Walk Route Map d296 Jacob's Ladder and Kinder Scout from Edale

Walk d296 Jacob's Ladder and Kinder Scout from Edale

The start of the Pennine Way

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:	1,860ft (567m)
Time:	4¾hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk d296 Jacob's Ladder and Kinder Scout from Edale pdf

Route outline for walk d296:

Edale - The Pennine Way - Upper Booth - Jacob's Ladder (Edale) - Edale Head - Kinder Scout - Edale Moor - Kinder Plateau - Kinder Low (Kinder Scout) - Noe Stool (Edale Head) - Pym Chair (Edale Head) - Crowden Tower (Kinder Scout) - Crowden Brook - 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 Tower (Kinder Scout) at 619m (2032ft). Crowden Tower (Kinder Scout) is known as an English Bridget.

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 d296 Jacob's Ladder and Kinder Scout from Edale

In no particular order . . .

Brown Knoll (Edale) from The Pennine Way near Upper Booth

Photo: Dorsal Finn (72)

Looking down from the top of Grindsbrook Clough

Photo: Alan Malone (5)

Pym Chair and Crowden Tower from the Pennine Way near Kinder Low (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Dorsal Finn (77)

The River Kinder flowing through the peat hags on The Kinder Scout Plateau

Photo: David Morecroft (8)

Crossing the footbridge over Grinds Brook near Edale

Photo: Dorsal Finn (86)

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

Photo: Dorsal Finn (129)

On Grindsbrook overlooking the Great Ridge

Photo: Terry Maw (4)

Pym Chair from the large cairn at the top of Jacob's Ladder (Edale)

Photo: Dorsal Finn (75)

Edale End and The Vale of Edale

Photo: Ian Windle (20)

The Edale Valley from Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout)

Photo: David Hadsley (3)

Mist and low cloud over Grindsbrook Clough, Kinder Scout

Photo: Peter Royle (21)

Hey Edge from Crowden

Photo: Peter Ellis (1)

My wife and daughter on Kinder Scout

Photo: Keith Sloane (1)

Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) and The Vale of Edale from the summit of Grindslow Knoll (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Ian Windle (47)

The Pennine Way on Kinder Low (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Judith Thiery (4)

Edale from Kinder Low (Kinder Scout)

Photo: Stuart Sutton (3)

Wildboar Clough with Bleaklow Hill beyond from the Pennine Way near Crowden

Photo: Geoff Smithson (2)

The Nab from Edale in the snow

Photo: Mike Hart (11)

A beautiful October morning On Grindsbrook

Photo: Terry Maw (5)

Into the abyss on a misty Kinder Scout

Photo: Bob Ferguson (95)

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