King's Hill is one of the highest points in the county of

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

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. It is part of the

Hampshire Downs The Hampshire Downs form a large area of downland in central southern England, mainly in the county of Hampshire but with parts in Berkshire and Wiltshire. They are part of a belt of chalk downland that extends from the South Downs in the sout ...

and reaches above sea level. Its prominence of 46 metres qualifies it as one of England's

TuMP The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt ...

s. King's Hill is situated in the parish of

Bentworth Bentworth is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The nearest town is Alton, Hampshire, Alton, which lies about east of the village. It sits within the East Hampshire Hangers, an area of rolling val ...

. It lies on the Abbey Road between the villages of Medstead and

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. To the northeast is Alton Abbey. Chawton Park Wood lies to the south of the open hilltop.

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1:50,000 ''Landranger'' series.

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