Bleaklow
The boggy "summit" of Bleaklow
Elevation:	633 m (2077 ft)
Location:	Peak District, England
Prominence:	c. 128 m
Topo map:	OS Landranger 110
OS grid reference:	SK093959
Listing:	Hewitt, Nuttall

Bleaklow is a high moorland, just north of Kinder Scout, across the Snake Pass (A57), in the Derbyshire High Peak. Much of it is nearly 2,000 ft above sea level and it is the source of the River Derwent. Image File history File linksMetadata Bleaklow. ... A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. ... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Topographic maps, also called contour maps, topo maps or topo quads (for quadrangles), are maps that show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines. ... Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Peak bagging (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, or among enthusiasts, just bagging) is a popular activity for hillwalkers and mountaineers in which they attempt to reach the summit of each peak in a region above some height, or having a particular feature. ... A Hewitt is a hill in England, Wales or Ireland over two thousand feet (609. ... The Nuttalls are hills in England and Wales over 610 m (2000 feet), which rise above their surroundings on all sides by 15 m. ... Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau (and mountain) in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in the United Kingdom. ... The A57 is a major road in England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, and boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. ... The Derwent is a river in the county of Derbyshire, England. ...

Bleaklow Head, 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 ft (610 m), the others being Bleaklow Stones (SK116964, 628 m), some 3 km to the east along an indefinite ridge, and Higher Shelf Stones 1.5 km south of Bleakow Head (SK089948, 621 m). Bleaklow includes the most easterly point in the British Isles over 2000 ft, near Bleaklow Stones. A Hewitt is a hill in England, Wales or Ireland over two thousand feet (609. ... The Pennine Way is a long-distance footpath in England. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...

Much of the main plateau of Bleaklow is a boggy peat moorland, seamed by 'groughs' (water-eroded channels in the peat), and lacking strong changes in elevation — in poor conditions its traverse is probably the most navigationally challenging in the Peak District. The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England. ...

Bleaklow is part of the National Trust's High Peak Estate. The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ... High Peak Estate is an area of Pennine moorland in the ownership of the National Trust in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. ...

External links

• Computer generated summit panorama Bleaklow index
• There is an interesting weblog concerning all things Bleaklow at bleaklow.com. (The author of the site is a voluntary park ranger in the Bleaklow area).