| Name: | Howden Edge [High Stones] |
| Hill number: | 3630 |
| Height: | 550m / 1804ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2807 Kinder Scout |
| County/UA: | Sheffield |
| Topographical area: | EP07 Kinder-shining |
| SMC/RHB section: | 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Peak District |
| Catchment: | Trent |
| Administrative County: | South Yorkshire (1974-1996) |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Ethel, Administrative County Top, Current County/UA Top (Tu,5,Dew,E,CoA,CoU) |
| Grid ref: | SK 18790 94353 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn |
| Drop: | 63m |
| Col: | 487m SK170980  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 110 (1:25k) OL1E |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 329 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Walked with Emerald | simonshrewsbury | 02/09/2024 |
| Walked with Dad. | Emeraldshrewsbury | 02/09/2024 |
| Pleasant circuit from Fairholmes Car Park taking in Lost Lad, Back Tor, Howden Edge (High Stones) and Margery Hill | oldbagger27 | 02/07/2024 |
| With H: Fairholmes car park - Lost Lad - Back Tor - High Stones - Upper Hey - reservoirs - car. Pretty cold for June! | Mark Jackson | 08/06/2024 |
| An icy Monday morning in Derbyshire. From the car park at Fairholmes, set off north along the eastern banks of the Derwent Reservoir. After crossing into South Yorkshire, a right turn and a steep ascent up a footpath to begin the climb. The snow became so thick I struggled to reach the summit ridge without crampons. No views (<15m visibility) but found the summit cairn and scarpered back down. | hillbagger91 | 04/12/2023 |
| After setting up camp at Margery Stones, down and then back up to Upper Hey | Alfa1M | 16/08/2023 |
| From Derwent via Margery Hill | cjwilliams | 08/03/2023 |
| start lay by just up from fairholmes lost lad, back tor, cartledge stones ridge, howden edge high stones, upper hey, return to reservoir tracks 19ks 6hrs 30 mins | underhill | 29/01/2023 |
| Climbed as part of a circluar hike. Starting from Fairholmes Car Park at Ladybower I climbed Upper Hey (446m), Margery Hill (546m), Howden Edge (High Stones) (550m) and Back Tor (538m). A 16mile loop with 2110ft of ascent. | dazedemon | 31/12/2022 |
| Parked at the car park on the A616 north of Langsett, followed the bridleway SW to the watershed. Dropped down slightly to the Derwent valley and then followed the RoW (a delightful small green track) south until, forking off to Upper Hey, then east on another green trod up the steep escarpment to the summit of Howden Edge at High Stones (my penultimate English Dewey). Then north along the summit ridge with a revisit to Margery Hill, before retracing the outward route to the start. A splendid crystal clear winter's day, with frost underfoot and stunning views all round. 18.5km with 570m ascent taking 5h 30m. | silveracorn_alan | 07/12/2022 |
| Out and back from Langsett Reservoir Ethel bagging with R. | Dan Baddeley | 18/09/2022 |
| Parked at Ladybower NT car park, took a bike to start on a fine track but at Howden Clough I started pushing it to steep climb of Howden Edge. Abandoned it an walked to top then onto Margery Hill. A fine dry day reservoirs near empty. | DRS | 07/09/2022 |
| From Langsett car park along Langsett Bank, over Hingcliff Common, along Mickleden Edge, Cut Gate to Margery Hill. Onto High Stones then down pasted Nether Hey to Derwent Reservoir to finish at Fairholmes car park. With Keith using two cars parked at either end of the walk. Great day on the moors taking advantage of the prolonged dry spell. Second time on this route last was when I was 16 now 73. | Glenelg | 01/09/2022 |
| P at road end. Slippery Stones Margery Hill trig and summit. Warm, windy high up with some refreshing rain. | chrisbien | 12/07/2022 |
| Did High Stones with my cousin which was the longest county top walk in England at 14.2 Miles long. We got there at 11:00 due to terrible traffic in Oldham, and the snake Pass being closed due to maintenance work. This county top certainly didn't want us to complete it, but we did at the cost of taking 9 hours and 30 minutes! The 2 dams were cool to see being built in the 19th century and still standing to this day of course. Also, some views on the day of Sheffield. | DavidHiner | 29/06/2022 |
| From end of Derwent Reservoir. Horse Stone Naze, then along high ground to Howden Edge. Dropped down over Upper Hey back to Slippery Stones and track to car. With B, B and R. | jenx | 19/01/2022 |
| From head of the lochs, Howden water. Walked to Slippery Stones bridge and on up the Derwent valley. Quick stop in delightful Stainery Clough before cutting up to magnificent Horse Stone (Naze) top. Onwards to Hoar Stones-Howden Edge county top before long March around dodgy ground to two trigs (Margery Hill and Outer Edge) then High Stones on HE. Dropped steeply off to collect Upper Hey, before pleasant steeps back to the bridge the parked car. | nordicstar | 19/01/2022 |
| From Derwent Dams | solitaryfellwanderer | 26/09/2021 |
| loop round howden moor from near the fairholmes CP. Back torr, camped by the viewpoint, then on to high stones, margery hill, outer edge, hoar stones and horse stone. tracks all pretty easy to follow. careful in the peet bogs, i got ches deep after margery hill! came direct back from horse stones that was slow going, but shaved a few km off the total 30km 6.5hrs | Nicky C | 14/07/2021 |
| Directly up from Upper Hey | KeithByTheC | 11/06/2021 |
| with James | HardenC | 07/06/2021 |
| From Fairholmes for a round of Back Tor, Howden Edge, Mergery Hill, Outer Edge, Hoar Stones and Horse Stone Naze. | rhalstead | 22/05/2021 |
| With Richard. After Margery hill | Longwojo | 28/07/2020 |
| Logged edge on 18 mile route. Starting at Langsett car park. Came from the direction of Lost Lad over Abbey Brook then climbed North onto Howden Edge. | Shutuplegs54 | 25/07/2020 |
| From Upper Hey, on to Margery Hill. | Wycombe Wanderer | 24/07/2020 |
| Margery Hill, Howden Edge, Upper Hey, Outer Edge, Hoar Stones, Horse Stone Naze | keithouk | 12/07/2020 |
| 12 mile circuit from Langsett of Margery Hill, Howden Edge High Stones and Crow Stones Outer Edge, back via River Little Don. Mountain Blue Hare on the way down! | mavero10 | 30/06/2020 |
| With H. | Chris Ellis | 04/06/2020 |
| See Kamoot entry for full details/gpx download: https://www.komoot.com/tour/381645317 | outlawcatcher | 01/06/2020 |
| Nether Hey > [Featherbed Moss pf. 545] > Howden Edge (High Stones) > Margery Hill > Outer Edge > Upper Hey from GR: SK 17227 89353 | ronaldo333 | 14/03/2020 |
| Parked at Fairholmes carpark SK173893 for Upper Hey and Howden Edge (High Stones). | David Evans | 30/12/2019 |
| Parking for a few cars at SK 2450 9452 then: Howden Edge -> Upper Hey -> Margery Hill. 11 mile trog, about 5 miles of it on a good track (Dukes Road), the other 6 miles across reasonably good heather moorland. | jonglew | 12/11/2019 |
| 5 of 6. Not much to be said about this summit | The-Z-Man | 08/09/2019 |
| On own. A lovely sunny day with great views. From King’s Tree car park (Howden Reservoir). Along forest road to stone footbridge at Slippery Stones then up bridleway to Cut Gate End with three large cairns as top approached. Then to Margery Hill tp and along footpath to small cairn at Howden Edge (High Stones). Return same route except kept along ridge to bypass Margery Hill tp. Great walk. | Beeliner | 27/08/2019 |
| Parked in the car park on the A616 just south of the A628 at Langsett and did a circuit of Margery Hill, Howden Edge, Upper Hey, Outer Edge, Hoar Stones and Horse Stone Naze. 6h 33m for 17.3 miles although one or two slight navigational errors. | clivevilla | 20/08/2019 |
| Took the bridleway south from Langsett Reservoir and then the path via the trig point at Margery Hill. All paths extremely wet! | Eggletina | 15/08/2019 |
| with dad | Alexhillbagging | 01/08/2019 |
| With Alex | jthomson6nr9 | 30/07/2019 |
| Up from Fairholmes CP. Along to Hoar Stones and Horse Stone before dropping back into valley. | PGCE | 23/06/2019 |
| Start Fairholmes car park. | lindslow | 21/01/2019 |
| Direct ascent from grouse butts below Upper Hey. Steep, but solid underfoot. Then down to the reservoirs via Nether Hey. | RedAndy54 | 30/12/2018 |
| Beautiful walk up from Fairholmes. Forests in autumn colours, sun shining, no wind, but cool at the top. Excellent picnic spot on the boulders at the summit! | jkl | 20/10/2018 |
| Woodhead pass to Margery,high stones, bull stones,crow stones , horse stone, shepherds stones, lady cross. 15+miles. with greg | AvidSockWearer | 23/09/2018 |
| With Stu, from Langsett Res W CP, afterwards Upper Hey and Horse Stone Naze. | IanHHill | 06/09/2018 |
| went to see the Lancaster that didn't show up so bagged this hill on way back to car parked at Langsett | jmistry86 | 16/05/2018 |
| With Margery Hill via Cut Gate. Very clear day with fine views. | RedAndy54 | 22/04/2018 |
| Parked at Upper Derwent Resevoir up Holden clough and over to Upper Hey. Very snowy with very little visibility - got very cold! 13.4 miles 2301 ft elevation | nell1583 | 20/01/2018 |
| From the N end of Ladybower. Up to Margery Hill and along the Edge. Took advantage of a break in the weather. With Alan. | Campbell Singer | 04/01/2018 |
| Ladybower, Back Tor, Howden Edge, Upper Hey. Good paved pathnorth from Back Tor but then pick your best route from 93 grid line north east to Feathered Moss over pathless short grass humps and ankle high heather. Not bad as pathless moorland goes. | ijpowell | 29/09/2017 |
| From parking on A616. BW to Margery Hill, High Stones, Upper Hey, Outer Edge, Hoar Stones, Horse Stone Naze and back via Outer Edge. | PeterD | 04/09/2017 |