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Database of British hills

Graham Jackson, Simon Edwardes, George Gradwell, John Barnard and Chris Crocker

Database Notes

Includes instructions, explanations and further information on specific hills. If you have a query please look here first.

Current release: v11 22/06/2009 (v11.01 23/06/2009 for relational)

Latest news: v11.1 imminent

Changes from v10.2

Note for Upgraders

Revision history

  • hillmdbR.zip
    Access 2000 database, relational (742Kb)
    File replaced by v11.01 on 23/06/2009 @ 19:30.
  • hillmdb.zip
    Access 2000 database, non-relational (826Kb)

    - note for Access 2007 users

  • hillmdb97.zip
    Access 97 database (747Kb)
  • hillxls.zip
    Excel 97-2003 workbook. Data only, with filters for individual lists (1.7Mb)
  • hillxlsenh.zip
    Excel 97-2003 application with added functionality (2.4Mb). Not yet available in v11.
  • hillcsv.zip
    comma delimited ASCII (452Kb)
To prevent read-only warnings, extract or copy the file from the archive before opening it

The Munros and Tops 1891-1997

Graham Jackson

v3 11/01/08

Data aligns with the Hills v9 database; no significant differences from v11.
GPS users - can you help?
We are building a dataset of reliable 10-figure GPS references based on ground measurements (not from maps). If you would like to help, please read our requirements in the Database notes. Our interest is not limited to hills for which we lack a figure in the Hills database, as multiple entries improve the accuracy and reliability of the data.
2008 Hills Database survey
Survey results (pdf)

The survey ran from 1 July 2008 for 10 weeks, attracting 59 responses. It was encouraging to get so many favourable comments and constructive suggestions. The sample is no doubt over-represented by those who would like to see further development of the database, but that's not necessarily bad. Some key findings are:

  • Excel is not far behind Access in popularity
  • 46% of respondents use the data in their own application
  • 63% say the hills database is their preferred source of data
  • 66% use the 10-figure grid references
  • County Tops, Birketts, Graham Tops, Yeamans and HUMPs all attract 25% or more support
  • 37% would like Drop added
For our latest plans for the database, see Latest News.
Copyright
We are happy for our data to be used for non-commercial purposes. We just ask that you acknowledge the source.
Feedback
If you have downloaded one of these files and find it useful, we'd love to hear from you. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. We are particularly interested in feedback on the relational Access database.

Updated 3 July 2009

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