Botley Hill

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Botley Hill

Elevation	269.6 m (885 ft)
Prominence	209 m (686 ft)
Parent peak	Leith Hill
Listing	Marilyn
Location
Botley Hill Location of Botley Hill related to Surrey
Location	Surrey, England
Range	North Downs
OS grid	TQ387551
Coordinates	51°16′43.9″N 0°00′45.5″E / 51.278861°N 0.012639°E / 51.278861; 0.012639Coordinates: 51°16′43.9″N 0°00′45.5″E / 51.278861°N 0.012639°E / 51.278861; 0.012639
Topo map	OS Landranger 187

Botley Hill is a hill in Surrey, and is the highest point of the North Downs with a height of 269.6 metres (885 ft).^[1] It is a Marilyn and the third highest point in Surrey after Leith Hill and Gibbet Hill.

The summit lies at the edge of a water tower enclosure to the north of The Ridge, less than 1 km from the North Downs Way. Previously the location of the Marilyn was given as the 267 metres (876 ft) trig point at TQ396553 as this is the highest point marked on current maps. However, the 1965 1" Ordnance Survey map shows a spot height of 882 feet at the site of the present water tower.^[2] A levelling survey confirmed the new location.^[3] To the south is Oxted, which is the nearest railway station.

As the highest point of the North Downs, it can be seen from many tall buildings in London, and for example from Alexandra Palace in North London.^[4]

Notes

↑ Database of British and Irish Hills v12, accessed 19 December 2011
↑ http://www.hills-database.co.uk/database_notes.html#botley_hill
↑ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhb/message/14532
↑ http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/ENG/Alexandra.gif

v t e Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

North Downs	Botley Hill Box Hill Colley Hill Combe Bottom Gatton Park Hackhurst and White Downs Headley Heath Hog's Back Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment Newlands Corner Norbury Park Ranmore Common Seale Chalk Pit Woldingham and Oxted Downs

Greensand Ridge	Albury Heath Blackheath Colyers Hanger Devil's Jumps Devil's Punch Bowl Frensham Common Gibbet Hill Gong Hill Hankley Common Hankley Farm Holmbury Hill Leith Hill Moor Park Oxmoor Copse Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons St. Martha's Hill Stockstone Quarry Thursley Common Winterfold Forest Witley Common

Low Weald	Brook Brick Pit Chiddingfold Forest Netherside Stream Outcrops

Rivers	Law Brook Mole Ock Pipp Brook Tillingbourne Wey

Lakes and ponds	Frensham Ponds Silent Pool

Long Distance Paths	Downs Link Greensand Way Mole Gap Trail North Downs Way Thames Down Link Vanguard Way Wey South Path

National Cycle Routes	NCR21 NCR22

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