Jubilee Hill | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) [1] |
Parent peak | End Hill |
Coordinates | 52°04′49″N 2°20′19″W / 52.0804°N 2.3387°W |
Geography | |
Location | Malvern Hills, England |
Topo map | OS Landranger 150 |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pre-Cambrian |
Mountain type | Igneous, Metamorphic |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hiking |
Jubilee Hill is situated in the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire- Worcestershire border. It lies between Perseverance Hill and Pinnacle Hill and has an elevation of 327 metres (1,073 ft). [1]
Jubilee Hill was named by the Malvern Hills Conservators in 2002 in honour of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Duke of York unveiled a plaque at the top of the hill, commemorating its new identity, in 2003. [2]
The plaque was taken away by someone sometime in March/April 2018.
The site was also previously known, and is still today by a group of locals, as 'Dad's Hill', after a well-loved local bicycle shop-owner called Mr Earp who climbed Jubilee Hill frequently. Commemorated there upon his death a local group still climb the hill on the same day every year in his name[ citation needed].
Jubilee Drive, the road which runs along the western (Herefordshire) side of the hills, was built and named for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, in 1887. [3]