List of hills of Kent

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

Colour key

Class Prominence
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

TuMPs. In this context, "TuMP" is used to connote 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).

Table

Hill Height
(m)
Prom.
(m)
Grid ref. Class Parent Range/Region Remarks Image
Betsom's Hill[3] 251 15 TQ435563 Kent
county top

(historical and current)
Botley Hill North Downs Kent's
county top
.

No feature; ground by lane.
Summit is 45 m N of site of old fort which is higher but on artificial ground.
Tiny cairn in middle of field may be inaccessible if crops present.

Toys Hill[3] 248 117 TQ469520
TuMP
Botley Hill
Wealden Greensand
Kent's second highest point
Westerham Heights[3]
245 0 TQ436565 None Botley Hill North Downs Kent's third highest point
Also Bromley's borough top and highest point in any Greater London borough
No ground feature; E verge of A233.
Wrotham Hill[3] 235 129 TQ436565
TuMP
Botley Hill North Downs Trig point at summit.
Bayley's Hill[3] 216 40 TQ514519
TuMP
Botley Hill Kent Downs Alternative summits at TQ 491517 (unnamed) and TQ 487516 (Ide Hill, 216 metres).[3]
Crockham Hill[3] 216 41 TQ445514
TuMP
Botley Hill Kent Downs No feature
River Hill[3] 215 27 TQ541523 None Botley Hill Kent Downs
Raspit Hill[3] 207 34 TQ577548
TuMP
Botley Hill Kent Downs
Detling Hill[3] 200 163 TQ804586
TuMP
Botley Hill Kent Downs Junction of 3 paths. Long grass may hide true summit.
Cheriton Hill[3] 188 150 TQ511307
TuMP
Crowborough Kent Downs Summit on gd 15 m N of fence corner and c. 250 m NW of trig point.

See also

References and footnotes

  1. 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 Name, height, prominence, parent, grid and class data from: Database of British and Irish Hills, retrieved 9 Oct 2016.

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  1. ^ 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.