| The Cheviot | |
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 The Cheviot, from Broadhope Hill |
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| Elevation | 815 m (2,674 ft) |
| Location | Cheviot Hills, England |
| Prominence | 556 m |
| Parent peak | Broad Law |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 74/75 |
| OS grid reference | NT909205 |
| Listing | Marilyn, Hewitt, County Top, Nuttall |
The Cheviot is the highest summit in the Cheviot Hills in the far north of England, only 2 km from the Scottish border. It is the last major peak on the Pennine Way, when travelling from south to north, before the descent into Kirk Yetholm (and the first major peak when travelling southwards).
Other than the route via the Pennine Way, most routes up The Cheviot start from the Harthope Burn side to the northeast, which provides the nearest access by road. The summit is around 5 km from the road-end at Langleeford. There are routes following the ridges above either side of the valley, and a route the sticks to the valley floor, climbing up to the summit of The Cheviot from the head of the valley.
Although the Pennine Way itself does a two-mile out-and-back detour to the Cheviot, many walkers who come this way omit it, due to the stage (the last stage) being 29 miles long.
The summit of The Cheviot is very flat due to its being an ancient, extinct volcano. It is covered with an extensive peat bog up to 2 m deep; the Northumberland National Park authority have laid down stone slabs on the main access footpath to prevent erosion damage to the peat and to make access to the summit safer for walkers.
North of the summit, in the peat bogs, are the remains of a crashed B-17 bomber, which hit the mountain due to a navigational error in World War II. The more recognisable pieces of wreckage have been removed, but pieces of the aircraft can still be found.
The view
The view is obscured greatly by the flatness of the summit plateau. Nevertheless, on a clear day the following peaks are visible (from west, clockwise); Broad Law, Moorfoot Hills, Pentland Hills, the Ochils, Lammermuir Hills, Lochnagar, Ros Hill, Long Crag, Urra Moor, Tosson Hill, Burnhope Seat, Cross Fell, Helvellyn, Scafell Pike, Skiddaw, Sighty Crag, Peel Fell, Queensberry.
External links
- Computer generated summit panorama The Cheviot
Coordinates: 55°28′42″N 2°08′44″W / 55.47823°N 2.14553°W
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