Walk Route Map d135 Kinder Downfall from Birchin Clough

Walk d135 Kinder Downfall from Birchin Clough

Wild moorland and the Pennine Way

Vital Statistics:

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

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk d135 Kinder Downfall from Birchin Clough pdf

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

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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 . . .

Mist and low cloud over Grindsbrook Clough, Kinder Scout

Photo: Peter Royle (21)

My wife and daughter on Kinder Scout

Photo: Keith Sloane (1)

Walk d135 Kinder Downfall from Birchin Clough - Rock formations on the northern edge of Kinder Scout with Featherbed Moss over Black Ashop Moor in the background.

Rock formations on the northern edge of Kinder Scout with Featherbed Moss over Black Ashop Moor in the background.

Photo: Paul Tonge (1)

Rock formations in Kinder Scout

Photo: David Atherton (12)

Getting mugged by sheep at Kinder Downfall

Photo: Steve Gilmore (1)

Footbridge on Lady Clough Woods

Photo: Robert Hardy (30)

The River Ashop in Ashop Clough with The Kinder Scout Plateau above

Photo: David Morecroft (10)

Walking beside the River Ashop

Photo: Christine Shepherd (726)

Kinder Reservoir and Hayfield from Kinder Downfall

Photo: Ray Foster (2)

Fair Brook frozen solid near the top of Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Robert Hardy (4)

Mill Hill (Ashop Head) from the huge cairn on the western edge of The Kinder Plateau

Photo: Ben Lockett (5)

Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) and The River Ashop from Saukin Ridge

Photo: Robert Hardy (31)

The River Kinder from Kinder Downfall

Photo: Ben Lockett (7)

The view from the top of Kinder Downfall

Photo: Dorsal Finn (126)

Kinder Downfall

Photo: Roger Thornber (3)

Rob, Big Truck and Carl at the top of Kinder Downfall

Photo: Dorsal Finn (125)

Kinder Reservoir and Hayfield from Sandy Heys, Kinder Scout

Photo: Ray Foster (3)

The River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (25)

Walk d135 Kinder Downfall from Birchin Clough - Looking down William Clough to a snowy and frozen Kinder Reservoir from near Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout

Looking down William Clough to a snowy and frozen Kinder Reservoir from near Mill Hill (Ashop Head), Kinder Scout

Photo: Peter Royle (7)

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