England/Scotland border

Beefstand Hill

Height
562 m · 1,844 ft
Grid reference
NT 82110 14369
Coordinates
55.42293, -2.28419
County / area
Scottish Borders
OS Landranger
80
OS Explorer
OL16E
Summit feature
no feature: ground 7m W of fence corner
Key col
NT838153 (492 m)

Access rights here

Border hill

This hill sits on the England–Scotland border, so different access law applies on each side: Scotland's right of responsible access to the north, England's CRoW framework to the south.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 55.423, -2.284. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (562 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

summit is 1m N of fence at nearest point.

The recorded summit point is no feature: ground 7m W of fence corner. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
15-Mar-19
Drop measured from
NT838153 · 492 m

Classification history: Summit is in Scotland.

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Get food nearby

One place to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Beefstand Hill
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Barrowburn Tea RoomRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen4 out of 55.9 km · SE

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Beefstand Hill is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to The Cheviot (816 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 492 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Windy Gyle619 m3.5 km
Brownhart Law508 m6 km
Thirl Moor558 m6.2 km
Yarnspath Law540.5 m6.6 km
Shillhope Law501 m7 km
Bloodybush Edge609.8 m8.1 km