Bookham Knoll Explained

Bookham Knoll
Elevation M:211
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence M:43
Parent Peak:Lewesdon Hill
Listing:Tump
Location:Dorset, England
Range:Dorset Downs
Coordinates:50.8402°N -2.4245°W
Grid Ref Uk:ST702046
Topo:OS Landranger 194

Bookham Knoll is a rounded hill, high,[1] about 1 kilometre southeast of the village of Buckland Newton in the county of Dorset in southern England. Its prominence of qualifies it as one of the Tumps.[1] It is located within the Dorset Downs.

The hill is largely treeless farmland. It is bounded to the west by B3143, and on the other three sides by a minor road passing through the hamlets of Rew, Sharnhill Green and Bookham, after which it is named. To the east, beyond the lane, a tributary of the River Lydden rises below the col separating the knoll from Church Hill, the western spur of Ball Hill. The Wessex Ridgeway runs from east to west along the ridge formed by Ball and Church Hills and about a kilometre south of Bookham Knoll.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/prominence.html Summit Listings by Relative Height
  2. Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series, No. 194.