hills-mcp-server
An MCP server for exploring British and Irish hills: Munros, Wainwrights, Corbetts, Marilyns and more. No API key needed, works offline.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
find_nearby_hills |
Find hills near a lat/lon, sorted by distance, with optional classification filter |
search_hills |
Search hills by name |
get_hill_details |
Full detail for one hill: height, drop, grid reference, classifications, links |
get_list |
All hills in a classification (Munros, Wainwrights, etc), with optional height filter |
get_hill_stats |
Database overview: hills per classification and country |
Setup
No API keys needed. Just add to Claude Code:
claude mcp add hills -- npx -y @michaelhutchinson/hills-mcp-server
Or add to Claude Desktop's claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hills": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@michaelhutchinson/hills-mcp-server"]
}
}
}
Restart Claude Code or Claude Desktop and you're ready.
Example questions
- "Which Munros are within 20km of Fort William?"
- "Tell me about Helvellyn"
- "List the Wainwrights"
- "What's the highest hill in Wales?"
- "Find hills near me over 600m" (Claude will ask for your location)
- "Search for hills called Ben More"
- "How many Corbetts are there?"
- "Which country has the most Marilyns?"
Data
Hill data comes from a bundled snapshot of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH) v18.5, which covers 21,576 hills across Britain and Ireland.
The data ships inside the package, so lookups run locally: answers are instant and there are no network calls at runtime. DoBIH is updated a few times a year, and the package is re-released to track it.
To rebuild the snapshot from a new DoBIH release:
curl -sL -o /tmp/hillcsv.zip https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/dobih-downloads/hillcsv.zip
unzip -o /tmp/hillcsv.zip -d /tmp
npm run build-data -- /tmp/DoBIH_v18_5.csv
License
MIT. The licence covers the code in this repository only.
This is an unofficial, community-built tool. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Database of British and Irish Hills team. Hill data © the DoBIH contributors, licensed CC-BY 4.0, from the Database of British and Irish Hills.
