Sugarloaf Hill, Malvern

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Sugarloaf Hill
Worcestershire
Sugarloaf Hill (with Table Hill and North Hill) - geograph.org.uk - 180685.jpg
Sugarloaf Hill (left) with Table Hill and North Hill
Range: Malvern Hills
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.

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