England topographic maps

Average elevation: 49 m

Average elevation: 124 m

Average elevation: 42 m

Average elevation: 96 m

Malvern lies in the Lower Severn/Avon plain affording it a degree of shelter caused by virtue of its nestling in between the Cotswold hills to the east, the Welsh Hills and Mountains to the west, and Birmingham plateau to the north. Although as with all the British Isles it has a maritime climate, the local…

Average elevation: 95 m

Average elevation: 29 m

Average elevation: 125 m

Average elevation: 62 m

Average elevation: 14 m

Average elevation: 68 m

Average elevation: 32 m

Average elevation: 151 m

Average elevation: 52 m

Average elevation: 7 m

Average elevation: 36 m

Average elevation: 17 m

Average elevation: 273 m

Average elevation: 86 m

Wakefield's Parish Church was raised to cathedral status in 1888 and after the elevation of Wakefield to diocese, Wakefield Council immediately sought city status and this was granted in July 1888. However the Industrial Revolution, which changed West and South Yorkshire significantly, led to the growth of…

Average elevation: 172 m

Average elevation: 97 m

Average elevation: 159 m

Average elevation: 210 m

Average elevation: 21 m

Average elevation: 160 m

Average elevation: 62 m

Average elevation: 91 m

Average elevation: 35 m

Average elevation: 221 m

Average elevation: 95 m

Average elevation: 72 m

Swinton lies at 53°30′44″N 2°20′28″W / 53.51222°N 2.34111°W / 53.51222; -2.34111 (53.5122°, -2.3412°), 167 miles (269 km) northwest of central London, and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) west-northwest of Manchester city centre. Topographically, Swinton occupies an area of gently sloping ground,…

Average elevation: 59 m

Average elevation: 260 m

Average elevation: 139 m

Average elevation: 325 m

Average elevation: 77 m

Average elevation: 227 m

Average elevation: 194 m

Average elevation: 24 m

Average elevation: 18 m

Portsmouth is 73.5 miles (118.3 km) by road from central London, 49.5 miles (79.7 km) west of Brighton, and 22.3 miles (35.9 km) east of Southampton. It is located primarily on Portsea Island and is the United Kingdom's only island city, although the city has expanded to the mainland. Gosport is a town and…

Average elevation: 7 m

Average elevation: 150 m

Average elevation: 32 m

Average elevation: 80 m

Average elevation: 104 m

Average elevation: 251 m

Average elevation: 3 m

Average elevation: 56 m

Average elevation: 74 m

Average elevation: 23 m

Average elevation: 24 m

Average elevation: 86 m

Average elevation: 205 m

In Yorkshire there is a very close relationship between the major topographical areas and the geological period in which they were formed. The Pennine chain of hills in the west is of Carboniferous origin. The central vale is Permo-Triassic. The North York Moors in the north-east of the county are Jurassic in…

Average elevation: 130 m

Average elevation: 117 m

Average elevation: 28 m

Average elevation: 22 m

Average elevation: 95 m

Average elevation: 84 m

Average elevation: 284 m

Average elevation: 207 m

Average elevation: 152 m

Average elevation: 270 m

Average elevation: 49 m

Average elevation: 19 m

Average elevation: 138 m

Average elevation: 12 m

Average elevation: 75 m

Average elevation: 182 m

The name Bury is etymologically connected with borough, which has cognates in other Germanic languages such as German Burg 'fortress, castle' and Bereich '(defined) area' Old Norse borg 'wall, castle'; and Gothic baurg 'city'. They all derive from Proto-Germanic *burgs 'fortress'. This in turn derives from the…

Average elevation: 54 m

Average elevation: 343 m

Average elevation: 102 m

Average elevation: 47 m

Average elevation: 142 m

Average elevation: 14 m

Average elevation: 94 m

Average elevation: 50 m

Average elevation: 183 m

Average elevation: 58 m

Average elevation: 96 m

The Pennine Way skirts the valley on its northern side by a traditional route known as Narrow Gate as it runs from Forest in Teesdale west via Cauldron Snout and Maize Beck to Dufton. This national trail briefly splits into two separate routes on either bank of Maize Beck; it is the southerly of the two which…

Average elevation: 601 m

Average elevation: 261 m

Average elevation: 352 m

Average elevation: 45 m

Average elevation: 96 m

Average elevation: 95 m

Average elevation: 166 m

Average elevation: 292 m

Average elevation: 115 m

Average elevation: 80 m

Alston is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne. It shares the title of the 'highest market town in England', at about 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level, with Buxton, Derbyshire. Despite its altitude, the town is easily accessible…

Average elevation: 404 m

Average elevation: 286 m

Average elevation: 295 m

Average elevation: 172 m

Average elevation: 466 m

Average elevation: 100 m

Average elevation: 40 m

Average elevation: 201 m

Average elevation: 224 m

Average elevation: 6 m

In the 1840s, Samuel Lewis included similar entries for Berwick-upon-Tweed in both his England and Scotland Topographical Dictionary. Berwick remained a county in its own right, and remained a separate parliamentary constituency until 1885 when it was merged to become a division of Northumberland under the…

Average elevation: 33 m