Betsom's Hill: Kent County Top
Significance: Highest peak in Kent (Historic CT)
Member of: N/A
Parent Peak: Botley Hill. NHN = Botley Hill
Elevation: 251m
Date “climbed”: 3rd November 2013
Coordinates: 51°17′18″N 0°03′26″E
Route Start / End: Parking / Bus stop on A233
Route Distance: 0.2 km (0.1 miles)
Route Elevation Change: +/- 2m
Subsidiary tops on route: None
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched: None
Map: OS Explorer Map (147) Sevenoaks and Tonbridge
Guidebook: The UK's County Tops (Jonny Muir), Walking the County High Points of England (David Bathurst)
Links: Wikipedia (Kent), Wikipedia (Betsom’s Hill), Peakbagger, Hillbagging
I bagged Betsom’s Hill, the high point of the Historic County of Kent, in 2013 as a part of series of quick high-point drive-bys. It’s just over the border with Greater London so it can bagged within a short walk with Westerham Heights, the high point of Greater London. Nothing to see at either high point so do it on the way to much more interesting destinations along the North Downs Ridge.
OTHER HIGH POINT IN Kent
Holly Hill (172m): Medway Towns Unitary Authority High Point
Greater London Borough High Points formerly within Kent
Westerham Heights (245m) Bromley Borough High Point
Shooters Hill (132m) Greenwich Borough High Point
Sydenham Hill (112m) Southwark and Lewisham Borough High Point
Langdon Shaw (83m) Bexley Borough High Point