What is a Hewitt?

A Hewitt is a Hill in England, Wales or Ireland over Two Thousand feet — the name is the acronym — with at least 30 metres of drop all round. The app covers 427 of them across the three countries.

Scotland has the Munros, and this is the equivalent for everywhere else. It takes in the Lakeland fells above 2,000 feet, the mountains of Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons, the Pennines, and the sandstone and quartzite ridges of Ireland.

Most of the well-known hills are on it. Yr Wyddfa, or Snowdon, is the busiest mountain in Britain and still a good day if you pick the right path. Scafell Pike is the highest ground in England, and Carrauntoohil the highest in Ireland, reached by a gully called the Devil’s Ladder.

If you live south of Glasgow this is probably your local list, and there’s plenty on it to keep you going without heading north.