Whitehorse Hill: Present-Day Oxfordshire County Top

Significance: Highest peak in the present-day county of Oxfordshire
Member of: N/A
Parent Peak: Walbury Hill, NHN = Liddington Hill
Historic County: Berkshire (of which Walbury Hill is the County Top)
Elevation: 261m
Date “climbed”: January 8th 2023
Coordinates: 51° 34' 31'' N, 1° 34' 0'' W
Map: Vale of White Horse Map | Abingdon-on-Thames, Wantage, Wallingford & Faringdon | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 170
Links: Wikipedia (Oxfordshire), Peakbagger, Hillbagger

Whitehorse Hill, also referred to as White Horse Hill is the highest point in the Present-Day or Ceremonial County of Oxfordshire. It’s not the Historic County Top though as that’s Bald Hill near Christmas Common in the Chilterns. Whitehorse Hill was originally in the Historic County of Berkshire before the boundary changes that formed the Ceremonial Counties. Compared with Bald Hill which has nothing to mark the summit, Whitehorse is a much more satisfying walk.

National Trust Short Walk

Start & Finish: National Trust White Horse Hill Car Park, Faringdon, SN7 (Free to National Trust members)
Distance: 2.5 km (1.6 miles)
Elevation change: +/- 50m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): White Horse Hill Circular
Other routes touched (cycle): None
Pubs / Cafes on route: None
Map: Vale of White Horse Map | Abingdon-on-Thames, Wantage, Wallingford & Faringdon | Ordnance Survey | OS Explorer Map 170
Links: Uffington Castle, White Horse and Dragon Hill (English Heritage), White Horse Hill (National Trust), White Horse Hill Circular Walk

We had originally planned to walk the 7 km White Horse Hill Circular Walk. We were there on a very rainy January day and managed to get to the car park in a short break in the rain and decided for a shorter walk instead. From the main National Trust car park you can either do a 2 km out and back to the Trig Pillar or add an extra 0.5 km to take a circuit of Uffington Castle and see the top of the White Horse.

Despite the wintery conditions we got a great view over the Berkshire Downs. We’ll likely return in better weather to do the longer walk and check out Drago Hill too.