Bishop Wilton Wold

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 mi 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 m). There is a trig point, two covered reservoirs and an aerial.

Topography detailed from LIDAR info, in the database of British Hills, gives the summit as 247.9 m on the tumulus north of the A166 road just to the east of the 246 m OS map height given for the triangulation pillar that is within the reservoir.

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

Halifax bomber crash 1944


Around 10 am on 7 February 1944 a Halifax MkV DK192 (OO-N) from 1663 HCU based at RAF Rufforth crashed on Garrowby Hill.

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



David Hockney
Yorkshire-born artist David Hockney produced a painting of Garrowby Hill in 1998.