County Tops of England and Wales Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Clwyd Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham Dyfed East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Gwent Gwynedd Hampshire Hereford & Worcester Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Man Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Merseyside Mid Glamorgan Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Powys Shropshire Somerset South Glamorgan South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tyne & Wear Warwickshire West Glamorgan West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire


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Administrative (1974) County Tops of England and Wales

The map and list depict the administrative counties of England and Wales, and their highest points above sea level.  These are the counties which were formed by administrative changes in 1974, and lasted until the late 1990's.

Though the traditional historic counties and their boundaries still exist, local government administrative changes have been largely adopted by map-makers and in road-signage, giving us new administrative "counties".  The notable changes were: the establishment of Greater London in the 1960s; the metropolitan "counties" and other oddities in the 1970's, e.g. Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Midlands, Humberside, Avon, together with wholescale administrative changes in Wales; the changeover to Unitary Authorities from the late 1990's.

This website also includes pages for the Historic County Tops, and for the current County and Unitary Authority Tops.

Click here for more detailed information on county history.

(Administrative County Tops appear as Type=A on this website)

Total listed: 56Show / Hide Table Notes

TypeName of TopMetresFeetCountyGPS IDGrid ReferenceDate of Ascent
AUNiver Hill264866AvonBATHST 56515 53892 (g)01/07/1998
CAUYDunstable Downs243797BedfordshireBEDSTL 00881 19424 (t)01/06/1993
MCAUWalbury Hill297974BerkshireBERKSSU 37348 61631 (t)01/06/1998
MCAUHaddington Hill267875BuckinghamshireBUCKSSP 89072 09088 (g)12/09/2003
CAUGreat Chishill146479CambridgeshireCAMBSTL 42730 38626 (g)11/09/2003
MDAUShining Tor5591833CheshireCHESRESJ 99464 73743 (t)12/04/2005
MAUGisborough Moor3281076ClevelandCLVLNDNZ 63445 12345 (e) 
NHMACadair Berwyn New Top8302723ClwydBERWNNSJ 07165 32350 (g)07/10/2000
MCAUBrown Willy4201378CornwallCORNWLSX 15872 80004 (t)15/08/1987
NHMWCAUBScafell Pike9783209CumbriaSCAFPKNY 21555 07210 (g)16/07/1995
NHMCAUKinder Scout6362087DerbyshireKINDERSK 08460 87535 (g)15/08/1990
NHMCAUHigh Willhays6212037DevonWILLHYSX 58023 89203 (e)28/07/1992
MCAULewesdon Hill279915DorsetDORSETST 43778 01172 (g)03/08/2005
NHMCAUMickle Fell7882585DurhamMICKLENY 80605 24550 (g)13/07/2003
CAUFan Foel7812562DyfedCARMTHSN 82140 22338 (e)10/06/2000
MCAUDitchling Beacon248813East SussexESUSSXTQ 33164 13070 (t) 
CAUChrishall Common147482EssexESSEXTL 44301 36202 (g)12/09/2003
MCAUCleeve Hill3301082GloucestershireGLOUCSSO 99696 24599 (t)01/06/1997
ABotley Hill255837Greater LondonLONDNATQ 40723 56237 (e) 
DAUBlack Chew Head5421778Greater ManchesterOLDHAMSE 05615 01988 (e) 
NHCAUChwarel y Fan6802228GwentCHWARLSO 25817 29415 (g2)01/03/2003
NHMCAUSnowdon / Yr Wyddfa10853560GwyneddSNOWDNSH 60989 54379 (t)15/04/1985
CAUPilot Hill286938HampshireHANTSSU 39875 60111 (t)01/06/1998
NHMCAUBlack Mountain7002297Hereford & WorcesterBLACKMSO 25588 35051 (g)26/10/1999
CAUPavis Wood244800HertfordshireHERTSSP 91420 09190 (e)01/06/1993
MCAUBishop Wilton Wold246807HumbersideEYORKSSE 82182 57026 (g)11/04/2005
MCAUSnaefell6212036Isle of ManSNAEFLSC 39774 88087 (t) 
MCAUSt Boniface Down241790Isle of WightWIGHTSZ 56735 78550 (g) 
CAUBetsoms Hill251823KentKENTTQ 43555 56332 (e) 
NhAUGreen Hill6282060LancashireGREENHSD 70161 82020 (g)05/10/2002
MCAUBardon Hill278912LeicestershireLEICSSK 45992 13199 (t)02/07/2003
MCAUNormanby Top, The Wolds168551LincolnshireLINCSLTF 12110 96470 (t) 
MAUBillinge Hill179587MerseysideSTHELNSD 52562 01428 (t)22/06/2003
AUCraig y Llyn 25901935Mid GlamorganRHONDASN 90979 03165 (g)02/04/2005
CAUBeacon Hill105343NorfolkNORFLKTG 18359 41425 (e) 
NHMCAUWhernside7362415North YorkshireWHERNSSD 73850 81415 (t)22/06/2003
CAUYArbury Hill225738NorthamptonshireNRTHNTSP 54015 58770 (g)27/03/2003
NHMCAUCheviot (The)8152674NorthumberlandCHVIOTNT 90904 20522 (t)15/08/1991
CAUNewtonwood Lane204669NottinghamshireNOTTSSK 45617 60649 (g)11/04/2005
AU=Silverhill205671NottinghamshireNOTTS2SK 47069 62125 (g)11/04/2005
AUWhitehorse Hill261856OxfordshireOXFORDSU 30083 86375 (t)01/09/2001
NHMCAUPen y Fan8862906PowysPNYFANSO 01212 21588 (t)17/08/1993
MDCAUBrown Clee Hill5401772ShropshireSHROPSSO 59366 86556 (t)01/06/1999
MDCAUDunkery Beacon5191702SomersetSOMERSSS 89143 41587 (t)01/07/1998
ACraig Llysfaen264866South GlamorganSGLAMST 18996 85086 (t) 
DAUHigh Stones, Howden Edge5501804South YorkshireSHEFLDSK 18793 94363 (e) 
CAUCheeks Hill5201705StaffordshireSTAFFSSK 02609 69904 (g)12/04/2005
CAUGreat Wood128419SuffolkSUFFKWTL 78691 55864 (t)26/03/2003
MCAULeith Hill294965SurreySURREYTQ 13949 43162 (e) 
AUYCurrock Hill259849Tyne and WearGTESHDNZ 10718 59204 (g)30/05/2004
CAUYEbrington Hill261856WarwickshireWARWCKSP 18779 42633 (g)01/06/1997
MDhCAUCraig y Llyn6001969West GlamorganTALBOTSN 90689 03156 (t)02/04/2005
AUTurner's Hill271889West MidlandsSANDWLSO 96750 88715 (e) 
MCAUBlack Down280918West SussexWSUSSXSU 91935 29613 (t)08/04/2006
MDCAUBlack Hill5821909West YorkshireKIRKLSSE 07816 04687 (t) 
mCAUYMilk Hill295967WiltshireWILTSSU 10415 64341 (e)01/07/1997

Total climbed: 42 (75%) of 56 listed