Green Hill (Lancashire)

The highest point of the traditional county of Lancashire is Coniston Old Man, which, together with the rest of Furness became part of Cumbria in 1974. A walkers' guide^[2] cites Green Hill, 51 kilometres (32 mi) south of the Old Man, as the county top for Lancashire, lying on the border with Cumbria, and Ordnance Survey data record Green Hill as one metre higher than Gragareth, about 2 kilometres (1 mi) southwest of Green Hill. Gragareth's summit trig point, at 627 metres (2,057 ft), lies a couple of hundred metres within Lancashire.^[1]

Another county top close to Green Hill is Whernside, 736 metres (2,415 ft), the highest point in North Yorkshire.

The summit of Green Hill, although relatively dull in itself, provides many excellent views in all directions ranging from the Howgill Fells and Lakeland fells to the north, the Pennines in the east, and a majority of North Yorkshire to the south.

Near to the summit of Green Hill, lies the County Stone, a large glacial erratic boulder which marks the triple point where the traditional counties of Westmorland, Yorkshire and Lancashire borders converged.^[3]