Milk Hill
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Milk Hill | |
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Elevation | 295 m (968 ft) |
Location | Wiltshire, England |
Range | North Wessex Downs |
Prominence | 148 m |
Topo map | OS Landranger 165 |
OS grid reference | SU104643 |
Listing | County top |
Milk Hill, located near Alton Priors is the highest point in the county of Wiltshire, UK at some 295 m (968 ft) above sea level (although the adjacent Tan Hill rises to 294 m).
It is also the highest summit along a 50 km ridge extending all the way from the South Downs, across the southern Chilterns and into Wiltshire. Aside from Walbury Hill in West Berkshire, Milk Hill is the highest point between Bristol and London.
It is very famous in wiltshire and many people go and see it every year