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.
Kinder Scout is on Ordnance Survey Maps:
| OS Explorer Map OL1 | |
| 1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers) |
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| OS Landranger Map 110 | |
| 1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers) |
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Kinder Scout is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
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Walk d296 Jacob's Ladder and Kinder Scout from Edale
The start of the Pennine Way
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8ml (13km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,860ft (567m) | |
| Time: | 4.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Edale, The Pennine Way, Upper Booth, Jacob's Ladder (Edale), Edale Head, Kinder Scout, Edale Moor, Kinder Plateau, Kinder Low (Kinder Scout), Noe Stool (Edale Head), Pym Chair (Edale Head), Crowden Tower (Kinder Scout), Crowden Brook, Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout), Grindsbrook Clough, Grinds Brook, The Vale of Edale, Edale.
Walk d135 Kinder Downfall from Birchin Clough
Wild moorland and the Pennine Way
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,689ft (515m) | |
| Time: | 5 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Birchin Clough, A57 Snake Pass, Lady Clough, River Ashop, Rough Bank, Fair Brook, Kinder Scout, Edale Moor, Kinder Plateau, Kinder Downfall, The Pennine Way, The Edge (Kinder Scout), Ashop Head, Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Black Ashop Moor, Within Clough, Red Clough, Upper Gate Clough, Ashop Clough, Birchin Clough.
Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough
Wild moorland and the Pennine Way
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8ml (13km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,060ft (628m) | |
| Time: | 5 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Birchin Clough, A57 Snake Pass, Lady Clough, River Ashop, Rough Bank, The Wicken, Blackden Brook, Blackden Moor, Kinder Scout, Edale Moor, Kinder Plateau, Seal Edge, Seal Stones (Kinder Scout), Fair Brook, Birchin Wood, Birchin Clough.
Walk d186 Kinder Scout and Kinder Downfall from Bowden Bridge, Hayfield
Classic high level route across Kinder Scout
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,192ft (688m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Bowden Bridge, Hayfield, Booth Sheepwash, White Brow, Kinder Reservoir, Nab Brow, William Clough, Ashop Head, Mill Hill (Ashop Head), The Pennine Way, Kinder Scout, The Edge (Kinder Scout), Kinder Downfall, Red Brook, Cluther Rocks, Kinder Low (Kinder Scout), Edale Cross, Kinderlow End, Oaken Clough, Tunstead House Farm, Bowden Bridge, Hayfield.
Walk d240 Kinder Downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale
Good compass skills essential in thick weather
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75ml (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,870ft (570m) | |
| Time: | 5½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Edale, The Pennine Way, Upper Booth, Jacob's Ladder (Edale), Kinder Low (Kinder Scout), Red Brook, Kinder Downfall, Kinder Scout, Edale Moor, Kinder Plateau, Crowden Head (Kinder Scout), Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout), Grindsbrook Clough, Grinds Brook, The Vale of Edale, Edale.
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Kinder Scout
Nicky Kelly walked up on August 9th, 2020 [from/via/route] D296 Jacobs ladder from Edale [with] Myself [weather] Very windy at the top but the weather stayed sunny all day
Andy Buxton climbed during August, 1972 [from/via/route] Glossop! [with] Martyn Park, Jim Lapworth, Dave Ashford [weather] Sunny, dry, hot (and still boggy) - Too long a tale to tell here...
Angela Moroney bagged during May, 2018 [with] YMC
Gill Bates hiked on May 16th, 2016 [from/via/route] from Edale
Sharon Wearden summited on January 25th, 2020 [from/via/route] Kinder Rd [with] Neil, Alex, Matt, Nathan & Lewis [weather] Dry, cold and clear but with a mist threatening to come in.
Tina Brindley conquered on November 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] Jacobs ladder [with] Friends [weather] mist
Kevin Foster scaled on April 16th, 2019 [from/via/route] Upper Booth. [with] By myself. [weather] High thin cloud cover with a fresh Easterly breeze (making long distance views quite hazy and a bit nippy on top). - Remarkably I had never visited Kinder Scout before today but this walk, a kind of 'Best of Kinder', certainly made up for lost time. The actual top marked by a small pile of stones is a bit arbitrary and is some 50 yards or so west of point 636. At only 3 metres lower the OS trig point on Kinder Low makes a far more fitting summit. Aside from a long road trip to Devon it's The Lakes all the way for me now although I have to say I have really enjoyed my days out in The High Peak.
Michael Martin walked up on August 28th, 2016 [from/via/route] Walk 50 walk the way in a day [with] Colin Saunders, Robert Mitchell and Garry Roberts [weather] Cloudy with sunny spells
Ken Davies climbed on March 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Bev [weather] Very wet ,windy and cold
Margaret Richards bagged on November 7th, 2011 [from/via/route] kinder scout from Hayfield [with] Don [weather] wet and misty - got a bit lost
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Kinder Scout
Looking down William Clough to a snowy and frozen Kinder Reservoir from near Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout
Half way up Back Tor (Hollins Cross) in the Dark Peak with the beautiful Hope Valley and Kinder Scout behind
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