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| Name: | Alport Moor |
| Hill number: | 7730 |
| Height: | 535m / 1755ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
| County/UA: | Derbyshire |
| Topographical area: | EP07 Kinder-shining |
| SMC/RHB section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
| Catchment: | Trent |
| Class: | Ethel, Subdodd (E,s5) |
| Grid ref: | SK 12025 94575 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: grass and heather |
| Drop: | 24m |
| Col: | 511m SK115945  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 110 (1:25k) OL1E OL1W |
| Observations: | flat summit area; ground within 5m is as high |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 128 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Loop from derwent water, then bleaklow, then alport moor. | WhiteFeather | 13/04/2024 |
| from lady bower, icy thankfully | holtsd | 14/01/2024 |
| From Snake pass summit , Pennine Way, then followed path down Hern clough and veered off aross heather to summit. Misty ascent , cloud cleared on the return . Remote Ethel, underwhelming summit. | Lazylizzie | 14/12/2023 |
| Solo walk out and back from the top of the Snake Pass. Along the PW to Hern Clough then follow a faint path on the N side of the clough over the The Swamp (not too bad if the can follow the very faint path) then continue on the path on NE side of the Alport Valley after about 0.6 mile go off-piste to the unmarked high spot. | Glenelg | 13/10/2023 |
| From W branch of Derwent Reservoir. Track, then ATV track up spur N of Black Clough. Returned via trig and Alport Castles. | PGCE | 28/02/2023 |
| In a circuit from Doctors Gate layby - with Featherbed Top. Took a while to locate the high point a tiny cairn there - an Ethel for what its worth. Have walked on the nearby ridge path fairly frequently. | steveb2006 | 20/12/2022 |
| Reached from the A57 on a Nineteen mile loop taking in the Five Ethel summits of Higher shelf stones, Bleaklow head, Alport moor, Mill hill and Featherbed top. 2800ft of accent on good paths throughout and taking Eight and half hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 19/06/2022 |
| On own. From A57 Snake Pass summit along Pennine Way then footpaths to Higher Shelf trig point and Higher Shelf Stones - Bomber Crash Site - Bleaklow Head - Hern Clough - Alport Moor summit - Hern Clough - Pennine Way. | Beeliner | 23/05/2022 |
| From Ladybower, Bridge-end Pasture and Crook Hill, onto Alport Castles, Alport trig and Alport Moor Summit. Returned same route. | Longwojo | 21/01/2022 |
| West End Moor Trig S4298 > Alport Moor from GR: SK 15476 92822 | ronaldo333 | 13/01/2022 |
| With H. | Chris Ellis | 13/07/2021 |
| From lay-by W of Alport Bridge on A57. The Tower, Alport Moor, Bleaklow Head and Higher Shelf Stones included before roughly following road back using permissive paths and footpaths. Good walking, even the parts tracing the road. | welshyboyo | 04/07/2021 |
| Parked at Birchin Bridge Car Park and bivvy'd at alport castle. Followed ridge round past the trig and on to alport moor, then up to bleaklow stones, on to Bleaklow Head and High Shelf stones to admire the crash site. Headed over to overwood moss before descending back to the car 25km 5.5 hrs excluding the sleep! | Nicky C | 16/06/2021 |
| From The Tower. Easy walk thanks to weeks of dry weather. Remote feel, nicely surrounded by hills. Returned via spur twixt Black Clough and Raven clough: peat hags to start then easy walking and nice track through woodland. Dark Peak compleat. | Wycombe Wanderer | 24/04/2021 |
| With Olly doing Night Navigation training | JK | 14/04/2021 |
| Evening/Night Navigation with BHMC (Dean, Chris C & Nigel Vardy) from Alport Bridge. Back via Hern and Oyster Cloughs, back to car at 1.50am | alwaysinshorts | 11/07/2020 |
| Came up here after climbing The Tower with Éire & Mark. Intact trig on Westend Moor! Long walk back to Fairholmes. I visited the summit of Rowlee Pasture (483m) on the way back. | Dangerous Dave | 08/06/2020 |
| From Ladybower Reservoir | Lancylass | 14/03/2020 |
| Continuation of walk after bagging West End Moor trig on a cool and sunny day. | Dugswell2 | 11/04/2019 |
| 4 of 4 on 21 mile epic walk including crook hill, bridge end pasture, the tower and Alport moor with Jordan | The-Z-Man | 10/11/2018 |
| Walking up from Ladybower to Alport Castles then round Blackley Hey, past Hagg Farm and back to Ladybower. | Pipesy | 11/07/2018 |
| The Tower and Alport Moor, from Derwent Reservoir. | BobHancock | 15/04/2018 |
| From Snake pass. Featherbed Top, Higher Shelf Stones, Bleaklow Head and Alport Moor. Grey and Windy. | Alunrees33 | 06/04/2018 |
| From SW via Upper North Grain, nice route, mapped rain gauge long gone I think. Stream crossing OK in wellies | RHW | 05/11/2017 |
| From road side parking on A57 near Doctor's Gate.. | Alan Caine | 02/09/2017 |
| 11.4 mile walk from Low Barn near snake pass, followed footpath south of River Ashop to Alport Bridge then followed footpath to Alport Castles Farm, climbed up onto ridge, walked north to Westend Moor trig and further along boggy intermittent tracks over rough terrain (Could have been worse if wetter) to the featureless summit of Alport Moor, our last 500m hill we needed in the Peak, then retraced our steps to Alport Castles and over Rowlee Pasture back to car via Rowlee Farm. Afterwards drove to and quickly bagged featureless Lodge Moor. | DanTrig | 31/08/2017 |
| Started along Nether North Grain to River Alport. Went along this to visit the wonderful waterfalls then NE to the summit. Saw numerous hares, snipe and grouse plus a couple of lizards. Views of kinder etc were fantastic. With Mart. | John Eley | 23/07/2017 |
| As part of a long 23 mile walk around the Derwent Valley skyline | hillexplorer | 28/04/2017 |
| can't remember date. bagged with sean | jordanwalmsley1987 | 17/02/2017 |
| On a linear walk from Bamford to Glossop | alistairpooler | 04/12/2016 |
| Random date from MR training, several visits since | PepandJen | 01/07/2016 |
| Agree probably the most remote top in Derbyshire. 9 mile round from top of Snake Pass. Along PW to sharp bend at Hern Clough then followed thin path above infant River Alport before breaking off left and up. Followed path north which then disappeared and spent about an hour through pathless peat hags before finding the PW again. | Mark Sims | 12/06/2016 |
| 3/3 last of three. This day had everything rain, wind, sun, fog, snow, hailstones (Bleaklow Head/Higher Shelf Stones/Alport Moor) | Fergalh | 30/04/2016 |
| Solo. Cloud covered. My heart was not in it after doing The Tower on the way up.This was just another dull flog in the bog trying to find something to tell me it was six inches higher than the next bit. Where ever the summit was - It was close enough for me.. | Aimless Rambler | 18/03/2016 |
| 3rd hill of 5 today on a long traverse from Hadfield station to Edale station via Mouselow Castle,skirting Glossop, up Yellowslacks Brook to Bleaklow and then on Pennine way South where at some fords I branched off to head to Alport Moor, crossing Near Fork Grain and then up and down a prominence of 545 before the final pull upto the summit. This is very rough terrain and definitely slowed me down. The summit is pretty flat. Returned a slightly different way to walk along the ridge above the River Alport. Descended where I could see some stones and then took a heading back to the Pennine way. | Dazingdale | 27/02/2016 |
| With Jo, walk from Westend: Ditch Clough and West End Moor Trig to Alport Moor, returning via Alport Castles to Fairholmes cp. Weather; generally cloudy, cool breeze though warm later when sun appeared, good visibility. | amblerbob | 15/08/2015 |
| As part of walk around western watershed. | Wheelsy | 31/07/2015 |
| Shire Hill, Bleaklow Head, Alport Moor, Bridge-end Pasture, Crook Hill | keithouk | 20/07/2014 |
| With Sam. Up from the corner of the reservoir to Alport Castle then along the top for a couple of miles. Best view of the dark peak from this moorland. Cut across to pick up the forestry track back and 7 1/2 miles round. This must be the most remote top in the Peak. | simon and co | 11/07/2014 |
| Circuit of Westend valley with Rod Payne. Also visited The Tower, Bleaklow Stones and Barrow Stones. Nice and boggy in parts! | citygent | 06/05/2014 |
| Missed this one after bagging,'The Tower'.Instead I took a bearing from the Trig and dropped into Nethering Clough to pick up a small track part way down the hill that eventually took me to Grains in the water, I followed this up Bleaklow stones, Bleaklow hill, Wain stone, Hern Stone, Higher Shelf stones, Featherbed top, Saukin ridge and then a steep descent to pick up a forestry track and then carefully walking back on the Snake pass to the car. | Dazingdale | 18/04/2014 |
| After a cracking stroll up Bleaklow to the wreckage of Overexposed, Sean and I came down to and then up from Grains in the Water. Gorgeous if windy day, and not too bad underfoot (for the Dark Peak) | DanHolme | 29/12/2013 |
| Started at Fairholmes. Circular route. Great weather. | dromeas | 09/06/2013 |
| After visiting Higher Shelf Stones. Via Hern Clough and Grains in the Water, good going thanks to narrow track along side of gill. Then short steep ascent to summit area and 400m of very gentle gradient. Summit of grass, moss, low heathery hags. Return W meant drop into gill, steeply out the other side and over the hill back to Pennine Way: easier than expected. | Aye Jimmy | 16/05/2013 |
| Up Alport valley. | PeteF | 08/09/2012 |
| parked on snake pass walked up hot day | eddy | 13/05/2012 |
| Parked on the small hard standing area at Doctor's gate Culvert. Took in Higher shelf stones then walked due east from Pennine Way. Surprisingly, for March, the ground was dry so the walk was quicker than expected. Took a direct line back to the valley and was glad to reach the car! I believe that this moor was on the original line of the PW before being diverted. | moorsman | 20/03/2012 |
| Alport Castles from Ladybower Reservoir. First walk on my own! | PhilHirst | 19/03/2012 |
| Nice walk up from the A57. Followed the penine way for a mile then cut East and across the stream. Beautiful day for March. Many people about. | The Team | 11/03/2012 |
| Went to Alport castles, then Westend moor trig then down to the 4 inns memorial in the Alport valley.We walked past a dying sheep here once as well :( | simocity | 26/05/2008 |