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| Name: | Cats Tor |
| Hill number: | 3640 |
| Height: | 522m / 1713ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2812 Shining Tor |
| RHB Section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
| County/UA: | Cheshire East, Derbyshire |
| Catchment: | Mersey |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Ethel (Tu,5,Dew,E) |
| Grid ref: | SJ 99480 75901 |
| Summit feature: | small pile of stones |
| Drop: | 38m |
| Col: | 484m SJ997748  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 118 (1:25k) OL24W |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 493 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Richard Hazel | 14/04/2024 | |
| Lamaload res, up Shining Tor, over Cats Tor and on to Waggonshaw | Flatfield | 12/03/2024 |
| Joel451 | 02/03/2024 | |
| Foxlow Edge, Shining Tor and Cat's Tor Walk. Trip to Buxton with Simon Feb/Mar-24. | dancingqueen101 | 29/02/2024 |
| A walk out of Buxton bagging Corbar Hill, Combs Head, Foxlow Edge, Cats Tor and Shining Tor. Misty but no rain, very wet underfoot. | PhilipChaston | 18/11/2023 |
| From Foxlow Edge. Good paths and a bit of road. | KeithByTheC | 10/10/2023 |
| Kevin ball | 07/10/2023 | |
| andy.painter | 30/09/2023 | |
| from lay by near cat and fiddle shining and cats tors | underhill | 18/09/2023 |
| Shining Tor Loop with Finn | WhiteFeather | 03/09/2023 |
| 13.5 mile circular from Derbyshire Bridge car park taking in Burbage Edge (3rd visit), Fernilee Reservoir, Taxal Moor, Windgather Rocks, Cats Tor (3rd visit) and Shining Tor (4th visit). Clear and sunny with a light breeze. Good views of Shropshire and the distant hills of Wales. Quite a few people about. 603m ascent throughout. | DanTrig | 03/09/2023 |
| Mark Sims | 06/08/2023 | |
| From Pym Chair car park, across Cats Tor to Shining Tor. | justin_j_evans | 23/06/2023 |
| ACorner | 08/06/2023 | |
| apmbwood | 14/05/2023 | |
| Walked from the Cat & Fiddle past Shinning tor.. Ethel1/2 for the day really clearing when I got here :) | Deego | 22/04/2023 |
| Thom24 | 04/04/2023 | |
| From Shining Tour along the soleless paved track, but better than what it could be like if erosion had happened. | Malcvolm | 27/03/2023 |
| HighwayToFell | 11/03/2023 | |
| Errwood Hall, Foxlow Edge, Cats Tor, ShiningTor, Peak View Tearooms, Goyt Valley - with Louise, Chris and Gary. Burbage Edge on the way home. | mavero10 | 26/02/2023 |
| Clockwise circuit from Pym Chair car park, taking in Burbage Edge, Shining Tor and Cats Tor. Discovered the old Goyt Valley railway line and the disused Buxton Old Coach Road. | oldbagger27 | 20/02/2023 |
| Alfa1M | 14/02/2023 | |
| following on from Shining Tor. | colinfielding | 26/01/2023 |
| On way to Shining Tor. | peter4lc | 15/01/2023 |
| rainonthewindows | 06/10/2022 | |
| From Pym Chair parking | Rockdoctor | 02/10/2022 |
| Boxed this off with parker | LIAMCARTER305 | 19/08/2022 |
| mnixon | 15/08/2022 | |
| Paul Wilkinson | 12/07/2022 | |
| Met LF at Knutsford stn 8.44am. Drove via Macc and Buxton to Errwood Reservoir carpark (grid ref SK 012 758). Met Peter and had facetime call to Dave. North through woodland west of Fernilee Reservoir then up to Taxal Edge and Windgather Rocks (watched climbers). South along ridge over Cats Tor to Shining Tor (lunch stop) and down Stake Side path back to carpark. Hot sunny day, slight breeze. Approx 9.5 miles with 1490 feet ascent. Moving time 3: 33, average speed 2.7mph. | Skip | 08/07/2022 |
| sakey | 25/06/2022 | |
| Pleasant detour on drive home, evening walk from Pym's Chair to Oldgate Nick (no climbing today - shoulder still knackered) then Cat Tor summit. | Nick Canute | 20/06/2022 |
| bwm | 04/06/2022 | |
| dubvine | 02/06/2022 | |
| chrisbien | 27/05/2022 | |
| Shining and Cats Tor from the Cat & Fiddle, which I hadn't realised was now a distillery. Thankfully, they still serve ale. | summitter | 19/05/2022 |
| milopodesta | 18/05/2022 | |
| Did Cats Tor with my cousin as part of a circular walk that was around 8 miles. Absolutely shattered we were in the evening of that day. And wait, we have to do Kinder Scout the next day! | DavidHiner | 07/05/2022 |
| Nirobi99 | 05/05/2022 | |
| emily | 01/04/2022 | |
| gavinbonsall | 19/03/2022 | |
| Matt | 14/02/2022 | |
| simonshrewsbury | 06/02/2022 | |
| solitaryfellwanderer | 29/01/2022 | |
| AbneyAlpsRealm | 08/01/2022 | |
| With Sara, Fay and Ava | JamesJolly | 27/12/2021 |
| From Pym's Chair CP. Followed by Foxlow Edge | Longwojo | 05/12/2021 |
| DFRYER | 21/11/2021 | |
| Quickly up and back from N in the mist. With B, B and R. | jenx | 18/11/2021 |
| With Jenx and dugs in the clag from minor road to the North. Squelch! | nordicstar | 18/11/2021 |