Kinder Scout, Peak District

Name: Kinder Scout
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Peak District

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain, Top attraction

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Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and national nature reserve in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at 636 metres above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak District, the highest point in Derbyshire, and the highest point in the East Midlands. This summit is sometimes simply called the Peak. In excellent weather conditions the city of Manchester and the Greater Manchester conurbation can be seen, as well as Winter Hill near Bolton, and the mountains of Snowdonia in North Wales. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 2087 ftProminence: 1629 ftCoordinates: 53°23'8"N, 1°52'52"W

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Kinder Scout – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pennine Way, Blue John Cavern, Mam Tor, Mill Hill.

3 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Pennine Way, Edale
78 min walk • The Pennine Way is a National Trail in England, with a small section in Scotland. The trail stretches for 268 miles from Edale, in the northern Derbyshire Peak District, north through the Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland National Park and ends at Kirk Yetholm, just inside the Scottish border.
4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Blue John Cavern, Castleton
108 min walk • The Blue John Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England.
3.9 miSE
Hiking trail, Outdoor activities, Park
Mam Tor, Castleton
99 min walk • Mam Tor is a 517 m hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name means "mother hill", so called because frequent landslips on its eastern face have resulted in a multitude of "mini-hills" beneath it.
2.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mill Hill, Peak District
53 min walk • Mill Hill is an open, flat-topped hill, 544 metres high, in the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England.
1.5 miSE
Valley
Vale of Edale, Peak District
39 min walk • The Vale of Edale is the upper valley of the River Noe, in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. The village of Edale lies in the middle of the valley. Edale Head, on the Kinder Scout plateau, is the source of the River Noe.
3.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lantern Pike, Peak District
86 min walk • Lantern Pike is a hill located just outside Hayfield, in Derbyshire, England. The land lies within the Peak District National Park and is owned and maintained by the National Trust. It is permanently open to the public. According to Ordnance Survey, it is 373 metres in height.
1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Brown Knoll, Peak District
40 min walk • Brown Knoll is one of the highest hills in the Peak District in central England. It rises to a height of 569 metres above the head of the Edale valley and about 3 kilometres south-southwest of the Peak's highest point, Kinder Scout.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rushup Edge, Peak District
84 min walk • Rushup Edge is a ridge in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. The ridge's highest point is Lord's Seat at 550 m, while Mam Tor lies at its eastern end, beyond which the Great Ridge runs. Lord's Seat is a round barrow.
3.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Giant's Hole, Peak District
100 min walk • Giant's Hole is a well-known cave near Castleton in Derbyshire, consisting mostly of large passages. It is a stream-way cave, and part of the Karst topography of the area.
4.1 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sett Valley Trail
105 min walk • The Sett Valley Trail is a 2.5-mile cycle- and bridleway in Derbyshire, England, linking the village of Hayfield and the town of New Mills.
2.9 miSE
Church
The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Edale
75 min walk • The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Edale, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Edale, Derbyshire.

Kinder Scout, Peak District

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Kinder Scout – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)