The Cheviot is a Hewitt of 816 m in Northumberland. Nothing higher stands within 73.1 km; the nearest higher summit is Dollar Law (817 m), to the west.
It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county. The key col lies 54.1 km away to the west, at 258.5 m. Its closest neighbour in this register, Peel Fell, is 35.0 km away. It counts towards four lists: Hewitts, Nuttalls, Marilyns and county tops. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Windlestraw Law, reaches 659.2 m. It stands 213.3 m above its nearest neighbour, Peel Fell, 35.0 km to the south-west. In the database's Northumberland region it is the highest of two register hills, above Peel Fell. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the west, so it stands at the eastern edge of its group. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Hart Crag (823.1 m) and Tonelagee (815.8 m).
