Bishop Wilton Wold
The summit
Elevation:	246 m (807 ft)
Location:	Yorkshire Wolds, England
Prominence:	c. 203 m
Topo map:	OS Landranger 106
OS grid reference:	SE820569
Listing:	Marilyn, County Top

Bishop Wilton Wold is the highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The summit, known as Garrowby Hill, lies about 8 km north of the town of Pocklington. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... The Yorkshire Wolds are an area of low hills and valleys in the East Riding of Yorkshire in North-Eastern England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop 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. ... This is a list of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and unitary authorities of England by their highest point. ... The Yorkshire Wolds are an area of low hills and valleys in the East Riding of Yorkshire in North-Eastern England. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district in the United Kingdom. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Map sources for Pocklington at grid reference SE8049 Pocklington is a market town situated at the foot of the Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately 13 miles East of York. ...

As with most of the wolds, it is wide, flat and agricultural in nature. The A166 road passes right by the top. There is a trig point, two covered reservoirs and an aerial. A trig point near Wootton Wawen. ... A reservoir is an artificial lake created by flooding land behind a dam. ... Look up Aerial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Aerial may refer to— a dance move. ...

The British artist David Hockney painted the view from the summit in 1998. Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... David Hockney,CH (born July 9, 1937) is a British artist, based in California. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

External link

• Hockney's painting Garrowby Hill