List of highest points in the United Kingdom explained
This list shows the highest points found in the United Kingdom.
Tallest peaks in the UK (including overseas territories)
| Rank | Name | Height | Location |
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| 1 (The tallest mountain in a territory claimed by the UK) | Mount Hope | 3239m (10,627feet) | British Antarctic Territory |
| 2 | Mount Jackson | 3184m (10,446feet) | British Antarctic Territory |
| 3 | Mount Stephenson | 2987m (9,800feet) | |
| 4 (The tallest mountain in a territory owned by the UK) | Mount Paget | 2937m (9,636feet) | |
| 5 | Mount Francais | 2760m (9,060feet) | |
| 6 | Mount Parry | 2520m (8,270feet) | British Antarctic Territory |
| 7 | | 2354m (7,723feet) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| 8 | Mount Carse | 2339m (7,674feet) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| 9 | | 2323m (7,621feet) | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| 10 | | 2315m (7,595feet) | |
| 14 (The tallest peak on a territory with a permanent population) | Queen Mary's Peak | 2062m (6,765feet) | |
| 23 (The tallest peak in Great Britain and Scotland) | | 1345m (4,413feet) | |
| Snowdon | 1085m (3,560feet) | Wales |
| | 978m (3,209feet) | England |
| | 850m (2,790feet) | |
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[1] [2] Counties
See List of English counties by highest point for tops of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties, and List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point for historic county tops.
Hill ranges in England
- Lake District – Scafell Pike, Cumbria, at 978m (3,209feet)
- Pennines – Cross Fell, Cumbria, at 893m (2,930feet)
- Cheviot Hills – The Cheviot, Northumberland, at 815m (2,674feet)
- Pennines – Mickle Fell, County Durham/North Yorkshire, at 788m (2,585feet)
- Whernside - Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire (summit on border with Cumbria), at 736m (2,415feet)
- Ingleborough - Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, at 723m (2,372feet)
- Great Shunner Fell - Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, at 716m (2,349feet)
- Black Mountains (within England) – Black Mountain, at 703m (2,306feet)
- Pen-y-ghent - Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, at 694m (2,277feet)
- Peak District – Kinder Scout at 636m (2,087feet)
- Dartmoor – High Willhays at 621m (2,037feet)
- Margery Hill - Howden Moors, South Yorkshire, at 546m (1,791feet)
- Shropshire Hills – Brown Clee Hill at 540m (1,770feet)
- Exmoor – Dunkery Beacon at 519m (1,703feet)
- Malvern Hills – Worcestershire Beacon at 425m (1,394feet)
- North York Moors – Round Hill at 424m (1,391feet)
- Bodmin Moor – Brown Willy at 420m (1,380feet)
- Cotswolds – Cleeve Hill at 330m (1,080feet)
- Mendip Hills – Beacon Batch at 325m (1,066feet)
- Salisbury Plain – Walbury Hill at 297m (974feet)
- Greensand Ridge – Leith Hill at 294m (965feet)
- South Downs – Butser Hill at 271m (889feet)
- North Downs – Botley Hill at 270m (890feet)
- Chilterns – Haddington Hill at 267m (876feet)
- Yorkshire Wolds – Bishop Wilton Wold at 246m (807feet)
- Lincolnshire Wolds – Wolds Top at 168m (551feet)
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Notes and References
- Web site: The UK's Highest Mountains - Did you know that Ben Nevis is only ranking #23? • Berkeley Square Barbarian. 17 April 2020.
- News: Mt Hope installed as 'UK's highest peak'. BBC News. 11 December 2017.
