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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10½mls (17km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,986ft (605m) | |
| Time: | 5¾hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route outline for walk d162:
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
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
It costs £6.00 to park a car for the day in the main car park in Edale. The ticket machine only takes coins and you cannot pay with notes or credit cards. There is precious little alternative parking. Best make sure you bring enough change. Sept 2021.
The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 3 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Brown Knoll (Edale) at 569m (1867ft). Brown Knoll (Edale) is also known as an English Dewey (41st highest in England, 91st in England & Wales) The summit of Brown Knoll (Edale) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) at 546m (1791ft). Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) is also known as an English Dewey (81st highest in England, 183rd in England & Wales)
You will also reach the summit of Mam Tor at 517m (1696ft). Mam Tor is also known as an English Dewey (146th highest in England, 334th in England & Wales) The summit of Mam Tor is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d162 Brown Knoll (Edale), Lord's Seat (Rushup Edge) and Mam Tor via Jacob's Ladder from Edale
In no particular order . . .
Castleton, Hope and The Hope Valley from the ridge between Mam Tor and Hollins Cross
Carl Morris at a snowy Edale Station with Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) in the background
The footbridge carrying The Pennine Way at the foot of Jacob's Ladder (Edale)
Froxen tree on the slopes of Back Tor (Hollins Cross) viewed from Hollins Cross
Hollins Cross, Barker Bank, Backtor Nook, Back Tor (Hollins Cross) and Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) from Mam Tor
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