Lancashire, Cheshire and S 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
- 30
- Highest hill
- Kinder Scout 636.3 m
- Mean height
- 544 m
- Hewitts
- 2
- Nuttalls
- 3
- Marilyns
- 8
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 30 hills, tallest first
| # | Hill | Height | Prominence | Classifications | Grid ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinder Scout | 636.3 m | 496.6 m | HewittNuttallHistoric County Top+5 | SK084875 |
| 2 | Bleaklow Head | 633 m | 128 m | HewittNuttallHuMP+1 | SK094960 |
| 3 | Higher Shelf Stones | 621.8 m | 19.8 m | Nuttall | SK088947 |
| 4 | Black Hill | 581.1 m | 165.2 m | Historic County TopCurrent County/UA TopMarilyn+2 | SE078047 |
| 5 | Brown Knoll | 569 m | 36 m | Dewey | SK083851 |
| 6 | Ward's Stone | 562.4 m | 400.9 m | MarilynHuMPDewey | SD591587 |
| 7 | Shining Tor | 559 m | 235.7 m | Current County/UA TopMarilynHuMP+1 | SJ994737 |
| 8 | Pendle Hill | 557 m | 395 m | MarilynHuMPDewey | SD804414 |
| 9 | Axe Edge Moor | 551 m | 83 m | Dewey | SK035706 |
| 10 | Howden Edge | 550 m | 63 m | Current County/UA TopDewey | SK187943 |
| 11 | Lord's Seat | 550 m | 61 m | Dewey | SK111834 |
| 12 | Whetstone Ridge | 547 m | 40 m | Dewey | SK001708 |
| 13 | White Hill | 544.9 m | 161.9 m | MarilynHuMPDewey | SD673587 |
| 14 | Featherbed Top | 544 m | 33 m | Dewey | SK090920 |
| 15 | Mill Hill | 544 m | 33 m | Dewey | SK061904 |
| 16 | Black Chew Head | 542 m | 33 m | Current County/UA TopDewey | SE056019 |
| 17 | Back Tor | 538 m | 68 m | Dewey | SK197909 |
| 18 | Horse Stone Naze | 527 m | 34 m | Dewey | SK158975 |
| 19 | Wolfhole Crag | 527 m | 38 m | Dewey | SD633578 |
| 20 | Cats Tor | 522 m | 38 m | Dewey | SJ994758 |
| 21 | Fair Snape Fell | 521.9 m | 226.2 m | MarilynHuMPDewey | SD597472 |
| 22 | Cheeks Hill (boundary) | 518.9 m | — | Historic County TopCurrent County/UA Top | SK026699 |
| 23 | Boulsworth Hill - Lad Law | 517.7 m | 335 m | MarilynHuMPDewey | SD929356 |
| 24 | Mam Tor | 517 m | 62 m | Dewey | SK127836 |
| 25 | Oliver Hill | 513 m | 44 m | Dewey | SK027675 |
| 26 | Black Edge | 506.7 m | 97.1 m | Dewey | SK062771 |
| 27 | Shutlingsloe | 506 m | 133 m | HuMPDewey | SJ976695 |
| 28 | The Roaches | 505 m | 123 m | HuMPDewey | SK001638 |
| 29 | Combs Head | 503 m | 40 m | Dewey | SK040757 |
| 30 | West Nab | 501 m | 50 m | Dewey | SE076087 |
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.
Browse the other survey areas on the regions hub, check what you can do at a specific spot with the access checker, and read oursafety notes before heading up — hill days here can outlast daylight, especially in winter.