Leith Hill
3 classifications here — Current County/UA Top, Marilyn and HuMP — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 294 m · 965 ft
- Prominence
- 247 m
- Grid reference
- TQ 13936 43185
- Coordinates
- 51.17650, -0.37145
- County / area
- Surrey
- County top
- Highest point of Surrey
- Region
- South East England
- OS Landranger
- 187
- OS Explorer
- 146
- Summit feature
- grassy knoll with seat
- Key col
- TQ038365 (47 m)
About Leith Hill
Leith Hill is the summit of the Greensand Ridge and the second highest point in south-east England at 294 m, behind Walbury Hill in Berkshire. It stands about 6.7 km southwest of Dorking and some 40 km from central London, and no ground exceeds it for 79 km in any direction.
Four blocks of woodland around the hill make up the 337.9-hectare Leith Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest, though the summit itself is left out of that designation. Holmwood station, 3.6 km east on the Southern line to London Victoria, is the nearest railway.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Leith Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.
Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.
General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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Computed astronomically for 51.176, -0.371. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (294 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
0.7m higher than base of tower 20m SE at TQ 13950 43175.
The recorded summit point is grassy knoll with seat. 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
- 21-Jul-24
- Drop measured from
- TQ038365 · 47 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
Long-distance paths past this hill
One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.
| Route | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Greensand Way | 189 km | over the top |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Get food nearby
3 places 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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanhouse Leith Hill Tower Cafe | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 0.5 km · SW |
| The Plough Inn | Pub/bar/nightclub | 4 out of 5 | 1.5 km · NE |
| Tanhurst Estate Café and Events | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 1.9 km · SW |
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.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Black Down | 280.8 m | 25.8 km |