The 646 hills listed in Tim Synge’s book The Lakeland Summits can now be viewed (and ticked off) as a list here http://www.haroldstreet.org.uk/waypoints/download/synges/ Although there is a substantial overlap between Birkett’s and Synge’s lists, Synge covers the whole of the National Park in a more comprehensive way (he includes 134 non-Birkett summits, many of them in » read more »
In addition to being able to filter all the hills in any given 100km OS Map area like this: www.haroldstreet.org.uk/waypoints/download/?area=NY we’ve now also added functionality so you can list the hills in any rectangular area between two grid references like this… For 6 figure grid-references… www.haroldstreet.org.uk/waypoints/download/?area=NY123456-NY456789 gives all the hills between grid references NY123456 and NY456789. 6 figure grid references » read more »
We have upgraded to version 13.2 of the Database of British and Irish hills and also to version 2.1 of the P30 Tumps database too. See here for detailed changes… www.hills-database.co.uk/revision_history.html
We’ve now added the ability for members to rate the quality of the GPX walking routes on our site, by voting on them. Go to any route’s page such as http://www.haroldstreet.org.uk/yorkshire-3-peaks-route/ and scroll down to the “I’ve completed the route” section, there you can mark it as completed by giving your vote such as… Excellent one of the best » read more »
TUMPs or P30s are hills of any height with a drop of at least 30 metres or more on all sides. The name TUMP stands for Thirty & Upward Metres Prominence. There are far too many Tumps to display on a simple single page. However all Tumps for each area of Britain can be viewed using URL » read more »
Author: Phil Newby