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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Kinder Scout is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL1

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Map 110

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Kinder Scout

Ian Mackenzie walked up on July 10th, 2012 [with] Me, myself and I [weather] All weathers - Been up here a few times

Angela Haworth climbed on July 30th, 2006 [from/via/route] Edale - Grindslow Knoll- Kinder - Kinder Downfall - Kinder Low - Jacobs Ladder - Edale [with] Companion [weather] Dry

Mark Hazelton bagged 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 hiked on July 12th, 2020 [from/via/route] camped in edale started and 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 summited on November 12th, 2020 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Dave Hill [weather] Sunny , windy,

Catherine Hill conquered 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 scaled 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 walked up 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 climbed during May, 2018 [with] YMC

Gill Bates bagged on May 16th, 2016 [from/via/route] from Edale

Sharon Wearden hiked 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 summited on November 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] Jacobs ladder [with] Friends [weather] mist

Kevin Foster conquered 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 scaled 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 walked up on March 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Bev [weather] Very wet ,windy and cold

Margaret Richards climbed on November 7th, 2011 [from/via/route] kinder scout from Hayfield [with] Don [weather] wet and misty - got a bit lost

Simon Rutstein bagged 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 hiked [from/via/route] We took the path from Snake Inn (Snake Path) and 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 and onto Kinder itself. The picture you said was at Sandy Heys fits that exactly! We proceeded to Kinder Downfall and 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 and Snake Inn for a drink! [with] Jill and friends [weather] Sunny - Done this one three times, various weathers..

Darin Torrance summited on May 15th, 2018 [from/via/route] Bowden bridge [weather] Sunny hot

Anthony Scott conquered on February 11th, 2018 [from/via/route] Hope [with] Johnny Cowley [weather] 2 degrees and huge snow shower on top. Windy too!

Andy Jakob scaled during August, 1985 [from/via/route] pennine way last day [with] Edith

Chris Faulkner walked up on June 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] 1st day of Pennine Way [with] Michelle chandler [weather] Sunny morning bit of drizzle afternoon

Robert Shaw climbed on May 10th, 2013 [from/via/route] Bagged on the Pennine Way between the 10th and 24th May 2013. [weather] Various !! - 15 days of mainly fun.

David Wand bagged on May 26th, 1988 [weather] Sunny and windy

Lewis Mundy-gill hiked on October 22nd, 2016 [from/via/route] D240, Kinder downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale [with] Dan, Matt and Paul [weather] Sunny with showers, cold. - Dans stag

Ian Barker summited on August 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Peter Godgrey - Pennine Way

Elizabeth Dawson conquered during October, 2010 [with] Keith [weather] sun

Rodger Beer scaled on June 28th, 2015 [from/via/route] Hayfield. [weather] Sunny, very cold wind.

Darren Mortimer walked up on January 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Cold and windy

Rachael Tyler climbed on May 4th, 2015 [from/via/route] Edale & Jacob's Ladder [with] Ashley [weather] Nice

Tony Rogerson bagged on April 25th, 2010 [from/via/route] Edale Plateau Rushup Edge & Mam Tor [with] John [weather] Showers

Catherine Fleming-fisher has hiked [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 and 10.

Martin Greenwood summited on July 9th, 2015 [from/via/route] Win Hill, Alport Castles and then Blackden Brook up to the Kinder Plateau - Yowsa!

Simon Boddy conquered on September 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] Bowden Bridge [with] My girlfriend [weather] Sunny

Iain Cocks scaled on November 25th, 2010 [from/via/route] hayfield [with] kirsty cocks, andy parker, tracey clark, becky haley, karina wrigley [weather] cold , frosty

Caroline Winter walked up 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 and getting lost! Also, nearer to my home town of Staffordshire than other summits. So lucky with weather. Start of Easter hols and has been wet, hail/snow and gale force winds. But no sinking in bog for me today-phew! The official peak is now marked by a bamboo cane and clear skies really helped. Amazing walk

Christine Shepherd climbed 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 bagged on October 5th, 2014 [from/via/route] d240 Kinder Downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale. [with] Rich, Grace and Maddie. (Family) [weather] Fine and 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 hiked during April, 1981 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Paul Frost and Mark Sheldrick

Trevor Williams summited on March 22nd, 2014 [with] John

Steve Frank conquered on June 12th, 2011 [from/via/route] Hayfield [with] Jackie Frank

Chris Lund has scaled [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 walked up on September 1st, 2013 [from/via/route] Route d186 from Bowden Bridge car park, Hayfield. [with] Stu and Ollie. [weather] Very windy and cloudy.

John Tippins climbed on December 26th, 2010 [from/via/route] Edale Youth Hostel [with] Myself [weather] Bright, but very windy and cold.

Martin Leighfield bagged on May 28th, 2012 [from/via/route] Birch Vale loop

Wyn Griffiths hiked 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 summited on June 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] Edale [weather] Cloudy but just right (not too hot, not too cold).

Peter White conquered during March, 2012 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Charlie [weather] Sunny below, cloud on top

Glenn Radford scaled on May 5th, 2013 [from/via/route] d135 [with] Christine [weather] A lovely warm day

Gilbert Vasey walked up during 2009 [from/via/route] Jacobs ladder back to ringing roger [with] Tom and Bob

Andy Forrest climbed 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 bagged on March 29th, 2003 [with] Kelly

Andrew Joss hiked on November 4th, 2012 [from/via/route] Hayfield via Kinder Downfall [with] Barbara, Mick, Pippa and Benson [weather] Cold and windy

Steve Gilmore summited 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 conquered on June 10th, 2010 [with] RTM [weather] Sunny

Dave Gutcher scaled during 1975 [with] Trevor Heald - Night Navigation

Mr Davison walked up during May, 2010 [from/via/route] from bowden bridge car park [with] jenny davison & celene davison [weather] sunny

Ann Booth climbed on April 17th, 2010 [from/via/route] Campsite [with] Leah daz Garry n dogs [weather] Gorgeous got sunburnt - Hatfield camping

John Gregory bagged on May 13th, 2012 [from/via/route] Kinder downfall & Kinder scout from edale d240 [with] kim [weather] clear bright windy

Ray O'hara hiked on April 30th, 2012 [from/via/route] Via Jacobs Ladder

Bay Wan summited on March 20th, 2011 [from/via/route] Started at Hathersage and did a round route around Grindsbrook Gnoll [with] Barney and Kira Dog [weather] Mist and light rain, some sun - Ended up doing my first descent in the dark!

Wayne Linley conquered on September 18th, 2011 [from/via/route] edale train station [with] on my own [weather] cloudy /showers - via grinsborough clough good scramble

Mark Davidson scaled on October 22nd, 2008 [with] Alone [weather] Clear & Sunny

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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