List of highest points in London

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This is a list of the highest natural points within the 1569 km2 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 245 m Westerham Heights, was also higher than any man-made structure in London until 2012, when the 309 m tall Shard London Bridge was completed.

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‡ this summit in Hampstead Heath is the highest point in Inner London and was the highest point of the former County of London.

Settlements

Grouped by London Borough, South Street, a hamlet in Bromley, is the highest at 220 m above sea level. It is at the edge of the Surrey Hills AONB which covers the Surrey part of the North Downs and Greensand Ridge. The six next highest are all near-neighbours: Horns Green (216 m), Berry's Green and Biggin Hill (both reaching 190 m), Aperfield and Single Street (both 180 m), and Luxted at 177 m. Outside Bromley the highest settlements are Sanderstead and Selsdon (reaching 170 m and five metres below that, respectively) in Croydon. Arkley in Barnet is built up to 147 m. Lower neighbours are Monken Hadley and Chipping Barnet, both 131 m, and Barnet Gate 129 m. The Vale of Health is a micro-locality in Hampstead Heath in Camden at (130 m. Harrow on the Hill in Harrow (124 m) and Shooters Hill in Greenwich (120 m) also have high positions. Some have peaks or crests (in the table above) in their definitively built-up area (e.g. Sanderstead, Harrow on the Hill and Shooters Hill). Other settlements with a high central or near-centre elevation (over 100 m) include Upper Sydenham, Upper Norwood, Chislehurst, Highgate, Muswell Hill, Hampstead, Harefield, Northwood, Mill Hill, Whetstone, Stanmore, Carshalton, Coombe, New Addington and Purley.

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