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List of Peak District Ethels and Walking Routes

January 2, 2022 CIRCULAR WALKS, LONG PEAK DISTRICT WALKS 10 MILES +, MEDIUM WALKS 4-9 MILES, PEAK DISTRICT WALKS, PEAK DISTRICT WALKS WITH PUBS, SHORT WALKS UNDER 3 MILES

A few months ago I stumbled across a new challenge in the Peak District – a list of 95 Peak District Ethels! Here’s our Peak District Ethels list, with walking routes to help you bag those Ethels.

List of Peak District Ethels including Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill on The Wandering Wildflower

 

So what is an Ethel?

These are 95 hills in the peak District which are “over 400m above sea level and significant lower prominent hills”. Named after Ethel Haythornthwaite, the pioneer behind the Peak District National Park, the challenge is to climb all 95 Ethels and was created by the countryside charity CPRE in May 2021. There’s a handy app to help you keep track of your progress too, created by Doug Colton. You can download the Ethel Ready app for Android or iPhone. The app is great as it shows you information about each Ethel and whether there is a trig point there too or not (if you’re bagging the Peak District Trig Points like us, this is so helpful!).

 

There are four Peak District Ethels which have a summit over 600m – these are Kinder Scout, Bleaklow, Higher Shelf Stones and Grindslow Knoll. There are 27 hills with summits of 500m or more, 37 Ethels which have summits of 400m or more and 27 prominent hills lower than 400m but with character. The Ethels also include the county tops of Cheshire, Derbyshire. Staffordshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester and 5 Marilyns, being hills with a prominence of 150m or more. Some of the hills are just outside the Peak District National Park but they’re all great places for a hike.

 

Views of Crowden Valley - Peak District Ethels List - The Wandering Wildflower

 

We try and plan our Ethel walking routes to take in at least two Ethels, as it makes for a nice long walk in the Peak District. Our little girl comes with us on most of these walks, so Ethel bagging is a great family activity and a great way to get kids outdoors exploring. We don’t take her on the epic long ones though! If you are wanting to start hiking with kids, this walking challenge could be just the way to get started and keep them motivated! Here’s a list of the 95 Peak District Ethels, and the ones highlighted in pink have walking routes that we have done so far.

 

EDITED: July 2022

We have completed the Ethels! We started on 24 September 2021 and finished on 27 June 2022. You can find the walks on my Komoot profile. I still update Komoot with all the other Peak District walks we do so if you want some walk inspiration, come and follow on there. 

NameHeight (m)Grid reference
Aleck Low398SK173595
Alphin Pike469SE002028
Alport Moor535SK120946
Ashway Moss497SE033046
Axe Edge Moor551SK035706
Back Tor (Derwent Edge)538SK197909
Black Chew Head542SE056019
Black Edge (Combs Moss)507SK062770
Black Hill582SE078046
Black Hill (Whaley Moor)410SJ989821
Blakelow Hill (Bonsall Moor)367SK255594
Bleaklow633SK094960
Bole Hill (Burton Moor)356SK184676
Bolehill (Cromford Moor)323SK294554
Bradwell Moor471SK132801
Britland Edge Hill523SE106026
Brown Knoll569SK083851
Burbage Edge (Goyt’s Moss)500SK029732
Burton Bole (Shatton Moor)417SK195807
Carder Low380SK130626
Cats Tor518SJ995759
Cheeks Hill520SK026699
Chelmorton Low446SK114706
Chinley Churn452SK036836
Chrome Hill425SK070673
Combs Head503SK041757
Corbar Hill437SK051743
Cown Edge411SK021920
Croker Hill402SJ933677
Crook Hill382SK183872
Dead Edge End499SE124017
Durham Edge (Abney Moor)416SK180794
Eccles Pike370SK035812
Ecton Hill369SK100580
Eldon Hill470SK115811
Featherbed Moss541SE046011
Featherbed Top544SK090920
Fin Cop327SK175709
Foxlow Edge452SK004756
Gautries Hill410SK099810
Grin Low430SK054718
Grindslow Knoll601SK110868
Gun385SJ970615
Harboro Rocks379SK243553
Harland Edge (Beeley Moor)371SK293687
Harthill Moor272SK210627
Hen Cloud410SK008615
Higger Tor434SK257819
High Edge472SK063688
High Neb (Stanage Edge)458SK227853
High Stones (Howden Edge)550SK187943
High Wheeldon422SK100660
Higher Shelf Stones621SK089948
Hollins Hill451SK060679
Kinder Scout636SK084875
Lantern Pike373SK025882
Lees Moor304SK249674
Longstone Moor395SK189733
Lord’s Seat (Rushup Edge)550SK111834
Lose Hill476SK153854
Lost Lad518SK193912
Mam Tor517SK127836
Margery Hill546SK189956
Merryton Low489SK041610
Mill Hill544SK061904
Minninglow372SK209573
Mount Famine473SK056849
Musden Low361SK118500
Oliver Hill513SK027675
Parkhouse Hill360SK079669
Pilsbury Hill395SK121639
Ramshaw Rocks460SK020624
Revidge400SK077599
Shining Tor559SJ994737
Shutlingsloe506SJ976695
Sir William Hill (Eyam Moor)429SK215778
Slitherstone Hill477SK123819
Snailsden Pike End477SE132034
Sough Top (Taddington Moor)438SK133709
South Head494SK060845
Sponds Hill413SJ970802
Stanedge Pole438SK247844
Stanton Moor323SK245629
The Cloud343SJ904636
The Roaches505SK001638
Thorpe Cloud287SK151510
Tissington Hill369SK151526
Wardlow Hay Cop370SK179740
West Nab500SE076088
Wetton Hill372SK104563
Whetstone Ridge547SK001708
White Low530SE086021
White Path Moss457SK251830
Win Hill462SK186850
Wolfscote Hill388SK136583

 

You can also check out this list of 21 short Peak District walks, with 21 quick and easy Ethels to bag to help you on your way to completing the challenge.

 

Don’t forget to download your Ethel Ready app to keep a track of your progress! As well as the list of 95 Ethels in the Peak District, I also have a list of the 88 Trig Points for the Peak District Trig Point Challenge and a list of the 105 Peak District Peaks for the Peak District Peak Bagging Challenge. Some of the Ethels aren’t on the Peak Bagging List, so our walks usually involve a bit of admin afterwards to tick off the right peaks on the right lists!

 

Don’t forget to check back regularly as we are out exploring new Peak District walking routes all the time and I’ll update this page as and when we’ve bagged another Ethel or two.

Promo Image for Peak District Ethels List and Walking Routes by The Wandering Wildflower

 

You can follow on Instagram to keep up to date with our latest walks and check out new Ethel bagging walking routes in the Peak District National Park.

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Comments

  1. Steve says

    March 3, 2022 at 7:42 am

    There are 281 recogn peak district hills

    Reply
    • Jo says

      March 3, 2022 at 9:15 am

      There are many different lists of Peak District hills, and it depends on the criteria for a hill I suppose! I’m glad the Ethels is only 95!! 🙂

      Reply

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