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| Name: | Kinder Scout |
| Hill number: | 2807 |
| Height: | 636.3m / 2088ft |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
| County/UA: | Derbyshire |
| County (CoH): | Derbyshire (CoH) |
| County (CoA): | Derbyshire (CoA) |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Mersey, Trent |
| Watershed: | Humber Estuary, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Liverpool Bay, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, Ethel, Historic County Top, Current County/UA Top, Administrative County Top, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge, Clem, Trail 100 (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,Hew,N,E,CoH,CoU,CoA,BL,Bg,Cm,T100) |
| Grid ref: | SK 08484 87560 |
| Summit feature: | grassy prominence on peat mound |
| Drop: | 496.6m |
| Col: | 139.6m SD 89482 48616  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 110 (1:25k) OL1W |
| Observations: | cairn 35m SW (SK 08462 87538) 69cm lower; cairn 200m E (SK 08678 87549) 47cm lower; cairn 475m ENE (SK 08953 87619) about 75cm lower; ground 340m WSW (SK 08180 87395) 30cm lower |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica 530 Survey of Kinder Scout (final).doc Survey of Kinder Scout II (final Rev1).doc |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1638 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| jofaire | 19/05/2807 | |
| GuyF | 04/04/2807 | |
| HWCSC walk4 | Rumbo | 15/04/2024 |
| Ratboy87 | 11/04/2024 | |
| Chinley Churn, Chinley Churn, Mount Famine, South Head, Kinder Scout, Grindslow Knoll | keithouk | 17/03/2024 |
| Dawn Oldham | 17/03/2024 | |
| rainonthewindows | 15/01/2024 | |
| Grahame | 01/01/2024 | |
| First Mountain in *years* - with Matt Higgins, Gary Teare and Harry (Siemens) | Fwapp | 17/12/2023 |
| Arrived in Edale on the train before sunrise. Briefly on Pennine Way, then up the steep climb towards Grindslow Knoll. Light scrambling towards Grindslow Knoll summit, then a tricky steep descent through the ice and snow on the other side. The ridge was very exposed to the snow and icy winds but the path easy to follow given the footprints. A very scary crossing of Crowden Brook, then along the ridge to Pym Chair. Struggled to navigate to the Kinder Plateau in <20m visibility but managed to follow deer tracks to the true summit. No problems with bogs as peat was frozen over. Snow at summit was 4 inches deep. The Kinder Plateau in these conditions was comparable to Siberia. I saw one other walker on the whole trip. | hillbagger91 | 05/12/2023 |
| lerritt | 11/11/2023 | |
| ACorner | 05/11/2023 | |
| Amazing 15.2km walk from Hill Houses, taking in Kinder Low, the true Kinder Scout Peak on Kinder Plateau, Kinder Downfall, and Kinder Reservoir. | SlopingOff | 28/10/2023 |
| Circular from Edale - Brown Knoll, South Head, Mount Famine, Kinder Scout (true summit) and Grindslow Knoll. | peterh | 22/10/2023 |
| peter ault | 22/10/2023 | |
| nigelcmason2 | 12/10/2023 | |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/10025407563 | rhif7 | 12/10/2023 |
| Straightforward walk from Edale to Kinder Low, then along random tracks to the pile of stones near the summit. Also went to the Ordnance Survey high and the place that looked like the highest point to cover all bases. Completely gorgeous sunny day, the sky was an ocean of blue. | edmundjohnson | 03/09/2023 |
| With Simon. Ended up in Sheffield! | LANGDALE | 31/08/2023 |
| From Edale via Grindslow and Jacob’s Ladder with Ikuko. Used the village charity overflow car park, only available 28 days a year we were told. Loads of heather flies bumbling about on the hill. Super to be on the hill again, and bagging. | GWR Chris | 28/08/2023 |
| tomjaldridge123 | 26/08/2023 | |
| Great walk, we aimed to do the circular so started by climbing up a waterfall which was challenging but stunning | JMB246 | 16/07/2023 |
| Parked at Edale and began ascent up waterfall at 10.30. Walked past the weavers and then to kinder scout at c.14.30 approaching the summit cairn from the south. Descended via Jacobs ladder and pennine way. | JXNJP | 16/07/2023 |
| Parked at Barber Booth - still spaces at 9.30! Up PW to Kinder Low trig, then across to Kinder Scout, which was surprisingly dry underfoot. Then down to Noe Stool and the stone path to Brown Knoll, Rushup Edge, Mam Tor, Barker Bank and Lose Hill and back via Hollins Cross. Lovely day and weather. Solo. Good to see the large number of kids out on DofE expeditions - prime time, prime location, post exams. | richard69 | 13/07/2023 |
| Up to Kinder Scout from Edale and then across the plateau to Kinder Downfall. Took a long route south and then west before circling back around to Edale | MMoncrieff | 05/07/2023 |
| Parked at Peep o Day farm. Walked up to Brown Knoll and on to Kinder Scout. | justin_j_evans | 24/06/2023 |
| beckybags | 13/06/2023 | |
| A Peckish | 13/06/2023 | |
| From Brown Knoll. Trig and high point. Soloed 5 rock climbs on Upper Edale Rocks. Lots of people walking up from Crowden, disgusting amount of litter - tissues everywhere, bottles smashed on rocks cans and plastic chucked down every crevice in the rocks. | Nick Canute | 25/05/2023 |
| After a damp few days cycling from Chester the sun started to peek out. Lots of people all over the place enjoying the sun. | pclyndes | 07/05/2023 |
| gavinbonsall | 03/05/2023 | |
| njle | 16/04/2023 | |
| WYNIR0 | 17/03/2023 | |
| IOG Walk from Edale via Madwoman's Stones. IOG Edale Trip March 2023. | dancingqueen101 | 05/03/2023 |
| Walk with Dad, Connor and Ellie. | Emeraldshrewsbury | 20/02/2023 |
| With Jack KnotT the Kinder Trial | fellie | 21/01/2023 |
| park bowden bridge william clough to mill hill, kinder edge tp point 625 kinder scout .636 from red brook downfall no real path to summit need compass return to kinder low tp 633, brown knoll, south head, mount famine return using rows to cp 19ks 7 hrs no viz on tops | underhill | 05/01/2023 |
| willc9999 | 01/01/2023 | |
| Parked in Hayfield and followed the Kinder Downfall fell race route up the Snake Path and William Clough. The path to the summit from Kinder Low trig point was very difficult to find. Back via the Swine's Back and Edale Cross. | gbeniston | 06/10/2022 |
| Alfa1M | 01/10/2022 | |
| With a group from Nottinghamshire ACF. Summit now adorned with a little pile of rocks on top of the raised peat block. | Wheelsy | 24/09/2022 |
| Found the top of Kinder scout and then the Ethel | davert123 | 24/09/2022 |
| Lavfluris | 19/09/2022 | |
| Circular walk, from Edale, heading westwards along Pennine Way, up Jacob's Ladder to col then out, and back, to Brown Knoll, northwards to trig point at Kinder Low and north eastwards on feint paths to Kinder Scout with return via Crowden Tower and ridge path to Grindslow Knoll. | RobB | 07/09/2022 |
| jamiet87 | 05/09/2022 | |
| allykim2302 | 04/09/2022 | |
| Met Lindsey at Edale station off the train from Sheffield at 09.00. Parked in stn carpark (£4 all day). Walked up beside the Golden Clough brook, ate lunch at top, then west along the edge to descend Grindsbrook Clough. Drove to WK. Clear weather, warm and dry. (Didn't visit Kinder summit.) | Skip | 30/08/2022 |
| granitegirl | 21/08/2022 | |
| MC from Edale. V hot. 32 deg on leaving car. Suffered a bit going up Jacob's Ladder. Full circuit. My 1L of water was a bit insufficient! | Martin66 | 11/08/2022 |
| Hard to find the summit, shame there isnt a plaque commemorating the Kinder Mass Trespass Followed route of the mass trespass through William Clough | freethehilltops | 29/07/2022 |