Billinge Hill
Billinge Hill with its summit tower
Elevation:	179 m (587 ft)
Location:	Lancashire,  England
Prominence:	155 m
Topo map:	OS Landranger 108
OS grid reference:	SD525014
Listing:	Marilyn
Translation of name:	Hill hill Old English

Billinge Hill is the highest point of the St Helens unitary authority. It is also the highest point of the Metropolitan county of Merseyside. It lies within the traditional boundaries of Lancashire. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 186 KB)The beacon tower on Billinge Hill. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International dUnités). ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Flag of England (St. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. ... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Topographic maps, also called contour maps, topo maps or topo quads (for quadrangles), are maps that show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines. ... Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Peak bagging (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, or among enthusiasts, just bagging) is a popular activity for hillwalkers and mountaineers in which they attempt to reach the summit of each peak in a region above some height, or having a particular feature. ... A Marilyn is a hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres, regardless of absolute height or other merit. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... St Helens is a town in the traditional county of Lancashire and the metropolitan county of Merseyside in North West England. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single-tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... The metropolitan counties of England are counties that cover large urban areas, each with several metropolitan districts. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, created in the 1974 local government reform. ... The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ...

A beacon tower is at the summit. Built in the early 1900s, it was used for the Year 2000 celebrations, but is now covered in graffiti. This page discusses Beacons, fires designed to attract attention. ... Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United... This article is in need of attention. ... Graffiti on the banks of the Tiber river in Rome, Italy. ...

Nearby to the north-west are several large transmitter masts which take advantage of the height and relative isolation of the land. The views are fairly extensive, notably to the north-east past Wigan to Winter Hill. Map sources for Wigan at grid reference SD583055 Wigan is a large town in the north-western part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, north west England, although traditionally lying in the historic county of Lancashire. ... Winter Hill is a hill in southern Lancashire, England, located between Chorley and Bolton. ...