List of ceremonial counties of England by highest point explained

This is a list of the ceremonial counties of England by their highest point.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Rank	Ceremonial county	Height (m)		Relative height	Name	Grid reference
1	Cumbria		978	912	Scafell Pike
2	Northumberland		815	556
3	Durham		788	210	Mickle Fell
4	North Yorkshire		736	408	Whernside
5	Herefordshire		703	154	Black Mountain
6	Derbyshire		636	488	Kinder Scout
7	Lancashire		628	30	Green Hill
8	Devon		621	533	High Willhays
9	West Yorkshire		582	165	Black Hill
10	Cheshire		559	236	Shining Tor
11	South Yorkshire		548	53	High Stones
12	Greater Manchester		542	34	Black Chew Head
13	Shropshire		540	373	Brown Clee Hill
14	Staffordshire		520	0	Cheeks Point on Cheeks Hill^[4]
15	Somerset		519	414	Dunkery Beacon
16	Worcestershire		425	337	Worcestershire Beacon
17	Cornwall		420	314	Brown Willy
18	Gloucestershire		330	242	Cleeve Hill
19	Berkshire		297	188	Walbury Hill
20	Surrey		295	246	Leith Hill
21	Wiltshire		294	149	Milk Hill
22	Hampshire		286	47	Pilot Hill
23	West Sussex		280	191	Black Down
24	Dorset		279	185	Lewesdon Hill
25	Leicestershire		278	170	Bardon Hill
26	West Midlands		271	87	Turners Hill
27	Buckinghamshire		267	180	Haddington Hill
28=	Oxfordshire		261	79	Whitehorse Hill
28=	Warwickshire		261	111	Ebrington Hill
30	Tyne and Wear		259	13	Currock Hill
31	Kent		251	15	Betsom's Hill
32	East Sussex		248	213	Ditchling Beacon
33	East Riding of Yorkshire		246	203	Bishop Wilton Wold
34	Greater London		245	0	NE shoulder of Westerham Heights
35	Hertfordshire		244	0	NE shoulder of Pavis Wood
36	Bedfordshire		243	105	Dunstable Downs
37	Isle of Wight		241	241	St Boniface Down
38	Northamptonshire		225	102	Arbury Hill, Big Hill	,
39	Nottinghamshire		204	69	Newtonwood Lane
40	Rutland		197	11	Cold Overton Park
41	Merseyside		179	155	Billinge Hill
42	Lincolnshire		168	162	Normanby le Wold Top
43	Bristol		160		east of Dundry Hill
44	Essex		147		Chrishall Common
45	Cambridgeshire		146		Great Chishill
46	Suffolk		128	37	Great Wood Hill
47	Norfolk		103	79	Beacon Hill
48	City of London		22		High Holborn

See also

• List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point
• List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom
• List of Scottish council areas by highest point
• List of Scottish counties by highest point
• List of Welsh principal areas by highest point
• List of Northern Ireland districts by highest point
• List of Northern Ireland counties by highest point

Sources

• County and Unitary Authority Tops from the Database of British and Irish Hills, which holds information on all English county and unitary authority tops.

Notes and References

1. Book: Muir, Jonny. The UK's County Tops: Reaching the top of 91 historic counties . Cicerone . 2011 . 9781849655538.
2. Web site: County and Unitary Authority Tops . The Mountains of England and Wales . Simon . Edwardes . 14 December 2015 . 2001 .
3. Web site: English Counties . The Mountains of England and Wales . Simon . Edwardes . 14 December 2015 . 2001 .
4. [Jeff Kent (author)|Kent, Jeff]