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Travel to the highest point in every county?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_counties_by_highest_point
or at least travel to by whatever means, not necessarily by bike as it's not legal on all summits 😉
How many can you count off that you've done already? I've got 5.
I should imagine the ones in the south of england would be relatively easy compared to the north, given the elevations.
1 Cumbria 978 912 Scafell Pike NY215072
2 Northumberland 815 556 Cheviot !The Cheviot NT909205
3 Durham 788 210 Mickle Fell NY805245
4 North Yorkshire 736 408 Whernside SD738814
5 Herefordshire 703 154 Black Mountain SO255350
6 Derbyshire 636 488 Kinder Scout SK085875
7 Lancashire 628 30 Gragareth SD687793
8 Devon 621 533 High Willhays SX580892
9 West Yorkshire 582 165 Black Hill SE078046
10 Cheshire 559 236 Shining Tor SJ994737
11 South Yorkshire 548 53 High Stones SK188943
12 Greater Manchester 542 34 Black Chew Head SE056019
13 Shropshire 540 373 Brown Clee Hill SO593865
14 Staffordshire 520 0 Cheeks Point on Cheeks Hill[4] SK026699
15 Somerset 519 414 Dunkery Beacon SS891415
16 Worcestershire 425 337 Worcestershire Beacon SO768452
17 Cornwall 420 314 Brown Willy SX158800
18 Gloucestershire 330 242 Cleeve Hill SO996245
19 Berkshire 297 188 Walbury Hill SU373616
20 Surrey 295 246 Leith Hill TQ139431
21 Wiltshire 294 149 Milk Hill SU104643
22 Hampshire 286 47 Pilot Hill SU398601
23 West Sussex 280 191 Black Down SU919296
24 Dorset 279 185 Lewesdon Hill ST437011
25 Leicestershire 278 170 Bardon Hill SK459131
26 West Midlands 269 87 Turners Hill SO967887
27 Buckinghamshire 267 180 Haddington Hill SP890090
28 Oxfordshire 261 79 Whitehorse Hill SU300863
29 Warwickshire 261 111 Ebrington Hill SP187426
30 Tyne and Wear 259 13 Currock Hill NZ107592
31 Kent 251 15 Betsom's Hill TQ435563
32 East Sussex 248 213 Ditchling Beacon TQ331130
33 East Riding of Yorkshire 246 203 Bishop Wilton Wold SE821570
34 Greater London 245 0 NE shoulder of Westerham Heights TQ436564
35 Hertfordshire 244 0 NE shoulder of Pavis Wood SP914091
36 Bedfordshire 243 105 Dunstable Downs TL008194
37 Isle of Wight 241 241 St Boniface Down SZ569785
38 Northamptonshire 225 102 Arbury Hill, Big Hill SP540587, SP549612
39 Nottinghamshire 205 69 Newtonwood Lane SK456606
40 Rutland 197 11 Cold Overton Park SK827085
41 Merseyside 179 155 Billinge Hill SD525014
42 Lincolnshire 168 162 Normanby le Wold Top TF121964
43 Bristol 160 east of Dundry Hill ST593668
44 Essex 147 Chrishall Common TL443362
45 Cambridgeshire 146 Great Chishill TL427386
46 Suffolk 128 37 Great Wood Hill TL786558
47 Norfolk 103 79 Beacon Hill TG183414
48 City of London 22 High Holborn
Ooh I like that, fairly sure I'm on zero.
17 Cornwall 420 314 Brown Willy SX158800
i've yet to climb brown willy. maybe this year...
Are all those points accessible by bike? Legally?
Edit reread post, ignore me...
I've only, knowingly, got 2, but they are in the top 4 🙂
I've got 1....third place for me so far! 😆 😀
No Tom, it was just a thought and I thought it was more bike relevant than not so put it in bike forum.
Carry out some research into if you like.
You can do Shining tor (cheshire) cheeky as it's a relatively unpopular area for walkers. The Staffs one is just off the macc forest loop, would be easy enough. There's bridleways across parts of Kinder scout (derbyshire)
Got quite a few of the Welsh ones!
Actually, looking at that list I have 4! Not bad considering.
Very interesting, three or four done already.
Unlikely to tick off too many more TBH.
Edited for redundancy.
I think I'm on about 10-11 on that list.
Lots of hiking with DofE, Cadets & mates.
Actually, make that 6 😀
5 Herefordshire 703 154 Black Mountain SO255350
8 Devon 621 533 High Willhays SX580892
15 Somerset 519 414 Dunkery Beacon SS891415
18 Gloucestershire 330 242 Cleeve Hill SO996245
37 Isle of Wight 241 241 St Boniface Down SZ569785
43 Bristol 160 east of Dundry Hill ST593668
4 by bike the rest on foot.
18
Edit legally to the best of my knowledge
Edit again 8 out of the first ten
I've definitely done the City of London one. I think I might hesitate to try and get the Cornish one.
11 I think, though 5 of those in the top 6. 3 or 4 by bike (not sure about High Holborn)
I can claim 1 for definite, illegally on a bike! That would be the whole 278m of Bardon Hill in Leicestershire.
Hoping to be able to tick off number one by the end of May as well and for all the walking and biking I've done in the Peak, I've never been all the way to Kinder Scout.
1,2,4,5,13,16,19 and 48
Grew up in West Mids and never heard of Tuners Hill!!
Newbury cc do a time trial up Walbury Hill every year!
Met a lad in buttermere a few weeks back who's planning on cycling round the whole UK this summer, walking up the highest top in each county.
I pointed him in this direction for route advice, and offered him the van to kip in and a hot shower when passing through.
Keep an eye out for him.
Nice idea - just need to retire, and find time to do this
Had thoughts about a similar thing, simply visiting all of the county towns.