Peak District Trig Point Walks

Did you know there are 88 trig points in the Peak District? Visiting all the Peak District trig points has become a popular walking challenge, so here are some Peak District trig point walks to help you tick them off your list.

 

The trig points (officially triangulation pillars) were originally used by the Ordnance Survey to map out the country but are now obsolete since GPS came along. Nowadays the trig points are popular with walkers and trail runners – when you see the trig point, you know you’re at or near the top of the hill! These Peak District trig point walks visit the summits which have a trig point on.

 

Mam Tor trig point - The Wandering Wildflower trig point walks

There are 88 Peak District trig points scattered throughout the Peak District, with 54 of them being accessible from public land and the remaining 34 being on private land. Some of these are accessible by asking the landowners permission. If you want to just bag the accessible ones, you might like: Accessible Peak District Trig Points which has a checklist and walks!

 

All of these trig point walks visit at least two trig points – we like a multi-trig walk! These walks all visit those trig points which are on publicly accessible land or that we’ve been able to ask permission to access – there is Minninglow Walk and Stanton Moor via High Peak Trail which could tick off 5 trig points but some of the trig points are on private land. The walk info will let you know where we got access permission from if you need to ask.

 

Peak District trig point checklist:

A list of the Peak District trig points by The Wandering Wildflower

The ones marked * are on private land.

Peak District trig point map:

 

 

 

Walks with 2 Trig Points

Stanage Edge Walk

Ecton Hill, Revidge and Wetton Hill Walk

Lantern Pike Circular Walk

Hayfield to Kinder Scout Circular Walk

Flask Edge and White Edge

Langsett to Margery Hill, High Stones and Outer Edge

Dove Stone Reservoir Skyline Walk

Brown Knoll Stone Igloo Walk

Red Brook Scramble to Kinder Scout

Britland Edge Hill, Dead Edge End and Snailsden

Bleaklow Plane Crash Walk

Derwent Reservoirs Circular (Dambusters Challenge Walk)

Black Hill, West Nab and Blackpool Bridge

Wibben Hill and Blackstones Low Trig Point Walk

Soldier's Lump, Black Hill trig point, Holmfirth in the snow

 

Walks with 3 Trig Points

The Roaches and Hen Cloud Walk

Mini Edale Skyline Circular Walk

Margery Hill, Outer Edge and Crow Stones

Soles Hill, Grindon Moor and Martins Low

Kinder Scout 3 Trig Points Walk | 13 Miles

 

Walks with 4 Trig Points

Black Hill Peak District Walk

Derwent Valley Skyline Walk | 24.5 Miles

As of June 2024, it looks as though the Chinley Churn trig point has been removed by the farmer. 

 

If you are looking for a specific trig point to bag, you can use the search function to find a walk that goes there, or check out our Peak District Trig Point List which has loads of trig point walks on.

 

Happy trig hunting! I’d love to see how you get on – tag me on Instagram @wanderingwildflowerblog 🙂

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