Talk:List of ceremonial counties of England by highest point

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A merge of List of Traditional counties of England and Wales by highest point would be too confusing. We are referring to two entirely different sets of boundaries - some with the same names. The original lists were separate and we should keep it that way. Owain (talk) 09:57, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Grinner 09:29, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Proposal removed. Grinner 15:17, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

height

what is the 'height' above? E.g., Height above a sea level? What is the 'relative height' relative to? E.g., some lowest point? Hmains (talk) 05:11, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Relative height is the same as topographic prominence - i.e. the height above the col that connects it to higher ground. --Mark J (talk) 20:37, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Berkshire

Why is it listed as two-tier when all of its districts are unitary authorities? 82.5.208.124 (talk) 15:49, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Lancashire

by the way winter hill and the mast on top of it have a combined height of 2531ft above sea level which is taller than green hill do we include man made objects or not (MARK BEGG (talk) 23:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC))

The short answer is no, although I guess you can put it in a footnote if you like. Mark J (talk) 14:54, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Kent's position

The article lists the highest point in Kent as Ide Hill at 260m, but the map reference provided takes the reader to a place with a height of only 216m. Almost 2km to the west is Toys Hill, which has the highest contour on the 1:25000 OS map at 245m, and the DEM data with Google Earth (SRTM?) suggests is 246m. Shouldn't the map reference point to the actual highest spot? And where and how high is it? JBel (talk) 15:45, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Portsmouth

The point listed as the highest point in Portsmouth, the highest point of Portsdown Hill, lies outside the city boundaries. The highest point of Portsdown Hill actually lies in Fareham borough. Nuttah (talk) 06:33, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Ceremonial

should be ceremonial counties Braxton McBragg Burger (talk) 20:32, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Somerset

... appears twice! The one listing Dunkery Beacon is correct: I have no idea what the one at 38 should be. 128.232.133.124 (talk) 16:03, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Second entry removed. This was a remnant from North Somerset, when unitaries were listed separately. The City of London is a separate ceremonial county from Greater London, and has been added at the same time as making this amendment. Skinsmoke (talk) 08:58, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Changed City of London ranking from 47 to 48, as the number was repeated -- Barliner  talk  15:39, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Type of county

The "Type" column is misleading. Of the entries listed as "two-tier", only ten are genuinely "two-tier". The remaining 17 include "unitaries" within their boundaries:-

• Buckinghamshire includes Milton Keynes
• Cambridgeshire includes Peterborough
• Derbyshire includes Derby
• Devon includes Plymouth and Torbay
• Dorset includes Bournemouth and Poole
• East Sussex includes Brighton and Hove
• Essex includes Southend on Sea and Thurrock
• Gloucestershire includes South Gloucestershire
• Hampshire includes Portsmouth and Southampton
• Kent includes Medway
• Lancashire includes Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool
• Leicestershire includes Leicester
• Lincolnshire includes North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire
• North Yorkshire includes Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, York and part of Stockton on Tees
• Nottinghamshire includes Nottingham
• Somerset includes Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset
• Staffordshire includes Stoke on Trent

Perhaps it would be better to describe the types as:-

• Ceremonial, for those that are mixed or composed of more than one unitary authority
• London, for Greater London and the City of London
• Metropolitan, for the metropolitan counties
• Shire, for those that are wholly two-tier
• Unitary, for those that consist of a single unitary authority

Alternatively, why not scrap the column completely? Skinsmoke (talk) 10:00, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

As no comments in five months, have removed column as unhelpful and inaccurate. Skinsmoke (talk) 18:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Lowest point

Is there any reliable list by lowest point? The Derbyshire article notes that its lowest point is at the Leicestershire/Notts tripoint, but its source is a book specifically on Derbyshire. Blythwood (talk) 13:08, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Lancashire

OS maps show that Gragareth is 627m AOD [1], whereas Green Hill is 628m AOD [2]. OS is a reliable source, so I am changing the highest point in this article to Green Hill. Bazonka (talk) 19:30, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

City of London

The cited highest point in the City Of London is outside the western boundaries of the City of London which is at Chancery Lane not further west along Holborn? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London#Boundary

Done 193.223.71.81 (talk) 20:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Map

London seems to be the wrong colour on the map. With the lowest top it should be the darkest green not light green? 109.153.138.72 (talk) 20:00, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

I think you are confusing the City of London, which at one square mile is too small to see on the map, with Greater London.  Dr Greg  talk  20:11, 16 October 2022 (UTC)