Shining Tor, Peak District

Name: Shining Tor
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#49 among attractions in Peak District

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Shining Tor is the highest hill in the modern ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The summit has a maximum elevation of 559 m above sea level. It is in the Peak District, between the towns of Buxton and Macclesfield, and is on the administrative boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire East. The hill is at the south end of a north-south moorland ridge, which also includes Cats Tor, 519 metres high. ()

Elevation: 1834 ftProminence: 774 ftCoordinates: 53°15'39"N, 2°0'34"W

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Shining Tor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tegg's Nose, Cats Tor, Shutlingsloe, Errwood Reservoir.

3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Tegg's Nose
78 min walk • Tegg's Nose is a hill east of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It has a short ridge with a high point of 380 metres at SJ947725, terminating in a promontory at the southern end.
1.3 miN
Hill
Cats Tor, Peak District
35 min walk • Cats Tor is a Peak District hill on the border between Cheshire and Derbyshire, between the towns of Macclesfield and Buxton. The summit is 518 metres above sea level. Tor is an Old English word for a high, rocky hill. The higher peak of Shining Tor is about 2 km south along The Tors gritstone ridge.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Shutlingsloe, Peak District
72 min walk • Shutlingsloe is a hill near the village of Wildboarclough, in the east of the county of Cheshire. It stands to the south of Macclesfield Forest, on the edge of the Peak District and within the Peak District National Park.
1.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Errwood Reservoir, Peak District
40 min walk • Errwood Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir in the Peak District National Park, within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire.
3.1 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Saviour's Church, Peak District
80 min walk • St Saviour's Church is in the village of Wildboarclough, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
2.2 miE
Mountain
Burbage Edge, Peak District
56 min walk • Burbage Edge is a gritstone escarpment overlooking the Burbage district of Buxton in Derbyshire, in the Peak District. The hill's summit is 500 metres above sea level. Not to be confused with the Burbage Rocks extension of Stanage Edge near Hathersage.
1.9 miN
Church
Jenkin Chapel, Peak District
48 min walk • Jenkin Chapel, stands in an isolated position on the western slopes of the Pennines, 4.3 miles northeast of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
1.6 miSW
Church
Forest Chapel, Peak District
41 min walk • Forest Chapel stands in an isolated position in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough in Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park 4.5 miles from Macclesfield. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Peak District
78 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Rainow, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.
2.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Upper Goyt Valley, Whaley Bridge
70 min walk • The Upper Goyt Valley is the southern section of the valley of the River Goyt in North West England.
2.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Macclesfield Forest, Peak District
62 min walk • Macclesfield Forest is an area of woodland, predominantly conifer plantation, located around 3 mi south east of Macclesfield in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in Cheshire, England.