Talk:List of highest points in London

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[edit] Other points

Is this a work in progress or definitive list? I would add Muswell Hill. No spot-height above 100m on Explorer maps, but Explorer 173 has a closed 100m contour around the top and Fortis Green, and unlabelled but presumably 105m contour just behind the library, (grid reference TQ286896). I'll dig out my old 6" paper map and see if it has some better-placed spot heights in shillings.

Confirmed: The old OS 1:10,560 sheet TQ28NE dated 1968 has spot heights at all the main road junctions. These include 331 feet (101 m) at the roundabout at the top of the hill (grid reference TQ287896), 335 feet (102 m) at the top of St James's Lane (grid reference TQ285894) and 340 feet (100 m) at the top of Fortis Green (grid reference TQ283896). Hey is it just me or does ({convert}) make 340ft lower than 331 ft? Pterre (talk) 21:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Please add to the list. I've deliberately not put in ranking numbers to allow extra points. MRSC • Talk 22:45, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

This source gives the following highest points for north London, but does not have grid references.

  • Oxhey Hill (438 ft.) <appears to be same as potter st hill, top of which is outside greater london in any case.
  • Harrow Weald Common (475 ft.) <added
  • Bushey Heath (504 ft.) <already in
  • Deacons Hill, Edgware (478 ft.) <highest point of this hill is outside greater london, but have added one inside. There are several hills of this name, though.
  • Highwood Hill (443 ft.) <done
  • Harrow Hill (408 ft.) <done
  • Hampstead 'Jack Straw's Castle' (440 ft.) <already in
  • Highgate Hill (410 ft.) <already in

Only one is a direct match for location and height. It would be good to match these up to a grid reference. MRSC • Talk 08:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Have annotated the above Brilliantine (talk) 18:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Within M25

If you include places within the M25 there is also the High Beach area which gets above 110m around grid reference TQ409980 and west of Ambresbury Banks is a spot height of 117m at grid reference TL433003 Pterre (talk) 20:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

It should only include places within Greater London. MRSC • Talk 22:36, 2 February 2008 (UTC)