This page shows all the English County Tops (Historic) sorted in alphabetical order. I've customised the list based on my visits, showing the first time I climbed each hill, and a total number of ascents.
This list details the highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county. However, county boundaries change over time and there are different county lists, covering the traditional historic counties and the more recent mixtures of administrative areas.
I have decided to concentrate on the Historic County Tops, which is a smaller number for one thing, but it's also the list most appropriate to my age. The historic county tops is a traditional list of counties from which people usually take their local cultural identity. In the UK they were never abolished, they just ceased to have administrative function.
| No. | Hill Name | Area / Region | Height | First Ascent | No. Asc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arbury Hill | 736 ft, 224.30 m | 0 | ||
| 2 | Bald Hill | 844 ft, 257.20 m | 0 | ||
| 3 | Bardon Hill | 918 ft, 279.90 m | 0 | ||
| 4 | Beacon Hill | 345 ft, 105.10 m | 0 | ||
| 5 | Betsom's Hill | 823 ft, 251.00 m | 0 | ||
| 6 | Bishop Wilton Wold | 813 ft, 247.90 m | 0 | ||
| 7 | Black Down | 919 ft, 280.00 m | 0 | ||
| 8 | Black Hill | The Peak District | 1909 ft, 582.00 m | 2008-02-23 | 4 |
| 9 | Boring Field | 265 ft, 80.80 m | 0 | ||
| 10 | Brown Clee Hill | Long Mynd | 1772 ft, 540.00 m | 0 | |
| 11 | Brown Willy | 1378 ft, 420.00 m | 2010-03-11 | 1 | |
| 12 | Burnhope Seat - Trig Point | North Pennines - Eastern Fells | 2449 ft, 746.50 m | 2016-06-21 | 1 |
| 13 | Bushey Heath | 503 ft, 153.40 m | 0 | ||
| 14 | Cairn Hill West Top [Hangingstone Hill] | The Cheviots | 2438 ft, 743.00 m | 0 | |
| 15 | Cheeks Hill (boundary) | The Peak District | 1702 ft, 518.90 m | 2007-03-30 | 8 |
| 16 | Chrishall Common | 482 ft, 147.00 m | 0 | ||
| 17 | Cleeve Hill | 1083 ft, 330.00 m | 2011-08-20 | 1 | |
| 18 | Cold Overton Park | 646 ft, 197.00 m | 0 | ||
| 19 | Ditchling Beacon | 814 ft, 248.00 m | 0 | ||
| 20 | Dunkery Beacon | Exmoor | 1703 ft, 519.00 m | 2010-03-12 | 1 |
| 21 | Dunstable Downs | 797 ft, 243.00 m | 0 | ||
| 22 | Ebrington Hill | 856 ft, 261.00 m | 2011-07-09 | 1 | |
| 23 | Great Chishill | 479 ft, 146.00 m | 0 | ||
| 24 | Great Wood | 425 ft, 129.40 m | 0 | ||
| 25 | Haddenham village | 127 ft, 38.80 m | 0 | ||
| 26 | Hampstead Heath | 446 ft, 136.00 m | 0 | ||
| 27 | Helvellyn | Lake District - Eastern Fells | 3116 ft, 949.80 m | 2008-07-12 | 2 |
| 28 | High Willhays | Dartmoor | 2041 ft, 622.00 m | 2010-03-12 | 1 |
| 29 | Kinder Scout | The Peak District | 2088 ft, 636.30 m | 2013-09-14 | 2 |
| 30 | Leith Hill | 968 ft, 295.00 m | 0 | ||
| 31 | Lewesdon Hill | 914 ft, 278.60 m | 0 | ||
| 32 | Mickle Fell | North Pennines - Western Fells | 2592 ft, 790.00 m | 2015-05-23 | 1 |
| 33 | Milk Hill | 966 ft, 294.30 m | 0 | ||
| 34 | Newtonwood Lane (boundary) | 673 ft, 205.00 m | 0 | ||
| 35 | Normanby Top [The Wolds] | 551 ft, 168.00 m | 0 | ||
| 36 | Pavis Wood | 801 ft, 244.00 m | 2011-05-28 | 1 | |
| 37 | Pilot Hill | 938 ft, 286.00 m | 2013-07-13 | 1 | |
| 38 | Pinchbeck Marsh | 26 ft, 8.00 m | 0 | ||
| 39 | Racecourse Road | 266 ft, 81.00 m | 0 | ||
| 40 | Scafell Pike | Lake District - Southern Fells | 3209 ft, 978.07 m | 2008-07-27 | 1 |
| 41 | St Boniface Down | 794 ft, 242.00 m | 0 | ||
| 42 | The Cheviot | The Cheviots | 2674 ft, 815.00 m | 0 | |
| 43 | The Old Man of Coniston [Coniston Old Man] | Lake District - Southern Fells | 2633 ft, 802.40 m | 2005-07-24 | 3 |
| 44 | Viking Way | 499 ft, 152.10 m | 0 | ||
| 45 | Walbury Hill | 974 ft, 297.00 m | 2013-07-13 | 1 | |
| 46 | Wattisham Airfield | 302 ft, 92.00 m | 0 | ||
| 47 | Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill] | 878 ft, 267.50 m | 0 | ||
| 48 | Whernside | Yorkshire Dales - Southern Fells | 2417 ft, 736.60 m | 2007-11-17 | 8 |
| 49 | Worcestershire Beacon | 1394 ft, 425.00 m | 2010-07-24 | 1 |