List of English counties by highest point

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This is a list of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and unitary authorities of England by their highest point.

It includes shire counties, metropolitan counties and unitary authorities.

In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a county the highest point of the unitary authority is shown separately. For example, Luton is shown separately from Bedfordshire.

Rank	County	Height (m)	Name	Grid reference	Type
1	Cumbria	978	Scafell Pike	NY215072	two-tier
2	Northumberland	815	The Cheviot	NT909205	two-tier
3	Durham	788	Mickle Fell	NY805245	two-tier
4	North Yorkshire	736	Whernside	SD738814	two-tier
5	Herefordshire	700	Black Mountain	SO255350	unitary
6	Derbyshire	636	Kinder Scout	SK085875	two-tier
7	Lancashire	628	Green Hill	SD701820	two-tier
8	Devon	621	High Willhays	SX580892	two-tier
9	West Yorkshire	582	Black Hill	SE078046	metropolitan county
10	Cheshire	559	Shining Tor	SJ994737	two-tier
11	South Yorkshire	550	Howden Edge	SK187943	metropolitan county
12	Greater Manchester	542	Black Chew Head	SE056019	metropolitan county
13	Shropshire	540	Brown Clee Hill	SO593865	two-tier
14	Staffordshire	520	Cheeks Hill	SK026699	two-tier
15	Somerset	519	Dunkery Beacon	SS891415	two-tier
16	Blackburn with Darwen	456	Winter Hill	SD659149	unitary
17	Worcestershire	425	Worcestershire Beacon	SO768452	two-tier
18	Cornwall (inc Scilly)	420	Brown Willy	SX158800	two-tier
19	Telford and Wrekin	407	The Wrekin	SJ628080	unitary
20	Gloucestershire	330	Cleeve Hill	SO996245	two-tier
21	Redcar and Cleveland	328	Gisborough Moor	NZ634123	unitary
22	Berkshire	297	Walbury Hill	SU373616	two-tier
23	Surrey	294	Leith Hill	TQ139431	two-tier
24	Wiltshire	294	Milk Hill	SU104643	two-tier
25	Hampshire	286	Pilot Hill	SU398601	two-tier
26	West Sussex	280	Black Down	SU919296	two-tier
27	Dorset	279	Lewesdon Hill	ST437011	two-tier
28	Leicestershire	278	Bardon Hill	SK459131	two-tier
29	Swindon	277	Liddington Castle	SU209797	unitary
30	West Midlands	271	Turners Hill	SO967887	metropolitan county
31	Buckinghamshire	267	Haddington Hill	SP890090	two-tier
32	Bath and North East Somerset	264	Niver Hill	ST565538	unitary
33	Oxfordshire	261	Whitehorse Hill	SU300863	two-tier
34	Warwickshire	261	Ebrington Hill	SP187426	two-tier
35	Tyne and Wear	259	Currock Hill	NZ107592	metropolitan county
36	Kent	251	Betsoms Hill	TQ435563	two-tier
37	Stoke-on-Trent	250	Meir Heath	SJ927402	unitary
38	East Sussex	248	Ditchling Beacon	TQ331130	two-tier
39	East Riding of Yorkshire	246	Bishop Wilton Wold	SE821570	unitary
40	Greater London	245	Westerham Heights	TQ436564	administrative area
41	Hertfordshire	244	Pavis Wood	SP914091	two-tier
42	Bedfordshire	243	Dunstable Downs	TL008194	two-tier
43	Isle of Wight	241	St Boniface Down	SZ569785	unitary
44	North Somerset	240	Blagdon Hill Farm	ST504577	unitary
45	South Gloucestershire	237	Hanging Hill	ST717702	unitary
46	Northamptonshire	225	Arbury Hill	SP540587	two-tier
47	Darlington	218	Dere Street	NZ206245	unitary
48	Nottinghamshire	205	Silverhill	SK470621	two-tier
49	Rutland	197	Cold Overton Park	SK827085	unitary
50	Torbay	196	Beacon Hill	SX858620	unitary
51	Brighton & Hove	195	West Hill Bullock Hill	TQ279114 TQ367062	unitary
52	Luton	178	Whitehill	TL105252	unitary
53	Milton Keynes	171	Bow Brickhill Heath	SP915344	unitary
54	Medway	170	Holly Hill	TQ671634	unitary
55	Lincolnshire	168	Normanby le Wold Top	TF121964	two-tier
56	Bristol	160	east of Dundry Hill	ST593668	unitary
57	Plymouth	160	Woolwell Hill	SX504615	unitary
58	Essex	147	Chrishall Common	TL443362	two-tier
59	Cambridgeshire	146	Great Chishill	TL427386	two-tier
60	Hartlepool	142	Whelly Hill	NZ452342	unitary
61	Derby	135	Allestree Park	SK339406	unitary
62	Portsmouth	131	Portsdown Hill	SU627069	unitary
63	Nottingham	130	Mapperley	SK587431	unitary
64	Suffolk	128	Great Wood Hill	TL786558	two-tier
65	North East Lincolnshire	117	Wold Newton	TF252968	unitary
66	Thurrock	115	Langdon Hill	TQ679863	unitary
67	Leicester	110	Nether Hall	SK644064	unitary
68	Merseyside	108	Poll Hill	SJ267823	metropolitan county
69	Norfolk	105	Beacon Hill	TG183414	two-tier
70	Warrington	105	Appleton Park	SJ613842	unitary
71	North Lincolnshire	102	Saxby Wold	SE999172	unitary
72	Halton	100	Halton Castle	SJ537820	unitary
73	Middlesbrough	100	Quarry Hill	NZ552123	unitary
74	Stockton-on-Tees	82	Boy Hill	NZ479107	unitary
75	Southampton	82	Basset Avenue	SU419169	unitary
76	Peterborough	81	Racecourse Road	TF035041	unitary
77	Poole	78	Corfe Hills	SY998966	unitary
78	Bournemouth	65	Ringwood Road	SZ049949	unitary
79	Southend-on-Sea	61	London Road	TQ821866	unitary
80	York	44	Stock Hill, Yorkshire	SE543473	unitary
81	Blackpool	30	Warbreck Reservoir	SD316384	unitary
82	Hull	11	East Mount Bransholme	TA135328 TA095361	unitary

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This website, with information on all English county and unitary authority tops.

Lists of English counties
All counties;	By area	By population	By population density	By highest point
Ceremonial counties;	By area	By population	By population density
Non-metropolitan counties;	By area	By population	By population density

Structure of English administrative divisions (since 1995)

Region level:	Region	Region	Region	Region
County level:	Metropolitan county	Shire county	Unitary authority	Greater London
District level:	Metropolitan district	Shire district	n/a	London borough
Parish level:	(Civil parish)	(Civil parish)	(Civil parish)	n/a