Welcome to the 27th On Top Of Event, The event will take place on the summit of Billinge Hill which stands 179m (587 ft) above sea level. It is the highest point in St Helens and Merseyside.
Billing Hill is classified as a Marilyn, Hump, Tump (100-199m), Current County/UA Top, Administrative County Top,Clem
(Ma,Hu,Tu,1,CoU,CoA,Cm).
A beacon tower is at the summit. Built as a summerhouse to Winstanley Hall in the 18th century, it was used for the Year 2000 celebrations.Billinge Hill was also used by the Royal observer corps, and there was a bunker at the site, 60 yards (55 metres) west of and below the beacon. The beacon itself was used for aircraft observation during and after the war. The bunker would have been used to monitor the location of nuclear blasts and the resulting fallout over Lancashire in the event of nuclear war. The post opened in January 1960 and closed in October 1968.
The event will take place at 12 Noon on Sunday May 12th
