Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve

Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Edale, High Peak District, England. Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the locality Cluther Rocks, as well as near Noe Stool.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kinder Scout and Kinder Reservoir.

Kinder Scout

Peak

Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and National Nature Reserve in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at 636 metres above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak District, in Derbyshire and the East Midlands.

Kinder Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Kinder Reservoir is a public water storage reservoir on the western edge of Kinder Scout plateau in Derbyshire. The reservoir lies at the head of the Kinder Valley, 278 metres above sea level and 3 kilometres to the north east of the village of Hayfield.

Brown Knoll

Peak

Photo: Chris Wimbush, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brown Knoll is one of the highest hills in the Peak District in central England. It rises to a height of 569 metres above the head of the Edale valley and about 3 kilometres south-southwest of the Peak's highest point, Kinder Scout.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hayfield and Birch Vale.

Hayfield

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hayfield is a village and civil parish in the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire. It is an attractive stone-built village on the River Sett. Hill-walking, fell-running and mountain-biking are probably the most popular activities for visitors.

Birch Vale

Hamlet

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Birch Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, just outside the boundary of the Peak District National Park, between New Mills and Hayfield.

Little Hayfield

Village

Little Hayfield is a hamlet in the Peak District National Park, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the A624 between Hayfield and Glossop. At the centre of the hamlet is the Lantern Pike pub, named after the nearby hill of the same name.

Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Edale, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.3854° or 53° 23′ 7″ north

Longitude

-1.8807° or 1° 52′ 50″ west

Operator

National Trust

Open location code

9C5W94P9+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 180995329

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cluther Rocks and Noe Stool.

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Highlights include Handley Page Hampden Mk.I AE381 (wreckage) and Kinder Low.

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