The Highest Hills in Southeast England

Metres	Feet	Name	Area	View	Comments
297	974	Walbury Hill	Wiltshire	Yes	Book 2 Kintbury Walk goes nearby
295	968	Leith Hill	Surrey Hills, near Dorking	Partial (trees)	Book 1 Holmwood to Gomshall walk
280	919	Black Down	Surrey Hills, near Haslemere	No (trees)	Book 1 Haslemere Round walk goes nearby
270	887	Butser Hill	On SDW, near Petersfield	Yes
267	875	Botley Hill	On NDW, North Downs, near Oxted	?
248	813	Ditchling Beacon	On SDW, near Lewes	Yes	Book 1 Hassocks to Lewes walk
240	788	Crowborough	Kentish Weald	No	Its a High Street!
240	786	St Boniface Down	Isle of White	Yes
238	782	Chanctonbury Hill	On SDW, near Chichester	Yes
217	713	Firle Beacon	On SDW, near Alfriston	Yes	Book 2, walk 25, Lewes via West Firle
214	702	Wilmington Hill	On SDW, NE of Alfriston	Yes
214	701	Brighstone Down	Isle of White	Yes
200	656	North Down (Detling Hill)	Near to NDW, near Maidestone	No
188		Cheriton Hill	Near to NDW, near Folkstone	No
164	538	Cliffe Hill	Near Lewes	Yes	Book 2, walk 25, Lewes via West Firle goes nearby

The source of this table is the Marilyn's, a list of the relatively highest hills (i.e. hills with a big drop on all sides compared to the surrounding land, not their absolute height). A walker describes their ascent here.

9 of the 15 hills have no walks going near their summits, so inspiration for new walks?

Some very obvious viewpoints are missed, for example Beachy Head (because its in the same "hill" as Wilmington Hill, which is higher).

For more on the Marilyn's, see : The Relative Hills of Britain by Alan Dawson.

Last Update: Sep-05 by Andrew