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U.K. County/Unitary Authority High Points

Rank	County/Unitary Authority	Constituent Country	Peak	Elev-M	Range (Level 4)	Ascents
51.	Oldham	England	Black Chew Head	541	England Hills	58
52.	Shropshire	England	Brown Clee Hill	540	Wales and Welsh Border	95
53.	Pembrokeshire	Wales	Foel Cwmcerwyn	536	Wales and Welsh Border	54
54.	East Lothian	Scotland	Meikle Says Law	535	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	24
54.	Caerphilly	Wales	Pen March	535	Wales and Welsh Border	20
56.	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	Merthyr Common	531	Wales and Welsh Border	22
57.	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	Cort-ma Law - East Top	527	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	18
58.	Fife	Scotland	West Lomond	522	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	70
58.	Renfrewshire	Scotland	Hill of Stake	522	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	23
60.	Staffordshire	England	Cheeks Hill - South Slope	520	England Hills	65
61.	Somerset	England	Dunkery Beacon	519	England Hills	106
62.	Barnsley	England	Hoar Stones	514	England Hills	31
63.	Tameside	England	Hoarstone Edge	497	England Hills	32
64.	Calderdale	England	Way Stone Edge	482	England Hills	22
65.	Orkney Islands	Scotland	Ward Hill	481	Scotland Islands	25
66.	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Divis	478	Northeast Ireland	18
67.	Rochdale	England	Blackstone Edge	474	England Hills	78
	Rochdale	England	or Hail Storm Hill - Southeast Slope	474	England Hills	24
68.	Bradford	England	Withins Height - Northeast Slope	457	England Hills	37
69.	Blackburn with Darwen	England	Winter Hill	456	England Hills	151
70.	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	Divis - West Slope	455	Northeast Ireland	13
71.	Shetland Islands	Scotland	Ronas Hill	450	Scotland Islands	18
72.	Bolton	England	Winter Hill - Southeast Slope	447	England Hills	72
73.	Inverclyde	Scotland	Creuch Hill	441	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	10
74.	Worcestershire	England	Worcestershire Beacon	425	Wales and Welsh Border	180
75.	Cornwall	England	Brown Willy	420	England Hills	88
76.	Bury	England	Scholes Height	415	England Hills	26
77.	Telford and Wrekin	England	The Wrekin	407	Wales and Welsh Border	141
78.	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Duncolm	401	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	27
79.	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	Corse Hill	376	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	28
80.	Swansea	Wales	Mynydd y Betws	373	Wales and Welsh Border	37
81.	Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	Carrigatuke	365	Northeast Ireland	11
82.	Falkirk	Scotland	Darrach Hill	357	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	11
83.	Leeds	England	Burley Moor	342	England Hills	41
84.	Gloucestershire	England	Cleeve Common	330	England Hills	95
85.	Redcar and Cleveland	England	Gisborough Moor	328	England Hills	55
85.	Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	Collin	328	Northeast Ireland	8
87.	Stockport	England	Mellor Moor	327	England Hills	23
	Stockport	England	or Robin Hood's Picking Rods	327	England Hills	18
88.	Newport	Wales	Wentwood	309	Wales and Welsh Border	48
89.	Cardiff	Wales	Garth Hill	307	Wales and Welsh Border	68
90.	West Berkshire	England	Walbury Hill	297	England Hills	78
91.	Wiltshire	England	Milk Hill	294	England Hills	65
91.	Surrey	England	Leith Hill	294	England Hills	124
93.	Hampshire	England	Pilot Hill	286	England Hills	57
94.	West Sussex	England	Black Down	280	England Hills	89
95.	Dorset	England	Lewesdon Hill	279	England Hills	57
96.	Leicestershire	England	Bardon Hill	278	England Hills	77
97.	Swindon	England	Liddington Hill	276	England Hills	34
98.	Sandwell	England	Turner's Hill	271	England Hills	36
99.	Buckinghamshire	England	Haddington Hill	267	England Hills	95
100.	Aberdeen City	Scotland	Brimmond Hill	266	Grampian Mountains	34
101.	Bath and North East Somerset	England	Niver Hill	264	England Hills	33
102.	Warwickshire	England	Ebrington Hill	261	England Hills	49
102.	Oxfordshire	England	Whitehorse Hill	261	England Hills	62
104.	Gateshead	England	Currock Hill - East Top	259	England Hills	24
105.	Dudley	England	Cawney Hill	251	England Hills	23
106.	Kent	England	Betsom's Hill	250	England Hills	51
106.	Stoke-on-Trent	England	Meir Heath	250	England Hills	18
106.	Birmingham	England	Rednal Hill - North Top	250	England Hills	29
109.	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	Bishop Wilton Wold	248	England Hills	57
109.	East Sussex	England	Ditchling Beacon	248	England Hills	102
111.	Greater London	England	Westerham Heights	245	England Hills	49
112.	Hertfordshire	England	Pavis Wood	244	England Hills	66
113.	Central Bedfordshire	England	Dunstable Downs	243	England Hills	111
114.	North Somerset	England	Blagdon Hill Farm	242	England Hills	28
115.	Isle of Wight	England	St Boniface Down	241	England Hills	68
116.	South Gloucestershire	England	Hanging Hill	237	England Hills	29
117.	Wolverhampton	England	Sedgley Beacon - East Slope	235	England Hills	21
118.	Cheshire West and Chester	England	Raw Head	227	Wales and Welsh Border	63
118.	Walsall	England	Barr Beacon	227	England Hills	33
120.	West Northamptonshire	England	Arbury Hill	225	England Hills	41
	West Northamptonshire	England	or Big Hill	225	England Hills	17
121.	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	Holyhead Mountain	220	Wales and Welsh Border	124
122.	Darlington	England	Dere Street	219	England Hills	24
123.	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	Cairngaver	214	Northeast Ireland	8
124.	Nottinghamshire	England	Newtonwood Lane	205	England Hills	45
125.	Glasgow City	Scotland	Cathkin Braes	200	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	30
126.	Rutland	England	Cold Overton Park	197	England Hills	39
126.	Brighton and Hove	England	Bullock Hill	197	England Hills	25
128.	Torbay	England	Beacon Hill	196	England Hills	19
129.	Solihull	England	Meighs Wood	185	England Hills	28
130.	Sunderland	England	Warden Law	182	England Hills	10
131.	Saint Helens	England	Billinge Hill	179	England Hills	89
132.	Luton	England	Whitehill-Butterfield Green	178	England Hills	34
133.	Wakefield	England	Woolley Edge	176	England Hills	35
134.	Dundee City	Scotland	Gallow Hill	175	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	20
135.	Medway Towns	England	Holly Hill	172	England Hills	27
136.	Milton Keynes	England	Bow Brickhill	171	England Hills	30
137.	Wigan	England	Billinge Hill - North Top	169	England Hills	41
138.	Lincolnshire	England	The Wolds	168	England Hills	55
139.	Coventry	England	Corley Moor	167	England Hills	28
140.	Plymouth	England	Woolwell Road	162	England Hills	22
141.	North Northamptonshire	England	Mill Hill	161	England Hills	11
142.	Bristol	England	Dundry Hill East	160	England Hills	27
143.	Rotherham	England	Fir Hill	157	England Hills	25
144.	Essex	England	Chrishall Common	147	England Hills	60
145.	Cambridgeshire	England	Great Chishill	146	England Hills	59
146.	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	Ashley Hill	145	England Hills	32
147.	Doncaster	England	Foredoles Head	144	England Hills	25
148.	Hartlepool	England	Whelly Hill	142	England Hills	14
148.	Wokingham	England	Bowsey Hill	142	England Hills	31
150.	Derby City	England	Allestree Park	138	England Hills	22
151.	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	Tair Onnen	137	Wales and Welsh Border	19
152.	Nottingham City	England	Nottingham M1	132	England Hills	45
153.	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	Westerhope	131	England Hills	21
154.	Bracknell Forest	England	Surrey Hill	130	England Hills	31
155.	Suffolk	England	Great Wood	129	England Hills	40
156.	Portsmouth	England	Fort Southwick	122	England Hills	30
157.	North East Lincolnshire	England	Wold Newton	117	England Hills	19
158.	Salford	England	Newcombe Drive	116	England Hills	28
158.	Thurrock	England	Langdon Hill - Southwest Slope	116	England Hills	20
160.	Leicester City	England	Nether Hall	110	England Hills	23
161.	Manchester	England	Heaton Park	108	England Hills	42
161.	Wirral	England	Poll Hill	108	Wales and Welsh Border	60
163.	Bedfordshire	England	The Slipe	107	England Hills	16
164.	Norfolk	England	Beacon Hill	105	England Hills	56
164.	Warrington	England	Appleton Park	105	England Hills	17
166.	Reading	England	Park Lane	103	England Hills	28
167.	North Lincolnshire	England	Saxby Wold	102	England Hills	20
168.	Middlesbrough	England	Quarry Hill	100	England Hills	17
168.	Knowsley	England	Knowsley Park	100	England Hills	13
168.	Halton	England	Halton Castle	100	England Hills	19
171.	North Tyneside	England	Silverlink Park	94	England Hills	15
172.	South Tyneside	England	Boldon Hills	93	England Hills	20
173.	Liverpool	England	Woolton Hill	89	England Hills	26
174.	Stockton-on-Tees	England	Thorpe Larches	82	England Hills	19
	Stockton-on-Tees	England	or Boy Hill	82	England Hills	14
174.	Southampton	England	Bassett Avenue	82	England Hills	33
176.	Peterborough	England	Racecourse Road	81	England Hills	30
177.	Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole	England	Corfe Hills	78	England Hills	26
178.	Trafford	England	Green Walk (Bowdon)	67	England Hills	22
179.	Southend-on-Sea	England	London Road	61	England Hills	24
	Southend-on-Sea	England	or Heath Mount	61	England Hills	20
180.	Isles of Scilly	England	Telegraph Tower	51	England Hills	14
180.	Slough	England	East Burnham Park	51	England Hills	28
182.	York	England	Stock Hill	44	England Hills	29
183.	Sefton	England	Melling Mount	36	England Hills	28
184.	Blackpool	England	Warbreck Reservoir	34	England Hills	26
185.	Kingston upon Hull	England	South Field	12	England Hills	20
1.	Highland	Scotland	Ben Nevis	1345	Grampian Mountains	1077
2.	Moray	Scotland	Ben Macdui	1309	Grampian Mountains	238
2.	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Ben Macdui	1309	Grampian Mountains	238
4.	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	Ben Lawers	1214	Grampian Mountains	194
5.	Stirling	Scotland	Ben More	1174	Grampian Mountains	130
6.	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	Ben Cruachan	1126	Grampian Mountains	86
7.	Gwynedd	Wales	Snowdon	1085	Wales and Welsh Border	1453
8.	Angus	Scotland	Glas Maol	1068	Grampian Mountains	107
9.	Conwy	Wales	Carnedd Llewelyn	1064	Wales and Welsh Border	275
10.	Cumbria	England	Scafell Pike	978	England Hills	1442
11.	Powys	Wales	Pen y Fan	886	Wales and Welsh Border	531
12.	North Ayrshire	Scotland	Goat Fell	874	Scotland Islands	127
13.	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	Slieve Donard	853	Northeast Ireland	220
14.	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	Merrick	843	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	103
15.	Scottish Borders	Scotland	Broad Law	840	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	70
16.	Denbighshire	Wales	Cadair Berwyn - North Top	827	Wales and Welsh Border	95
	Denbighshire	Wales	or Moel Sych	827	Wales and Welsh Border	106
17.	Northumberland	England	The Cheviot	815	England Hills	151
18.	Western Isles	Scotland	Clisham	799	Scotland Islands	55
19.	Durham	England	Mickle Fell	790	England Hills	45
19.	Wrexham	Wales	Craig Berwyn	790	Wales and Welsh Border	50
21.	South Ayrshire	Scotland	Kirriereoch Hill - Northwest Slope	782	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	23
22.	Carmarthenshire	Wales	Fan Foel	781	Wales and Welsh Border	85
23.	Ceredigion	Wales	Plynlimon	752	Wales and Welsh Border	88
24.	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	Culter Fell	748	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	48
25.	North Yorkshire	England	Whernside	736	England Hills	536
26.	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	Ben Cleuch	721	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	62
27.	Herefordshire	England/Wales	Black Mountain	703	Wales and Welsh Border	95
28.	East Ayrshire	Scotland	Blackcraig Hill	700	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	24
29.	Monmouthshire	Wales	Chwarel y Fan	679	Wales and Welsh Border	67
30.	Derry and Strabane	Northern Ireland	Sawel Mountain	678	Northeast Ireland	48
31.	Fermanagh and Omagh	Cavan/Northern Ireland	Cuillagh	665	Western Ireland	43
32.	Midlothian	Scotland	Blackhope Scar	651	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	32
33.	Derbyshire	England	Kinder Scout	636	England Hills	522
34.	Lancashire	England	Gragareth	628	England Hills	85
35.	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	Mullaghaneany	627	Northeast Ireland	16
36.	Devon	England	High Willhays	621	England Hills	128
37.	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	Craig y Llyn	600	Wales and Welsh Border	49
38.	Rhondda Cynon Taff	Wales	Craig y Llyn - East Slope	590	Wales and Welsh Border	35
39.	Kirklees	England	Black Hill	582	England Hills	159
40.	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Earl's Seat	578	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	48
40.	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	Coety Mountain	578	Wales and Welsh Border	42
42.	Torfaen	Wales	Coety Mountain - East Slope	574	Wales and Welsh Border	27
43.	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	Oughtmore	569	Northeast Ireland	6
44.	Bridgend	Wales	Werfa	568	Wales and Welsh Border	27
45.	Edinburgh City	Scotland	East Cairn Hill	567	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	33
46.	West Lothian	Scotland	West Cairn Hill	562	Southern Scotland-Isle of Man	23
47.	Cheshire East	England	Shining Tor	559	England Hills	193
48.	Flintshire	Wales	Moel Famau	554	Wales and Welsh Border	310
49.	Sheffield	England	High Stones	550	England Hills	58
50.	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	Slievenanee	543	Northeast Ireland	8

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List Description

The United Kingdom has been re-organizing its local government for the past 20 years or so, making the county (and county-equivalent) situation here quite a jumbled mess. Here, the following scheme is used:

England: 120 areas: 48 unitary authorities, 36 metropolitan boroughs, 35 counties, and Greater London. The boroughs of London are sometimes treated as county equivalents, but the usual practice is to consider Greater London as one unit. Changes to this structure in the future are certainly possible, given recent history.
Wales: 22 unitary authorities (former counties now gone)
Scotland: 32 unitary authorities (former counties now gone)
Northern Ireland: 11 districts. These are new as of 2015 and replaced 26 little-loved district councils, which in turn replaced the traditional 6 counties in 1973.

This gives us a total of 185 second-level administrative units for the United Kingdom. It's a somewhat motely menagerie of different animals, but it's the best we can do given the evolving changes.

Another possible list is based on the historic counties or "lieutenancies", which eliminates many of the smaller metropolitan boroughs and unitary authorities. But that list has almost zero governmental reality behind it. So this list, despite its shortcomings, at least has real administrative machinery behind it.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Peter Stone, who helped by adding many of these peaks to the database. I was also aided in my research by the Hill Bagging web site.

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