Walk Route Map d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough

Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough

Wild moorland and the Pennine Way

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:	2,060ft (628m)
Time:	5hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough pdf

Route outline for walk d201:

Birchin Clough - A57 Snake Pass - Lady Clough - River Ashop - Rough Bank - Fair Brook - Gate Side Clough - Wood Moor - Dunge Clough - The Wicken - Blackden Brook - Blackden Moor - Kinder Scout - Edale Moor - Kinder Plateau - Seal Edge - Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) - Fair Brook - Birchin Wood - Birchin Clough

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1
English
Mountain

0
Wainwrights

1
English
Nuttall

0
English
Deweys

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 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) at 603m (1979ft). Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge from Birchin Clough

In no particular order . . .

The Mam Tor Ridge from the Edale Valley

Photo: Nick Cusack (8)

Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge 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)

Woodland near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (28)

More rock formations on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (102)

The River Ashop

Photo: Steve Lowe (1)

Rock formations in Kinder Scout

Photo: David Atherton (12)

Lady Clough from Lady Clough Bridge

Photo: Robert Hardy (29)

Heading towards Seal Stones (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (727)

Lady Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (34)

My wife and daughter on Kinder Scout

Photo: Keith Sloane (1)

Fairbrook Naze (Kinder Scout) from the top of Fair Brook

Photo: Robert Hardy (5)

Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) and Back Tor (Hollins Cross) from The Edale Valley

Photo: Nick Cusack (6)

Walk d201 Seal Stones (Kinder Scout) and Seal Edge 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)

Public Footpath sign by the River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (26)

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (21)

The River Kinder at Kinder Gates on Kinder Scout, east of Kinder Downfall

Photo: Peter Royle (28)

Sculptured rocks on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (96)

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (20)

Caldron on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (100)

Looking back to Grindsbrook, on the way to Crowden Tower (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Peter Royle (19)

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