Region 40 · England

South West England

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
16
Highest hill
High Willhays 622 m
Mean height
548 m
Hewitts
1
Nuttalls
2
Marilyns
2

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 16 hills, tallest first

Hills in South West England, sorted by height descending
#HillHeightProminenceClassificationsGrid ref
1High Willhays622 m537 mHewittNuttallHistoric County Top+4SX580892
2Yes Tor618.6 m23.7 mNuttallTrail 100SX580901
3Hangingstone Hill604.6 m89.9 mSimmDeweySX617861
4Cut Hill603.8 m44.4 mSimmDeweySX598827
5Great Links Tor589 m112 mHuMPDeweySX550867
6Amicombe Hill585.8 m36.3 mDeweySX566872
7Cosdon Hill550.5 m80 mDeweySX636915
8Great Mis Tor538 m80 mDeweySX562769
9Hameldown532 m99 mDeweySX705799
10Steeperton Tor532 m31 mDeweySX618887
11Higher White Tor525 m47.9 mDeweySX619785
12North Hessary Tor517 m63 mDeweySX578742
13Ryder's Hill515 m109 mHuMPDeweySX659690
14Beardown Tors513 m32 mDeweySX602773
15White Ridge505.7 m49 mDeweySX648821
16Brown Willy420 m322 mHistoric County TopCurrent County/UA TopMarilyn+1SX158799

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.