Shining Tor
Shining Tor is the highest hill in Cheshire, England. The summit has an elevation of 559 m above sea level. It is in the Peak District, between the towns of Macclesfield in Cheshire and Buxton in Derbyshire, and is on the administrative boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire East.Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Errwood Hall and Errwood Reservoir.
Errwood Hall
Ruins
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The ruin of Errwood Hall is a popular tourist destination in the scenic Upper Goyt Valley within the Peak District of England.
Errwood Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Errwood Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir in the Peak District National Park, within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire.
Lamaload Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Wikibuckypedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lamaload Reservoir is a reservoir near Rainow, Cheshire, England. It lies in the South West Peak within the Peak District National Park, to the west of the Goyt Valley, and is fed by the River Dean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walker Barn and Burbage.
Burbage
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burbage is a village in the High Peak district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census Burbage was a ward of the High Peak Borough Council.
Wildboarclough
Hamlet
Photo: Pete Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wildboarclough is a village in the Macclesfield Forest, in the civil parish of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, in the Cheshire East district of Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park.
Shining Tor
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,834 feet
- Description: hill in the Peak District National Park, England, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.26066° or 53° 15′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.00952° or 2° 0′ 34″ westElevation
1,834 feet (559 metres)Open location code
9C5V7X6R+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 671766423OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12607716Wikidata ID
Q8520584
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Satellite Map
Discover Shining Tor from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Shining Tor” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Shining Tor”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل شينينج تور”
- French: “Shining Tor”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shining Tor”
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