2019.
• Isle of Ely: Haddenham, 115ft/35m [95th].
• Isle of Man: Snaefell, 2,037ft/621m [42nd].
• Isle of Wight: St Boniface Down, 791ft/241m [76th].
• Isles of Scilly: Telegraph, 167ft/51m [94th]. #64, 10th March 2023.
• Jersey, Bailiwick of: Les Platons, 469ft/143m [86th].
• Kent: Betsom’s Hill, 823ft/251m [71st]. #46, 13th February 2022.

Mount Battock, the summit of the former county of Kincardineshire, rising above the Burn of Turret.

• Kincardineshire: Mount Battock [pictured], 2,552ft/778m [26th]. #41, 12th September 2021.
• Kinross-shire: Innerdouny Hill, 1,631ft/497m [53rd].
• Kirkcudbrightshire: Merrick, 2,766ft/843m [16th]. #48, 20th March 2022.
• Lanarkshire: Culter Fell, 2,454ft/748m [28th]. #50, 19th May 2022.
• Lancashire: Coniston Old Man, 2,634ft/803m [22nd].
• Leicestershire: Bardon Hill, 912ft/278m [67th].
• Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland: Pinchbeck Marsh, 26ft/8m [97th].
• Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven: The Ashes (pictured), 495ft/151m [83rd]. #61, 25th November 2022.

Approaching ‘The Ashes’: the water tower on the summit of Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven.

• Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey: Normanby Top, 551ft/168m [81st]. #9, 11th March 2020.
• London, City of: High Holborn/Chancery Lane, 71ft/22m [96th].
• London, County of: Hampstead Heath, 440ft/134m [87th].
• Merionethshire: Aran Fawddwy, 2,969ft/905m [13th].
• Middlesex: Bushey Heath, 501ft/153m [82nd]. #44, 30th January 2022.
• Midlothian: Blackhope Scar, 2,136ft/651m [39th].
• Monmouthshire: Chwarel y Fan, 2,228ft/680m [36th].
• Montgomeryshire: Moel Sych, 2,713ft/827m [19th]. #53, 1st July 2022.
• Morayshire: Carn a’ Ghille Chearr, 2,330ft/710m [33rd].

Groyne on the Norfolk coast, near Beacon Hill

• Nairnshire: Carn Glas-choire, 2.162ft/659m [38th]. #52, 24th May 2022.
• Norfolk: Beacon Hill (pictured), 343ft/105m [90th]. #23, 25th December 2020.
• Northamptonshire: Arbury Hill, 738ft/225m [77th].
• Northumberland: The Cheviot, 2,674ft/815m [21st].
• Nottinghamshire: Newtonwood Lane, 673ft/205m [79th].
• Orkney: Ward Hill, 1,578ft/481m [54th].
• Oxfordshire: Bald Hill (pictured), 843ft/257m [70th]. #56, 17th July 2022.
• Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire: Broad Law, 2,760ft/840m [17th].

The misnamed Bald Hill, historic Top of Oxfordshire.

• Pembrokeshire: Foel Cwmcerwyn, 1,760ft/536m [47th].
• Perthshire: Ben Lawers, 3,983ft/1,214m [3rd]. #39, 16th August 2021.
• Radnorshire: Great Rhos, 2,166ft/660m [37th]
• Renfrewshire: Hill of Stake, 1,713ft/522m [50th — the median of the historic Tops, along with West Lomond].
• Ross and Cromarty: Carn Eige, 3,881ft/1,183m [4th].
• Roxburghshire: Cairn Hill West Top (Hangingstone Hill), 2,438ft/743m [30th].
• Rutland: Cold Overton Park, 646ft/197m [80th].
• Selkirkshire: see Peeblesshire.
• Shetland: Ronas Hill, 1,480ft/450m [55th].

Brown Clee Hill, summit of Shropshire (seen from the Wrekin).

• Shropshire: Brown Clee Hill [pictured], 1,772ft/540m [46th].
• Soke of Peterborough: Racecourse Road, 266ft/81m [92nd]. #22, 22nd December 2020.
• Somerset: Dunkery Beacon, 1,702ft/519m [52nd].
• Staffordshire: Cheeks Hill, 1,705ft/520m [51st].
• Stirlingshire: Ben Lomond, 3,196ft/974m [10th].
• Surrey: Leith Hill, 965ft/294m [63rd].
• Sutherland: Ben More Assynt, 3,274ft/998m [8th].
• UK low point: Holme Fen, -9ft/-2.75m [98th].
• Warwickshire: Ebrington Hill [pictured], 856ft/261m [69th]. #36, 14th July 2021.

Scene on the descent of Ebrington Hill, Top of Warwickshire.

• West Lothian: Cairnpapple Hill (south top), 1,024ft/312m [60th].
• West Suffolk: Great Wood, 420ft/128m [88th].
• West Sussex: Blackdown, 918ft/280m [65th]. #4, 13th October 2019.
• Westmorland: Helvellyn, 3,117ft/950m [11th].
• Wigtownshire: Craig Airie Fell, 1,050ft/320m [59th]. #47, 19th March 2022.
• Wiltshire: Milk Hill, 967ft/295m [62nd].
• Worcestershire: Worcestershire Beacon, 1,394ft/425m [56th].
• Yorkshire, East Riding of: Bishop Wilton Wold (pictured), 807ft/246m [73rd]. #11, 13th May 2020.
• Yorkshire, North Riding of: Mickle Fell, 2,585ft/788m [23rd].
• Yorkshire, West Riding of: Whernside, 2,415ft/736m [31st].

Classic dry chalk valley, at the head of Deep Dale below Bishop Wilton Wold.