| Kinder Scout | |
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 The Kinder plateau seen from the south |
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| Elevation | 2,087 feet (636 m)[1] |
| Location | Derbyshire, England |
| Range | Peak District |
| Prominence | 488 m |
| Parent peak | Cross Fell |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 110 |
| OS grid reference | SK086875 |
| Listing | Marilyn, Hewitt, county top, Nuttall |
| Translation | Water over the edge (Old Norse) |
| Pronunciation | English: /ˈkɪndər skaʊt/ |
Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau (and mountain) in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at 2,087 feet (636 m) above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak District and the highest point in Derbyshire. It is accessible from the villages of Hayfield and Edale in the High Peak of Derbyshire.
To the North across the Snake Pass lie the high moors of Bleaklow and Black Hill, which are of similar elevation.
It is a popular hiking location and the Pennine Way crosses Kinder Scout and the moors to the North. This has resulted in the erosion of the underlying peat, prompting work by Derbyshire County Council and the Peak District National Park to repair it[citation needed]. The plateau was also the target of the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932, which resulted in a UK-wide rethink of access to the countryside. From the National Park's inception, a large area of the high moorland north of Edale was designated as 'Open Country'. Eventually, in 2003, the "right to roam" on uncultivated land was enshrined into law, and this area of open country has been significantly extended.
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 Welsh mountains of Snowdonia in North Wales.
It featured on the 2005 BBC TV programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of the Midlands, though Kinder Scout is considered by many to be in the north of England, lying between the cities of Manchester and Sheffield.
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Kinder Downfall
Kinder Downfall is the tallest waterfall in the Peak District, with a 30-metre fall. It lies on the River Kinder, where it flows west over the edge of Kinder Scout. The waterfall was formerly known as Kinder Scut, and it is from this that the plateau derives its name. Although usually little more than a trickle in summer, in spate conditions it is impressive. In certain wind conditions (notably when there is a strong west wind), the water is blown back on itself, and the resulting cloud of spray can be seen from several miles away. Below the Downfall the River Kinder flows into Kinder Reservoir.
Edale Cross
The Edale Cross lies immediately south of Kinder Scout, under Kinder Low and on the former Hayfield to Edale road. It marks the former junction of the three wards of the Forest of Peak: Glossop and Longdendale, Hopedale and Campagna. The first cross on the site may have been set up by the Abbots of Basingwerk Abbey to mark the southern boundary of their land, granted in 1157. The date of the current cross is unknown, although a plaque beside it claims it to be mediaeval. At some point it fell down, and was re-erected in 1810, when the date and initials JG, WD, GH, JH and JS were carved into it. These stand for John Gee, William Drinkwater, George and Joseph Hadfield and John Shirt, local farmers of the day who raised the cross.[2]
References
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- ^ Nuttall, J.; Nuttall, A. (1990). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 2: England. Milnthorpe: Cicerone. ISBN 1852840374. http://www.nuttalls.com/mountains/england.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ Neville T. Sharpe, Crosses of the Peak District (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kinder Scout |
- Computer generated summit panoramas Kinder Scout index. Note: the viewshed shown is not all visible from the summit. There is a large summit plateau; to see the entire viewshed shown it is necessary to walk around the summit but nearer the perimeter of the plateau.
- Kinder Scout Mass Trespass. The official site for the 1932 trespass on to Kinder Scout
Picture gallery
 Poor visibility near the summit |
 Kinder Downfall |
 Ascending Jacob's Ladder towards Kinder Low trigpoint |
 Hags and groughs on the Kinder plateau |
 North flank of Kinder Scout taken from grid reference SK075900 |
 Kinder Downfall in strong west wind |
 Head of Grindsbrook |
 Ice climbers on Kinder Downfall |
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