This is a list of hills in Dorset. Many of these hills are important historical, archaeological and nature conservation sites, as well as popular hiking and tourist destinations in the county of Dorset in southern England.

Colour key ClassProminenceMarilyns150 – 599 mHuMPs100 – 149 mTuMPs30 – 99 mUnclassified0 – 29 m The table is colour-coded based on the classification or "listing" of the hill. The three types that occur in Dorset are Marilyns, HuMPs and TuMPs, listings based on topographical prominence. "Prominence" correlates strongly with the subjective significance of a summit. Peaks with low prominences are either subsidiary tops of a higher summit or relatively insignificant independent summits. Peaks with high prominences tend to be the highest points around and likely to have extraordinary views. A Marilyn is a hill with a prominence of at least 150 metres or about 500 feet. A "HuMP" (the acronym comes from "Hundred Metre Prominence) is a hill with a prominence of at least 100 but less than 150 metres. In this table Marilyns are in beige and HuMPs in lilac. The term "sub-Marilyn" or "sub-HuMP" is used, e.g. in the online Database of British and Irish Hills to indicate hills that fall just below the threshold. To qualify for inclusion, hills must either be 200 metres or higher with a prominence of at least 30 metres, below 200 metres with a prominence of at least 90 metres (the threshold for a sub-HuMP) or be in some other way notable. For further information see the Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles and the individual articles on Marilyns, HuMPs and TuMPs. By way of contrast, see also the article listing Tumps (a traditional term meaning a hillock, mound, barrow or tumulus).

The county top (i.e. highest point) of Poole unitary authority is not strictly in the county of Dorset, but is included for interest because it falls within Dorset's historic county boundary.

List of hills HillHeight (m)Prom. (m)Grid ref.ClassParentRange/RegionRemarksImageLewesdon HillName, height, prominence, grid, class and parent data from: Jackson, Mark (2009). More Relative Hills of Britain, Marilyn News Centre, UK, p. 168. E-book .279185MarilynStaple Hill, SomersetMarshwood & Powerstock Vales Dorset's county top. One of Dorset's 4 Marilyns. Iron Age hill fort.Pilsdon PenName, height, prominence, grid and class data from Database of British and Irish Hills - Dorset. Accessed on 23 Mar 2013.27783TuMPLewesdon HillMarshwood & Powerstock ValesDorset's second highest summit. For many years thought to be Dorset's highest point. Iron Age hill fort.Bulbarrow Hill274141HuMP, sub-MarilynLewesdon HillDorset DownsRawlsbury Camp, Iron Age hill fort. Paragliding site.Telegraph Hill267121HuMPLewesdon HillDorset DownsParagliding site.Melbury HillOrdnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger map series online at Database of British and Irish Hills(Melbury Beacon)26366TuMPWin GreenParent peak from Summit Listings by Relative Height by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 25 Mar 2013.Cranborne ChaseNear Melbury Abbas. Trig point on summit National Trust wood on western flank above A 350.Breeze HillProminence estimated from Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series26220UnclassifiedWin GreenCranborne ChaseThe face of Dorset — Cranborne Chase at www.dorsetlife.co.uk. Accessed on 23 Mar 2013.Striking ridgeline above Zig Zag Hill near Melbury Abbas with sweeping views over Blackmore Vale W (Dorset) end of Win Green ridgeLyscombe Hill262100HuMPTelegraph HillDorset DownsHill fort on Nettlecombe Tout (N spur)Watts Hill26269TuMPLewesdon HillDorset DownsJust above Minterne Parva and E of the A352 Dorchester to Middlemarsh roadLambert's Castle Hill258121HuMPLewesdon HillBlackdownsSite of Lambert's Castle - Iron Age hill fortBell HillProminence from Summit Listings by Relative Height by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 25 Mar 2013.25850Grid reference from Summit Listings by Relative Height by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 25 Mar 2013.TuMPLewesdon HillDorset DownsNr Turnworth, 5 miles W of Blandford Forum.Paragliding site.Eggardon Hill252117HuMPTelegraph HillMarshwood & Powerstock ValesWestern extremity of the South Dorset Downs. Hill fort Paragliding siteToller Down25296TuMP, sub-HuMPLewesdon HillDorset DownsJust SW of A356 near CorscombeBall Hill25174TuMPLewesdon HillDorset DownsAbove Folly (paragliding site), 9 miles N of Dorchester.Dogbury Hill24813UnclassifiedWatts HillBlackmore ValeHill fort site nr Minterne Magna on the A 352 NW spur of Watts Hill.Black Down24278TuMPLewesdon HillSouth Dorset DownsSite of the Hardy Monument.2 km NE of Portesham.West Hill22463TuMPLewesdon HillDorset DownsSW of Evershot, near the A 37Coney's Castle22217UnclassifiedLambert's Castle HillBlackdowns Iron Age hill fort at (ca. 210 m or 205 m) DrackenorthOrdnance Survey Open Street Map22160TuMPLewesdon HillDorset Downs3 km NNE of Powerstock on the Jubilee TrailRampisham Down2198UnclassifiedToller DownDorset DownsBy A 356, about 12 km NW of Dorchester. SE extension of Toller Down ridge. Former transmission site for BBC World Service.Bubb Down Hill21740TuMPLewesdon HillDorset DownsJust E of A 37, about 10 km S of YeovilAbbotsbury Castle21520Abbotsbury Castle at www.megalithic.co.uk. Accessed on 23 Mar 2013.UnclassifiedBlack DownSouth Dorset DownsIron Age hill fort site.Trig point at summit. Part of Black Down ridge.Warren Hill21551TuMPLewesdon HillDorset DownsLocation of Hooke ParkBlackdown Hill21534TuMPLewesdon HillBlackdown Hills8 km SW of Crewkerne, just NW of Pilsdon PenConegar Hill21447TuMPLewesdon HillYeovil Scarplands500 m N of BroadwindsorWaddon Hill21335TuMPLewesdon HillMarshwood & Powerstock ValesSite of old Roman fort (Waddon Hill Fort, 207 m) near Beaminster.Payne's Down21162TuMPLewesdon HillMarshwood & Powerstock Vales10 km ENE of AxminsterBookham Knoll21143TuMPLewesdon HillDorset Downs1 km SE of Buckland NewtonDuncliffe Hill21096TuMP, sub-HuMPWin GreenBlackmore ValeIron Age hill fort site.Swyre Head208150sub-Marilyn, HuMP, TuMP, ClemLewesdon HillPurbeck HillsOn Dorset coast E of Durdle Door.Tumulus on summit.Paragliding site.Hardown Hill207154MarilynLewesdon HillMarshwood & Powerstock Vales One of Dorset's 4 Marilyns.Seaborough Hill20480TuMPLewesdon HillYeovil Scarplands2 km SW of Crewkerne on the Somerset-Dorset borderNine Barrow Down199152MarilynLewesdon HillPurbeck Hills One of Dorset's 4 Marilyns.Views of Poole Harbour.Ridgeway Hill199107HuMPSwyre HeadPurbeck HillsChardown Hill19468TuMPHardown HillSouth Dorset DownsDorset coast, E of Charmouth. Stonebarrow Hill is its SW spur.Creech Barrow HillThe Purbeck Volcano at www.dorsetlife.co.uk. Accessed on 3 Apr 2013.19338TuMPSwyre HeadDorset HeathsOne of Dorset's most distinctive landmarks. Highest point of the Heaths. Largest Tertiary hill in England.Dorset Heaths - Natural Area Profile by English Nature. Accessed on 3 Apr 2013. Site of round barrow.Creech Barrow at www.themodernantiquarian.com. Accessed on 3 Apr 2013.Hambledon Hill192131HuMPWin GreenCranborne ChasePrehistoric hill fort site.Tumulus on summit.Golden Cap19163TuMPHardown HillSouth Dorset DownsHighest point on the south coast of England.Chaldon Hill17890 (est.)sub-HuMPLewesdon HillSouth Dorset DownsDorset coast, W of Swyre Head and Lulworth Cove.Tumulus at summit.Bindon Hill16894TuMP, sub-HuMPLewesdon HillSouth Dorset DownsDorset coast, immediately E of Lulworth CoveThe Verne147140HuMPLewesdon HillIsle of PortlandSummit occupied by HM Prison, VerneMaiden Castle13439TuMPLewesdon HillSouth Dorset DownsLargest hill fort in Britain south west of Dorchester.Hambury Tout13435TuMPLewesdon HillSouth Dorset DownsDorset coast, immediately W of Lulworth Cove.Most popular route to Durdle Door. Trig point at summit; tumuli nearby.OS Landranger map gives ht as "134 (138)" metres.Colmer's Hill12735TuMPHardown HillMarshwood ValeThe local hill of Symondsbury.Obvious summit.Corfe Hills782NoneLewesdon HillDorset HeathsPoole's county top, i.e. highest point in Poole unitary authority.

Footnotes:

1. Ferranti's Summit Listings by Relative Height does not list Ridgeway Hill but suggests that the highest point of this stretch of the Purbecks is Povington Hill (198 m, drop 107 m). However, the current Ordnance Survey Landranger map (No. 194) agrees with Jackson (2009), which gives Ridgeway Hill as the highest point in the area at 199 m (drop 107 m).

2. The following summits listed by the North Dorset Ramblers have been omitted from the table as they are considered sub-peaks or alternative names of hills in the main list: Gore Hill (265 m), Dorset Downs, SW spur of Telegraph Hill Higher Melcombe Hill (262 m), Dorset Downs, possibly alternative name for Lyscombe Hill High Stoy (260 m) - Dorset Downs, NE spur of Telegraph Hill Nettlecombe Tout (258 m) - N spur of Lyscombe Hill with a hill fort. Weston Hill (250 m, (est.)), NW extension of Toller Down ridge on A356 Beaminster Down (244 m, ), flanks of the Toller Down ridge, NE of Beaminster Ayles HillName and grid from geodata.usName and height from Going High in Dorset. Accessed on 23 Mar 2013. (240 m, (est.)), outlier of Telegraph Hill by A 37. Celtic field system.Sidling Saint Nicholas at www.sydlingstnicholas.org.uk. Accessed on 23 Mar 2013. Spelt "Ayles's Hill" on OS Landranger map. White Way Earthwork (218 m, ), N of A 35 X with 2 minor roads, nr Litton Cheney, 18 km W of Dorchester, S spur of Eggardon Hill. Stonebarrow Hill, SW spur of Chardown Hill.

See also List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom List of Marilyns in England Geography of Dorset

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