| Bishop Wilton Wold | |
| Elevation M: | 246 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Listing: | Marilyn, County Top |
| Location: | Yorkshire Wolds, England |
| Map: | United Kingdom East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 54.0016°N -0.7505°W |
| Grid Ref Uk: | SE820569 |
| Topo: | OS Landranger 106 |
Bishop Wilton Wold is the highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The summit, known as Garrowby Hill, lies about 5miles north of Pocklington.[2]
As with most of the wolds, it is wide, flat and agricultural in nature. The A166 road passes right by the top. However, it is a Marilyn (having topographic prominence of at least 150m (490feet)). There is a trig point, two covered reservoirs and an aerial.
Topography detailed from LIDAR info, in the database of British Hills, gives the summit as on the tumulus north of the A166 road just to the east of the 246m (807feet) OS map height given for the triangulation pillar that is within the reservoir.[3]
The British artist David Hockney painted the view from the summit in 1998.
As well as the 7 aircrew who were on a training flight, a passing lorry driver was also killed.There is a memorial in a layby on the A166 at Garrowby Hill
Yorkshire-born artist David Hockney produced a painting of Garrowby Hill in 1998.
