title: List of hills of Hampshire
text: # List of hills of Hampshire
  
  This is a list of hills in Hampshire. It is based on the online Database of British and Irish Hills, Jackson's More Relative Hills of Britain and list of 30 metre prominences 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
  
  | 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 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
  
  | Hill | Height (m) | Prom. (m) | Grid ref. | Class | Parent | Range/Region | Remarks |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Pilot Hill | 286 | 45 | SU398601 | County top, TuMP | Walbury Hill | Hampshire Downs | Hampshire's county top. West flank in the county of Berkshire. |
  | Butser Hill | 270 | 158 | ST437012 | Marilyn, HuMP, TuMP | Walbury Hill | South Downs | Hampshire's only Marilyn. Highest point on the South Downs. Iron Age earthworks, SSSI, NNR. |
  | Sidown Hill | 266 | 34 | SU444573 | TuMP | Walbury Hill | Hampshire Downs | Grade II listed building, Heaven's Gate, on summit. |
  | Beacon Hill | 261 | 73 | SU458572 | TuMP | Walbury Hill | Hampshire Downs | Near Burghclere. Formerly site of most famous beacon in Hampshire. Hill fort, SSSI, NNR. |
  | Wheatham Hill | 249 | 125 | SU731277 | HuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs, East Hampshire Hangers | |
  | War Down | 244 | 90 | SU726198 (est.) | sub-HuMP, TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | |
  | Watership Down | 237 | 90 | SU495568 | sub-HuMP, TuMP | Walbury Hill | Hampshire Downs | Setting for Richard Adams' novel. |
  | Wether Down | 234 | 37 | SU675197 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | |
  | Ladle Hill | 232 | 41 | SU478568 | TuMP | Walbury Hill | Hampshire Downs | Unique example of an unfinished hill fort. |
  | Holybourne Hill | 225 | 64 | SU725437 | TuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs | Near the village of Holybourne Also known as Holybourne Down |
  | Red Hill | 221 | 48 | SU672359 | TuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs | |
  | Goleigh Hill | 220 | 53 | SU726308 | TuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs East Hampshire Hangers | Near Empshott and Noar Hill |
  | King's Hill | 218 | 46 | SU672375 | TuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs | On the road between Medstead and Beech |
  | Noar Hill | 214 | 59 | SU747318 | Tump | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs, East Hampshire Hangers | Near Empshott and Goleigh Hill |
  | Pidham Hill | 213 | 57 | SU694229 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | |
  | Selborne Hill | 211 | 53 | SU736331 | TuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs, East Hampshire Hangers | Selborne Common occupies the crown of the hill. |
  | Farleigh Hill | 208 | 34 | SU616472 | TuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs | |
  | Head Down | 205 | 68 | SU735191 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | 1 km S of Buriton |
  | Oakham Hill | 202 | 65 | SU749188 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | |
  | Beacon Hill | 201 | 88 | SU602224 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | |
  | Henwood Down | 201 | 64 | SU661219 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | |
  | Old Winchester Hill | 197 | | SU643205 | | | South Downs | Iron Age hill fort, Bronze Age cemetery. SSSI, NNR. On spur of unnamed hill that is over 210 m high and not listed. |
  | Windmill Hill | 194 | 84 | SU716160 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | Grade II listed windmill at summit. |
  | Farley Mount | 178 | 83 | SU403290 | TuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs | Folly near summit. |
  | Broadhalfpenny Down | 158 | 43 | SU672160 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Downs | Historic cricket venue. |
  | Fort Southwick Portsdown | 122 | 84 | SU626069 | TuMP | Butser Hill | South Hampshire Lowlands | Portsmouth's county top. |
  | King John's Hill | 115 | 21 | SU755377 | TuMP | | Hampshire Downs | Iron Age hillfort and medieval hunting lodge |
  | St. Catherine's Hill | 97 | 35 | SU484276 | TuMP | Butser Hill | Hampshire Downs | SSSI, Iron Age hill fort. |
  | Bassett Avenue | 82 | 5 | SU419169 | None | | South Hampshire Lowlands | Southampton'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 (230 metres (750 ft))
  * Stoner Hill, Hampshire Downs, East Hampshire Hangers (233 metres (764 ft)) is a subsidiary summit of Wheatham Hill (249 metres (817 ft)).
  