Newmarket Ridge
| East Anglian Ridge | |
|---|---|
|
The ridge in Suffolk. | |
| Elevation | 128 m (420 ft) |
| Location | |
| Location | East Anglia, United Kingdom |
| Geology | |
| Type | Ridge |
The Newmarket Ridge or East Anglian Ridge is a ridge starting north west of Hertford, Hertfordshire near the Chiltern Hills[1] and ending Sudbury, Suffolk. It is approximately 40 miles long.[2] and passes through the counties of Essex and south east Cambridgeshire.
Elevation
The highest point of the Ridge is Great Wood Hill at GR TL786558, the highest point in Suffolk.
There are numerous tops over 100 m, but the hills in this region tend to have quite steep sides but very flat tops, leading to very low topographic prominence. A case in point is Biggin Common, near the village of Castle Camps. Despite being a prominent landmark and the highest point for nearly 15 miles in every direction, its prominence is only 20 m to the marginally higher Great Wood Hill, 18 miles away, the hills being connected by a ridge of very little change in height.
References
- ↑ "Chiltern Hills". Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ↑ "East Anglian Ridge Map". Retrieved 2013-04-20.
