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    The Relative Hills Society welcomes new members who join us to socialise, share their hill bagging experiences, read our printed journal Relative Matters or go on our trips and events. It's quick and easy to join online - payment is by...

    The Relative Hill Lists of Great Britain

    The Relative Hills Society has adopted three major metric relative hills in Great Britain (Marilyns, Humps and Tumps) which many of our members collect.  Relative hill lists are based on hill prominence and are not restricted by location...

    Welcome to RHSoc

    The Relative Hills Society is a friendly, informal group, aimed at helping folk meet their climbing and walking ambitions, and have fun in the hills. We aim to promote an interest in climbing British hills that are prominent relative to their surroundings including the Marilyns, Humps, Tumps and Significant Islands of Britain (SIBs) hill lists. Some of our members are also active in international hill bagging which also features in our Journal.
     
    We welcome new members. Members join us to read our Annual Journal - now published for 2025, check out our Halls of Fame and join us on Members' Events and Trips shown on the map, including an annual trip to St.Kilda.
     
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    Upcoming Events and Trips

    These are the trips we have planned for the year. Click on the links in the pop for trip details or view Upcoming events and trips page for all trips.

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    Most popular Relative Hills lists of Great Britain lists adopted by RHSoc and climbed by our members

    The Marilyns

    The Marilyns are the best known of the Relative Hills lists covering Great Britain and are the best-loved list of RHSoc members, based on their popularity within our Halls of Fame. First defined by Alan Dawson in 1996...

    The Humps

    The Humps are one of the three major metric Relative Hills Lists of Britain adopted by the Relative Hills Society covering hills with less prominence than the Marilyns. Since their prominence is lower, we will see that...

    The Tumps

    The Tumps are one of the most popular metric hill lists that the Relative Hills Society has adopted for which we compare progress by hill baggers in our Halls of Fame. An attraction of the Tumps is that they are...

    The Significant Islands of Britain

    The Significant Islands of Britain (SIBs) are islands (including plenty which can be accessed on foot at low tide) exceeding 30m prominence and/or 30 hectares, compiled by Alan Holmes, with the additional proviso that...

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