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This is a list of the hills of the Peak District of England. Most lie within the Peak District National Park , but others lie outside its borders. The list is sorted by absolute height, then by relative height .
The Dark Peak forms an arc on the north, east and west of the district, and the White Peak covers central and southern areas. The highest point is Kinder Scout (2,087 ft (636 m)). Most of the area is within the Peak District National Park , a protected landscape designated in 1951.
Black Hill, in the Peak District, is the highest hill in West Yorkshire, England.Its summit rises to an elevation of 582 m (1,909 ft) above sea level. [1] It is surpassed in height by only two other major summits in the Peak District (Kinder Scout and Bleaklow).
Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and National Nature Reserve [4] in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at 636 metres (2,087 ft) above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak District, in Derbyshire and the East Midlands. [1]
Shining Tor is the highest hill in Cheshire, England.The summit has an elevation of 559 m (1,834 ft) above sea level. [1] 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.
Terrain is lower towards the south and the only peaks which exceed 2,000 ft (610 m) are Kinder Scout 2,087 ft (636 m) and Bleaklow 2,077 ft (633 m) in the Peak District. Other principal peaks in the South Pennines and Peak District include Black Hill 1,909 ft (582 m), Shining Tor 1,834 ft (559 m), Pendle Hill 1,827 ft (557 m), Black Chew Head ...
The Peak District Boundary Walk crosses the summit, which is the highest point on the footpath's 200-mile long route. [ 2 ] The name derives from old English 'Scyttel's hlaw' meaning 'Scyttel's (personal name) hill' and is one of several 'low' names in the Peak District, from the same Old English root that gives rise to the name "Law" for many ...
Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. (In the SVG version, hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.) This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.