Higger Tor

Higger Tor or Higgar Tor is a gritstone tor in the Dark Peak, in the north of the in England. It overlooks the Burbage Valley and the Iron Age hill fort of to the southeast.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,391 feet
  • Description: tor in South Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Higgar Tor”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carl Wark and Hathersage railway station.

Peak
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is a rocky promontory on Hathersage Moor in the Peak District National Park, just inside the boundary of , England. The promontory is faced by vertical cliffs on all but one side, which is protected by a prehistoric embankment.

Railway station
Photo: Roger Geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of , in the , . It is a stop on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly.

Railway station
Photo: James Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of in the , . It is located 1 mile away from the village centre in Nether Padley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hathersage and Eyam.

Photo: DAVID M GOODWIN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in the of . is a tourist destination because of the scenery of the Hope and Derwent valleys, its literary connections, and easy access by train or road from Sheffield and Manchester.

Photo: Davepape, CC0.
is a village in the Dales that lies within the National Park. has many Plague-related places of interest. It is pronounced "Eem".

Suburb
Photo: Mike Fowkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village in the Sheffield district, in the county of , England. The village lies on a hill above the which gave its name and, until 1934, was part of but it is now a suburb of the city.

Higger Tor

Latitude
53.3339° or 53° 20′ 2″ north
Longitude
-1.6154° or 1° 36′ 56″ west
Elevation
1,391 feet (424 metres)
Open location code
9C5W89MM+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255173953
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q5754246
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Satellite Map

Discover Higger Tor from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Hausa—“Higger Tor” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Higger Tor”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Higger Tor”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hathersage Booths and Lawrencefield.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Callow Bank and Winyards Nick.

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