List of highest points in London

This is a list of the highest natural points within the area of Greater London, England. The list includes all 21 peaks at least 100 metres high.

One is an isolated hill, at Harrow on the Hill – the other 20 summits are clustered on six ridges (escarpments) in London, four of which extend beyond London and are named: Blackheath Ridge, one of the North Weald Ridges, the North Downs ridge and the Grim's Ditch ridge.

The highest point of land, the Westerham Heights, was also higher than any man-made structure in London until 2012, when the tall Shard London Bridge was completed. The highest point in London is the top of Crystal Palace transmitting station. This tall structure stands upon a rise that is itself high, a combined height of .

List Rank Name and location London borough OS grid reference Height 1 Westerham Heights Bromley TQ436564 () 2 Sanderstead Plantation Croydon TQ343618 () 3 Stanmore Hill Harrow TQ164934 () (499 ft) 4 Big Wood peak, north of Manor Hill/Corrigan Avenue Rec. Ground Sutton TQ282598 () 5 Arkley Barnet TQ219956 () 6 Highwood Hill/Moat Mount, Totteridge Fields Barnet TQ218941 () 7 Harrow Weald Common Harrow TQ149931 () (475 ft) 8 Hampstead Heath: west of Spaniards Road Camden TQ264869 () 9 Highgate: Gatehouse, North Road to Hillcrest, off the top of North Hill Haringey TQ282878 () 10 Shooter's Hill Greenwich TQ438765 () 11 Pinner Hill Harrow / Hillingdon TQ107916 () (413 ft) 12 London part of Woodcock Hill, north of Scratchwood Barnet TQ201953 () (410 ft) 13 Harrow on the Hill (occasionally "Harrow Hill") Harrow TQ153874 () (408 ft) 14 Bournwell Hill Barnet / Enfield TQ256976 () 15 Sydenham Hill (Crystal Palace) Lewisham / Southwark TQ340721 () 16 Westow Hill (Crystal Palace) Bromley / Croydon / Lambeth TQ337707 () 17 Forest Hill Lewisham TQ350735 () 18 Orange Tree Hill, Havering-atte-Bower Havering TQ512930 () 19 Muswell Hill Haringey TQ283896 () 1:10,560 Sheet TQ28NE, Ordnance Survey, 1968: Spot height 340 ft, top of Fortis GreenExplorer Sheet 173 London North, Ordnance Survey: contour around () but no spot height 20 Woodcock Hill, Harefield Hillingdon TQ067915 () (338 ft) 100m contour but no spot height 21 Ferny Hill (Enfield Chase) Enfield TQ280979 () (334 ft) 100m contour but no spot height

See also List of highest points in the United Kingdom List of tallest buildings and structures in London

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