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Bagging P30 Tumps  

TUMPs or P30s are hills of any height with a drop of at least 30 metres or more on all sides. The name TUMP stands for Thirty & Upward Metres Prominence. There are far too many Tumps to display on a simple single page. However all Tumps for each area of Britain can be viewed using URL » read more »

Find by Location Tool  

We’ve added a new “find by location” url filter to our Trigpoint & Hill pages. For example the page… www.haroldstreet.org.uk/waypoints/download/?g=NN166712 will look up the nearest hill (or failing that the nearest trigpoint) within a 20km square of the ten figure grid reference provided by the ?g= value If you only want trigpoints then the same » read more »

FAQ: How do I transfer the download to my GPS  

First you download the gpx file to your PC Connect your PC to your GPS with the correct cable (supplied by the GPS manufacturer) Import the gpx file in some form of gpx/waypoint management software such as GPSUor Memory Map or there are many other free examples out there too Finally use the software to » read more »

Hills Search Form  

We’ve added a new hills search form here… www.haroldstreet.org.uk/waypoints/search.php It will allow you to search the hills & waypoints on the site using combinations of a wide variety of filters. We’ve also added a new list=trigpoints filter as well as a filter to allow you to see a sub-set of two different hill lists. If there are any more you’d like » read more »

Improving the accuracy of our data  

Hills A fraction of the  hills database data on this site still uses 6 figure grid references (these are less accurate for GPS use.) Those that are are shown with their grid reference in italics with an asterisk like this NN635500* If you wish to help improve the accuracy of these, members can do so by clicking the grid reference » read more »


Author: Phil Newby