Guides

Explanations of the hill lists and the measures behind them, each built from the 1,140 hills in this register and the Database of British and Irish Hills. Written by Oliver Thompson.

• Munros, Marilyns and Wainwrights: how the lists differ

  Height, drop or a book: what each of the ten lists counts, and how often they agree.

  202 of 282Munros that are also Marilyns
• What prominence (drop) means, with real figures

  The key col explained, and what a typical drop looks like across 1,140 hills.

  236.9 mmedian drop of the 1,140 hills
• The highest hills in each country and county

  The top five in each country and the highest hill in each of the 40 counties.

  1,344.5 mBen Nevis, the highest of all
• The most isolated hills in Britain and Ireland

  Distance to the nearest higher summit: the 20 most isolated hills and the typical figure.

  401.2 kmCarrauntoohil to the nearest higher summit
• How high are the Munros?

  All 282 Munros by height: how many top 1,000 m, the highest, the lowest and where they are.

  136Munros of 1,000 m or more
• How to use the hill finder and bagging tracker

  Worked searches, what each column means, and how ticks are stored.

  10lists to track in one place

Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.6, CC BY 4.0. Figures in the guides are our own calculations from it. Methodology.