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Moel Sych is the county top of Montgomeryshire. Moel Sych is a mountain top on the ridge of the Berwyn Range, whose summit is the point where three shires meet: Denbighshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire. County: Montgomeryshire Highest Point: Moel Sych Height (ft): 2,726 Height (m): … Continue reading →

Cadair Berwyn is the county top of Denbighshire. Cadair Berwyn is a mountain summit on the high ridge which forms part of the border of Denbighshire and Merionethshire. County: Denbighshire Highest Point: Cadair Berwyn Height (ft): 2,726 Height (m): 830 Grid Reference: SJ0716532355 … Continue reading →

Moel Famu is the county top of Flintshire. Moel Famau stands on the border of Flintshire and Denbighshire. The hill has been classed as an “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty” since 1985. Moel Famau is surrounded by several well-preserved Iron-Age hill forts. The name of the … Continue reading →

Black Hill is the county top of Cheshire. Black Hill is a hill in the Peak District, on the border of Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. It rises up to the north of the Heyden Moor in the westernmost … Continue reading →

Normanby Top is the county top of Lincolnshire. Normanby Top is a mile or so north of the village of Normanby-le-Wold. The Viking Way passes close by, on a minor road, and there is a radio mast near the summit. The … Continue reading →

Bardon Hill is the county top of Leicestershire. The hill has two very distinct faces – one half is preserved as a “site of special scientific interest”, while the other has been quarried away as the Bardon Hill Quarry. County: Leicestershire … Continue reading →

Flitteris Park is the county top of Rutland. The highest point in Rutland lies within Flitteris Park, on Flitteris Park Farm. The point is in Bealby’s Field and is marked by an Ordnance Survey trig point. County: Rutland Highest Point: Flitteris Park Height (ft): 646 … Continue reading →

Castle Camps is the county top of Cambridgeshire. Castle Camps is a village in the south-eastern corner of the county 15 miles south-east of Cambridge, and near to the borders of Suffolk and Essex. The highest point in Cambridgeshire lies within … Continue reading →

Arbury Hill is the county top of Northamptonshire. The hill is part of a three-way watershed.  Northamptonshire has the remarkable distinction that no river nor stream however small enters the county from elsewhere, though it is the source of several rivers … Continue reading →

Black Mountain Ridge is the county top of Herefordshire. The Black Mountains are a group of hills spread across Brecknockshire and into Monmouthshire and Herefordshire. They are the easternmost of the four ranges of hills that comprise the Brecon Beacons National Park. … Continue reading →