List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point explained

List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point. In 1964 they are more or less the ancient counties, with the addition of the County of London and a number of historic divisions in place as administrative counties: Cambridgeshire into the Isle of Ely and Cambridgeshire; Hampshire into the Isle of Wight and Hampshire; Lincolnshire into the Parts of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey; Northamptonshire into Soke of Peterborough and Northamptonshire; Suffolk into East and West; Sussex into East and West; and Yorkshire into the East, North and West Ridings.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Rank	County	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Hill	Grid reference
1	Caernarfonshire	Wales	1,085	3,560	Snowdon
2	Cumberland	England	978	3,209	Scafell Pike
3	Westmorland	England	950	3,117	Helvellyn
4	Merionethshire	Wales	905	2,969	Aran Fawddwy
5	Brecknockshire	Wales	886	2,906	Pen y Fan
6	Denbighshire	Wales	830	2,726	Cadair Berwyn
7	Montgomeryshire	Wales	827	2,726	Moel Sych
8	Northumberland	England	815	2,674
9	Lancashire	England	803	2,634	Coniston Old Man
10	Yorkshire, North Riding	England	788	2,585	Mickle Fell
11	Carmarthenshire	Wales	781	2,562	Fan Foel
12	Cardiganshire	Wales	752	2,467	Pen Pumlumon Fawr
13	Durham	England	746	2,447	Burnhope Seat
14	Yorkshire, West Riding	England	736	2,415	Whernside
15	Herefordshire	England	700	2,297	Black Mountain
16	Monmouthshire	Wales	680	2,228	Chwarel y Fan
17	Radnorshire	Wales	660	2,166	Great Rhos
18	Derbyshire	England	636	2,087	Kinder Scout
19	Devon	England	621	2,037	High Willhays
20	Glamorgan	Wales	600	1,969	Craig y Llyn
21	Cheshire	England	582	1,909	Black Hill
22	Flintshire	Wales	555	1,817	Moel Famau
23	Shropshire	England	540	1,772	Brown Clee Hill
24	Pembrokeshire	Wales	536	1,760	Foel Cwmcerwyn
25	Staffordshire	England	520	1,705	Cheeks Point on Cheeks Hill^[4]
26	Somerset	England	519	1,702	Dunkery Beacon
27	Worcestershire	England	425	1,394	Worcestershire Beacon
28	Cornwall	England	420	1,378	Brown Willy
29	Gloucestershire	England	330	1,082	Cleeve Hill
30	Berkshire	England	297	974	Walbury Hill
31	Wiltshire	England	295	967	Milk Hill
32	Surrey	England	294	965	Leith Hill
33		England	286	938	Pilot Hill
34	Sussex, West	England	280	918	Blackdown
35	Dorset	England	279	915	Lewesdon Hill
36		England	278	912	Bardon Hill
37	Buckinghamshire	England	267	875	Haddington Hill
38	Warwickshire	England	261	856	Ebrington Hill
39	Oxfordshire	England	257	843	Bald Hill
40	Kent	England	251	823	Betsom's Hill
41	Sussex, East	England	248	813	Ditchling Beacon
42	Yorkshire, East Riding	England	246	807	Bishop Wilton Wold
43		England	244	800	Pavis Wood
44		England	243	797	Dunstable Downs
45		England	241	791
46	Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire	England	225	738	Arbury Hill
47	Anglesey	Wales	220	722	Holyhead Mountain
48	Nottinghamshire	England	205	673	Newtonwood Lane
49	Rutland	England	197	646	Cold Overton Park
50		England	168	551	Normanby Top, The Wolds
51	Middlesex	England	155	509	Bushey Heath
52		England	151	495	Viking Way
53		England	147	482	Chrishall Common
54		England	146	479	Great Chishill
55	County of London	England	134	440	Hampstead Heath
56	West Suffolk	England	128	420	Great Wood
57		England	105	343	Beacon Hill
58	East Suffolk	England	90	295	Wattisham Airfield
59	Northamptonshire, Soke of Peterborough	England	81	266	Racecourse Road
60	Huntingdonshire	England	80	263	Boring Field
61	Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely	England	39	128	Haddenham village
62	Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland	England	8	26	Pinchbeck Marsh

Footnotes

1. The foot measurement is derived from the Ordnance Survey metre measurement, multiplied by 3.2808.

External links

• County tops of the British Isles on Wikishire (by traditional counties)
• Hill Bagging

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historic County Tops . The Mountains of England and Wales . Simon Edwardes . 31 July 2010 . 2001 .
2. Web site: English Counties . The Mountains of England and Wales . Simon Edwardes . 31 July 2010 . 2001 .
3. Book: Jonny Muir. The UK's County Tops: Reaching the top of 91 historic counties. 5 October 2011. Cicerone Press Limited. 978-1-84965-553-8. 5–.
4. [Jeff Kent (author)|Kent, Jeff]