This is a list of hills in Hampshire. It is based on the online Database of British and Irish Hills,Database of British and Irish Hills at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Accessed on 1 Apr 2013. Jackson's More Relative Hills of Britain and list of 30 metre prominencesSummit Listings by Relative Height by Mark Jackson, compiled by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 1 Apr 2013. and the Ordnance Survey mapping service.
Many of these hills are important historic, archaeological and nature conservation sites, as well as popular hiking and tourist destinations in the county of Hampshire in southern England.
Colour key ClassProminenceMarilyns150–599 mHuMPs100–149 mTuMPs30–99 mUnclassified0–29 m The table is colour-coded based on the classification or "listing" of the hill. The types that occur in Hampshire are Marilyns, HuMPs and TuMPs, listings that are based on the topographical prominence. "Prominence" correlates strongly with the subjective significance of a summit. Peaks with low prominences are either subsidiary tops of a higher summit or relatively insignificant independent summits. Peaks with high prominences tend to be the highest points around and likely to have extraordinary views.
A Marilyn is a hill of any height that has a prominence of at least 150 metres or about 500 feet. A "HuMP" (the acronym comes from "Hundred Metre Prominence) is a hill with a prominence of at least 100 but less than 150 metres. In this table Marilyns are in beige and HuMPs in lilac. The term "sub-Marilyn" or "sub-HuMP" is used, e.g. in the Database of British and Irish Hills to indicate hills that fall just below the threshold.
To qualify for inclusion, hills must either be 200 metres or higher with a prominence of at least 30 metres, below 200 metres with a prominence of at least 90 metres (the threshold for a sub-HuMP), or be in some other way notable. For further information see the Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles and the individual articles on Marilyns, HuMPs and 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).
The county tops (i.e. highest points) of Portsmouth and Southampton unitary authorities are not strictly in the modern county of Hampshire, but are included because they fall within Hampshire's historic county boundary.
Table
HillHeight (m)Prom. (m)Grid ref.ClassParentRange/RegionRemarksImagePilot HillName, height, prominence, grid and class data from Database of British and Irish Hills - Hampshire. Accessed on 1 Apr 2013.28645County top, TuMPWalbury HillHampshire DownsHampshire's county top. West flank in the county of Berkshire.Butser HillName, height, prominence, grid and parent data from: Jackson, Mark (2009). More Relative Hills of Britain, Marilyn News Centre, UK, p. 144. E-book .270158Marilyn, HuMP, TuMPWalbury HillSouth DownsHampshire's only Marilyn. Highest point on the South Downs. Iron Age earthworks, SSSI, NNR.Sidown Hill26634TuMPWalbury HillHampshire DownsGrade II listed building, Heaven's Gate, on summit.Beacon Hill26173TuMPWalbury HillHampshire DownsNear Burghclere. Formerly site of most famous beacon in Hampshire. Hill fort, SSSI, NNR.Wheatham HillClass data from Database of British and Irish Hills - Hampshire. Accessed on 1 Apr 2013.249125HuMPButser HillHampshire Downs, East Hampshire HangersWar Down24490 (est.)sub-HuMP, TuMPButser HillSouth DownsWatership Down23790sub-HuMP, TuMPWalbury HillHampshire DownsSetting for Richard Adams' novel.Wether Down23437TuMPButser HillSouth DownsLadle Hill23241TuMPWalbury HillHampshire DownsUnique example of an unfinished hill fort.Holybourne Hill22564TuMPButser HillHampshire DownsNear the village of Holybourne Also known as Holybourne DownRed Hill22148TuMPButser HillHampshire DownsGoleigh Hill22053TuMPButser HillHampshire Downs East Hampshire HangersNear Empshott and Noar HillKing's Hill21846TuMPButser HillHampshire DownsOn the road between Medstead and BeechNoar Hill21459TumpButser HillHampshire Downs, East Hampshire HangersNear Empshott and Goleigh HillPidham Hill21357TuMPButser HillSouth DownsSelborne Hill21153TuMPButser HillHampshire Downs, East Hampshire HangersSelborne Common occupies the crown of the hill.Farleigh Hill20834TuMPButser HillHampshire DownsHead Down20568TuMPButser HillSouth Downs1 km S of BuritonOakham Hill20265TuMPButser HillSouth DownsBeacon Hill20188TuMPButser HillSouth DownsHenwood Down20164TuMPButser HillSouth DownsOld Winchester Hill197South DownsIron Age hill fort, Bronze Age cemetery. SSSI, NNR. On spur of unnamed hill that is over 210 m high and not listed.Windmill Hill19484TuMPButser HillSouth DownsGrade II listed windmill at summit.Farley Mount17883TuMPButser HillHampshire DownsFolly near summit.Broadhalfpenny Down15843TuMPButser HillSouth DownsHistoric cricket venue.Fort Southwick PortsdownJackson calls it "Portsdown" and gives the height as 131 m, drop as c93 m and grid as SU627069.12284TuMPButser HillSouth Hampshire LowlandsPortsmouth's county top.King John's HillHistoric England (2015). "PastScape: Monument No. 243207". London, England: Historic England. Retrieved 2017-03-18.115Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 133: Haslemere, Petersfield, Midhurst & Selborne.21TuMPHampshire DownsIron Age hillfort and medieval hunting lodgeSt. Catherine's Hill9735TuMPButser HillHampshire DownsSSSI, Iron Age hill fort.Bassett Avenue825NoneSouth Hampshire LowlandsSouthampton's county top. Bassett district of Southampton
The following summits have been omitted from the table as they are considered sub-peaks, alternative names of hills in the main list or are otherwise not eligible at this stage: Cottington's Hill or King John's Hill, Kingsclere, Hampshire Downs ()Varley, Telford (1922). Hampshire, Cambridge County Geographies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013 paperback edition, p. 17. . Varley's use of the term "North Downs" is taken to mean the main "Hampshire Downs", not the "North Downs" of Surrey and Kent.Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series.Kingsclere at www.british-history.ac.uk. Accessed on 3 Apr 2013. Stoner Hill, Hampshire Downs, East Hampshire Hangers () is a subsidiary summit of Wheatham Hill ().
See also List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom List of Marilyns in England Geology of Hampshire
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