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Guide to Britain's hills & mountains
Ben Lawers
Ben Lawers - Perth and Kinross - Scotland
Higher Shelf Stones
Higher Shelf Stones - Derbyshire - England
Slieve Binnian
Slieve Binnian - Newry, Mourne and Down - Ireland
Cairn Toul
Cairn Toul - Aberdeenshire - Scotland
Aye Gill Pike
Aye Gill Pike - Cumbria - England

Highest mountains in UK

  • Scotland

    • Ben Nevis
    • Ben Macdui
    • Braeriach

  • Wales

    • Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa
    • Crib y Ddysgl
    • Carnedd Llewelyn

  • England

    • Scafell Pike
    • Scafell
    • Symonds Knott

  • Ireland

    • Carrauntoohil
    • Beenkeragh

County Tops

Major Mountain Ranges of the British Isles

  • Cairngorms
  • Mourne Mountains
  • Black Mountains
  • MacGillycuddy's Reeks
  • Pennines
  • Grampians
  • Berwyn range
  • Snowdonia
  • Lake District
  • Cheviot Hills (Scotland)
  • Sperrin Mountains
  • Ochil Hills
  • Brecon Beacons
  • Clwydian Hills
  • Glens of Antrim
  • Dartmoor
  • Moelwinions

The Mountain Guide

The purpose of the Mountain Guide is to list, classify and present the hills and mountains of the British Isles (which includes Ireland). Whilst there is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes a mountain there are a plethora of classifications defining the peaks found throughout Britain and Ireland.

If we regard a mountain as a peak with a height of more than 600 metres (2000 feet) relative to its surroundings then there are in the region of 120 mountains in the British Isles. Of these 82 are in Scotland and 24 in Ireland.

However, on this website we have listed in the region of 10,000 peaks, largely derived from the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH). These peaks range from modest climbs in city centres to the mountains of the Scottish wilderness.

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