Kinder Scout
636m (2087ft)
The Dark Peak Area, The Peak District, Derbyshire, England
Kinder Scout is the highest point in The Peak District National Park and the highest point in the county of Derbyshire.
You can find Kinder Scout & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
See Kinder Scout and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
See Kinder Scout and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:
Not familiar with Kinder Scout?
See the location of Kinder Scout and all 5 walks that climb it on an interactive Google Map
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Kinder Scout
Kristian Holt walked up Kinder Scout on June 9th, 2023 [from/via/route] Edale - Upperbooth - Jacobs Ladder - Edale Rocks - Kinder Low - Kinder Scout Summit - Pym Chair - Pack O'Rocks - Crowden Tower - Labrador Rock - Grindslow Knoll - Edale [weather] Sunny & Windy
Nina Adams climbed Kinder Scout on April 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Craig [weather] 7.8° Rain Poor visibility
hannah1507 bagged Kinder Scout on April 8th, 2023 [from/via/route] d186 Kinder Scout & Kinder Downfall from Bowden Bridge, Hayfield [with] Solo
Shirley Philips has hiked Kinder Scout [from/via/route] Edale
Ian Mackenzie summited Kinder Scout on July 10th, 2012 [with] Me, myself and I [weather] All weathers - Been up here a few times
Angela Haworth conquered Kinder Scout on July 30th, 2006 [from/via/route] Edale - Grindslow Knoll- Kinder - Kinder Downfall - Kinder Low - Jacobs Ladder - Edale [with] Companion [weather] Dry
Mark Hazelton scaled Kinder Scout on August 15th, 2020 [from/via/route] Edale, Jacobs Ladder, Kinder Scout [with] Family and Pepper [weather] Sunny - Very boggy missed the track
Tony Halliday walked up Kinder Scout on July 12th, 2020 [from/via/route] camped in edale started & ended walk from here [with] sally halliday jimmy boo and George our 3 dogs [weather] really good weather conditions however very widy at summit - really good weekend good weater one of our favourite places to walk edale
Julie Hill climbed Kinder Scout on November 12th, 2020 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Dave Hill [weather] Sunny , windy,
Catherine Hill bagged Kinder Scout on March 10th, 2006 [from/via/route] Not sure, can't remember. [with] Mitu [weather] Grey, cloudy, misty. - En-route home from weekend visiting friends in Bolton.
To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record
. . . [see more walk reports]
Not familiar with Kinder Scout?
See the location of Kinder Scout and all 5 walks that climb it on an interactive Google Map
More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Kinder Scout

The Northern Edge of Kinder Scout taken from Higher Shelf Stones, looking SW to the Snake Pass (A57).

Leygatehead Moor (left), William Clough and Kinder Reservoir (right) with Kinder Scout on the horizon from White Brow

Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) and Grindsbrook Clough under a blanket of snow from The Nab

The Hope Valley (left), Mam Tor, The Vale of Edale and Kinder Scout (right) from Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) in arctic snow conditions

The rather Narnia-like stone table above Mermaid's Pool near The Edge (Kinder Scout), Kinder Scout

The surprisingly sandy bed of the River Kinder on The Kinder Plateau, Kinder Scout, east of Kinder Downfall

Kinder Reservoir from The Pennine Way on The Kinder Scout Plateau near Kinder Downfall
. . . see all 125 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on or of Kinder Scout
Send us your photographs and pictures on, of, or from Kinder Scout
If you would like to add your walk photographs and pictures featuring views from, on or of Kinder Scout to this page, please send them as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name to:
and we shall do our best to publish them.
(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)
You can also submit photos via our Facebook Page.
NB. Please indicate where each photo was taken.
Not familiar with Kinder Scout?
See the location of Kinder Scout and all 5 walks that climb it on an interactive Google Map