Walk Shining Tor and Cats Tor from Lamaload Reservoir
Steady climb to great views
This 6¼ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Lamaload Reservoir in the Peak District & will take you about 3½ hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
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| Walk No.: | ch157 | |
| Length: | 6¼ miles (10km) | |
| Ascent: | 1224 ft (373m) | |
| Time: | 3½ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
Lamaload Reservoir - Shining Tor - Cats Tor - Pym Chair - Jenkin Chapel - Lamaload Reservoir
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 2 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Shining Tor at 559m (1835ft). Shining Tor is also known as an English Dewey (54th highest in England, 124th in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (59th highest in England, 851st highest in the UK). The summit of Shining Tor is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Shining Tor is the highest point in the county of Cheshire.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Cats Tor at 522m (1713ft). Cats Tor is also known as an English Dewey (134th highest in England, 305th in England & Wales)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Shining Tor and Cats Tor from Lamaload Reservoir
In no particular order . . .
Looking South towards Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill from the summit of Shining Tor
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