Walk d156 Kinder Low (Kinder Scout), Brown Knoll (Edale), South Head (Hayfield) and Mount Famine from Bowden Bridge, Hayfield

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10¾mls (17km)
Ascent:	2,242ft (683m)
Time:	6¼hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk d156:

Bowden Bridge  -  Hayfield  -  Booth Sheepwash  -  Farlands  -  Broad Clough  -  Kinderlow End  -  Three Knolls  -  Cluther Rocks  -  Red Brook  -  The Pennine Way  -  Kinder Downfall  -  Kinder Low (Kinder Scout)  -  Brown Knoll (Edale)  -  South Head (Hayfield)  -  Mount Famine  -  Elle Bank  -  The Pennine Bridleway  -  Tunstead House  -  Hayfield

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

1 English Dewey

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

3 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) at 633m (2078ft). Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Brown Knoll (Edale) at 569m (1867ft). Brown Knoll (Edale) is also known as an English Dewey (41st highest in England, 91st in England & Wales) The summit of Brown Knoll (Edale) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

You will also reach the summit of South Head (Hayfield) at 494m (1621ft). South Head (Hayfield) is known as an English Bridget.

Along the way you will also bag and tick-off:

• Mount Famine at 473m (1552ft). Mount Famine is known as an English Bridget.

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.

You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d156 Kinder Low (Kinder Scout), Brown Knoll (Edale), South Head (Hayfield) and Mount Famine from Bowden Bridge, Hayfield

In no particular order . . .

Old packhorse bridge near Bowden Bridge Car Park, Hayfield

Photo: Simon Jacks (18)

Edale from Kinder Low (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Stuart Sutton (3)

Toads crossing the road near Bowden Bridge, Hayfield

Photo: Christine Shepherd (752)

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

Photo: Dorsal Finn (127)

The River Kinder just before it tumbles down Kinder Downfall

Photo: Fran Brewin (2)

Kinder Downfall frozen solid

Photo: Peter Royle (10)

Kinder Downfall

Photo: Dorsal Finn (123)

Sculptured rock streams on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (97)

The River Kinder from Kinder Downfall

Photo: Stella Whittaker (8)

Getting mugged by sheep at Kinder Downfall

Photo: Steve Gilmore (1)

---

. . . load all 107 walk photos from Walk d156 Kinder Low (Kinder Scout), Brown Knoll (Edale), South Head (Hayfield) and Mount Famine from Bowden Bridge, Hayfield

---

Send us your photographs and pictures from your walks and hikes

Send them in to us as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name/username and where the picture was taken to:

and we shall do our best to publish them.

(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660 pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)

You can also submit photos via our Facebook Page.

NB. Please indicate where each photo was taken so we can match it to a walk route.