A County top is the highest point of a county. A county top need not be in the heart of a county; many indeed are at the edges, where the county boundary runs over a ridge or watershed. A few are on the border of the county and may be the top of two counties.
The highest of them all is the magnificent Ben Nevis, the highest ground in the British Isles and consequently the county top of Inverness-shire, and the lowest the modestly named Boring Field in Huntingdonshire, a county not known for hills.
County tops of the United Kingdom
Ben Nevis, Inverness-shire, highest point in the United Kingdom
Slieve Donard, Downshire, highest mountain in Northern Ireland
A top which is the highest point in two different counties has an asterisk; *
| County
|
Hill
|
Height (ft)
|
Height (m)
|
Grid reference
|
| Aberdeenshire
|
Ben Macdhui*
|
4,295
|
1,309
|
NN988989
|
| Anglesey
|
Holyhead Mountain
|
722
|
220
|
SH2185882948
|
| Angus
|
Glas Maol
|
3,504
|
1,068
|
NO166765
|
| Antrim
|
Trostan
|
1,808
|
551
|
|
| Argyllshire
|
Bidean nam Bian
|
3,773
|
1,150
|
NN143542
|
| Armagh
|
Slieve Gullion
|
1,880
|
573
|
J024201
|
| Ayrshire
|
Kirriereoch Hill shoulder
|
2,565
|
782
|
NX421870
|
| Banffshire
|
Ben Macdhui*
|
4,295
|
1,309
|
NN988989
|
| Bedfordshire
|
Dunstable Downs
|
797
|
243
|
TL0088119424
|
| Berkshire
|
Walbury Hill
|
974
|
297
|
SU3734861631
|
| Berwickshire
|
Meikle Says Law shoulder
|
1,746
|
532
|
NT581616
|
| Brecknockshire
|
Pen y Fan
|
2,906
|
886
|
SO0121221588
|
| Buckinghamshire
|
Haddington Hill
|
875
|
267
|
SP8907209088
|
| Buteshire
|
Goatfell
|
2,867
|
874
|
NR991415
|
| Caernarfonshire
|
Snowdon
|
3,560
|
1,085
|
SH6098954379
|
| Caithness
|
Morven
|
2,316
|
706
|
ND004285
|
| Cambridgeshire
|
Little Biggin Common
|
413
|
126
|
TL625416
|
| Cardiganshire
|
Pen Pumlumon Fawr
|
2,467
|
752
|
SN7897186945
|
| Carmarthenshire
|
Fan Foel
|
2,562
|
781
|
SN8214022338
|
| Cheshire
|
Black Hill
|
1,909
|
582
|
SE0781604687
|
| Clackmannanshire
|
Ben Cleuch
|
2,365
|
721
|
NN902006
|
| Cornwall
|
Brown Willy
|
1,378
|
420
|
SX1587280004
|
| Cromartyshire
|
?
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
| Cumberland
|
Scafell Pike
|
3,209
|
978
|
NY2154207217
|
| Denbighshire
|
Cadair Berwyn
|
2,726
|
830
|
SJ0716532355
|
| Derbyshire
|
Kinder Scout
|
2,087
|
636
|
SK0851887520
|
| Devon
|
High Willhays
|
2,037
|
621
|
SX5802389203
|
| Dorset
|
Lewesdon Hill
|
915
|
279
|
ST4377801172
|
| Down
|
Slieve Donard
|
2,789
|
850
|
J357276
|
| Dumfriesshire
|
White Coomb
|
2,694
|
821
|
NT163151
|
| Dunbartonshire
|
Ben Vorlich
|
3,094
|
943
|
NN295124
|
| Durham
|
Burnhope Seat
|
2,447
|
746
|
NY7879037536
|
| East Lothian
|
Meikle Says Law
|
1,755
|
535
|
NT581617
|
| Essex
|
Chrishall Common
|
482
|
147
|
TL4430136202
|
| Fermanagh
|
Cuilcagh*
|
2,182
|
665
|
H123280
|
| Fife
|
West Lomond
|
1,713
|
522
|
NO197066
|
| Flintshire
|
Moel Famau
|
1,817
|
555
|
SJ1610962667
|
| Glamorgan
|
Craig y Llyn
|
1,969
|
600
|
SN9068903156
|
| Gloucestershire
|
Cleeve Hill
|
1,082
|
330
|
SO9969624599
|
| Hampshire
|
Pilot Hill
|
938
|
286
|
SU3987560111
|
| Herefordshire
|
Black Mountain
|
2,297
|
700
|
SO2558835051
|
| Hertfordshire
|
Pavis Wood
|
800
|
244
|
SP9142009190
|
| Huntingdonshire
|
Boring Field
|
263
|
80
|
TL0472071050
|
| Inverness-shire
|
Ben Nevis
|
4,409
|
1,344
|
NN166712
|
| Kent
|
Betsom's Hill
|
823
|
251
|
TQ4355556332
|
| Kincardineshire
|
Mount Battock
|
2,552
|
778
|
NO549844
|
| Kinross-shire
|
Innerdouny Hill
|
1,631
|
497
|
NO032073
|
| Kirkcudbrightshire
|
Merrick
|
2,766
|
843
|
NX427855
|
| Lanarkshire
|
Culter Fell
|
2,454
|
748
|
NT052290
|
| Lancashire
|
Coniston Old Man
|
2,634
|
803
|
SD2723797827
|
| Leicestershire
|
Bardon Hill
|
912
|
278
|
SK4599213199
|
| Lincolnshire
|
Normanby Top, The Wolds
|
551
|
168
|
TF1211096470
|
| Londonderry
|
Sawel Mountain*
|
2,224
|
678
|
H618973
|
| Merionethshire
|
Aran Fawddwy
|
2,969
|
905
|
SH8627222386
|
| Middlesex
|
Bushey Heath
|
509
|
155
|
TQ1523593970
|
| Midlothian
|
Blackhope Scar
|
2,136
|
651
|
NT315483
|
| Monmouthshire
|
Chwarel y Fan
|
2,228
|
680
|
SO2581929416
|
| Montgomeryshire
|
Moel Sych
|
2,726
|
827
|
SJ0663231863
|
| Morayshire
|
Carn a' Ghille Chearr
|
2,329
|
710
|
NJ139298
|
| Nairnshire
|
Carn Glas-choire
|
659
|
2,162
|
NH891291
|
| Norfolk
|
Beacon Hill
|
343
|
105
|
TG1835941425
|
| Northamptonshire
|
Arbury Hill
|
738
|
225
|
SP5401558770
|
| Northumberland
|
The Cheviot
|
2,674
|
815
|
NT9090420522
|
| Nottinghamshire
|
Newtonwood Lane
|
669
|
204
|
SK4561760649
|
| Orkney
|
Ward Hill
|
1,578
|
481
|
HY228022
|
| Oxfordshire
|
Bald Hill
|
843
|
257
|
SU7288595775?
|
| Pembrokeshire
|
Foel Cwmcerwyn
|
1,760
|
536
|
SN0940931161
|
| Peeblesshire
|
Broad Law*
|
2,756
|
840
|
NT146235
|
| Perthshire
|
Ben Lawers
|
3,983
|
1,214
|
NN635414
|
| Radnorshire
|
Great Rhos
|
2,166
|
660
|
SO1821963902
|
| Renfrewshire
|
Hill of Stake
|
1,713
|
522
|
NS273630
|
| Ross-shire
|
Carn Eige
|
3,881
|
1,183
|
NH123261
|
| Roxburghshire
|
Cauldcleuch Head
|
2,031
|
619
|
NT456006
|
| Rutland
|
Cold Overton Park
|
646
|
197
|
SK8270808533
|
| Shetland
|
Ronas Hill
|
1,476
|
450
|
HU305834
|
| Selkirkshire
|
Broad Law*
|
2,756
|
840
|
NT146235
|
| Shropshire
|
Brown Clee Hill
|
1,772
|
540
|
SO5936686556
|
| Somerset
|
Dunkery Beacon
|
1,702
|
519
|
SS8914341587
|
| Staffordshire
|
Cheeks Hill
|
1,705
|
520
|
SK0260969904
|
| Stirlingshire
|
Ben Lomond
|
3,196
|
974
|
NN367028
|
| Suffolk
|
Great Wood
|
420
|
128
|
TL7869055863
|
| Surrey
|
Leith Hill
|
965
|
294
|
TQ1394943162
|
| Sussex
|
Blackdown
|
918
|
280
|
SU9193529613
|
| Sutherland
|
Ben More Assynt
|
3,274
|
998
|
NC318201
|
| Tyrone
|
Sawel Mountain*
|
2,224
|
678
|
H618973
|
| Warwickshire
|
Ebrington Hill
|
856
|
261
|
SP1877942633
|
| West Lothian
|
Cairnpapple Hill (South Top)
|
1,024
|
312
|
NS987711
|
| Westmorland
|
3,117
|
950
|
Helvellyn
|
NY3426015090
|
| Wigtownshire
|
Craigairie Fell
|
1,056
|
322
|
NX236736
|
| Wiltshire
|
Milk Hill
|
967
|
295
|
SU1041564341
|
| Worcestershire
|
Worcestershire Beacon
|
1,394
|
425
|
SO7688445223
|
| Yorkshire, East Riding
|
Bishop Wilton Wold
|
807
|
246
|
SE8218257026
|
| Yorkshire, North Riding
|
Mickle Fell
|
2,585
|
788
|
NY8058224534
|
| Yorkshire, West Riding
|
Whernside
|
2,415
|
736
|
SD7385081415
|
County tops of the Republic of Ireland
In the Irish Republic, nine Counties share a highest point with another county, whether a British or Irish county, and these are marked with an asterisk; *
Carrauntoohil, County Kerry; the highest mountain in Munster and all Ireland
Lugnaquilla, County Wicklow. The highest mountain in Leinster
Mweelrea,
County Mayo. The highest mountain in Connaught
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