Peel Fell is the highest hill in the

Kielder Forest Kielder Forest is a large forestry plantation in Northumberland, England, surrounding Kielder village and the Kielder Water reservoir. It is the largest man-made woodland in England with three-quarters of its covered by forest. The majority o ...

region of England, making it the highest hill for several miles in each direction until the

Cheviot Hills The Cheviot Hills (), or sometimes The Cheviots, are a range of uplands straddling the Anglo-Scottish border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. The English section is within the Northumberland National Park. The range includes T ...

to the north-east are reached. Because of this, it has enough

relative height In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

to make it a Marilyn. It lies in both the county of

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

and the county of Roxburghshire, which is now governed by the Scottish Borders council, as the summit is on the border with

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. The hill lies in a remote region three miles from the nearest road, surrounded by dense and often impassable forestry

plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

s. It can be most easily reached from Deadwater Farm at , or from the village of Kielder further south. The Kielder Forest group of hills is large and sprawling. It includes two other Marilyns: Larriston Fells and Sighty Crag.

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Marilyns of England Marilyns of Scotland Hills of Northumberland Mountains and hills of the Scottish Borders {{Borders-geo-stub