County tops

Today's counties

The 175 counties, unitary authorities and council areas on the current map, highest first. Where a county's highest ground is shared between two summits, both are listed.

	County	Summit	Height	Grid ref	Region
1	Highland	Ben Nevis	1345 m	NN166712	Highlands and Islands
2	Aberdeenshire	Ben Macdui	1309 m	NN988989	North East Scotland
3	Moray	Ben Macdui	1309 m	NN988989	Highlands and Islands
4	Perth and Kinross	Ben Lawers	1214 m	NN635414	Central Scotland
5	Stirling	Ben More	1174 m	NN432244	Central Scotland
6	Argyll and Bute	Ben Cruachan	1127 m	NN069304	Highlands and Islands
7	Gwynedd	Yr Wyddfa	1085 m	SH609543	North Wales
8	Angus	Glas Maol	1068 m	NO166765	North East Scotland
9	Conwy	Carnedd Llewelyn	1062 m	SH683643	North Wales
10	Cumberland	Scafell Pike	978 m	NY215072	North West England
11	Westmorland and Furness	Helvellyn	950 m	NY342151	North West England
12	Powys	Pen y Fan	886 m	SO012215	Mid Wales
13	North Ayrshire	Goatfell	875 m	NR991415	Southern Scotland
14	Dumfries and Galloway	Merrick	843 m	NX427855	Southern Scotland
15	Scottish Borders	Broad Law	840 m	NT146235	Southern Scotland
16	Denbighshire	Moel Sych	827 m	SJ066318	North Wales
17	Northumberland	The Cheviot	816 m	NT907205	North East England
18	Na h-Eileanan Siar	An Cliseam	800 m	NB154073	Highlands and Islands
19	County Durham	Mickle Fell	790 m	NY806245	North East England
20	Wrexham	Craig Berwyn	790 m	SJ076335	North Wales
21	South Ayrshire	Kirriereoch Hill	787 m	NX420869	Southern Scotland
22	Carmarthenshire	Fan Foel	781 m	SN821223	South West Wales
23	Ceredigion	Pumlumon Fawr	753 m	SN789869	Mid Wales
24	South Lanarkshire	Culter Fell	748 m	NT052290	Southern Scotland
25	North Yorkshire	Whernside	737 m	SD738815	Yorkshire and the Humber
26	Clackmannanshire	Ben Cleuch	721 m	NN902006	Central Scotland
27	Herefordshire	Black Mountain	704 m	SO255353	West Midlands
28	East Ayrshire	Blackcraig Hill	701 m	NS647064	Southern Scotland
29	Monmouthshire	Chwarel y Fan	679 m	SO258294	South East Wales
30	Midlothian	Blackhope Scar	652 m	NT315483	Central Scotland
31	Derbyshire	Kinder Scout	636 m	SK084875	East Midlands
32	Lancashire	Gragareth	628 m	SD688793	North West England
33	Devon	High Willhays	622 m	SX580892	South West England
34	Neath Port Talbot	Craig y Llyn	600 m	SN906031	South West Wales
35	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Craig y Llyn	600 m	SN906031	South East Wales
36	Kirklees	Black Hill (West Yorkshire)	581 m	SE078047	Yorkshire and the Humber
37	East Dunbartonshire	Earl's Seat	578 m	NS569838	Central Scotland
38	Blaenau Gwent	Coety Mountain	577 m	SO231079	South East Wales
39	Torfaen	Coety Mountain	577 m	SO231079	South East Wales
40	Bridgend	Werfa	568 m	SS912947	South East Wales
41	Edinburgh	East Cairn Hill	567 m	NT128593	Central Scotland
42	West Lothian	West Cairn Hill	562 m	NT107584	Central Scotland
43	Cheshire East	Shining Tor	559 m	SJ994737	North West England
44	Flintshire	Moel Famau	555 m	SJ161626	North Wales
45	Sheffield	Howden Edge	550 m	SK187943	Yorkshire and the Humber
46	Oldham	Black Chew Head	542 m	SE056019	North West England
47	Shropshire	Brown Clee Hill	541 m	SO593867	West Midlands
48	Pembrokeshire	Foel Cwmcerwyn	537 m	SN094311	South West Wales
49	Caerphilly	Pen March	535 m	SO082110	South East Wales
50	East Lothian	Meikle Says Law	535 m	NT581617	Central Scotland
51	Merthyr Tydfil	Merthyr Common	531 m	SO080110	South East Wales
52	North Lanarkshire	Cort-ma Law East Top	526 m	NS660805	Central Scotland
53	Fife	West Lomond	522 m	NO197066	Central Scotland
54	Renfrewshire	Hill of Stake	522 m	NS273630	Central Scotland
55	Somerset	Dunkery Beacon	520 m	SS891415	South West England
56	Staffordshire	Cheeks Hill	519 m	SK026699	West Midlands
57	Barnsley	Hoar Stones - Howden Edge	514 m	SK158983	Yorkshire and the Humber
58	Tameside	Hoarstone Edge	497 m	SE019016	North West England
59	Calderdale	Way Stone Edge	482 m	SD999140	Yorkshire and the Humber
60	Orkney Islands	Ward Hill (Orkney Islands)	481 m	HY228022	Highlands and Islands
61	Rochdale	Blackstone Edge & Hail Storm Hill	474 m	SD973162	North West England
62	Blackburn with Darwen	Winter Hill	457 m	SD659149	North West England
63	Bolton	Winter Hill	457 m	SD659149	North West England
64	Bradford	Withins Height	457 m	SD978350	Yorkshire and the Humber
65	Shetland Islands	Ronas Hill	450 m	HU305834	Highlands and Islands
66	Inverclyde	Creuch Hill	441 m	NS265685	Central Scotland
67	Worcestershire	Worcestershire Beacon	425 m	SO768452	West Midlands
68	Cornwall	Brown Willy	420 m	SX158799	South West England
69	Bury	Scholes Height & Bull Hill	415 m	SD755189	North West England
70	Telford and Wrekin	The Wrekin	407 m	SJ628081	West Midlands
71	West Dunbartonshire	Duncolm	401 m	NS470774	Central Scotland
72	East Renfrewshire	Corse Hill	376 m	NS598464	Central Scotland
73	Swansea	Mynydd y Betws	373 m	SN664094	South West Wales
74	Falkirk	Darrach Hill	357 m	NS754827	Central Scotland
75	Leeds	Burley Moor	342 m	SE140445	Yorkshire and the Humber
76	Gloucestershire	Cleeve Hill	330 m	SO996245	South West England
77	Redcar and Cleveland	Gisborough Moor	329 m	NZ632124	North East England
78	Stockport	Mellor Moor & Robin Hood's Picking Rods	328 m	SJ986872	North West England
79	Newport	Wentwood	309 m	ST411943	South East Wales
80	Cardiff	Garth Hill	307 m	ST103835	South East Wales
81	West Berkshire	Walbury Hill	297 m	SU373616	South East England
82	Surrey	Leith Hill	294 m	TQ139431	South East England
83	Wiltshire	Milk Hill	294 m	SU104643	South West England
84	Hampshire	Pilot Hill	286 m	SU397601	South East England
85	West Sussex	Black Down	281 m	SU919296	South East England
86	Leicestershire	Bardon Hill	280 m	SK460131	East Midlands
87	Dorset	Lewesdon Hill	279 m	ST437011	South West England
88	Swindon	Liddington Hill	277 m	SU213792	South West England
89	Sandwell	Turner's Hill	271 m	SO967887	West Midlands
90	Buckinghamshire	Wendover Woods	268 m	SP890089	South East England
91	Aberdeen	Brimmond Hill	266 m	NJ856091	North East Scotland
92	Bath and North East Somerset	Niver Hill	264 m	ST565538	South West England
93	Oxfordshire	Whitehorse Hill	261 m	SU300863	South East England
94	Warwickshire	Ebrington Hill	261 m	SP187426	West Midlands
95	Gateshead	Currock Hill East Top	259 m	NZ106593	North East England
96	Dudley	Cawney Hill	254 m	SO953897	West Midlands
97	Kent	Betsom's Hill	251 m	TQ435563	South East England
98	Birmingham	Rednal Hill North Top	250 m	SO995765	West Midlands
99	Stoke-on-Trent	Meir Heath	250 m	SJ927402	West Midlands
100	East Riding of Yorkshire	Bishop Wilton Wold	248 m	SE821570	Yorkshire and the Humber
101	East Sussex	Ditchling Beacon	248 m	TQ331130	South East England
102	Greater London	Westerham Heights	245 m	TQ436564	London
103	Hertfordshire	Pavis Wood	244 m	SP914091	East of England
104	Central Bedfordshire	Dunstable Downs	243 m	TL008194	East of England
105	Isle of Wight	St Boniface Down	242 m	SZ568785	South East England
106	North Somerset	Blagdon Hill Farm	242 m	ST504577	South West England
107	South Gloucestershire	Hanging Hill	237 m	ST717702	South West England
108	Wolverhampton	Sedgley Beacon	232 m	SO923943	West Midlands
109	Cheshire West and Chester	Raw Head	227 m	SJ508548	North West England
110	Walsall	Barr Beacon	227 m	SP061972	West Midlands
111	West Northamptonshire	Arbury Hill & Big Hill - Staverton Clump	224 m	SP540587	East Midlands
112	Anglesey	Holyhead Mountain	220 m	SH218829	North Wales
113	Darlington	Dere Street	218 m	NZ206245	North East England
114	Nottinghamshire	Newtonwood Lane	205 m	SK456606	East Midlands
115	Glasgow	Cathkin Braes	200 m	NS614583	Central Scotland
116	Rutland	Cold Overton Park	197 m	SK827085	East Midlands
117	Torbay	Beacon Hill (Devon)	196 m	SX857620	South West England
118	Brighton and Hove	Bullock Hill & West Hill	195 m	TQ367062	South East England
119	Solihull	Wood End Hill	185 m	SP257841	West Midlands
120	Sunderland	Warden Law	182 m	NZ369505	North East England
121	St Helens	Billinge Hill	179 m	SD525014	North West England
122	Luton	Whitehill (Butterfield Green)	178 m	TL105252	East of England
123	Wakefield	Woolley Edge	176 m	SE306134	Yorkshire and the Humber
124	Dundee	Gallow Hill	175 m	NO364341	North East Scotland
125	Medway	Holly Hill	172 m	TQ671634	South East England
126	Milton Keynes	Bow Brickhill	171 m	SP915344	South East England
127	Wigan	Billinge Hill (N Top)	169 m	SD521020	North West England
128	Lincolnshire	Normanby Top	168 m	TF121964	East Midlands
129	Coventry	Corley Moor	167 m	SP281848	West Midlands
130	Plymouth	Woolwell Road	162 m	SX504615	South West England
131	Bristol	Maes Knoll	160 m	ST593668	South West England
132	North Northamptonshire	Mill Hill	160 m	SP772788	East Midlands
133	Rotherham	Fir Hill - Harthill Field	157 m	SK494797	Yorkshire and the Humber
134	Essex	Chrishall Common	147 m	TL443361	East of England
135	Cambridgeshire	Great Chishill	146 m	TL427386	East of England
136	Windsor and Maidenhead	Ashley Hill	145 m	SU823810	South East England
137	Doncaster	Cownhill	143 m	SK513946	Yorkshire and the Humber
138	Hartlepool	Whelly Hill	142 m	NZ452342	North East England
139	Wokingham	Bowsey Hill	142 m	SU806802	South East England
140	Derby	Allestree Park	138 m	SK339406	East Midlands
141	Vale of Glamorgan	Tair Onnen	137 m	ST036739	South East Wales
142	Newcastle upon Tyne	Westerhope Hill Heads	133 m	NZ188668	North East England
143	Nottingham	Windmill Hill	132 m	SK507429	East Midlands
144	Bracknell Forest	Surrey Hill	131 m	SU888640	South East England
145	Suffolk	Great Wood	129 m	TL788558	East of England
146	Portsmouth	Ports Down	123 m	SU626068	South East England
147	North East Lincolnshire	Wold Newton	117 m	TF252968	Yorkshire and the Humber
148	Salford	Newcombe Drive (Greenheys)	116 m	SD719049	North West England
149	Thurrock	Langdon Hill	116 m	TQ679863	East of England
150	Leicester	Nether Hall	110 m	SK644064	East Midlands
151	Manchester	Heaton Park	110 m	SD831048	North West England
152	Wirral	Poll Hill	109 m	SJ267823	North West England
153	Bedford	The Slipe	107 m	SP912566	East of England
154	Norfolk	Beacon Hill (Norfolk)	105 m	TG183414	East of England
155	Reading	Park Lane (Tilehurst)	103 m	SU663729	South East England
156	North Lincolnshire	Saxby Wold	102 m	SE998172	Yorkshire and the Humber
157	Warrington	Appleton Park	101 m	SJ614842	North West England
158	Halton	Halton Castle	100 m	SJ537820	North West England
159	Knowsley	Knowsley Park	100 m	SJ456943	North West England
160	Middlesbrough	Quarry Hill	100 m	NZ552123	North East England
161	North Tyneside	Silverlink Park	94 m	NZ315700	North East England
162	South Tyneside	Boldon Hills	93 m	NZ350601	North East England
163	Liverpool	Woolton Hill	89 m	SJ419873	North West England
164	Southampton	Bassett Avenue	82 m	SU419169	South East England
165	Stockton-on-Tees	Boy Hill & Thorpe Larches	82 m	NZ480108	North East England
166	Peterborough	Racecourse Road	81 m	TF035041	East of England
167	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Corfe Hills	78 m	SY998966	South West England
168	Trafford	St Mary's (Bowdon)	67 m	SJ759868	North West England
169	Southend-on-Sea	Heath Mount & London Road	61 m	TQ827882	East of England
170	Isles of Scilly	Higher Newford	51 m	SV912120	South West England
171	Slough	East Burnham Park	51 m	SU954830	South East England
172	York	Stock Hill	44 m	SE543473	Yorkshire and the Humber
173	Blackpool	Warbreck Hill	36 m	SD314387	North West England
174	Sefton	Melling Mount	36 m	SD403013	North West England
175	Kingston upon Hull	South Field	12 m	TA099358	Yorkshire and the Humber

Historic counties

Before the boundary reforms of the 1970s and 1990s the map read rather differently, and the old shires — Cumberland, Inverness-shire, Brecknockshire and their kin — remain a much-loved bagging list of their own. Where a boundary moved, the old county's top can be a different summit from today's.

	County	Summit	Height	Grid ref	Region
1	Inverness-shire	Ben Nevis	1345 m	NN166712	Highlands and Islands
2	Aberdeenshire	Ben Macdui	1309 m	NN988989	North East Scotland
3	Banffshire	Ben Macdui	1309 m	NN988989	North East Scotland
4	Perthshire	Ben Lawers	1214 m	NN635414	Central Scotland
5	Ross-shire	Carn Eighe	1183 m	NH123261	Highlands and Islands
6	Argyllshire	Bidean nam Bian	1149 m	NN143542	Highlands and Islands
7	Cromartyshire	Sgurr Mor	1109 m	NH203718	Highlands and Islands
8	Caernarfonshire	Yr Wyddfa	1085 m	SH609543	North Wales
9	Angus	Glas Maol	1068 m	NO166765	North East Scotland
10	Sutherland	Ben More Assynt	999 m	NC318201	Highlands and Islands
11	Cumberland	Scafell Pike	978 m	NY215072	North West England
12	Stirlingshire	Ben Lomond	974 m	NN367028	Central Scotland
13	Westmorland	Helvellyn	950 m	NY342151	North West England
14	Dunbartonshire	Ben Vorlich (Argyll and Bute)	943 m	NN295124	Central Scotland
15	Merionethshire	Aran Fawddwy	906 m	SH862223	North Wales
16	Brecknockshire	Pen y Fan	886 m	SO012215	Mid Wales
17	Buteshire	Goatfell	875 m	NR991415	Highlands and Islands
18	Kirkcudbrightshire	Merrick	843 m	NX427855	Southern Scotland
19	Peeblesshire	Broad Law	840 m	NT146235	Southern Scotland
20	Denbighshire	Cadair Berwyn	832 m	SJ071323	North Wales
21	Montgomeryshire	Moel Sych	827 m	SJ066318	Mid Wales
22	Dumfriesshire	White Coomb	822 m	NT163150	Southern Scotland
23	Northumberland	The Cheviot	816 m	NT907205	North East England
24	Lancashire	The Old Man of Coniston	802 m	SD272978	North West England
25	Yorkshire	Mickle Fell	790 m	NY806245	Yorkshire and the Humber
26	Ayrshire	Kirriereoch Hill	787 m	NX420869	Southern Scotland
27	Carmarthenshire	Fan Foel	781 m	SN821223	South West Wales
28	Kincardineshire	Mount Battock	778 m	NO549844	North East Scotland
29	Cardiganshire	Pumlumon Fawr	753 m	SN789869	Mid Wales
30	Lanarkshire	Culter Fell	748 m	NT052290	Central Scotland
31	Durham	Burnhope Seat - Trig Point	747 m	NY787375	North East England
32	Roxburghshire	Cairn Hill West Top	743 m	NT895193	Southern Scotland
33	Selkirkshire	Dun Rig	743 m	NT253315	Southern Scotland
34	Clackmannanshire	Ben Cleuch	721 m	NN902006	Central Scotland
35	Morayshire	Carn a' Ghille Chearr	710 m	NJ139298	Highlands and Islands
36	Caithness	Morven (Highland)	706 m	ND004285	Highlands and Islands
37	Herefordshire	Black Mountain	704 m	SO255353	West Midlands
38	Monmouthshire	Chwarel y Fan	679 m	SO258294	South East Wales
39	Radnorshire	Great Rhos	660 m	SO182638	Mid Wales
40	Nairnshire	Carn Glas-choire	659 m	NH891291	Highlands and Islands
41	Midlothian	Blackhope Scar	652 m	NT315483	Central Scotland
42	Derbyshire	Kinder Scout	636 m	SK084875	East Midlands
43	Devon	High Willhays	622 m	SX580892	South West England
44	Glamorgan	Craig y Llyn	600 m	SN906031	South Wales
45	Cheshire	Black Hill (West Yorkshire)	581 m	SE078047	North West England
46	Flintshire	Moel Famau	555 m	SJ161626	North Wales
47	Shropshire	Brown Clee Hill	541 m	SO593867	West Midlands
48	Pembrokeshire	Foel Cwmcerwyn	537 m	SN094311	South West Wales
49	Berwickshire	Meikle Says Law	535 m	NT581617	Southern Scotland
50	East Lothian	Meikle Says Law	535 m	NT581617	Central Scotland
51	Fife	West Lomond	522 m	NO197066	Central Scotland
52	Renfrewshire	Hill of Stake	522 m	NS273630	Central Scotland
53	Somerset	Dunkery Beacon	520 m	SS891415	South West England
54	Staffordshire	Cheeks Hill	519 m	SK026699	West Midlands
55	Kinross-shire	Innerdouny Hill	497 m	NO032073	Central Scotland
56	Orkney	Ward Hill (Orkney Islands)	481 m	HY228022	Highlands and Islands
57	Shetland	Ronas Hill	450 m	HU305834	Highlands and Islands
58	Worcestershire	Worcestershire Beacon	425 m	SO768452	West Midlands
59	Cornwall	Brown Willy	420 m	SX158799	South West England
60	Gloucestershire	Cleeve Hill	330 m	SO996245	South West England
61	Wigtownshire	Craigairie Fell	321 m	NX236736	Southern Scotland
62	West Lothian	Ballencrieff Hill	312 m	NS987711	Central Scotland
63	Berkshire	Walbury Hill	297 m	SU373616	South East England
64	Hampshire	Walbury Hill	297 m	SU373616	South East England
65	Surrey	Leith Hill	294 m	TQ139431	South East England
66	Wiltshire	Milk Hill	294 m	SU104643	South West England
67	Sussex	Black Down	281 m	SU919296	South East England
68	Leicestershire	Bardon Hill	280 m	SK460131	East Midlands
69	Dorset	Lewesdon Hill	279 m	ST437011	South West England
70	Buckinghamshire	Wendover Woods	268 m	SP890089	South East England
71	Warwickshire	Ebrington Hill	261 m	SP187426	West Midlands
72	Oxfordshire	Bald Hill	257 m	SU728957	South East England
73	Kent	Betsom's Hill	251 m	TQ435563	South East England
74	Hertfordshire	Pavis Wood	244 m	SP914091	East of England
75	Bedfordshire	Dunstable Downs	243 m	TL008194	East of England
76	Northamptonshire	Arbury Hill & Big Hill - Staverton Clump	224 m	SP540587	East Midlands
77	Anglesey	Holyhead Mountain	220 m	SH218829	North Wales
78	Nottinghamshire	Newtonwood Lane	205 m	SK456606	East Midlands
79	Rutland	Cold Overton Park	197 m	SK827085	East Midlands
80	Lincolnshire	Normanby Top	168 m	TF121964	East Midlands
81	Middlesex	Bushey Heath	153 m	TQ151939	London
82	Essex	Chrishall Common	147 m	TL443361	East of England
83	Suffolk	Great Wood	129 m	TL788558	East of England
84	Cambridgeshire	Castle Camps airfield	128 m	TL632418	East of England
85	Norfolk	Beacon Hill (Norfolk)	105 m	TG183414	East of England
86	Huntingdonshire	Boring Field	81 m	TL047711	East of England