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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6mls (9.5km) |
| Ascent: | 1,310ft (399m) |
| Time: | 3½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk d282:
Errwood Reservoir - The Goyt Valley - Shooter's Clough - Shining Tor - The Tors - Cats Tor - Oldgate Nick - Pym Chair - The Street - Foxlow Edge - The Goyt Valley - Errwood Hall - Errwood Reservoir
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 2 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Shining Tor at 559m (1835ft). Shining Tor is also known as an English Dewey (54th highest in England, 124th in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (59th highest in England, 851st highest in the UK). The summit of Shining Tor is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Shining Tor is the highest point in the county of Cheshire.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Cats Tor at 522m (1713ft). Cats Tor is also known as an English Dewey (134th highest in England, 305th in England & Wales)
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d282 Shining Tor and Errwood Hall via Foxlow Edge from Errwood Reservoir, The Goyt Valley
In no particular order . . .
Peak & Northern Footpaths Society Public Footpath Sign No. 270 on Taxal Edge
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