List of hills of Wiltshire

This is a list of hills in Wiltshire. Many of these hills are important historical, archaeological and nature conservation sites, as well as popular hiking and tourist destinations in the county of Wiltshire in southern England.

## Colour key[edit]

Class  | Prominence

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Marilyns | 150 – 599 m
HuMPs | 100 – 149 m
TuMPs | 30 – 99 m
Unclassified  | 0 – 29 m

The table is colour-coded based on the classification or "listing" of the hill. The types that occur in Wiltshire are Marilyns, HuMPs and TuMPs, listings based on topographical prominence. "Prominence" correlates strongly with the subjective significance of a summit. Peaks with low prominences are either subsidiary tops of a higher summit or relatively insignificant independent summits. Peaks with high prominences tend to be the highest points around and likely to have extraordinary views. A Marilyn is a hill with a prominence of at least 150 metres or about 500 feet.[1] A "HuMP" (the acronym comes from "Hundred Metre Prominence) is a hill with a prominence of at least 100 but less than 150 metres.[2] In this table Marilyns are in beige and HuMPs in lilac. The term "sub-Marilyn" or "sub-HuMP" is used, e.g. in the online Database of British and Irish Hills to indicate hills that fall just below the threshold. To qualify for inclusion, hills must either be 200 metres or higher with a prominence of at least 30 metres, below 200 metres with a prominence of at least 90 metres (the threshold for a sub-HuMP) or be in some other way notable. In this context, a "TuMP" is a hill with a prominence of at least 30 but less than 100 metres; by way of contrast, see also the article listing Tumps (a traditional term meaning a hillock, mound, barrow or tumulus). For further information see the Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles and the individual articles on Marilyns, HuMPs and TuMPs.

## Table[edit]

Hill  | Height (m)  | Prom. (m)  | Grid ref.  | Class  | Parent  | Range/Region  | Remarks  | Image

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Milk Hill[3] | 294.3  | 147  | SU104643 | Hardy,sub-Marilyn, HuMP, Wiltshire county top (historical and current)  | Walbury Hill[4] | North Wessex Downs | Wiltshire's county top.

Highest point of North Wessex Downs.
Second highest chalk hill in the UK.
Tiny cairn in middle of field may be inaccessible if crops present.

Tan Hill[3] | 294  | 48  | SU082647 | TuMP | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Wiltshire's second highest summit.

Second highest point of North Wessex Downs.
No summit feature. 25 cm lower than nearby Milk Hill.

Martinsell Hill[3] | 289  | 76  | SU178638 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Wiltshire's third summit.

Trig point at summit.
Prehistoric fort at summit

Long Knoll[3] | 288  | 171  | ST786376 | Marilyn, HuMP, TuMP  | Beacon Batch[4] | Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs | Featureless summit 10m NE of trig point and 50 cm higher than its base.  |
Brimsdown Hill[3] | 285  | 88  | ST824391 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs | Copse on summit.

Summit is 1m higher than base of trig point 50 m S.

Win Green[3] | 277  | 159  | ST925206 | Marilyn, HuMP, TuMP  | Long Knoll[4] | Cranborne Chase, North Wessex Downs | Copse on summit.

Summit is 1m higher than base of trig point 50 m S.

Hackpen Hill[3] | 272  | 104  | SU129743 | HuMP, TuMP  | Milk Hill[4] | Marlborough Downs, North Wessex Downs | Trig point in middle of field  |
Golden Ball Hill[3] | 271  | 52  | SU129640 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Flat summit area; summit 2m S of fence corner  |
Wexcombe Down[3] | 267  | 84  | SU277577 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Long barrow and water tower near summit  |
Cherhill Down[3] | 262  | 86  | SU053689 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | No summit feature; ground 5m S of fence.

Oldbury Castle ramparts are as high but man-made.

Jack's Castle[3] | 262  | 33  | ST745354 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs |  |
Morgan's Hill[3] | 260  | 83  | SU029668 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Toppled trig point at summit  |
Haydown Hill[3] | 258  | 31  | SU313566 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Trig point at summit  |
Little Knoll[3] | 256  | 52  | ST807378 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs | No summit feature; ground by fence  |
Little Hill[3] | 249  | 87  | ST868251 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs |  |
Park Hill[3] | 247  | 65  | ST825431 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs |  |
Coombe Down[3] | 246  | 37  | SU181744 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Marlborough Downs, North Wessex Downs |  |
White Sheet Hill, Mere[3] | 245  | 73  | ST804347 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs |  |
Cley Hill[3] | 244  | 73  | ST838448 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | Tumuli and fort  |
Easton Hill[3] | 243  | 91  | SU210592 | TuMP, sub-HuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Summit knoll  |
Beacon Hill[3] | 242  | 59  | SU210592 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs |  |
Roundway Hill[3] | 242  | 55  | SU022646 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Site of Battle of Roundway Down, 1643  |
White Sheet Hill, Swallowcliffe[3] | 242  | 90  | ST944242 | TuMP, sub-HuMP  | Win Green | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | Summit 20m SE of trig point.  |
Peaks Downs[3] | 241  | 34  | SU264789 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | flat summit area. Close to M4 motorway  |
Milton Hill[3] | 238  | 38  | SU192584 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs |  |
Summerslade Down[3] | 238  | 31  | ST878379 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs |  |
King's Play Hill[3] | 232  | 32  | SU009660 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | Summit knoll  |
White Horse Hill, Westbury[3] | 230  | 108  | ST901511 | HuMP, TuMP  | Long Knoll | Salisbury Plain | Trig point at summit; flat summit area.  |
Horningsham Common[3] | 229  | 31  | ST805411 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | No summit feature.  |
Knoyle Hill[3] | 226  | 30  | ST898307 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | No summit feature.  |
Tinhead Hill[3] | 226  | 64  | ST941524 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Salisbury Plain | Long barrow at ST 939524 probably higher but manmade.  |
Haddon Hill[3] | 225  | 44  | ST875316 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs |  |
Sidbury Hill[3] | 223  | 69  | SU216506 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | Salisbury Plain | Trig point, fort and earthworks  |
Clyffe Pypard Hill[3] | 216  | 30  | SU074764 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Mast near summit  |
Pythouse Hill[3] | 216  | 32  | ST909289 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | North Wessex Downs |  |
Urchfont Hill[3] | 216  | 89  | SU040555 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | North Wessex Downs | Flagpole on mound summit (mound probably manmade). Ground 100m SW is lower than base of summit mound  |
Barkers Hill[3] | 208  | 59  | ST905256 | TuMP  | Win Green | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | No summit feature.  |
Battlesbury Hill[3] | 208  | 39  | ST898455 | TuMP  | Win Green | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | Hilltop fort; above Waterloo Lines |
Bathford Hill[3] | 205  | 101  | ST791661 | HuMP, TuMP  | Birdlip Hill[4] |  | Summit within 2m of tower (Brown's Folly)  |
Woodborough Hill[3] | 205  | 38  | SU118614 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | No summit feature; centre of flat area  |
Beacon Hill, Salisbury Plain[3] | 204  | 88  | SU194427 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | Salisbury Plain | Above Bulford Camp and just N of A303; mast near summit.  |
High Wood[3] | 202  | 50  | ST941268 | TuMP  | Win Green | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | Near Old Wardour Castle |
Scratchbury Hill[3] | 197  | 60  | ST911442 | TuMP  | Long Knoll | Salisbury Plain | Hillfort summit: Scratchbury Camp; trig point  |
Castle Ditches[3] | 193  | 68  | ST962284 | TuMP  | Win Green | Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs | Hillfort summit; trig point  |
Silbury Hill[3] | 187  | 29  | SU100685 | Unclassified  | Walbury Hill | North Wessex Downs | Prehistoric chalk mound  |
Old Sarum[3] | 122  | 43  | SU138326 | TuMP  | Walbury Hill | Salisbury Plain | Earliest settlement at Salisbury and remains of Iron Age hillfort, Norman castle and Old Sarum Cathedral |

## See also[edit]

* List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom
* List of Marilyns in England

## References and footnotes[edit]

1. ^ Dawson, Alan (1992). The Relative Hills of Britain. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-068-4. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010.
2. ^ Jackson, Mark. "More Relative Hills of Britain" (PDF). Relative Hills of Britain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at Name, height, prominence, grid and class data from: Database of British and Irish Hills, retrieved 2 Jul 2016.
4. ^ a b c d e Name, height, prominence, grid, class and parent data from: Jackson, Mark (2009). More Relative Hills of Britain, Marilyn News Centre, UK, p. 168. E-book Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine.

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