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
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Kinder Scout
Tia Cain has walked up [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 it 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 it 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 it on April 22nd, 2021 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Craig [weather] 7.8° Rain Poor visibility
hannah1507 summited on April 8th, 2023 [from/via/route] d186 Kinder Scout & Kinder Downfall from Bowden Bridge, Hayfield [with] Solo
Shirley Philips has conquered it [from/via/route] Edale
Ian Mackenzie scaled on July 10th, 2012 [with] Me, myself and I [weather] All weathers - Been up here a few times
Angela Haworth walked up 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 it 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 it 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 it on November 12th, 2020 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Dave Hill [weather] Sunny , windy,
Catherine Hill summited 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 it 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 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 during May, 2018 [with] YMC
Gill Bates climbed it on May 16th, 2016 [from/via/route] from Edale
Sharon Wearden bagged it 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 it on November 24th, 2019 [from/via/route] Jacobs ladder [with] Friends [weather] mist
Kevin Foster summited 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 it 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 on March 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Bev [weather] Very wet ,windy & cold
Margaret Richards walked up on November 7th, 2011 [from/via/route] kinder scout from Hayfield [with] Don [weather] wet & misty - got a bit lost
Simon Rutstein climbed it 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 it [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 it on May 15th, 2018 [from/via/route] Bowden bridge [weather] Sunny hot
Anthony Scott summited on February 11th, 2018 [from/via/route] Hope [with] Johnny Cowley [weather] 2 degrees & huge snow shower on top. Windy too!
Andy Jakob conquered it during August, 1985 [from/via/route] pennine way last day [with] Edith
Chris Faulkner scaled 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 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 it on May 26th, 1988 [weather] Sunny & windy
Lewis Mundy-Gill bagged it 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 it on August 10th, 2014 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Peter Godgrey - Pennine Way
Elizabeth Dawson summited during October, 2010 [with] Keith [weather] sun
Rodger Beer conquered it on June 28th, 2015 [from/via/route] Hayfield. [weather] Sunny, very cold wind.
Darren Mortimer scaled on January 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Cold & windy
Rachael Tyler walked up on May 4th, 2015 [from/via/route] Edale & Jacob's Ladder [with] Ashley [weather] Nice
Tony Rogerson climbed it on April 25th, 2010 [from/via/route] Edale Plateau Rushup Edge & Mam Tor [with] John [weather] Showers
Catherine Fleming-Fisher has bagged it [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 it on July 9th, 2015 [from/via/route] Win Hill, Alport Castles & then Blackden Brook up to the Kinder Plateau - Yowsa!
Simon Boddy summited on September 7th, 2014 [from/via/route] Bowden Bridge [with] My girlfriend [weather] Sunny
Iain Cocks conquered it 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 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 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 it 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 it during April, 1981 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Paul Frost and Mark Sheldrick
Trevor Williams hiked it on March 22nd, 2014 [with] John
Steve Frank summited on June 12th, 2011 [from/via/route] Hayfield [with] Jackie Frank
Chris Lund has conquered it [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 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 on December 26th, 2010 [from/via/route] Edale Youth Hostel [with] Myself [weather] Bright, but very windy & cold.
Martin Leighfield climbed it on May 28th, 2012 [from/via/route] Birch Vale loop
Wyn Griffiths bagged it 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 it on June 16th, 2013 [from/via/route] Edale [weather] Cloudy but just right (not too hot, not too cold).
Peter White summited during March, 2012 [from/via/route] Edale [with] Charlie [weather] Sunny below, cloud on top
Glenn Radford conquered it on May 5th, 2013 [from/via/route] d135 [with] Christine [weather] A lovely warm day
Gilbert Vasey scaled during 2009 [from/via/route] Jacobs ladder back to ringing roger [with] Tom and Bob
Andy Forrest walked up 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 it on March 29th, 2003 [with] Kelly
Andrew Joss bagged it on November 4th, 2012 [from/via/route] Hayfield via Kinder Downfall [with] Barbara, Mick, Pippa and Benson [weather] Cold & windy
Steve Gilmore hiked it 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 on June 10th, 2010 [with] RTM [weather] Sunny
Dave Gutcher conquered it during 1975 [with] Trevor Heald - Night Navigation
Mr Davison scaled during May, 2010 [from/via/route] from bowden bridge car park [with] jenny davison & celene davison [weather] sunny
Ann Booth walked up on April 17th, 2010 [from/via/route] Campsite [with] Leah daz Garry n dogs [weather] Gorgeous got sunburnt - Hatfield camping
John Gregory climbed it on May 13th, 2012 [from/via/route] Kinder downfall & Kinder scout from edale d240 [with] kim [weather] clear bright windy
Ray O'hara bagged it on April 30th, 2012 [from/via/route] Via Jacobs Ladder
Bay Wan hiked it 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 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 it on October 22nd, 2008 [with] Alone [weather] Clear & Sunny
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.To add (or remove) your name and experiences on this page - Log On and edit your Personal Mountain Bagging Record
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