Mam Tor
517m (1696ft)
The Dark Peak Area, The Peak District, Derbyshire, England
The summit of Mam Tor is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Mam Tor 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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Mam Tor is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:
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Walk d229 Mam Tor from Edale
Superb views all around
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3ml (5km) | |
| Ascent: | 951ft (290m) | |
| Time: | 2 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
Edale - Small Clough - Hardenclough Farm - Greenlands - Mam Tor - Hollins Cross - Hollins - The Vale of Edale - Edale
Walk d123 Mam Tor via Cavedale from Castleton
Limestone moorland with superb views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6ml (9.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,887ft (575m) | |
| Time: | 4 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Castleton - The Limestone Way - Peveril Castle - Cave Dale - Old Moor - Rowter Farm - Windy Knoll - Mam Tor - Hollins Cross - Backtor Nook - Castleton
Walk d252 Mam Tor and Rushup Edge from Edale
Superb ridge walk with stunning views all around
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.25ml (15km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,919ft (585m) | |
| Time: | 5.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Edale - Upper Booth - Highfield Farm - Tagsnaze Farm - The Orchard Farm - Dalehead Bunkhouse - Whitemoor Clough - Chapel Gate (Track) - Rushupp Edge - Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) - Mam Tor - Hollins Cross - Backtor Nook - Backtor Farm - Backtor Bridge - Woodhouse Farm - The Vale of Edale - Cotefield Farm - Ollerbrook Booth - Edale
Walk d162 Brown Knoll (Edale), Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) and Mam Tor via Jacob's Ladder from Edale
Fine high level walk away from the crowds - can be boggy
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.5ml (17km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,986ft (605m) | |
| Time: | 5.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Edale - The Pennine Way - Upper Booth - Jacob's Ladder (Edale) - Brown Knoll (Edale) - Colborne (Colbourne) - Chapel Gate Track - Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) - Mam Tor - Hollins Cross - Edale
Walk d158 Sparrowpit and Mam Tor from Castleton
Limestone moorland with superb views
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5ml (18.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,001ft (610m) | |
| Time: | 6 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Castleton - The Limestone Way - Cave Dale - Perry Dale - Sparrowpit - Rushup Farm - Rushup Hall - Rushup Edge - Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) - Mam Tor - Hollins Cross - Backtor Nook - Castleton
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Mam Tor
Shirley Philips has walked up [from/via/route] Castleton Cave Dale
Darin Torrance climbed on January 13th, 2022 [from/via/route] Reservoir [with] Moose [weather] rain windy - 8 mile circular walk
Patrick Molloy bagged on November 17th, 2020 [from/via/route] Parked at Mam Tor Car Park out & back to Lose Hill [with] Nadia [weather] Cool Cloudy slight drizzle
Jim Sallis hiked on April 12th, 2021 [weather] Snowed previous day
Ian Mackenzie summited on July 10th, 2012 [from/via/route] Castleton [with] Me, myself and I [weather] All weathers - Been up here so many times I've lost count!
Angela Haworth conquered on December 23rd, 2020 [from/via/route] From Castleton [with] Companion [weather] Dry
Mark Hazelton scaled on February 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] quick up & down while in the area. [with] Family and Pepper [weather] Sunny
Tony Halliday walked up on July 11th, 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 sunny - really good weekend good weater one of our favourite places to walk edale really busy tho very popular area
Gill Bates climbed on July 16th, 2018 [from/via/route] from Castleton along the Great Ridge
Anna White bagged on February 8th, 2020 [from/via/route] Castleton via Winnats Pass [with] Friend [weather] Windy & Cold - Absolutely freezing, howling wind on Mam Tor summit, but it was fantastic :) My hands almost dropped/froze off when eating egg mayo sarnies on Lose Hill
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Mam Tor
Back Tor (Hollins Cross) from Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) with Mam Tor and Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) beyond during a winter temperature inversion
Hollins Cross, Barker Bank, Backtor Nook, Back Tor (Hollins Cross) and Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) from Mam Tor
Aerial Shot of Castleton with Winnats Pass and Lord's Seat (Mam Tor) and Mam Tor
Hollins Cross, Back Tor (Hollins Cross) and Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) from Mam Tor
Mam Tor and Hollins Cross in deep snow from the summit of Back Tor (Hollins Cross)
Alport Moor (left) and Hollins Cross, Back Tor (Hollins Cross) and Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) (right) from the summit of Mam Tor
Hollins Cross, Mam Tor and Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) from Back Tor (Hollins Cross)
Mam Tor, Hollins Cross and Back Tor (Hollins Cross) from Nether Booth in The Vale of Edale
The road winding its way down to Edale from Mam Tor with Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) (left) and Kinder Scout in the distance
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