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 . . .

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

Photo: Nick Cusack (6)

Woodland near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (28)

The River Ashop

Photo: Steve Lowe (1)

The Mam Tor Ridge from the Edale Valley

Photo: Nick Cusack (8)

More rock formations on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (102)

A snowy mothers day on Kinder Scout

Photo: Martin Wardroper (5)

Lady Clough from Seal Stones (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Andy Harrison (1)

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

Photo: Peter Royle (22)

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (21)

Kinder Scout summit cairn

Photo: Ben Lockett (10)

Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough - Rock formations on the northern edge of Kinder Scout with Featherbed Moss over Black Ashop Moor in the background.

Rock formations on the northern edge of Kinder Scout with Featherbed Moss over Black Ashop Moor in the background.

Photo: Paul Tonge (1)

Lost on a misty Kinder Scout in the Great Grimpen Mire

Photo: Bob Ferguson (94)

Black Ashop Moor from Seal Edge

Photo: Nick Snape (1)

River Ashop

Photo: Mick Coxon (6)

Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough - Looking down William Clough to a snowy and frozen Kinder Reservoir from near Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout

Looking down William Clough to a snowy and frozen Kinder Reservoir from near Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout

Photo: Peter Royle (7)

Public Footpath sign by the River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (26)

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

Photo: David Morecroft (8)

Crookstone Hill and Blackden Edge from The River Ashop

Photo: Alex Berry (1)

Sculptured rock streams on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (97)

Footbridge on Lady Clough Woods

Photo: Robert Hardy (30)

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