Merrick
5 classifications here — Current County/UA Top, Trail 100, Marilyn, HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 843 m · 2,766 ft
- Prominence
- 705 m
- Grid reference
- NX 42760 85547
- Coordinates
- 55.13927, -4.46841
- County / area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- County top
- Highest point of Dumfries and Galloway
- Region
- Carrick and Galloway
- OS Landranger
- 77
- OS Explorer
- 318
- Summit feature
- trig point in shelter
- Key col
- NY644669 (138 m)
About Merrick
The Merrick, from the Gaelic Beinn Mheurach, is the highest mountain in the Southern Uplands and in southern Scotland as a whole, at 843 metres. It belongs to the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range within the Galloway Hills.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Merrick (Galloway) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.
Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.
General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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Computed astronomically for 55.139, -4.468. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
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).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glentrool Visitors Centre | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 5.9 km · S |
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.
The Merrick group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Merrick as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Dungeon Hill | 621 m | 116 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kirriereoch Hill | 786.8 m | 1.6 km |
| Kirriereoch Hill (boundary) | 782 m | 1.7 km |
| Mullwharchar | 692 m | 2.9 km |
| Dungeon Hill | 620.9 m | 3.3 km |
| Craignaw | 646 m | 3.9 km |
| Tarfessock | 696.4 m | 4.1 km |