Combe Hill map

Combe Hill

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294 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

23 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 170 m

About

Combe Hill is a summit in Berkshire, England, with a maximum elevation of 293 m (961 ft). It lies around 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-east of Walbury Hill, the county top of Berkshire, which is 297 m (974 ft) high. The hill is about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Newbury on the Hampshire/Berkshire border and is part of the north-facing scarp of the North Hampshire Downs, a chalk ridge within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The hill lies within the civil parishes of Combe (which includes the summit), East Woodhay and Faccombe. Combe is within the unitary authority area of West Berkshire and the ceremonial county of Berkshire, East Woodhay is within the district of Basingstoke and Deane in the administrative county of Hampshire, and Faccombe is in the Hampshire district of Test Valley.

There's a trail leading to the summit.

By elevation Combe Hill is

# 3 out of 65 in West Berkshire
# 6 out of 195 in North Wessex Downs AONB

By prominence Combe Hill is

# 13 out of 65 in West Berkshire
# 56 out of 195 in North Wessex Downs AONB