Bishop Wilton Wold

Bishop Wilton Wold
The summit
Highest point
Elevation	807 ft (246 m)
Prominence	c. 203 m
Listing	Marilyn, County Top
Coordinates	54°00′06″N 0°45′02″W / 54.00163°N 0.75049°W / 54.00163; -0.75049Coordinates: 54°00′06″N 0°45′02″W / 54.00163°N 0.75049°W / 54.00163; -0.75049
Geography
Bishop Wilton Wold Bishop Wilton Wold in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Location	Yorkshire Wolds, England
OS grid	SE820569
Topo map	OS Landranger 106

Bishop Wilton Wold is the highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The summit, known as Garrowby Hill, lies about 5 miles (8 km) north of Pocklington.

As with most of the wolds, it is wide, flat and agricultural in nature. The A166 road passes right by the top. However it is a Marilyn (having topographic prominence of at least 150 metres [490 ft]). There is a trig point, two covered reservoirs and an aerial.

The British artist David Hockney painted the view from the summit in 1998.

Halifax bomber crash 1944

Halifax bomber OO-R of 1663 HCU

Around 10 am on 7 February 1944^[1] an Halifax MkV DK192 (OO-N) from 1663 HCU based at RAF Rufforth^[2] crashed on Garrowby Hill.^[3]

As well as the 7 aircrew who were on a training flight, a passing lorry driver was also killed. There is a memorial in a layby on the A166 at Garrowby Hill

References

↑ "York Stories - Memorials: lost crews of World War Two". Retrieved 27 July 2010.
↑ "Royal Air Force - RAF History Bomber Command". Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
↑ "Yorkshire Aircraft- accidents". Retrieved 27 July 2010.

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Marilyns of Northern England

1. Northumberland	The Cheviot Housedon Hill Long Crag Peel Fell Ros Hill Shillhope Law Sighty Crag Tosson Hill

2. Northern Lakeland	Binsey Blencathra Knott Skiddaw

3. Western Lakeland	Blake Fell Dale Head Dent Grasmoor Great Gable Grisedale Pike High Stile Kirk Fell Lord's Seat Low Fell Mellbreak Pillar Robinson Seatallan Swinside Watch Hill

4. Central and Southern Lakeland	Black Combe Claife Heights Coniston Old Man Hard Knott Harter Fell High Raise High Rigg Holme Fell Illgill Head Kirkby Moor Lingmoor Fell Loughrigg Fell Muncaster Fell Pike of Blisco Scafell Pike Top o' Selside Whitfell

5. Eastern Lakeland	Arnside Knott Fairfield Grayrigg Forest Great Mell Fell Gummer's How Hallin Fell Helvellyn High Street Hutton Roof Crags Lambrigg Fell Little Mell Fell Place Fell Red Screes St Sunday Crag Seat Sandal Stony Cove Pike Tarn Crag Wansfell Whitbarrow

6. North Pennines and Durham	Burnhope Seat Cold Fell Cross Fell Dufton Pike Mickle Fell

7. Northern Yorkshire Dales	Baugh Fell The Calf Great Shunner Fell Hoove Kisdon Nine Standards Rigg Rogan's Seat Wild Boar Fell Yarlside

8. Southern Yorkshire Dales	Aye Gill Pike Birks Fell Buckden Pike Calf Top Cracoe Fell Dodd Fell Hill Fountains Fell Great Coum Great Knoutberry Hill Great Whernside Ingleborough Pen-y-ghent Rombald's Moor Sharp Haw Whernside

9. North York Moors to the Humber	Bishop Wilton Wold Cringle Moor Gisborough Moor Urra Moor

10. Forest of Bowland	Easington Fell Fair Snape Fell Longridge Fell Ward's Stone White Hill

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