Leith Hill

Leith Hill
Leith Hill
Highest point
Elevation	294 m (965 ft)
Prominence	249 m (817 ft)
Listing	Marilyn, Hardy, County Top
Coordinates	51°10′33″N 0°22′11″W / 51.17583°N 0.36972°W
Geography
	Leith Hill Leith Hill in Surrey
Location	Surrey, England
Parent range	Greensand Ridge
OS grid	TQ139431
Topo map	OS Landranger 187

Leith Hill in southern England is the highest summit of the Greensand Ridge,^[2] approximately 6.7 km (4 mi) southwest of Dorking, Surrey and 40.5 km (30 mi) southwest of central London. It reaches 294 m (965 ft) above sea level,^[3] and is the second highest point in southeast England, after Walbury Hill in southwest Berkshire, (which is 297 m (974 ft) high).^[1] Leith Hill is the highest ground for 79 km (49 mi).

Four areas of woodland surrounding the hill comprise the 337.9-hectare (835-acre) Leith Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest, although the summit is excluded from this designation.^[4]

The nearest railway station is Holmwood station, 3.6 km (2 mi) to the east, served by Southern trains to London Victoria.^[5]

^ ^a ^b Dawson, Alan (1992). "The Marilyns by Height". The Relative Hills of Britain. Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England: Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-068-4. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Dawson draws his information from various editions of Ordnance Survey maps, but he does not specify which.
^ Gallois, RW; Edmunds, MA (1965). The Wealden District. British Geological Survey. ISBN 0-11-884078-9.
^ Bench marks km square TQ1343 Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine: The exact height of the benchmark on the tower, surveyed in 1972, is 293.8730 metres AMSL. The cut mark is 0.5 m off the ground, hence a height of 293.4 m. On the 1:50000 ordnance map this is rounded to 294 m. Dorking, Reigate and Crawley area (Map) (10GSGS ed.). 1:50000. Landranger 187. Ordnance Survey. 1991. ISBN 0-319-22187-3.
^ "Designated Sites View: Leith Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^ Bathurst, David (2012). Walking the county high points of England. Chichester: Summersdale. pp. 132–137. ISBN 978-1-84-953239-6.

[dawson-1] Dawson, Alan (1992). "The Marilyns by Height". The Relative Hills of Britain. Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England: Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-068-4. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Dawson draws his information from various editions of Ordnance Survey maps, but he does not specify which.

[BGS_Gallois-2] Gallois, RW; Edmunds, MA (1965). The Wealden District. British Geological Survey. ISBN 0-11-884078-9.

[3] Bench marks km square TQ1343 Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine: The exact height of the benchmark on the tower, surveyed in 1972, is 293.8730 metres AMSL. The cut mark is 0.5 m off the ground, hence a height of 293.4 m. On the 1:50000 ordnance map this is rounded to 294 m. Dorking, Reigate and Crawley area (Map) (10GSGS ed.). 1:50000. Landranger 187. Ordnance Survey. 1991. ISBN 0-319-22187-3.

[dsv-4] "Designated Sites View: Leith Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[5] Bathurst, David (2012). Walking the county high points of England. Chichester: Summersdale. pp. 132–137. ISBN 978-1-84-953239-6.

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