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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Arbury Hill, Bardon Hill, Beacon Hill, Norfolk, Billinge Hill, Bishop Wilton Wold, Blackdown, West Sussex, Black Chew Head, Black Hill (Peak District), Black Mountain (hill), Brown Clee Hill, Brown Willy, Burnhope Seat, Bushey, Cheeks Hill, Cleeve Hill, Cold Overton Park, Ditchling Beacon, Dundry Hill, Dunkery Beacon, Dunstable Downs, Great Chishill, Great Wood Hill, Green Hill (Lancashire), Haddington Hill, Hampstead Heath, Helvellyn, High Stones, High Willhays, Kinder Scout, Leith Hill, Lewesdon Hill, List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point, List of English counties by highest point, Mickle Fell, Milk Hill, Old Man of Coniston, Pavis Wood, Pilot Hill, Scafell Pike, Shining Tor, Silverhill, Nottinghamshire, St Boniface Down, The Cheviot, Turners Hill, West Midlands, Walbury Hill, Whernside, Wolds Top, Worcestershire Beacon. Excerpt: Hampstead Heath (locally known as "the Heath") is a large, ancient London park, covering 320 hectares (790 acres). This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London Clay. The Heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands, a lido, playgrounds, and a training track, and it adjoins the stately home of Kenwood House and its grounds. The SE part of the Heath is Parliament Hill, whose view over London is protected by law. The Heath has long been a popular place for Londoners to walk and take the air. Running along its eastern perimeter are a chain of ponds - including three open-air public swimming pools - which were originally reservoirs for drinking water from the River Fleet. The Heath is a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation, and part of Kenwood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Lakeside concerts are...
