Walk Route Map d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough

Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough

Wild moorland and the Pennine Way

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:	2,060ft (628m)
Time:	5hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough pdf

Route outline for walk d201:

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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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

1
English
Mountain

0
Wainwrights

1
English
Nuttall

0
English
Deweys

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 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) at 603m (1979ft). Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget.

This walk 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)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough

In no particular order . . .

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (19)

Into the abyss on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (95)

River Ashop

Photo: Mick Coxon (6)

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (16)

Fair Brook near the top of Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Robert Hardy (3)

Looking back to Grindsbrook, on the way to Crowden Tower (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Peter Royle (19)

Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (728)

Public Footpath sign by the River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (26)

The River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (25)

More rock formations on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (102)

Fair Brook frozen solid near the top of Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Robert Hardy (4)

Top of the path at Birchin Clough on the A57, Snake Pass

Photo: Robert Hardy (15)

Descending back to Edale from a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (103)

Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) and Back Tor (Hollins Cross) from The Edale Valley

Photo: Nick Cusack (6)

Mam Tor and Lord's Seat (Mam Tor) from The Edale Valley

Photo: Nick Cusack (7)

The River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (27)

My friends and me on Kinder Scout

Photo: Maccs Pescatore (1)

An interesting rock on the top of Upper Tor, Kinder Scout

Photo: Peter Royle (22)

Top Dog Hikers on Kinder Scout

Photo: Stewart Green (4)

The River Kinder flowing through the peat hags on The Kinder Scout Plateau

Photo: David Morecroft (8)

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