Accessible Peak District Trig Points

March 19, 2024 PEAK DISTRICT WALKS

Are you taking on the Accessible Peak District Trig Point Challenge? There is a challenge to visit all 88 trig points in the Peak District. Sadly, a lot of them are on private land and are inaccessible without seeking permission or trespassing. I’ve put together a list of the accessible Peak District trig points, all of which are on either Open Access Land or near to footpaths and come up with #63trigs.

There are a few trig points which are just over a wall and easily reached from publicly accessible land, so I’ve included them too.

 

These trig points are all over the Peak District. These Peak District trig points are either on Open Access Land (shaded yellow on the OS Maps) or accessed via a public footpath. There are a few which are private but they are just over a wall from OA Land or a roadside, so you can still bag these.

 

I’ve also got a complete list of 88 Peak District trig points and walks to visit them if you want to see the full list of the Peak District trigs and multiple trig point walks . We started to do this challenge but found it frustrating that not all of the summits are easily accessible. I didn’t want to be spending ages finding out who the landowners were, or pestering farmers to let me in their fields to reach the trig point so, if you’re like me, here’s a Peak District Trig Point Challenge you can complete!

 

 

Here’s the list of accessible trig points in the Peak District!

 

Accessible Peak District Trig Points

Trig Point	OS Grid Reference	Walking Routes:
Alphin Pike	SE 00296 02817	Dove Stone Reservoir to Alphin Pike The Trinnacle Trail and Alphin Pike Dove Stone Reservoir Skyline Walk
Axe Edge	SK 03502 70613	Axe Edge Trig Point and Three Shires Head Walk
Back Tor	SK 19763 90991	Back Tor and Lost Lad Circular Walk from Strines Lost Lad and Back Tor with Abbey Brook Derwent Edge Walk
Birchen Edge	SK 27825 73093	Birchen Edge Walk
Black Edge	SK 06254 77006	Corbar Hill, Black Edge and Combs Hill Circular from Buxton
Blacka Plantation (private, but can be reached from over a wall)	SK 28995 81251	Blacka Moor Plantation Walk
Blackstones Low	SK 21000 55420	Wibben Hill and Blackstones Low Circular Walk
Blake Mere (Merryton Low)	SK 04134 60999	The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Ramshaw Rocks and Blake Mere (Merryton Low)
Bradnop (private, but can be reached from the roadside)	SK 03842 54265	Bradnop, Moor Top and Hill House Trig Point Walk
Bradwell Moor	SK 13179 80133	Castleton to Bradwell Moor Trig Point
Brown Knoll	SK 08369 85129	Red Brook Scramble to Kinder Scout Brown Knoll Stone Igloo Walk Edale Skyline [With GPX File]
Burbage Edge	SK 02960 73247	Burbage Edge Circular Walk
Calton Pastures	SK 23779 68174	Calton Pastures and Noton Barn Trig Point Walk from Bakewell
Cock Hill	SK 05931 96189	Cock Hill Trig Point Circular Walk Old Glossop to Bleaklow Head and Cock Hill Circular
Dead Edge End	SE 12445 01728	Britland Edge Hill and Dead Edge End Walk Britland Edge Hill, Dead Edge End and Snailsden
Ecton Hill	SK 09979 57998	Ecton Hill, Revidge and Wetton Hill Walk
Edale Moor (Kinder Scout Plateau)	SK 12927 87809	Edale Moor (Kinder Scout Plateau)
Emlin Ridge	SK 23987 93364	Emlin Ridge
Featherbed Moss	SE 04643 01169	Featherbed Moss Black Hill Peak District Walk
Flask Edge	SK 28492 78842	Flask Edge and White Edge Walk Curbar Edge Walk with Froggatt Edge and White Edge
Grindon Moor (private but can be reached over a wall from the roadside)	SK 07153 55089	Triple Trig Walk: Soles Hill, Grindon Moor and Martins Low
Gun	SJ 97006 61515	Gun, The Roaches and Hen Cloud Long Walk
Harland South (Beeley Moor)	SK 30088 68157	Harland South and Beeley Moor Trig Point
Harry Hut	SK 04477 90771	Harry Hut and Lantern Pike Circular Walk Bleaklow Plane Crash Walk
Hey Edge	SE 08030 00440	Crowden to Hey Edge and White Low
High Neb	SK 22816 85344	Stanage Edge Circular Walk Redmires to Stanage Edge Walk (With Spooky House) Scenic Bamford Edge and Stanage Edge Circular
High Wheeldon	SK 10037 66111	High Wheeldon, Pilsbury Hill and Carder Low
Higher Shelfstones	SK 08894 94787	Bleaklow to Higher Shelf Stones Circular Hike Bleaklow Plane Crash Walk B29 Overexposed Crash Site on Bleaklow – A Guide
Hill House	SK 05169 58571	Bradnop, Moor Top and Hill House Trig Point Walk
Hollinsclough Moor *	SK 05531 65838	Longnor to Parkhouse Hill Circular
Holme Moss (Black Hill)	SE 07816 04684	Black Hill via Crowden Little Brook Black Hill, West Nab and Blackpool Bridge Holme Moss to Black Hill Trig Point Black Hill Peak District Walk Holme to Black Hill to Crowden Circular Walk Holme to Black Hill Circular Walk Black Hill Circular Walk, Holmfirth – Yorkshire Walks
Kinder Low (Kinder Scout Plateau)	SK 07904 87059	Kinder Scout via Kinder Low Fair Brook Scramble to Kinder Scout Northern Edges Kinder Scout Dog Stone via Sandy Heys and Cluther Rocks Kinder Scout Perimeter Walk
Lantern Pike	SK 02390 87945	Lantern Pike and Harry Hut Circular
Mam Tor	SK 12769 83612	Mam Tor Short Walk Castleton, Mam Tor and The Great Ridge Walk Castleton to Mam Tor Circular Walk via Cave Dale Winnats Pass and Mam Tor Circular Walk Mam Tor and Rushup Edge Circular Walk Edale Skyline [With GPX File]
Margery Hill	SK 18911 95695	Margery Hill, Outer Edge and Crow Stones Langsett to Margery Hill, High Stones and Outer Edge
Martins Low	SK 07112 51986	Triple Trig Walk: Soles Hill, Grindon Moor and Martins Low
Moor Plantation (Stanton Moor)	SK 24496 62906	Minninglow and Stanton Moor via High Peak Trail Stanton Moor Walk [Cork Stone and Nine Ladies Stone Circle]
Moor Top (private but easily reached from the road)	SK 02964 55303	Bradnop, Moor Top and Hill House Trig Point Walk
Musden Low (private but easily reached (just!) from Open Access Land)	SK 11832 50080	Musden Low Short Walk
Noton Barn (private but reached from a public footpath)	SK 21667 66169	Calton Pastures and Noton Barn Trig Point Walk from Bakewell
Oker Hill	SK 27120 61303	Matlock to Oker Hill and High Tor
Outer Edge	SK 17703 96973	Margery Hill, Outer Edge and Crow Stones Langsett to Margery Hill, High Stones and Outer Edge
Ox Stones	SK 28021 83134	Padley Gorge, Burbage Moor and Higger Tor Walk
Revidge	SK 07739 59910	Ecton Hill, Revidge and Wetton Hill Walk
Rod Moor	SK 26268 88413	Wyming Brook Waterfalls Walk
Saddleworth (Broadstone Hill)	SE 02076 06964	Aldermans Hill to Broadstone Hill Trig Point Walk Dove Stone Reservoir Skyline Walk
Sheen Hill (private but there is a concessionary access path provided by the farmer)	SK 11055 62539	Sheen Hill Trig Point | 6 Miles
Shining Tor	SJ 99463 73739	Foxlow Edge, Shining Tor and Cats Tor Circular Walk
Shutlingsloe	SJ 97645 69574	Shutlingsloe Circular Walk via Whetstone Ridge
Sir William Hill	SK 21538 77891	Sir William Hill, Abney Moor and Durham Edge Circular
Snailsden	SE 13198 03311	Britland Edge Hill, Dead Edge End and Snailsden Cooks Study Hill and Snailsden Pike End
South Nab	SE 15629 00319	Margery Hill, Outer Edge and Crow Stones South Nab Trig Point and Windleden Reservoirs
Stanage Edge (White Path Moss)	SK 25094 83017	Stanage Edge Circular Walk
The Edge (Kinder Scout Plateau)	SK 07698 89370	Fair Brook Scramble to Kinder Scout Northern Edges Hayfield to Kinder Scout Circular Walk
The Roaches	SK 00107 63891	The Roaches Walk The Roaches and Hen Cloud Circular Walk The Roaches and Lud’s Church Walk
Wardlow	SK 17851 73972	Fin Cop, Longstone Moor, Wardlow Hay Cop and Waterfall Swallet
West End Moor	SK 12878 93255	Alport Castles and Westend Moor Trig Point
West Nab	SE 07644 08792	Exploring the Beautiful Wessenden Valley and West Nab Black Hill, West Nab and Blackpool Bridge Sunset at West Nab Trig Point West Nab and Deer Hill Circular Walk
White Edge	SK 26378 75855	Flask Edge and White Edge Curbar Edge Walk with Froggatt Edge and White Edge
Whitwell Moor	SK 24972 97237	Whitwell Moor Trig Point Walk
Winhill Pike (Win Hill)	SK 18678 85093	Crook Hill and Win Hill Walk via Ladybower Reservoir Ladybower Reservoir Walk With Win Hill Lose Hill and Win Hill Edale Skyline [With GPX File]
Wolfscote Hill	SK 13705 58323	A Beautiful Walk Through Wolfscote Dale and Biggin Dale Aleck Low and Wolfscote Hill

 

There are actually 32 of the 88 trigs in the Peak District on private land, which makes the challenge really hard – only 56 are public accessible. This list has 63 trig points you can access legally or just by reaching over a wall to touch. I know a lot of people who have stopped the 88 Trigs challenge because of a lack of access, which is really sad, but hopefully this will help!

 

Want a handy Accessible Peak District Trig Points Checklist so you can tick off as you go? Save the image below or click to download a PDF version.