Bleaklow

Bleaklow Head
The boggy "summit" of Bleaklow
Highest point
Elevation633 m (2,077 ft)[1]
Prominence128 m[1]
Parent peakKinder Scout
ListingHewitt, Nuttall, HuMP
Coordinates53°27′36″N 1°51′45″W / 53.4600°N 1.8626°W / 53.4600; -1.8626
Geography
Bleaklow Head is located in the Peak District
Bleaklow Head
Bleaklow Head
Location in the Peak District
Bleaklow Head is located in Derbyshire
Bleaklow Head
Bleaklow Head
Location in Derbyshire
LocationDerbyshire, England, UK
Parent rangePeak District
OS gridSK094960
Topo mapOS Landranger 110
Listed summits of Bleaklow
Name Grid ref Height Status
Higher Shelf Stones SK089948 621 m Nuttall
Bleaklow Stones SK116964 628 m

Bleaklow is a high, largely peat-covered, gritstone moorland in the Derbyshire High Peak near the town of Glossop. It is north of Kinder Scout, across the Snake Pass (A57), and south of the A628 Woodhead Pass. Much of it is nearly 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and the shallow bowl of Swains Greave on its eastern side is the source of the River Derwent.

Bleaklow Head (633 m), marked by a huge cairn of stones, the high point at the western side of the moor, is a Hewitt and is crossed by the Pennine Way. It is one of three summits on this plateau above 2,000 feet, the others being Bleaklow Stones, some 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the east along an indefinite ridge, and Higher Shelf Stones, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) south of Bleaklow Head. At 633 metres (2,077 feet), Bleaklow is the second-highest point in Derbyshire and the area includes the most easterly point in the British Isles over 2,000 feet, near Bleaklow Stones.

  1. ^ a b Bleaklow Head at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2016