Great Wood Hill
Great Wood Hill | |
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![]() Communications mast at Great Wood Hill | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 136 m (446 ft) |
Prominence | c. 42 metres (138 ft) |
Parent peak | Therfield Hill |
Listing | County Top |
Coordinates | 52°10′17″N 0°36′42″E / 52.1715°N 0.6118°E |
Geography | |
Location | Newmarket Ridge, England |
OS grid | TL787558 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 155 |
At 128 metres (420 ft), Great Wood Hill, near Chedburgh, is the highest point in the English county of Suffolk.[1] It is the highest part of the Newmarket Ridge.[2] The summit is in the middle of a wood, near the village of Rede.
It is the highest point in the wide area east of the River Cam.
References
[edit]- ^ Bathurst, David (2012). Walking the county high points of England. Chichester: Summersdale. pp. 21–26. ISBN 978-1-84-953239-6.
- ^ "128 m (420 ft), Great Wood Hill - Historic County Top of Suffolk". Trail Wanderer. Retrieved 8 June 2023.