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

Colour key

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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 Gloucestershire are Marilyns, HuMPs and TuMPs, listings based on 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 with a prominence of at least 150 metres or about 500 feet.[1] A "HuMP" (the acronym comes from "Hundred Metre Prominence) is a hill with a prominence of at least 100 but less than 150 metres.[2] In this table Marilyns are in beige and HuMPs in lilac. The term "sub-Marilyn" or "sub-HuMP" is used, e.g. in the online Database of British and Irish Hills to indicate hills that fall just below the threshold. To qualify for inclusion, hills must either be 250 metres or higher with a prominence of at least 30 metres, below 250 metres with a prominence of at least 90 metres (the threshold for a sub-HuMP) or be in some other way notable. In this context, "TuMP" is used to connote a hill with a prominence of at least 30 but less than 100 metres. For further information see the Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles and the individual articles on Marilyns, HuMPs, and TuMPs. By way of contrast, see also the article listing Tumps (a traditional term meaning a hillock, mound, barrow or tumulus).

List of hills

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Hill Height (m) Prom. (m) Grid ref. Class Parent Range/Region Remarks Image
Cleeve Hill[3] 330 234 SO996246 Marilyn, HuMP, TuMP,
Gloucestershire county top
(historical and current) 		The Wrekin[2] Cotswolds Gloucestershire's county top.

Highest point of the Cotswolds.
Trig point at summit

Seven Wells Hill[3] 319 121 SP115348 HuMP, TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Gloucestershire's second highest hill.

Summit at base of wall on S side.

Shenberrow Hill[3] 304 52 SP083333 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Summit in field; no feature.
Roel Hill[3] 301 67 SP054253 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Ground at SW corner of covered reservoir compound.
Birdlip Hill[3] 299 116 SO924141 HuMP, TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Fields in Birdlip close to B4070 and reservoir. On a raised mound.
Wistley Hill[3] 298 74 SO983180 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Open featureless summit.
May Hill[3] 296 217 SO695212 Marilyn, HuMP, TuMP Cleeve Hill Over Severn Summit on small knoll in trees, 15m from trig point and 12m S of Jubilee Plaque.
National Trust property.
Leckhampton Hill[3] 295 71 SO948183 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Summit at trig point on hillfort ramparts.
Just S of Cheltenham.
Ruardean Hill[3] 290 174 SO634169 Marilyn, HuMP, TuMP Cleeve Hill Forest of Dean Highest point in the Forest of Dean.

Summit at site of original flagpole, about 5m from present one. Trig point nearby.

Upper Coscombe Hill[3] 290 42 SP071296 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Summit at junction of field boundaries.
Painswick Beacon[3] 283 76 SO868120 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Summit 25m S of trig point.
Hillfort
High Brotheridge[3] 282 49 SO891138 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Open flat summit surrounded by woodland.
Site of ancient settlement.
Nottingham Hill[3] 280 41 SO980283 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds No summit feature
Buck Stone[3] 279 145 SO541122 Sub-Marilyn, HuMP, TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds
Edge Hills[3] 279 32 SO662159 TuMP Ruardean Hill Forest of Dean Wooded summit by track NE of compound.
Three masts along track.
Temple Guiting Hill[3] 279 31 SP082287 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Open summit.
Wigpool Common[3] 279 46 SO655192 TuMP Ruardean Hill Forest of Dean Wooded summit and trig point by minor road.
Langley Hill[3] 274 102 SP008290 HuMP, TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Obvious summit within 2m of trig point.
Crickley Hill[3] 273 41 SO930164 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Embankment at summit. Location of Crickley Hill Country Park (NT)
Pen Hill[3] 267 30 SO995124 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Trig point on open summit. Nr Colesbourne Park
Hart Hill[3] 263 84 SO541031 TuMP Ruardean Hill Wye Valley No summit feature. Gd on N side of Windward Ho.
Scottsquar Hill[3] 256 72 SO837085 TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds No summit feature. Very flat summit area.
Crawley Hill[3]

Hetty Pegler's Tump[4]

251 98 SO789000 Tump, TuMP, Sub-HuMP. Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Mound on summit.
Wyck Beacon[3] 250 96 SP201207 TuMP, Sub-HuMP. Cleeve Hill Cotswolds Summit on tumulus 7m from trig point.
Oxenton Hill[3] 223 126 SO973314 HuMP, TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds No summit feature. 19 m SE of trig point.
Alderton Hill[3] 223 126 SP009345 HuMP, TuMP, subMarilyn. Cleeve Hill Cotswolds No summit feature.
Robinswood Hill[3] 198 142 SO840150 HuMP, TuMP, subMarilyn. Cleeve Hill Cotswolds No summit feature. Viewing point above Gloucester.
Churchdown Hill

Chosen Hill, Tinker's Hill[3]

155 102 SO880188 HuMP, TuMP Cleeve Hill Cotswolds No summit feature. Gd by fence.

Notes:

Cutsdean Hill
  1. The following high points have not been included for the reasons shown:
  • Cutsdean Hill(305 m) only has a prominence of 26 metres.[3]

See also

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References and footnotes

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  1. ^ Dawson, Alan (1992). The Relative Hills of Britain. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-068-4. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b Jackson, Mark (2009). More Relative Hills of Britain, Marilyn News Centre, UK.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Name, height, prominence, grid and class data from Database of British and Irish Hills at www.hill-bagging.co.uk, retrieved 9-10 Jul 2016. Also parent data unless otherwise stated.
  4. ^ OS map sheet no 162, 1:50,000 series.
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