Dark Peak

Dark Peak

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  • 1 Kinder Scout 2088ft 636m

    The highest summit of the Peak District. The summit is located in a large area of peat hags but the approaches are interesting and varied. It deserves attention for its size and history as the venue for the ground breaking Kinder Trespass.

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  • 2 Bleaklow Head 2077ft 633m

    Bleaklow Head is a HUMP and the second highest hill in the Peak District. It is only 3 metres lower than Kinder Scout.

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  • 3 Higher Shelf Stones 2041ft 622m

    Higher Shelf Stones is the best summit on Bleaklow Moor from Snake Pass. It lies on the southern edge of the plateau. Classed as a Nuttall it is one of only three hills over 2,000ft in the Peak District.

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  • 4 Grindslow Knoll 1972ft 601m

    Grindslow Knoll is an attractive peak 2.5km east of Kinder Scout. It lies on the southern fringes of the Kinder plateau overlooking Edale.

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  • 6 Black Hill 1909ft 582m

    Black Hill is a Marilyn and is most often visited as part of the Pennine Way. It is the high point of a flat and wide plateau with considerable peat bog. Fortunately there has been a great deal of stone slabs being laid.

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  • 8 Howden Edge 1804ft 550m

    Howden Edge is a TUMP and the County Top of South Yorkshire. It is remote and lonely, situated to the north east of the Peaks. Best climbed from near Langsett Reservoir.

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  • 9 Lord’s Seat 1804ft 550m

    Lord’s Seat is a TUMP and the high point of the ridge stretching west from Mam Tor. It is a higher summit than its popular neighbour and looks north across the valley to Kinder Scout.

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  • 11 Back Tor 1765ft 538m

    Back Tor is a TUMP on Derwent Edge overlooking Derwent Reservoir. The Tor is 5 metres high and makes a challenging summit tick!

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  • 13 Mam Tor 1696ft 517m

    Mam Tor is a TUMP and probably the most climbed hill in the Peak District. It has a graceful grassy ridge, large rock summit and a Trig Point.

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  • 18 West Nab 1644ft 501m

    West Nab is the most northerly summit in the Peak District. The summit is rocky and interesting with excellent views to the north and east.

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  • 20 Lose Hill 1562ft 476m

    Lose Hill stands at the east end of the Great Ridge of Mam Tor. It is a TUMP whose summit lies on a pleasant grassy area

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  • 24 Win Hill 1520ft 463m

    Win Hill can be seen as an impressive hill from all its neighbours. The summit is a short ridge above heather slopes and does not disappoint.

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  • 26 The Tower 1509ft 460m

    The Tower is a sharp pointed peak rising just over 100ft from the valley floor. Scrambling is needed to reach the summit. A good head for heights is required on the summit. Some believe this to be the finest peak in the area.

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  • 27 High Teb (Stanage Edge) 1503ft 458m

    High Neb is a TUMP and by 1 metre the highest point in the area. It lies directly above Stanage Edge.

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  • 29 White Path Moss (Stanage Edge) 1499ft 457m

    White Path Moss is a TUMP at the opposite end of Stanage Edge from High Neb. The Trig Point is spectacularly perched on the summit tor.

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  • 34 Higger Tor (Stanage Edge) 1424ft 434m

    Although Higger Tor does not qualify as a TUMP because its prominence is lower than 30m, it is a well known and popular summit just south of Stanage Edge. Its summit area is shaped like the top of a castle with parapets round the outside.

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  • 36 Barker Bank 1398ft 426m

    Barker Bank is an unspectacular hill towards the centre of the Great Ridge. Although it is usually passed with barely a glance it is a TUMP and therefore worthy of the listing.

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  • 37 Bamford Moor 1398ft 426m

    Bamford Moor is a TUMP close to Stanage Edge and directly above the village of Bamford.

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  • 39 Shatton Edge 1368ft 417m

    Shatton Edge is a TUMP. The summit is unmarked and lies on Abney Moor within access land.

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  • 48 Bridge-end Pasture 1286ft 392m

    Bridge-end Pasture is a TUMP lying within farmland north west of Crook Hill. There is a public right of way over the summit

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  • 52 Crook Hill 1253ft 382m

    Crook Hill is a hill with twin summits situated above Ladybower Reservoir. The northern summit is highest and is a TUMP.

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