Region 35B · England

Central Pennines

One of the 96 hill-survey regions used by the Database of British & Irish Hills. Every hill we track in this region is listed below, tallest first — follow any name for its full record, live summit weather and daylight times.

Hills listed
43
Highest hill
Whernside 736.6 m
Mean height
603 m
Hewitts
17
Nuttalls
19
Marilyns
13

Access rights in this region

Conditional Right to roam in England: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land —full England access guide.

This is the general position, not legal advice — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. See the country-by-country access guide, or query an exact grid reference with the access checker.

All 43 hills, tallest first

Hills in Central Pennines, sorted by height descending
#HillHeightProminenceClassificationsGrid ref
1Whernside736.6 m408.3 mHewittNuttallCurrent County/UA Top+3SD738815
2Ingleborough723.3 m427 mHewittNuttallTrail 100+3SD741745
3Great Whernside704 m288 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SE002739
4Buckden Pike701.6 m208.6 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SD960787
5Pen-y-ghent694.1 m304.5 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SD838733
6Great Coum686.4 m219 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SD700835
7Plover Hill679.9 m59 mHewittNuttallSimmSD849752
8Great Knoutberry Hill672.5 m253 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SD788871
9Dodd Fell Hill668 m232.4 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SD841845
10Fountains Fell667.8 m242.9 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SD864715
11Fountains Fell South Top663.4 m16.2 mNuttallSD868707
12Simon Fell649 m32 mHewittNuttallSimmSD754751
13Yockenthwaite Moor643 m89 mHewittNuttallSimmSD909810
14Green Hill628.2 m25.2 mNuttallSD702821
15Gragareth628 m32.8 mHewittNuttallCurrent County/UA Top+1SD688793
16Darnbrook Fell624 m41 mHewittNuttallSimmSD884727
17Drumaldrace614 m67 mHewittNuttallSimmSD873867
18Birks Fell610.4 m158.2 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SD918763
19Calf Top609.6 m320.3 mHewittNuttallMarilyn+2SD664856
20Horse Head Moor609.3 m31.4 mSimmDeweySD894769
21Little Whernside605 m78.5 mSimmDeweySE028776
22High Green Field Knott603.2 m67 mSimmDeweySD846784
23Woldside595.3 m34.8 mDeweySD874830
24Brown Haw584 m61 mDeweySD995799
25Meugher575 m36 mDeweySE044704
26Naughtberry Hill573 m39 mDeweySD977817
27Park Fell564 m33.7 mDeweySD762769
28Wold Fell559 m39 mDeweySD790848
29Aye Gill Pike556.4 m167 mMarilynHuMPDeweySD720886
30Grizedales553 m126 mHuMPDeweySD868643
31Height of Hazely553 m125 mHuMPDeweySE037859
32Rye Loaf Hill547 m41 mDeweySD864633
33Kirkby Fell546.4 m31.1 mDeweySD873635
34Dead Man's Hill545.4 m62.1 mDeweySE056783
35Redshaw Moss545 m40 mDeweySD813846
36Castle Knott538 m54 mDeweySD656841
37Parson's Pulpit538 m131 mHuMPDeweySD918687
38Blea Moor535 m112 mHuMPDeweySD772825
39Harland Hill535 m50 mDeweySE028842
40Proctor High Mark531 m44 mDeweySD937676
41Blaydike Moss510 m33 mDeweySD852772
42Cracoe Fell507.8 m310 mMarilynHuMPDeweySD993588
43Cam Rakes503 m113 mHuMPDeweySD839809

Hill data from the Database of British & Irish Hills v18.3 (CC BY 4.0). Prominence is the drop to the hill's key col; a dash means it is not recorded in our dataset.


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