Callan has started the latest geoblogosphere meme, highest points, with follow ups at the time of writing by ReBecca and Geology Happens. It is, however, somewhat US centric. So here is my UK version – old fangled counties, new fangled metres.
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England and Wales Edit: source
Caernarfonshire 1,085 Snowdon
Cumberland 978 Scafell Pike
Westmorland 950 Helvellyn
Merionethshire 905 Aran Fawddwy
Brecknockshire 886 Pen y Fan
Denbighshire 830 Cadair Berwyn
Montgomeryshire 827 Moel Sych
Northumberland 815 Cheviot The Cheviot
Lancashire 803 Coniston Old Man
North Riding of Yorkshire 788 Mickle Fell
Carmarthenshire 781 Fan Foel
Cardiganshire 752 Pen Pumlumon Fawr
Durham 746 Burnhope Seat
West Riding of Yorkshire 736 Whernside
Herefordshire 700 Black Mountain
Monmouthshire 680 Chwarel y Fan
Radnorshire 660 Great Rhos
Derbyshire 636 Kinder Scout
Devon 621 High Willhays
Glamorgan 600 Craig y Llyn
Cheshire 582 Black Hill
Flintshire 555 554 Moel Famau
Shropshire 540 Brown Clee Hill
Pembrokeshire 536 Foel Cwmcerwyn
Staffordshire 520 Cheeks Hill
Somerset 519 Dunkery Beacon
Worcestershire 425 Worcestershire Beacon
Cornwall 420 Brown Willy
Gloucestershire 330 Cleeve Hill
Berkshire 297 Walbury Hill
Wiltshire 295 Milk Hill
Surrey 294 Leith Hill
Hampshire 286 Pilot Hill
West Sussex 280 Black Down
Dorset 279 Lewesdon Hill
Leicestershire 278 Bardon Hill
Buckinghamshire 267 Haddington Hill
Warwickshire 261 Ebrington Hill
Oxfordshire 257 Bald Hill
Kent 251 Betsom’s Hill
East Sussex 248 Ditchling Beacon
East Riding of Yorkshire 246 Bishop Wilton Wold
Hertfordshire 244 Pavis Wood
Bedfordshire 243 Dunstable Downs
Northamptonshire 225 Arbury Hill
Anglesey 220 Holyhead Mountain
Nottinghamshire 204 Newtonwood Lane
Rutland 197 Cold Overton Park
Lincolnshire 168 Normanby Top, The Wolds
Middlesex 155 Bushey Heath
Essex 147 Chrishall Common
Cambridgeshire 146 Great Chishill
Suffolk 128 Great Wood
Norfolk 105 Beacon Hill
Northamptonshire 81 Racecourse Road
Huntingdonshire 80 Boring Field
Scotland Edit: source
Inverness-shire 1,344 Ben Nevis
Aberdeenshire/Banffshire 1,309 Ben Macdhui
Perthshire 1,214 Ben Lawers
Ross and Cromarty 1,183 Carn Eige
Argyll 1,150 Bidean nam Bian
Angus 1,068 Glas Maol
Sutherland 998 Ben More Assynt
Stirlingshire 974 Ben Lomond
Dunbartonshire 943 Ben Vorlich
Bute 874 Goatfell
Kirkcudbrightshire 843 Merrick
Peeblesshire/Selkirkshire 840 Broad Law
Dumfriesshire 821 White Coomb
Ayrshire 782 Kirriereoch Hill shoulder
Kincardineshire 778 Mount Battock
Lanarkshire 748 Culter Fell
Clackmannanshire 721 Ben Cleuch
Morayshire 710 Carn a’Ghille Chearr
Caithness 706 Morven
Nairnshire 659 Carn Glas-choire
Midlothian 651 Blackhope Scar
Roxburghshire 619 Cauldcleuch Head
West Lothian 561 Cairnpapple Hill (South Top)
East Lothian 535 Meikle Says Law
Berwickshire 532 Meikle Says Law shoulder
Fife 522 West Lomond
Renfrewshire 522 Hill of Stake
Kinross-shire 497 Innerdouny Hill
Orkney 481 Ward Hill
Shetland 450 Ronas Hill
Wigtownshire 322 Craigairie Fell
