Region 35B · England

Central Pennines

One of the 95 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
19
Highest hill
Whernside 736.6 m
Mean height
663 m
Hewitts
17
Nuttalls
19
Marilyns
11

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 19 hills, tallest first

Hills in Central Pennines, sorted by height descending
# Hill Height Prominence Classifications Grid ref
1 Whernside 736.6 m 408.3 m HewittNuttallCurrent County/UA Top +3 SD738815
2 Ingleborough 723.3 m 427 m HewittNuttallTrail 100 +3 SD741745
3 Great Whernside 704 m 288 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SE002739
4 Buckden Pike 701.6 m 208.6 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SD960787
5 Pen-y-ghent 694.1 m 304.5 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SD838733
6 Great Coum 686.4 m 219 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SD700835
7 Plover Hill 679.9 m 59 m HewittNuttallSimm SD849752
8 Great Knoutberry Hill 672.5 m 253 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SD788871
9 Dodd Fell Hill 668 m 232.4 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SD841845
10 Fountains Fell 667.8 m 242.9 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SD864715
11 Fountains Fell South Top 663.4 m 16.2 m Nuttall SD868707
12 Simon Fell 649 m 32 m HewittNuttallSimm SD754751
13 Yockenthwaite Moor 643 m 89 m HewittNuttallSimm SD909810
14 Green Hill 628.2 m 25.2 m Nuttall SD702821
15 Gragareth 628 m 32.8 m HewittNuttallCurrent County/UA Top +1 SD688793
16 Darnbrook Fell 624 m 41 m HewittNuttallSimm SD884727
17 Drumaldrace 614 m 67 m HewittNuttallSimm SD873867
18 Birks Fell 610.4 m 158.2 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SD918763
19 Calf Top 609.6 m 320.3 m HewittNuttallMarilyn +2 SD664856

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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