Walk Route Map d240 Kinder Downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale

Walk d240 Kinder Downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale

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Vital Statistics:

Length:	10¼mls (16.5km)
Ascent:	1,870ft (570m)
Time:	5¾hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk d240 Kinder Downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale pdf

Route outline for walk d240:

Edale - The Pennine Way - Upper Booth - Jacob's Ladder (Edale) - Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) - Red Brook - Kinder Downfall - Kinder Scout - Edale Moor - Kinder Plateau - Crowden Head (Kinder Scout) - Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) - Grindsbrook Clough - Grinds Brook - The Vale of Edale - Edale

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

It costs £6.00 to park a car for the day in the main car park in Edale. The ticket machine only takes coins and you cannot pay with notes or credit cards. There is precious little alternative parking. Best make sure you bring enough change. Sept 2021.

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

3
Bridgets

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 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.

You will also reach the summit of Crowden Head (Kinder Scout) at 631m (2071ft). Crowden Head (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget. Crowden Head (Kinder Scout) is in the middle of the Kinder Scout plateau.

Along the way you will also bag:

Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) at 601m (1972ft). Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout) 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.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d240 Kinder Downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale

In no particular order . . .

Climbing up Grindsbrook Clough

Photo: Alan Malone (3)

The view up Grindsbrook Clough

Photo: Alan Malone (2)

Looking Down Red Brook from Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Green (1)

The view down Grindsbrook Clough

Photo: Alan Malone (1)

Nearing the top of Grindsbrook Clough

Photo: Alan Malone (4)

Sculptured rocks on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (96)

Kinder Downfall frozen solid

Photo: Peter Royle (10)

The Pennine Way near Upper Booth

Photo: Stuart Street (3)

Rock formations in Kinder Scout

Photo: David Atherton (12)

National Trust plaque at the bottom of Jacob's Ladder

Photo: Bob Ferguson (91)

Kinder reservoir from the top of Kinder Downfall

Photo: Stella Whittaker (12)

Water being blown UP Kinder Downfall by the wind

Photo: Dorian Tompkins (1)

Kinder Reservoir from Kinder Downfall

Photo: Dorsal Finn (120)

A snowy mothers day on Kinder Scout

Photo: Martin Wardroper (5)

Grindsbrook Clough

Photo: Dorsal Finn (130)

Walk d240 Kinder Downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale - 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)

Walk d240 Kinder Downfall and Kinder Scout from Edale - The River Kinder flowing towards the waterfall at Kinder Downfall on the Kinder Scout Plateau

The River Kinder flowing towards the waterfall at Kinder Downfall on the Kinder Scout Plateau

Photo: David Morecroft (6)

Lost on a misty Kinder Scout in the Great Grimpen Mire

Photo: Bob Ferguson (94)

The bottom of Jacob's Ladder (Edale)

Photo: Stuart Sutton (2)

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