Walk d135 Kinder Downfall from Birchin Clough

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9mls (14.5km)
Ascent:	1,689ft (515m)
Time:	5hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk d135:

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

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1 English Mountain

0 Wainwrights

1 English Nuttall

1 English Dewey

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Marilyn

1 Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Kinder Scout at 636m (2087ft). Kinder Scout is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (156th highest in England, 265th highest in England & Wales)

Kinder Scout is also known as an English Nuttall (207th highest in England, 356th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (47th highest in England, 710th highest in the UK).

Kinder Scout is the highest point in The Peak District National Park and the highest point in the county of Derbyshire.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of The Edge (Kinder Scout) at 624m (2048ft). The Edge (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of The Edge (Kinder Scout) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

You will also reach the summit of Mill Hill (Ashop Head) at 544m (1785ft). Mill Hill (Ashop Head) is also known as an English Dewey (86th highest in England, 197th in England & Wales)

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d135 Kinder Downfall from Birchin Clough

In no particular order . . .

Near Sandy Heys on The Pennine Way approaching Kinder Downfall with Cluther Rocks beyond

Photo: Stella Whittaker (5)

My wife and daughter on Kinder Scout

Photo: Keith Sloane (1)

Water being blown UP Kinder Downfall by the wind

Photo: Dorian Tompkins (1)

Crowden Tower (Kinder Scout) from Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Peter Royle (20)

The Edge (Kinder Scout) summit trig point

Photo: Ben Lockett (6)

Rock sculptured by the wind on The Edge (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Robert Hardy (13)

The Mam Tor Ridge from the Edale Valley

Photo: Nick Cusack (8)

Kinder Downfall

Photo: Dorsal Finn (79)

The Perils of getting lost on the Kinder Scout

Photo: Tony Savage (1)

Walking beside the River Ashop

Photo: Christine Shepherd (726)

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