Walk d263 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout), Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) and Mill Hill from Birchin Clough

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).

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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.

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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):

OS Explorer OL1 The Peak District - Dark Peak area

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 110 Sheffield & Huddersfield, Glossop & Holmfirth

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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 Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (25)

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

Photo: David Morecroft (8)

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

Photo: Robert Hardy (15)

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

Photo: Peter Royle (19)

Kinder Scout (The Edge) in the snow from Mill Hill (Ashop Head)

Photo: Mark Edwards (3)

The Edge (Kinder Scout) summit trig point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (730)

Mist and low cloud over Grindsbrook Clough, Kinder Scout

Photo: Peter Royle (21)

The River Ashop

Photo: Steve Lowe (1)

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

Photo: Paul Tonge (1)

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

Photo: Nick Cusack (6)

Sculptured rocks on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (96)

Mill Hill (Ashop Head) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (732)

The surprisingly sandy bed of the River Kinder on The Kinder Plateau, Kinder Scout, east of Kinder Downfall

Photo: Peter Royle (29)

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

Photo: Robert Hardy (3)

The River Ashop in Lady Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (1)

Kinder Scout from Mill Hill (Ashop Head)

Photo: Robert Hardy (14)

Its getting a bit wet and windy on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (101)

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (21)

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

Photo: Robert Hardy (4)

Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) from The Pennine Way near The Edge (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Judith Thiery (2)

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