County Tops of England and Wales County of London Isle of Man Cumberland Northumberland Durham Yorkshire, North Riding Yorkshire, West Riding Yorkshire, East Riding Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland Nottinghamshire Shropshire Leicestershire Rutland Warwickshire Herefordshire Wiltshire Norfolk Suffolk, West Suffolk, East Kent Sussex, East Sussex, West Hampshire Isle of Wight Dorset Somerset Devon Cornwall Anglesey Cardiganshire (Ceredigion) Carmarthenshire Pembrokeshire Monmouthshire Westmorland Worcestershire Lancashire Lancashire (Furness) Derbyshire Cheshire Staffordshire Northamptonshire Northamptonshire, Soke of Peterborough Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely Huntingdonshire Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Essex Middlesex Surrey Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire Berkshire Gloucestershire Flintshire Denbighshire Caernarfonshire Merioneth Montgomeryshire Radnorshire Brecknockshire Glamorgan


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Historic County Tops of England and Wales

The map and list depict the traditional historic counties of England (39) and Wales (13), and their highest points above sea level.  These are the counties from which people generally take their local cultural identity.

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.

All these changes to administrative areas make the historic County Tops a more satisfactory list for bagging, as they are unchangeable.  However, this website does include pages for the Administrative (1974) County Tops, and for the current County and Unitary Authority Tops.

Click here for more detailed information on county history.

(Historic County Tops appear as Type=C on this website)

Total listed: 64Show / Hide Table Notes

TypeName of TopMetresFeetCountyGPS IDGrid ReferenceDate of Ascent
MCUHolyhead Mountain220722Anglesey (Sir Fon)ANGLESSH 21858 82948 (t) 
CAUYDunstable Downs243797BedfordshireBEDSTL 00881 19424 (t)01/06/1993
MCAUWalbury Hill297974BerkshireBERKSSU 37348 61631 (t)01/06/1998
NHMCAUPen y Fan8862906Brecknockshire (Sir Frycheiniog)PNYFANSO 01212 21588 (t)17/08/1993
MCAUHaddington Hill267875BuckinghamshireBUCKSSP 89072 09088 (g)12/09/2003
NHMCAUSnowdon / Yr Wyddfa10853560Caernarfonshire (Sir Gaernarfon)SNOWDNSH 60989 54379 (t)15/04/1985
CAUGreat Chishill146479CambridgeshireCAMBSTL 42730 38626 (g)11/09/2003
CHaddenham village39128Cambridgeshire, Isle of ElyELYTL 46710 75214 (g) 
NHMCUPumlumon Fawr7522467Cardiganshire (Ceredigion)PUMLFRSN 78971 86945 (t)07/12/2003
CAUFan Foel7812562Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)CARMTHSN 82140 22338 (e)10/06/2000
MDCAUBlack Hill5821909CheshireKIRKLSSE 07816 04687 (t) 
MCAUBrown Willy4201378CornwallCORNWLSX 15872 80004 (t)15/08/1987
CLHampstead Heath134441County of LondonLONDNCTQ 26415 86728 (e) 
NHMWCAUBScafell Pike9783209CumberlandSCAFPKNY 21555 07210 (g)16/07/1995
NHMCAUKinder Scout6362087DerbyshireKINDERSK 08460 87535 (g)15/08/1990
NHMCAUHigh Willhays6212037DevonWILLHYSX 58023 89203 (e)28/07/1992
cxPilsdon Pen277909DorsetPILSDNST 41357 01148 (t)15/08/1988
MCAULewesdon Hill279915DorsetDORSETST 43778 01172 (g)03/08/2005
NHMCBurnhope Seat7472451DurhamBURNHPNY 78405 37625 (g)07/10/2002
CAUChrishall Common147482EssexESSEXTL 44301 36202 (g)12/09/2003
MDCUMoel Famau5551817Flintshire (Sir Fflint)FLINTSSJ 16115 62670 (g)22/04/2003
MDhCAUCraig y Llyn6001969Glamorgan (Morgannwg)TALBOTSN 90689 03156 (t)02/04/2005
MCAUCleeve Hill3301082GloucestershireGLOUCSSO 99696 24599 (t)01/06/1997
CAUPilot Hill286938HampshireHANTSSU 39875 60111 (t)01/06/1998
NHMCAUBlack Mountain7002297HerefordshireBLACKMSO 25588 35051 (g)26/10/1999
CAUPavis Wood244800HertfordshireHERTSSP 91420 09190 (e)01/06/1993
CBoring Field80263HuntingdonshireHUNTSTL 04720 71050 (g)27/03/2003
MCAUSnaefell6212036Isle of ManSNAEFLSC 39774 88087 (t) 
MCAUSt Boniface Down241790Isle of WightWIGHTSZ 56735 78550 (g) 
CAUBetsoms Hill251823KentKENTTQ 43555 56332 (e) 
NHMWCBConiston Old Man8032634LancashireCONISTSD 27237 97827 (t)20/08/2000
MCAUBardon Hill278912LeicestershireLEICSSK 45992 13199 (t)02/07/2003
CPinchbeck Marsh825Lincolnshire, Parts of HollandLINCSHTF 27880 28610 (e) 
CViking Way151495Lincolnshire, Parts of KestevenLINCSKSK 88969 23714 (e) 
MCAUNormanby Top, The Wolds168551Lincolnshire, Parts of LindseyLINCSLTF 12110 96470 (t) 
NHMCAran Fawddwy9052969Merionethshire (Meirionnydd)FAWDWYSH 86272 22386 (t)10/09/1993
CLBushey Heath153502MiddlesexMIDDSXTQ 15255 93784 (e) 
NHCAUChwarel y Fan6802228Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)CHWARLSO 25817 29415 (g2)01/03/2003
NHCUMoel Sych8272713Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn)MLSYCHSJ 06630 31855 (g)07/10/2000
CAUBeacon Hill105343NorfolkNORFLKTG 18359 41425 (e) 
CAUYArbury Hill225738NorthamptonshireNRTHNTSP 54015 58770 (g)27/03/2003
CURacecourse Road81266Northamptonshire, Soke of PeterboroughPTRBRHTF 03530 04169 (g)27/03/2003
NHMCAUCheviot (The)8152674NorthumberlandCHVIOTNT 90904 20522 (t)15/08/1991
CAUNewtonwood Lane204669NottinghamshireNOTTSSK 45617 60649 (g)11/04/2005
CYBald Hill257843OxfordshireBALDHLSU 72885 95775 (e)01/11/1995
MDCUFoel Cwmcerwyn5361760Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)PEMBRKSN 09409 31161 (t)19/08/2004
NHMCGreat Rhos6602166Radnorshire (Sir Faesyfed)GTRHOSSO 18219 63902 (t)18/11/2005
CUCold Overton Park197646RutlandRUTLNDSK 82708 08533 (t)02/07/2003
MDCAUBrown Clee Hill5401772ShropshireSHROPSSO 59366 86556 (t)01/06/1999
MDCAUDunkery Beacon5191702SomersetSOMERSSS 89143 41587 (t)01/07/1998
DcOliver Hill5131683StaffordshireOLIVERSK 02705 67585 (e) 
CAUCheeks Hill5201705StaffordshireSTAFFSSK 02609 69904 (g)12/04/2005
CWattisham Airfield90295Suffolk, EastSUFFKETM 02382 50185 (e) 
CAUGreat Wood128419Suffolk, WestSUFFKWTL 78691 55864 (t)26/03/2003
MCAULeith Hill294965SurreySURREYTQ 13949 43162 (e) 
MCAUDitchling Beacon248813Sussex, EastESUSSXTQ 33164 13070 (t) 
MCAUBlack Down280918Sussex, WestWSUSSXSU 91935 29613 (t)08/04/2006
CAUYEbrington Hill261856WarwickshireWARWCKSP 18779 42633 (g)01/06/1997
NHMWCBHelvellyn9503117WestmorlandHELVLNNY 34268 15082 (g)15/08/1985
mCAUYMilk Hill295967WiltshireWILTSSU 10415 64341 (e)01/07/1997
MCUWorcestershire Beacon4251394WorcestershireWORCSSO 76884 45223 (t)01/07/1999
MCAUBishop Wilton Wold246807Yorkshire, East RidingEYORKSSE 82182 57026 (g)11/04/2005
NHMCAUMickle Fell7882585Yorkshire, North RidingMICKLENY 80605 24550 (g)13/07/2003
NHMCAUWhernside7362415Yorkshire, West RidingWHERNSSD 73850 81415 (t)22/06/2003

Total climbed: 48 (75%) of 64 listed