List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point


List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point. In 1964 they are more or less the ancient counties, with the addition of the County of London and a number of historic divisions in place as administrative counties: Cambridgeshire into the Isle of Ely and Cambridgeshire; Hampshire into the Isle of Wight and Hampshire; Lincolnshire into the Parts of Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey; Northamptonshire into Soke of Peterborough and Northamptonshire; Suffolk into East and West; Sussex into East and West; and Yorkshire into the East, North and West Ridings.
RankCountyCountryHeight Height HillGrid reference
1CaernarfonshireWales1,0853,560Snowdon
2CumberlandEngland9783,209Scafell Pike
3WestmorlandEngland9503,117Helvellyn
4MerionethshireWales9052,969Aran Fawddwy
5BrecknockshireWales8862,906Pen y Fan
6DenbighshireWales8302,726Cadair Berwyn
7MontgomeryshireWales8272,726Moel Sych
8NorthumberlandEngland8152,674
9LancashireEngland8032,634Coniston Old Man
10Yorkshire, North RidingEngland7882,585Mickle Fell
11CarmarthenshireWales7812,562Fan Foel
12CardiganshireWales7522,467Pen Pumlumon Fawr
13DurhamEngland7462,447Burnhope Seat
14Yorkshire, West RidingEngland7362,415Whernside
15HerefordshireEngland7002,297Black Mountain
16MonmouthshireWales6802,228Chwarel y Fan
17RadnorshireWales6602,166Great Rhos
18DerbyshireEngland6362,087Kinder Scout
19DevonEngland6212,037High Willhays
20GlamorganWales6001,969Craig y Llyn
21CheshireEngland5821,909Black Hill
22FlintshireWales5551,817Moel Famau
23ShropshireEngland5401,772Brown Clee Hill
24PembrokeshireWales5361,760Foel Cwmcerwyn
25StaffordshireEngland5201,705Cheeks Point on Cheeks Hill
26SomersetEngland5191,702Dunkery Beacon
27WorcestershireEngland4251,394Worcestershire Beacon
28CornwallEngland4201,378Brown Willy
29GloucestershireEngland3301,082Cleeve Hill
30BerkshireEngland297974Walbury Hill
31WiltshireEngland295967Milk Hill
32SurreyEngland294965Leith Hill
33Hampshire, HampshireEngland286938Pilot Hill
34Sussex, WestEngland280918Blackdown
35DorsetEngland279915Lewesdon Hill
36LeicestershireEngland278912Bardon Hill
37BuckinghamshireEngland267875Haddington Hill
38WarwickshireEngland261856Ebrington Hill
39OxfordshireEngland257843Bald Hill
40KentEngland251823Betsom's Hill
41Sussex, EastEngland248813Ditchling Beacon
42Yorkshire, East RidingEngland246807Bishop Wilton Wold
43HertfordshireEngland244800Pavis Wood
44BedfordshireEngland243797Dunstable Downs
45Hampshire, Isle of WightEngland241791St Boniface Down
46Northamptonshire, NorthamptonshireEngland225738Arbury Hill
47AngleseyWales220722Holyhead Mountain
48NottinghamshireEngland205673Newtonwood Lane
49RutlandEngland197646Cold Overton Park
50Lincolnshire, Parts of LindseyEngland168551Normanby Top, The Wolds
51MiddlesexEngland155509Bushey Heath
52Lincolnshire, Parts of KestevenEngland151495Viking Way
53EssexEngland147482Chrishall Common
54CambridgeshireEngland146479Great Chishill
55County of LondonEngland134440Hampstead Heath
56West SuffolkEngland128420Great Wood
57NorfolkEngland105343Beacon Hill
58East SuffolkEngland90295Wattisham Airfield
59Northamptonshire, Soke of PeterboroughEngland81266Racecourse Road
60HuntingdonshireEngland80263Boring Field
61Cambridgeshire, Isle of ElyEngland39128Haddenham village
62Lincolnshire, Parts of HollandEngland826Pinchbeck Marsh

Footnotes

  1. The foot measurement is derived from the Ordnance Survey metre measurement, multiplied by 3.2808.