North Pennines
High Hill
399M
1309FT
About High Hill
Overlooking the market town of Settle, this limestone-crested Tump offers a rugged, quintessential Dales character. Its steep, grassy slopes lead to a summit plateau defined by limestone pavement, providing a superb vantage point over the Ribble Valley and the gritstone heights of the Forest of Bowland.
Key Statistics
Rank
234th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Yorkshire Dales
Prominence
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41
Nearest Town
North Yorkshire
Geology
High Hill is composed of layers of limestone. You are walking across ancient stony mounds and reef-like formations that form the fell's foundation.
Classifications
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OS Grid Reference
SD833636
Latitude
54.0685°N
Longitude
2.2561°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is a straightforward English descriptor, likely used by generations of Settle residents to distinguish this prominent elevation from the lower pastures bordering the River Ribble.
- •The hill forms part of a nationally important limestone landscape, sitting just above Victoria Cave, where excavations in the 19th century revealed 130,000-year-old remains of hippos, rhinos, and elephants.
- •The summit plateau provides a clear, unencumbered view of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, with the distinctive crouching-lion profile of Pen-y-ghent appearing particularly close to the north.
- •Walkers often combine an ascent with a visit to the nearby Attermire Scar, an impressive crescent of limestone cliffs that served as a filming location for the 1992 production of Wuthering Heights.
- •While the name suggests a certain lack of local imagination, the terrain more than compensates for it, offering a more interesting scramble than many of its more grandly titled neighbours.