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.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.25ml (13km) |
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| 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
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| 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
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.25ml (13km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,060ft (628m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Birchin Clough - A57 Snake Pass - Lady Clough - River Ashop - Rough Bank - Fair Brook - Gate Side Clough - Wood Moor - Dunge Clough - The Wicken - Blackden Brook - Blackden Moor - Kinder Scout - Edale Moor - Kinder Plateau - Seal Edge - Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) - Fair Brook - Birchin Wood - Birchin Clough
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) |
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| 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
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.25ml (16.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,870ft (570m) |
| Time: | 5.75hrs |
| 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
Tia Cain has walked up Kinder Scout [from/via/route] Car park in the town [with] Solo with the dog [weather] Very warm & clear day - Very lovely day out. Not technical but decent mileage & great scenary
Alan Smith climbed Kinder Scout on June 16th, 2023 [from/via/route] With Kev from hayfield. great pint in the sportsmans arms too. [with] kev [weather] overcast
Kristian Holt bagged 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 hiked Kinder Scout on April 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Craig [weather] 7.8° Rain Poor visibility
hannah1507 summited Kinder Scout on April 8th, 2023 [from/via/route] d186 Kinder Scout & Kinder Downfall from Bowden Bridge, Hayfield [with] Solo
Shirley Philips has conquered Kinder Scout [from/via/route] Edale
Ian Mackenzie scaled Kinder Scout on July 10th, 2012 [with] Me, myself and I [weather] All weathers - Been up here a few times
Angela Haworth walked up 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 climbed 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 bagged 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 hiked Kinder Scout on November 12th, 2020 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Dave Hill [weather] Sunny , windy,
Catherine Hill summited 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.
Nicky Kelly conquered Kinder Scout 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 scaled Kinder Scout 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 walked up Kinder Scout during May, 2018 [with] YMC
Gill Bates climbed Kinder Scout on May 16th, 2016 [from/via/route] from Edale
Sharon Wearden bagged Kinder Scout on January 25th, 2020 [from/via/route] Kinder Rd [with] Neil, Alex, Matt, Nathan & Lewis [weather] Dry, cold & clear but with a mist threatening to come in.
Tina Brindley hiked Kinder Scout on November 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] Jacobs ladder [with] Friends [weather] mist
Kevin Foster summited Kinder Scout 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 & 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 & 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 conquered Kinder Scout 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 scaled Kinder Scout on March 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Bev [weather] Very wet ,windy & cold
Margaret Richards walked up Kinder Scout on November 7th, 2011 [from/via/route] kinder scout from Hayfield [with] Don [weather] wet & misty - got a bit lost
Simon Rutstein climbed Kinder Scout on July 21st, 2017 [from/via/route] Bowden Bridge Car Park, William Clough, Kinder Downfall, Kinder Scout, Kinder Low, Edale Cross, Coldwell Clough
Michael Lee has bagged Kinder Scout [from/via/route] We took the path from Snake Inn (Snake Path) & followed it along Ashop Clough, crossing a bridge I seem to remember has something to do with Sheffield Uni? We continued up Black Ashop Moor on Snake path to Ashop Head where we turned left onto the Pennine way & onto Kinder itself. The picture you said was at Sandy Heys fits that exactly! We proceeded to Kinder Downfall & then after a break, headed straight across the top of Kinder at it's narrowest point to the waterfall at the top of Fair Brook to scramble down Fair Brook Naze following close to the river back to A57 & Snake Inn for a drink! [with] Jill and friends [weather] Sunny - Done this one three times, various weathers..
Darin Torrance hiked Kinder Scout on May 15th, 2018 [from/via/route] Bowden bridge [weather] Sunny hot
Anthony Scott summited Kinder Scout on February 11th, 2018 [from/via/route] Hope [with] Johnny Cowley [weather] 2 degrees & huge snow shower on top. Windy too!
Andy Jakob conquered Kinder Scout during August, 1985 [from/via/route] pennine way last day [with] Edith
Chris Faulkner scaled Kinder Scout on June 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] 1st day of Pennine Way [with] Michelle chandler [weather] Sunny morning bit of drizzle afternoon
Robert Shaw walked up Kinder Scout on May 10th, 2013 [from/via/route] Bagged on the Pennine Way between the 10th & 24th May 2013. [weather] Various !! - 15 days of mainly fun.
David Wand climbed Kinder Scout on May 26th, 1988 [weather] Sunny & windy
Lewis Mundy-Gill bagged Kinder Scout on October 22nd, 2016 [from/via/route] D240, Kinder downfall & Kinder Scout from Edale [with] Dan, Matt and Paul [weather] Sunny with showers, cold. - Dans stag
Ian Barker hiked Kinder Scout on August 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Peter Godgrey - Pennine Way
Elizabeth Dawson summited Kinder Scout during October, 2010 [with] Keith [weather] sun
Rodger Beer conquered Kinder Scout on June 28th, 2015 [from/via/route] Hayfield. [weather] Sunny, very cold wind.
Darren Mortimer scaled Kinder Scout on January 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Cold & windy
Rachael Tyler walked up Kinder Scout on May 4th, 2015 [from/via/route] Edale & Jacob's Ladder [with] Ashley [weather] Nice
Tony Rogerson climbed Kinder Scout on April 25th, 2010 [from/via/route] Edale Plateau Rushup Edge & Mam Tor [with] John [weather] Showers
Catherine Fleming-Fisher has bagged Kinder Scout [from/via/route] Hayfield [with] Anthony Fisher [weather] Varied - Done this great walk a number of times, enjoyed each one. This was also my childrens first peak ages 3, 4 & 10.
Martin Greenwood hiked Kinder Scout on July 9th, 2015 [from/via/route] Win Hill, Alport Castles & then Blackden Brook up to the Kinder Plateau - Yowsa!
Simon Boddy summited Kinder Scout on September 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] Bowden Bridge [with] My girlfriend [weather] Sunny
Iain Cocks conquered Kinder Scout on November 25th, 2010 [from/via/route] hayfield [with] kirsty cocks, andy parker, tracey clark, becky haley, karina wrigley [weather] cold , frosty
Caroline Winter scaled Kinder Scout on April 2nd, 2015 [from/via/route] Lay by along Barber Booth road, Lee House, Jacobs Ladder, Edale Head, Noe Stool, Peak, Pym's chair, Crowden Tower, Grindslow Knoll, Broadlee bank, Edale, Barber Booth road. [with] Myself [weather] Sunny, hot, clear skies, light wind. - First HEWITTS recorded- 178 to go. Kinder has special memories of novice navigation & getting lost! Also, nearer to my home town of Staffordshire than other summits. So lucky with weather. Start of Easter hols & has been wet, hail/snow & gale force winds. But no sinking in bog for me today-phew! The official peak is now marked by a bamboo cane & clear skies really helped. Amazing walk
Christine Shepherd walked up Kinder Scout on November 9th, 2014 [from/via/route] Walked from Edale using walk d240. [with] On my own [weather] A beautifully mild November day. - A very boggy walk across the plateau.
Joanne Kay climbed Kinder Scout on October 5th, 2014 [from/via/route] d240 Kinder Downfall & Kinder Scout from Edale. [with] Rich, Grace and Maddie. (Family) [weather] Fine & dry. - Incredible climbing by the girls. Maddie (age 6) ran down the south face like a pro fell runner.....very proud of them both to do this walk in just under 5 hours.
Martin Sells bagged Kinder Scout during April, 1981 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Paul Frost and Mark Sheldrick
Trevor Williams hiked Kinder Scout on March 22nd, 2014 [with] John
Steve Frank summited Kinder Scout on June 12th, 2011 [from/via/route] Hayfield [with] Jackie Frank
Chris Lund has conquered Kinder Scout [from/via/route] Edale, Jacob's Ladder, Kinder Low, Kinder Scout, Crowden Head, Crowden Tower, Grindslow Knoll, Down following Crowden Clough [with] Alone [weather] Perfect day, sunny, medium SW wind - Got 'Stuck' in peat near Crowden Head
Nicola Parkinson scaled Kinder Scout on September 1st, 2013 [from/via/route] Route d186 from Bowden Bridge car park, Hayfield. [with] Stu and Ollie. [weather] Very windy & cloudy.
John Tippins walked up Kinder Scout on December 26th, 2010 [from/via/route] Edale Youth Hostel [with] Myself [weather] Bright, but very windy & cold.
Martin Leighfield climbed Kinder Scout on May 28th, 2012 [from/via/route] Birch Vale loop
Wyn Griffiths bagged Kinder Scout on July 3rd, 2013 [from/via/route] From HayField with Julie - A great walk for both of us [weather] Brilliany - clear & sunny Day
Tim Day hiked Kinder Scout on June 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] Edale [weather] Cloudy but just right (not too hot, not too cold).
Peter White summited Kinder Scout during March, 2012 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Charlie [weather] Sunny below, cloud on top
Glenn Radford conquered Kinder Scout on May 5th, 2013 [from/via/route] d135 [with] Christine [weather] A lovely warm day
Gilbert Vasey scaled Kinder Scout during 2009 [from/via/route] Jacobs ladder back to ringing roger [with] Tom and Bob
Andy Forrest walked up Kinder Scout on March 26th, 2013 [from/via/route] Hayfield [with] Alone [weather] Quire nice day with quite a lot of snow on the tops
David Lane climbed Kinder Scout on March 29th, 2003 [with] Kelly
Andrew Joss bagged Kinder Scout on November 4th, 2012 [from/via/route] Hayfield via Kinder Downfall [with] Barbara, Mick, Pippa and Benson [weather] Cold & windy
Steve Gilmore hiked Kinder Scout on September 22nd, 2012 [from/via/route] Edale up jacobs ladder [with] Steve Taylor, Mark Gilmour, John beck, Scott Gilmour [weather] great sunny day
Vince Wetton summited Kinder Scout on June 10th, 2010 [with] RTM [weather] Sunny
Dave Gutcher conquered Kinder Scout during 1975 [with] Trevor Heald - Night Navigation
Mr Davison scaled Kinder Scout during May, 2010 [from/via/route] from bowden bridge car park [with] jenny davison & celene davison [weather] sunny
Ann Booth walked up Kinder Scout on April 17th, 2010 [from/via/route] Campsite [with] Leah daz Garry n dogs [weather] Gorgeous got sunburnt - Hatfield camping
John Gregory climbed Kinder Scout on May 13th, 2012 [from/via/route] Kinder downfall & Kinder scout from edale d240 [with] kim [weather] clear bright windy
Ray O'hara bagged Kinder Scout on April 30th, 2012 [from/via/route] Via Jacobs Ladder
Bay Wan hiked Kinder Scout on March 20th, 2011 [from/via/route] Started at Hathersage & did a round route around Grindsbrook Gnoll [with] Barney and Kira Dog [weather] Mist & light rain, some sun - Ended up doing my first descent in the dark!
Wayne Linley summited Kinder Scout on September 18th, 2011 [from/via/route] edale train station [with] on my own [weather] cloudy /showers - via grinsborough clough good scramble
Mark Davidson conquered Kinder Scout on October 22nd, 2008 [with] Alone [weather] Clear & Sunny
David Smith, Patrick Rogozinski, Paul Roddam, Steven Trow, Steve Lockett, Iain Ballard, Tomasz B, Wendy Sockett, Mike Walker, Ron Blundell, Paul Booth, Andrew Else, Paul Woodburn, Simon Duerden, Ian Simpson, Geoffrey Robertshaw, Matthew Chambers, Andrew Buxton, Victoria Bates, Tim Kemp, Kenneth Mellor, Gary Powell, David Wetton, Wendy Haycock, Louise Sandwith, John Cuthbert, Matthew Thomas, David Williams, Dave Milner, Alan Whatton, Wendy Sockett, Stephen Millington, Chris Bede, Rob Barklamb, David Buttress, Anthony Charlson, Richard Wallis, Ben George, Steve Davenport, Martin Jones and John Reynolds have all walked, climbed & bagged Kinder Scout.
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Kinder Scout
Pym Chair and Crowden Tower from the Pennine Way near Kinder Low (Kinder Scout)
Nether Booth nestling in the Vale of Edale below Kinder Scout from Back Tor (Hollins Cross)
Kinder Scout, Mam Tor and Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) from Burton Bole End (Abney Moor)
Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) and The Vale of Edale from the summit of Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout)
*Aerial Panorama above Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) looking towards Crowden Tower (Kinder Scout)
On of the many amazingly sculptured rocks at Seal Stones (Kinder Scout)
At the top of Grindsbrook Clough with Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) in the distance
Looking down William Clough to a snowy and frozen Kinder Reservoir from near Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout
Lantern Pike summit with Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout and
Chinley Churn and Hayfield beyond
Leygatehead Moor (left), William Clough and Kinder Reservoir (right) with Kinder Scout on the horizon from White Brow
The River Kinder flowing through the peat hags on The Kinder Scout Plateau
Carl Morris at a snowy Edale Station with Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) in the background
Mill Hill (Ashop Head) and the top of William Clough from the large cairn W of The Edge (Kinder Scout)
Kinder Reservoir from The Pennine Way on The Kinder Scout Plateau near Kinder Downfall
The High Peak District, Eldon Hill, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Rushup Edge, Kinder Scout, The Vale of Edale, Edale, Mam Tor, Hollins Cross, Back Tor (Hollins Cross) and Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) from Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge)
My friend Wiktor on the top of Kinder Scout with Hayfield Reservoir shimmering below
The River Kinder at Kinder Gates on Kinder Scout, east of Kinder Downfall
Rock formations on the northern edge of Kinder Scout with Featherbed Moss over Black Ashop Moor in the background.
The surprisingly sandy bed of the River Kinder on The Kinder Plateau, Kinder Scout, east of Kinder Downfall
The River Kinder flowing towards the waterfall at Kinder Downfall on the Kinder Scout Plateau
Half way up Back Tor (Hollins Cross) in the Dark Peak with the beautiful Hope Valley and Kinder Scout behind
The Tower at Alport Castles in the snow with Kinder Scout in the background
The Pennine Way where it climbs up to Kinder Scout from Mill Hill (Ashop Head)
Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) (left), Brown Knoll, Kinder Scout and The Vale of Edale from the summit of Mam Tor
Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) from The Pennine Way near The Edge (Kinder Scout)
The Great Ridge - Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge), Rushup Edge, Kinder Scout, The Vale of Edale, Edale, Hollins Cross, Back Tor (Hollins Cross), Lose Hill (Ward's Piece), Hope and Castleton under the mist from Mam Tor
The Northern Edge of Kinder Scout taken from Higher Shelf Stones, looking SW to the Snake Pass (A57).
Kinder Scout and The Vale of Edale in deep snow from the Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) ridge
On Edale Head looking towards Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) from Noe Stool (Edale)
Looking East across The Edge (Kinder Scout) towards Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout)
Approaching Kinder Plateau at Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) via Fair Brook
Kinder Reservoir and Mermaid's Pool from near the Kinder Downfall, Kinder Scout
Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) and Grindsbrook Clough under a blanket of snow from The Nab
*The Edale Valley and Kinder Plateau from Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout)
The road winding its way down to Edale from Mam Tor with Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) (left) and Kinder Scout in the distance
Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout and Chinley Churn with Hayfield nestling below from Lantern Pike
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
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