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'''Sugarloaf Hill''' is in the northern part of the [[Malvern Hills]] and lies between the [[Worcestershire Beacon]] and [[North Hill, Malvern|North Hill]] in the range of [[Malvern Hills]] that runs approximately 8 miles north-south along or close to the [[Herefordshire]]-[[Worcestershire]] border. | '''Sugarloaf Hill''' is in the northern part of the [[Malvern Hills]] and lies between the [[Worcestershire Beacon]] and [[North Hill, Malvern|North Hill]] in the range of [[Malvern Hills]] that runs approximately 8 miles north-south along or close to the [[Herefordshire]]-[[Worcestershire]] border. | ||
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The summit of Sugarloaf Hill is at an elevation of 1,207 feet and is a popular summit usually passed by walkers hiking between the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill: respectively the highest and second-highest of the Malvern Hills summits. | The summit of Sugarloaf Hill is at an elevation of 1,207 feet and is a popular summit usually passed by walkers hiking between the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill: respectively the highest and second-highest of the Malvern Hills summits. | ||
The name of the hill may seem unusual but it is shared with [[Sugarloaf]] in [[Monmouthshire]] (and even a Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). It is believed to be given from the resemblance of the hill to a sugarloaf. | The name of the hill may seem unusual but it is shared with others in Britain and Ireland, including [[Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire|Sugarloaf]] in [[Monmouthshire]] (and even a Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). It is believed to be given from the resemblance of the hill to a sugarloaf. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[ | *[[Sugar Loaf, Carmarthenshire]] | ||
*[[Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire]] | |||
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_-_geograph.org.uk_-_180685.jpg) Sugarloaf Hill (left) with Table Hill and North Hill | |||
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| Summit: | 1,207 feet SO766457 52°6’36"N, 2°20’30"W | ||
Sugarloaf Hill is in the northern part of the Malvern Hills and lies between the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill in the range of Malvern Hills that runs approximately 8 miles north-south along or close to the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.
The summit of Sugarloaf Hill is at an elevation of 1,207 feet and is a popular summit usually passed by walkers hiking between the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill: respectively the highest and second-highest of the Malvern Hills summits.
The name of the hill may seem unusual but it is shared with others in Britain and Ireland, including Sugarloaf in Monmouthshire (and even a Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). It is believed to be given from the resemblance of the hill to a sugarloaf.