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

Vital Statistics:

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

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

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 . . .

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (16)

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (19)

Rob, Big Truck and Carl crossing Edale Moor heading for Grindlsow Knoll

Photo: Dorsal Finn (129)

A snowy mothers day on Kinder Scout

Photo: Martin Wardroper (5)

Public Footpath sign by the River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (26)

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (21)

Caldron on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (100)

Lady Clough from Seal Stones (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Andy Harrison (1)

My wife and daughter on Kinder Scout

Photo: Keith Sloane (1)

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

Photo: Paul Tonge (1)

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