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How many mountains or hills over 1,000 feet are there in England?

Question #104449. Asked by miffy42.
Last updated Jan 18 2017.

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gentlegiant17
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gentlegiant17
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This research lists the 50 highest peaks of England. According to it the answer to your question is 49 (since only 1 of them is less than 1,000ft high).

link http://www.peakbagging.com/Peak%20Lists/Eng50.html

Apr 06 2009, 6:49 AM
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The list quoted only gives the 50 most prominent, not all the highest.
Partially the question becomes when is a hill a hill as opposed to a high shoulder of another hill.

Alfred Wainwright identified 214 fells, (now known as Wainwrights) in his series of books (A Pictorial Guide to the Lake District). All but one of these exceed 1,000 feet.
That gives 213 in the Lake District.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fells_in_the_Lake_District#Wainwrights

But that list is not exhaustive either as it excludes some hills in the geographical area and includes some as hills that others would exclude.
As an example of the ambiguity, Skiddaw is considered a single hill by Wainwright and Little Man of Skiddaw is also a seperate hill.
On the other hand if one considers the list of Birketts:
(The Birketts are all the Lake District hills over 1,000ft as listed in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fell), Skiddaw has 4 tops/summits (South, Middle, Main & North) plus North Shoulder. Skiddaw Little man also has the shoulder Lesser Man.
Who is to say which should be excluded and which included?

I have a list extracted from various downloads that shows 605 mountains/hills/summits/tops/prominences of 1000 feet in height in England.

I can list them if anyone should so desire.

Apr 06 2009, 10:04 AM
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Answer has 2 votes.
Apologies I slightly miscalculated - the 605 is only summits etc in the Lake District.
I have found another 283 hills in the rest of England over 1,000 feet in height.
(List includes grid references)

Apr 06 2009, 10:12 AM
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And going back to the original source I used (found at last) which has been updated, 666 hills are listed in England as 1,000+ feet.
link https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/hills/england/index.shtml

Response last updated by CmdrK on Jan 18 2017.
Apr 06 2009, 10:26 AM
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