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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12¼mls (19.5km) |
| Ascent: | 2,189ft (667m) |
| Time: | 6¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk d263:
Birchin Clough - (A57 Snake Pass) - Lady Clough - River Ashop - Rough Bank - Fair Brook - Seal Edge - Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) - Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) - The Kinder Plateau - Edale Moor - The Edge (Kinder Scout) - The Pennine Way - Ashop Head - Mill Hill (Ashop Head) - Featherbed Top (Featherbed Moss) - A57 Snake Pass - Old Woman - Doctors Gate - Lady Clough - Birchin Clough - (A57 Snake Pass).
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 2 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 3 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) at 625m (2051ft). Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget.
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 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) at 603m (1979ft). Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget.
Along the way you will also bag:
- Featherbed Top (Featherbed Moss) at 544m (1785ft). Featherbed Top (Featherbed Moss) is classified as an English Dewey (85th highest in England, 196th highest in England & Wales).
- Mill Hill (Ashop Head) at 544m (1785ft). Mill Hill (Ashop Head) is classified as an English Dewey (86th highest in England, 197th highest 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.
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d263 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout), Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) and Mill Hill from Birchin Clough
In no particular order . . .
The River Kinder flowing through the peat hags on The Kinder Scout Plateau
Approaching Kinder Plateau at Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) via Fair Brook
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