List of hills of Hampshire

This is a list of hills in Hampshire. It is based on the online Database of British and Irish Hills,[1] Jackson's More Relative Hills of Britain[2] and list of 30 metre prominences[3] and the Ordnance Survey mapping service.

Many of these hills are important historic, archaeological and nature conservation sites, as well as popular hiking and tourist destinations in the county of Hampshire in southern England.

Colour key

Class Prominence
Marilyns 150 - 599 m
HuMPs 100 - 149 m

The table is colour-coded based on the classification or "listing" of the hill. The two types that occur in Hampshire are Marilyns and HuMPs, listings that are based on the topographical prominence. "Prominence" correlates strongly with the subjective significance of a summit. Peaks with low prominences are either subsidiary tops of a higher summit or relatively insignificant independent summits. Peaks with high prominences tend to be the highest points around and likely to have extraordinary views. A Marilyn is a hill of any height that has a prominence of at least 150 metres or about 500 feet.[4] A "HuMP" (the acronym comes from "Hundred Metre Prominence) is a hill with a prominence of at least 100 but less than 150 metres.[2] In this table Marilyns are in beige and HuMPs in lilac. The term "sub-Marilyn" or "sub-HuMP" is used, e.g. in the Database of British and Irish Hills to indicate hills that fall just below the threshold. To qualify for inclusion, hills must either be 200 metres or higher with a prominence of at least 30 metres, below 200 metres with a prominence of at least 90 metres (the threshold for a sub-HuMP) or be in some other way notable. For further information see the Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles and the individual articles on Marilyns and HuMPs.

The county tops (i.e. highest points) of Portsmouth and Southampton unitary authorities are not strictly in the modern county of Hampshire, but are included because they fall within Hampshire's historic county boundary.

Hill Height (m) Prom. (m) Grid ref. Class Parent Range/Region Remarks Image
Pilot Hill[5] 286 45 SU398601 County top Walbury Hill[3] Hampshire Downs[6] Hampshire's county top.

West flank in the county of Berkshire.
Butser Hill[7] 270 158 ST437012 Marilyn Walbury Hill South Downs[6] Hampshire's only Marilyn.

Highest point on the South Downs.
Iron Age earthworks, SSSI, NNR.
Sidown Hill[3] 266 34 SU444573 None Walbury Hill Hampshire Downs Grade II listed building, Heaven's Gate, on summit.
Beacon Hill[3] 261 73 SU458572 None Walbury Hill Hampshire Downs[6] Near Burghclere.

Formerly site of most famous beacon in Hampshire.
Hill fort, SSSI, NNR.
Wheatham Hill[7][8] 249 125 SU731277 HuMP Butser Hill Hampshire Downs,[6] East Hampshire Hangers
War Down[5] 244 90 SU726198 (est.) sub-HuMP Butser Hill[3] South Downs
Watership Down[5] 237 90 SU495568 sub-HuMP Walbury Hill[3] Hampshire Downs Setting for Richard Adams' novel.
Wether Down[3] 234 37 SU675197 None Butser Hill South Downs
Ladle Hill[3] 232 41 SU478568 None Walbury Hill Hampshire Downs[6] Unique example of an unfinished hill fort.
Holybourne Hill[3] 225 64 SU725437 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs Near the village of Holybourne

Also known as Holybourne Down
Red Hill[3] 221 48 SU672359 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs
Goleigh Hill[3] 220 53 SU726308 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs
East Hampshire Hangers		 Near Empshott and Noar Hill
King's Hill[3] 218 46 SU672375 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs On the road between Medstead and Beech
Noar Hill[3] 214 59 SU747318 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs,[6] East Hampshire Hangers Near Empshott and Goleigh Hill
Pidham Hill[3] 213 57 SU694229 None Butser Hill South Downs
Selborne Hill[3] 211 53 SU736331 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs, East Hampshire Hangers Selborne Common occupies the crown of the hill.
Farleigh Hill[3] 208 34 SU616472 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs
Head Down[3] 205 68 SU735191 None Butser Hill South Downs 1 km S of Buriton
Oakham Hill[3] 202 65 SU749188 None Butser Hill South Downs
Beacon Hill[3] 201 88 SU602224 None Butser Hill South Downs[6]
Henwood Down[3] 201 64 SU661219 None Butser Hill South Downs
Old Winchester Hill 197 SU643205 None South Downs[6] Iron Age hill fort, Bronze Age cemetery.

SSSI, NNR.
Windmill Hill[3] 194 84 SU716160 None Butser Hill South Downs Grade II listed windmill at summit.
Farley Mount[3] 178 83 SU403290 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs Folly near summit.
Broadhalfpenny Down[3] 158 43 SU672160 None Butser Hill South Downs Historic cricket venue.
Fort Southwick[5]

Portsdown[3][9]

 122 84 SU626069 None Butser Hill South Hampshire Lowlands Portsmouth's county top.
St. Catherine's Hill[3] 97 35 SU484276 None Butser Hill Hampshire Downs SSSI, Iron Age hill fort.
Bassett Avenue[5] 82 5 SU419169 None South Hampshire Lowlands Southampton's county top.

Bassett district of Southampton

The following summits have been omitted from the table as they are considered sub-peaks, alternative names of hills in the main list or are otherwise not eligible at this stage:

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ Database of British and Irish Hills at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Accessed on 1 Apr 2013.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Mark. "More Relative Hills of Britain" (PDF). Relative Hills of Britain. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Summit Listings by Relative Height by Mark Jackson, compiled by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 1 Apr 2013.
  4. ↑ Dawson, Alan (1992). The Relative Hills of Britain. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-068-4.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Name, height, prominence, grid and class data from Database of British and Irish Hills - Hampshire. Accessed on 1 Apr 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Varley, Telford (1922). Hampshire, Cambridge County Geographies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013 paperback edition, p. 17. ISBN 978-1-107-62028-5. Varley's use of the term "North Downs" is taken to mean the main "Hampshire Downs", not the "North Downs" of Surrey and Kent.
  7. 1 2 Name, height, prominence, grid and parent data from: Jackson, Mark (2009). More Relative Hills of Britain, Marilyn News Centre, UK, p. 144. E-book.
  8. ↑ Class data from Database of British and Irish Hills - Hampshire. Accessed on 1 Apr 2013.
  9. ↑ Jackson calls it "Portsdown" and gives the height as 131 m, drop as c93 m and grid as SU627069.
  10. 1 2 Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series.
  11. ↑ Kingsclere at www.british-history.ac.uk. Accessed on 3 Apr 2013.
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