A Taste of the Peak District

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Suggestions for Kinder Scout

Kinder Scout is a favourite target for walkers heading to the Peak District. It was the site of the Mass trespass that opened the way for access to the hills as we know it today. There are so many ways of getting onto the top. If you are approaching from the Hope Valley, you will almost certainly start from Edale, where there is a convenient (but unfortunately pay and display) car park. From here, the Pennine way starts. Most will take the popular Jacobs Ladder route but with a little forethought you can avoid the crowds by choosing one of the several other variations from here.

My personal favourite route up follows the end of the annual Barrel Race as its start (if that makes sense!). From the car park, head up the main street, past the pub and take the wide path a few dozen yards later. This descends into a small wooded valley, a bridge takes you across a stream and a paved track then takes you over a field. Bear right, up the obvious path on to the top of Kinder Scout. From there, there are various options, navigate the cloughs on compass bearings, follow the path round the rim either to the left or right and so on.

Hope offers access to the lower end of the Kinder plateau plus Lose Hill and the Mam Tor ridge, the Peak District’s longest and arguably best ridge walk. There is plenty of accommodation in the area. The route up from Hayfield also is (rightly so) popular, especially during the winter when the snow and frost makes the whole area totally magical. No visit to Kinder Scout would be complete without a visit to Kinder downfall - best in windy weather after a lot of rain as most of the waterfall blows back up to the top again! It is amazing after a prolonged spell of sub-zero weather, with the rounded rocks becoming coated in ice.