Walk Shining Tor and Errwood Hall via Foxlow Edge from Errwood Reservoir

The ascent up Shining Tor is well worth it

This 6 mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Errwood Reservoir in the Peak District & will take you about 3½ hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Walk No.: d282
Length: 6 miles (9.5km)
Ascent: 1310 ft (399m)
Time: 3½ hours
Grade: Walk Grade 4 (Moderate) Icon

Route outline for this walk:

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:

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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Marilyn
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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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The Peak District National Park


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

OS Explorer OL24 The Peak District - White Peak area


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

OS Landranger 118 Stoke-on-Trent & Macclesfield


OS Landranger 119 Buxton & Matlock, Bakewell & Dove Dale


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Shining Tor and Errwood Hall via Foxlow Edge from Errwood Reservoir

In no particular order . . .

Deep Clough in The Goyt Valley

Deep Clough in The Goyt Valley

Photo: Mike Walker (597)

Looking South towards Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill from the summit of Shining Tor

Looking South towards Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill from the summit of Shining Tor

Photo: Mike Walker (588)

Errwood Reservoir in the Goyt Valley

Errwood Reservoir in the Goyt Valley

Photo: Mick Coxon (12)

Errwood Reservoir Dam, The Goyt Valley

Errwood Reservoir Dam, The Goyt Valley

Photo: Mike Walker (562)

Descending The Goyt Valley

Descending The Goyt Valley

Photo: Mike Walker (598)

Cats Tor from Shining Tor

Cats Tor from Shining Tor

Photo: Peter Wood (1)

Monsal Dale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Monsal Dale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (33)

Looking West towards Teggs Nose from the summit of Shining Tor

Looking West towards Teggs Nose from the summit of Shining Tor

Photo: Mike Walker (587)

The trig point on the summit of Shining Tor

The trig point on the summit of Shining Tor

Photo: Mike Walker (589)


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To steep and difficult descent, trusting ourselves, we wound from crag to crag, where passage could be won - William Wordsworth: 1770-1850
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