White Hill

About White Hill

White Hill is a hill in the Forest of Bowland in north-western England, lying between Slaidburn and High Bentham on the district boundary between the City of Lancaster and Ribble Valley. Its summit carries a tower and a triangulation pillar, and the hill is classed as a Marilyn.

In medieval times the hill stood at one of the northernmost limits of the Lordship of Bowland.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on White Hill (Forest of Bowland) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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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Civil twilight ends

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Computed astronomically for 54.024, -2.499. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is ground by trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Abney level

Record revised

03-Jun-24

Drop measured from

SD 6487 5866 · 383 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.

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).

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.

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