Mill Hill (Ashop Head)
544m (1785ft)
The Dark Peak Area, The Peak District, Derbyshire, England
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,328ft (405m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Birchin Clough - Snake Path - Ashop Clough - Upper Gate Clough - Red Clough - Within Clough - Ashop Head - The Pennine Way - Mill Hill (Ashop Head) - Featherbed Top (Featherbed Moss) - A57 Snake Pass - Old Woman - Doctors Gate - Lady Clough - Birchin Clough
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9ml (14.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,689ft (515m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Birchin Clough - A57 Snake Pass - Lady Clough - River Ashop - Rough Bank - Fair Brook - Kinder Scout - Edale Moor - Kinder Plateau - Kinder Downfall - The Pennine Way - The Edge (Kinder Scout) - Ashop Head - Mill Hill (Ashop Head) - Black Ashop Moor - Within Clough - Red Clough - Upper Gate Clough - Ashop Clough - Birchin Clough
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75ml (14km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,192ft (688m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Bowden Bridge - Hayfield - Booth Sheepwash - White Brow - Kinder Reservoir - Nab Brow - William Clough - Ashop Head - Mill Hill (Ashop Head) - The Pennine Way - Kinder Scout - The Edge (Kinder Scout) - Kinder Downfall - Red Brook - Cluther Rocks - Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) - Edale Cross - Kinderlow End - Oaken Clough - Tunstead House Farm - Bowden Bridge - Hayfield
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,074ft (632m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Hayfield - Sett Valley Trail - Birch Vale - The River Sett - The Pennine Bridleway - Lantern Pike - Matley Moor - Burnt Hill - Mill Hill (Ashop Head) - The Pennine Way - William Clough - Kinder Reservoir - Snake Path - Middle Moor - Hayfield
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25ml (19.5km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,189ft (667m) |
| Time: | 6.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Birchin Clough - (A57 Snake Pass) - Lady Clough - River Ashop - Rough Bank - Fair Brook - Seal Edge - Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) - Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) - The Kinder Plateau - Edale Moor - The Edge (Kinder Scout) - The Pennine Way - Ashop Head - Mill Hill (Ashop Head) - Featherbed Top (Featherbed Moss) - A57 Snake Pass - Old Woman - Doctors Gate - Lady Clough - Birchin Clough - (A57 Snake Pass).
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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Mill Hill (Ashop Head)
hannah1507 walked up Mill Hill (Ashop Head) on April 8th, 2023 [from/via/route] d186 Kinder Scout & Kinder Downfall from Bowden Bridge, Hayfield [with] Solo
Tony Halliday climbed it on July 23rd, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked up at snake pass & took Pennine way [with] Only went with Jimmy my boarder terrier [weather] Cloudy start & cool the higher we got the worse the visibility not great for views - Dry but very cloudy great under foot but zero views not the best walk over moorland in low cloud
Christine Shepherd bagged it on February 23rd, 2019 [from/via/route] Walked from Birchen Clough using walk d263. [with] On my own [weather] Blue skies & sunshine - A really enjoyable walk with lots of interesting stone formations. A very gentle ascent to this summit
Margaret Richards hiked Mill Hill (Ashop Head) on September 12th, 2008 [from/via/route] Pennine Way [with] Don
Andrew Heath summited during September, 1998 [from/via/route] Edale [with] David [weather] Sunny
Nicola Parkinson conquered it on March 16th, 2014 [from/via/route] d320 from Birchin Clough [with] Stu [weather] Misty, windy, rainy.
Wyn Griffiths has scaled it [from/via/route] From Hayfield via Lantern Pike, & Burnt Hill [with] Me [weather] Dry, clody - Lovely pleasant eal - D321
Wayne Linley walked up Mill Hill (Ashop Head) on October 14th, 2012 [from/via/route] Bowden bridge hayfield, -william clough [with] my fiancee shirley [weather] good, though breezy once clear of the clough, part of our route to kinder downfall - good point to reach, makes navigation check a lot easier!
Andrew Joss climbed it on October 21st, 2012 [from/via/route] Hayfield & Lantern Pike [with] Barbara [weather] Sunny
Patrick Rogozinski, Steve Lockett, Martin Greenwood, Paul Woodburn, Louise Sandwith, Geoffrey Robertshaw, Louis Smith and Mark Davidson have all walked, climbed & bagged Mill Hill (Ashop Head).
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Mill Hill (Ashop Head)
Mill Hill (Ashop Head) from the huge cairn on the western edge of The Kinder Plateau
The Pennine Way where it climbs up to Kinder Scout from Mill Hill (Ashop Head)
Looking down William Clough to a snowy and frozen Kinder Reservoir from near Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout
Lantern Pike summit with Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout and
Chinley Churn and Hayfield beyond
Mill Hill (Ashop Head) and the top of William Clough from the large cairn W of The Edge (Kinder Scout)
Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout and Chinley Churn with Hayfield nestling below from Lantern Pike
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