Region 33 · England · England/Scotland border

Northumberland

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: 29
Highest hill: The Cheviot 816 m
Mean height: 566 m
Donalds: 1
Hewitts: 6
Nuttalls: 6
Marilyns: 4

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.

Border region

Some hills here sit on the England–Scotland border, so different access law applies on each side: Scotland's right of responsible access to the north,England's CRoW framework to the south.

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 29 hills, tallest first

Hills in Northumberland, sorted by height descending
#	Hill	Height	Prominence	Classifications	Grid ref
1	The Cheviot	816 m	557.5 m	HewittNuttallHistoric County Top+5	NT907205
2	Hedgehope Hill	714.4 m	147.3 m	HewittNuttallHuMP+1	NT943197
3	Comb Fell	652.8 m	70 m	HewittNuttallSimm	NT924187
4	Windy Gyle	619 m	113 m	DonaldHewittNuttall+2	NT855152
5	Cushat Law	616.2 m	148.7 m	HewittNuttallHuMP+1	NT928137
6	Bloodybush Edge	609.8 m	113.8 m	HewittNuttallHuMP+1	NT902143
7	The Schil	605.5 m	136.2 m	HuMPSimmDewey	NT869223
8	Peel Fell	602.7 m	194.9 m	MarilynHuMPSimm+1	NY625997
9	Carter Fell	579 m	102 m	HuMPDewey	NT682052
10	Deadwater Fell	569.4 m	54.9 m	Dewey	NY625972
11	Dunmoor Hill	569 m	98 m	Dewey	NT967182
12	Wether Cairn	563 m	67 m	Dewey	NT940116
13	Thirl Moor	558 m	132 m	HuMPDewey	NT806083
14	Wool Meath	552 m	49 m	Dewey	NY701998
15	Black Hag	549 m	66 m	Dewey	NT861237
16	Yarnspath Law	540.5 m	35 m	Dewey	NT887135
17	Newton Tors	537 m	130 m	HuMPDewey	NT908269
18	Shill Moor	528.8 m	106 m	HuMPDewey	NT943153
19	Ravens Knowe	527 m	33 m	Dewey	NT780062
20	Preston Hill	526 m	106 m	HuMPDewey	NT922237
21	Sighty Crag	520 m	297 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	NY601809
22	Broadhope Hill	517 m	70 m	Dewey	NT932234
23	Glendhu Hill	514 m	116 m	HuMPDewey	NY568863
24	Monkside	513.2 m	62.8 m	Dewey	NY685949
25	Lint Lands	510.4 m	42.1 m	Dewey	NT902163
26	Birnie Brae	508 m	31 m	Dewey	NT871206
27	Brownhart Law	508 m	65 m	Dewey	NT787093
28	Shillhope Law	501 m	159.3 m	MarilynHuMPDewey	NT873096
29	Hungry Law	501 m	74 m	Dewey	NT747061

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.