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The UK's County Tops Jonny Muir

The UK's County Tops By Jonny Muir

The UK's County Tops by Jonny Muir


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Inspiring guide to 82 walking routes reaching the tops of the UK's 91 historic counties in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, from Inverness-shire's Ben Nevis (1344m) to Huntingdonshire's Boring Field (80m) visiting 10 national parks and the full range of UK countryside. OS maps, colour photography, many county facts.

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The UK's County Tops: Reaching the top of 91 historic counties by Jonny Muir

This inspiring guide describes 82 walking routes to the highest points ('tops') of the UK's 91 historic counties in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, from Inverness-shire's Ben Nevis (1344m) to Huntingdonshire's Boring Field (80m), visiting 10 national parks and numerous Areas of Outstanding National Beauty, including the Cairngorms, Dartmoor and the Lake District. There are a range of walks for all abilities and something for everyone, wherever they are in the UK, whether at home, on holiday or just travelling through. The graded routes range from strolls over easy ground to mountaineering expeditions. Some rank among the finest summits in the UK: Ben Lomond, Helvellyn, Pen y Fan, The Cheviot, Scafell Pike, Slieve Donard and Worcestershire Beacon. Others appear in unlikely places such as a military firing zone in Yorkshire and a back garden in south-east London and every top has its own story. The author was the first person to reach all 91 tops in one trip without motorised transport and recorded his adventure in his first book 'Heights of Madness'. Here he shares his routes, top tips and interesting facts about the tops and the historic counties. Illustrated with OS maps, sketch maps and colour photographs.

About Jonny Muir

Jonny Muir first visited the UK's 91 historic county tops in a continuous 5000-mile cycling and walking adventure over a three-month period in 2006. A journalist for six years at newspapers in Cheltenham, Peterborough and Inverness, he now works as an English teacher in London.

Table of Contents

Overview map INTRODUCTION The historic counties Defining a county top Using this guide Getting there Safety in the hills ENGLAND Introduction 1 Cornwall - Brown Willy 420m 2 Devon - High Willhays 621m 3 Somerset - Dunkery Beacon 519m 4 Dorset - Lewesdon Hill 279m 5 Sussex - Black Down 280m 6 Surrey - Leith Hill 294m 7 Kent - Betsom's Hill 251m 8 Middlesex - Bushey Heath 153m 9 Bedfordshire - Dunstable Downs 243m 10 Buckinghamshire - Haddington Hill 267m / Hertfordshire - Pavis Wood 244m 11 Berkshire - Walbury Hill 297m / Hampshire - Pilot Hill 286m 12 Oxfordshire - Bald Hill 257m 13 Wiltshire - Milk Hill 295m 14 Gloucestershire - Cleeve Common 330m 15 Herefordshire - Black Mountain 703m 16 Worcestershire - Worcestershire Beacon 425m 17 Warwickshire - Ebrington Hill 261m 18 Northamptonshire - Arbury Hill 225m 19 Shropshire - Brown Clee Hill 540m 20 Staffordshire - Cheeks Hill 520m 21 Leicestershire - Bardon Hill 278m 22 Derbyshire - Kinder Scout 636m 23 Nottinghamshire - Silverhill 205m 24 Rutland - Cold Overton Park 197m 25 Huntingdonshire - Boring Field 80m 26 Cambridgeshire - Great Chishill 146m / Essex - Chrishall Common 147m 27 Suffolk - Great Wood 128m 28 Norfolk - Beacon Hill 105m 29 Lincolnshire - Normanby Top 168m 30 Cheshire - Black Hill 582m 31 Lancashire - The Old Man of Coniston 803m 32 Durham - Burnhope Seat 746m 33 Yorkshire - Mickle Fell 788m 34 Cumberland - Scafell Pike 978m 35 Westmorland - Helvellyn 950m 36 Northumberland - The Cheviot 815m WALES Introduction 37 Flintshire - Moel Famau 562m 38 Anglesey - Holyhead Mountain 220m 39 Caernarvonshire - Snowdon 1085m 40 Denbighshire - Cadair Berwyn 830m / Montgomeryshire - Moel Sych 827m 41 Merionethshire - Aran Fawddwy 907m 42 Cardiganshire - Plynlimon 752m 43 Pembrokeshire - Foel Cwmcerwyn 536m 44 Carmarthenshire - Fan Foel 781m 45 Glamorgan - Craig y Llyn 600m 46 Brecknockshire - Pen y Fan 886m 47 Monmouthshire - Chwarel y Fan 679m 48 Radnorshire - Great Rhos 660m SCOTLAND Introduction 49 Roxburghshire - Hangingstone Hill 743m 50 East Lothian - Meikle Says Law 535m / Berwickshire - Meikle Says Law south shoulder 532m 51 West Lothian - Cairnpapple Hill 312m 52 Midlothian - Blackhope Scar 651m 53 Lanarkshire - Culter Fell 748m 54 Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire - Broad Law 840m 55 Dumfriesshire - White Coomb 821m 56 Ayrshire - Kirriereoch Hill shoulder 781m / Kirkcudbrightshire - Merrick 843m 57 Wigtownshire - Craigairie Fell 321m 58 Buteshire - Goatfell 874m 59 Renfrewshire - Hill of Stake 522m 60 Stirlingshire - Ben Lomond 974m 61 Dunbartonshire - Ben Vorlich 943m 62 Perthshire - Ben Lawers 1214m 63 Clackmannanshire - Ben Cleuch 721m 64 Kinross - Innerdouny Hill 497m 65 Fife - West Lomond 522m 66 Kincardineshire - Mount Battock 778m 67 Angus - Glas Maol 1068m 68 Aberdeenshire and Banffshire - Ben Macdui 1309m 69 Morayshire - Carn a' Ghille Chearr 710m 70 Nairnshire - Carn Glas-choire 659m 71 Argyll - Bidean Nam Bian 1150m 72 Inverness-shire - Ben Nevis 1344m 73 Ross and Cromarty - Carn Eige 1183m 74 Sutherland - Ben More Assynt 998m 75 Caithness - Morven 706m 76 Orkney - Ward Hill 479m 77 Shetland - Ronas Hill 450m NORTHERN IRELAND Introduction 78 County Down - Slieve Donard 853m 79 County Armagh - Slieve Gullion 576m 80 County Fermanagh - Cuilcagh 666m 81 County Londonderry and County Tyrone - Sawel Mountain 678m 82 County Antrim - Trostan 550m Appendix 1 The UK's historic county tops by height Appendix 2 The present-day county tops of England, Wales and Scotland by height

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GOR004151434
9781852846299
1852846291
The UK's County Tops: Reaching the top of 91 historic counties by Jonny Muir
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Cicerone Press
2011-09-13
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