Route outline for walk d135:
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
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
![]() 1 English Mountain |
![]() 0 Wainwrights |
![]() 1 English Nuttall |
![]() 1 English Dewey |
![]() 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
![]() 1 Marilyn |
![]() 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Kinder Scout at 636m (2087ft). Kinder Scout is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (156th highest in England, 265th highest in England & Wales) Kinder Scout is also known as an English Nuttall (208th highest in England, 357th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (47th highest in England, 710th highest in the UK). Kinder Scout is the highest point in The Peak District National Park and the highest point in the county of Derbyshire.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of The Edge (Kinder Scout) at 624m (2048ft). The Edge (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of The Edge (Kinder Scout) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You will also reach the summit of Mill Hill (Ashop Head) at 544m (1785ft). Mill Hill (Ashop Head) is also known as an English Dewey (87th highest in England, 196th in England & Wales)
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.
This walk 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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The River Kinder flowing towards the waterfall at Kinder Downfall on the Kinder Scout Plateau
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