Highest Mountains in England | List of Top 100+

While Scottland is home to the top 20 highest mountains in the UK there are still plenty of mountains in England that are very worthy of our attention.

Of course, the biggest always get the most attention but here is a list of the top 100+ highest mountains in England.

Most are located in the Lake District National Park as you’ll notice but Ingleborough is the highest point in the Yorkshire dales and Kinder Scout is in the Peak District and High Willhays is in Dartmoor.

Highest Mountains in England - Highest Mountains in England

Scafell pike summit plateau

List of Highest Mountains in England (by Prominence)

Our list of Highest Mountains in England is sorted by prominence (how much it sticks up above the surrounding landscape) which is why High Willhays (621m), with a prominence of 537m is 6th on our list whereas Great Gable (899m) is 11th on our list with a prominence of 425m

Rank	Name	Elevation (metres)	Prominence (metres)
1	Scafell Pike	978	912
2	Helvellyn	950	712
3	Skiddaw	931	709
4	Cross Fell	893	651
5	The Cheviot	815	556
6	High Willhays	621	537
7	Grasmoor	852	519
8	Kinder Scout	636	496.6
9	Blencathra – Hallsfell Top	868	461
10	Ingleborough	724	427
11	Great Gable	899	425
12	The Old Man of Coniston	803	416
13	Whernside	736	408
14	Dale Head	753	397
15	The Calf	676	383
16	High Street	828	373
17	Black Combe	600	362
18	High Stile	807	362
19	Pillar	892	348
20	Wild Boar Fell	708	344
21	Illgill Head	609	314
22	Calf Top	610	313
23	Pen-y-ghent	694	306
24	Fairfield	873	299
25	Great Shunner Fell	716	297
26	Great Whernside	704	288
27	High Raise	762	283
28	Harter Fell (Eskdale)	654	276
29	Baugh Fell – Tarn Rigg Hill	678	265
30	Place Fell	657	262
31	Red Screes	776	260
32	Great Knoutberry Hill	672	254
33	Fountains Fell	668	243
34	Knott	710	242
35	Dodd Fell Hill	668	232
36	Great Coum	687	221
37	Mickle Fell	790	212
38	Yarlside	639	208
39	Buckden Pike	702	207
40	Peel Fell	603	197
41	Rogan’s Seat	672	195
42	Seatallan	692	193
43	Burnhope Seat	747	190
44	Grisedale Pike	791	189
45	Kirk Fell	802	181
46	Pike of Blisco	705	177
47	Stony Cove Pike	763	171
48	Cold Fell	621	168
49	Robinson	737	161
50	Tarn Crag (Sleddale)	664	160
51	St Sunday Crag	841	159
52	Birks Fell	610	158
53	Nine Standards Rigg	662	157
54	Seat Sandal	737	151.9
55	Harter Fell (Mardale)	779	149.2
56	Lovely Seat	675	149.1
57	Cushat Law	616	147.9
58	High Spy	653	147.8
59	Hedgehope Hill	714	147.2
60	Bowfell	902	146
61	Wetherlam	763	145
62	Chapelfell Top	703	142
63	Yewbarrow	627	142
64	Great Calva	690	142
65	Crinkle Crags – Long Top	859	139
66	Branstree	713	137
67	High Seat	608	136
68	Scafell	964	133
69	Randygill Top	624	131
70	Dow Crag	778	129
71	Bleaklow Head	633	128
72	Ill Bell	757	124
73	Glaramara	783	121
74	Swirl How	802	120
75	Fleetwith Pike	649	118.4
76	Ullscarf	726	118
77	Crag Hill	839	117
78	Bloodybush Edge	610	113.8
79	Great Borne	616	113
80	High Seat	709	112
81	Esk Pike	885	112
82	Rest Dodd	696	111
83	Great Dodd	857	109
84	Clough Head	726	108
85	Hopegill Head	770	97
86	Haycock	797	94
87	Sheffield Pike	675	91
88	Raise	883	91
89	Carrock Fell	663	91
90	Cut Hill	603	90
91	Black Fell	664	89
92	High Raise (High Street)	802	88
93	Bowscale Fell	702	87
94	Fell Head	640	86.1
95	Yockenthwaite Moor	643	86
96	Scoat Fell	841	86
97	Little Whernside	605	78
98	Grey Friar	773	78
99	Swarth Fell	681	76
100	Great Dun Fell	848	76
101	Froswick	720	75
102	Murton Fell	675	74
103	Little Fell	748	73
104	Starling Dodd	633	73
105	Lingmell	807	72
106	Round Hill	686	71
107	Hindscarth	727	71
108	Comb Fell	653	70
109	High Pike (Caldbeck)	658	69
110	Stybarrow Dodd	843	68
111	High Green Field Knott	603	67
112	Westernhope Moor	675	67
113	Drumaldrace	614	66
114	Viewing Hill	649	66
115	Meldon Hill	767	65
116	Catstye Cam	890	63
117	Red Pike (Wasdale)	826	62
118	Little Dun Fell	842	61
119	Brandreth	715	61
120	Skiddaw Little Man	865	61
121	Allen Crags	785	60
122	Plover Hill	680	59
123	Thack Moor	610	58
124	Arant Haw	605	57
125	Ill Crag	935	57
126	Great End	910	56
127	Scar Crags	672	55
128	Great Stony Hill	708	54
129	Iron Crag	640	54
130	Pike of Stickle	709	54
131	Harrison Stickle	736	53
132	Broad Crag	934	52
133	Dove Crag	792	50
134	Dollywaggon Pike	858	50
135	Green Gable	801	50
136	Lonscale Fell	715	50
137	Little Fell	667	49
138	Loadpot Hill	672	49
139	Hangingstone Hill	603	48
140	Green Bell	605	48
141	Killhope Law	673	48
142	Knock Fell	794	48
143	Hart Crag	822	48
144	Cold Pike	701	46
145	Flinty Fell	614	43
146	Bink Moss	619	43
147	Melmerby Fell	709	43
148	White Side	863	42
149	Grey Crag	638	41
150	Rampsgill Head	792	41
151	Darnbrook Fell	624	40
152	Grey Nag	656	40
153	Causey Pike	637	40
154	Rossett Pike	651	40
155	Red Pike (Buttermere)	755	40
156	Long Side	734	40
157	Kentmere Pike	730	39
158	Whiteside East Top	719	39
159	Middlehope Moor	612	38
160	Yoke	706	38
161	Dovenest Top	632	38
162	Base Brown	646	38
163	Black Sails	745	37
164	Red Beck Top	721	37
165	Hobcarton Crag	739	37
166	Bannerdale Crags	683	37
167	Selside Pike	655	36
168	Whiteless Pike	660	36
169	Kirk Fell East Top	787	36
170	Simon Fell	650	35

If you are interested in climbing some of these you may also be interested in the List of Wainwrights named after Alfred Wainwright.

Wainwright was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 1907. He was a keen walker and he started writing about his hiking experiences in the Lake District. His first book, A Walker’s Guide to the Lake District, was published in 1955 and became an instant hit. Wainwright went on to write a total of seven guides to the Lake District, as well as a biography of Alfred Wainwright.

Wainwright’s guides are still popular today and are considered some of the best hiking guides ever written. His detailed descriptions of the trails and his passionate writing style are sure to inspire hikers of all levels.