Kinder Scout
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| Elevation | 636 |
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| Parent peak | Cross Fell |
| Parent range | Peak District National Park |
| Listing | List of Marilyns in the British Isles |
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| Did you know | Kinder Scout is the highest hill in the Peak District of England by absolute height (636 m). |
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| ID | 685407 |
About Kinder Scout
Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and National Nature Reserve in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at 636 metres above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak District, the highest point in Derbyshire, and the highest point in the East Midlands.
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Climbers tackle frozen waterfall at Derbyshire's Kinder Downfall
... Kinder Downfall is the tallest waterfall in the Peak District and sits on the edge of the hill Kinder Scout...
Climbers tackle frozen waterfall at Derbyshire's Kinder Downfall
Temperatures fell so low over the weekend it allowed nature to provide some beautiful scenes across parts of the UK.
In Derbyshire stunning icicles formed at Kinder Downfall, where the icy weather caused the 98ft (30m) waterfall to completely freeze over.
Photographer Rod Kirkpatrick was there early on Sunday morning and was joined by several daring climbers.
"I was there about 07:00 and made the one-and-a-half hour climb Up There having set off in The Dark , And Then The Climbers arrived," he said.
There were about five or six climbers who tackled the frozen waterfall, Mr Kirkpatrick added.
The Photographer said he had an hour to snap The Photos before the ice began to melt.
"As The Sun started to come up you could hear all the ice cracking and The Climbers were leaving as the chunks of ice started to come off," he said.
"I was shielding my laptop and trying to quickly get the shots as the ice was Falling Down . "
Kinder Downfall is the tallest waterfall in the Peak District and sits on The Edge of The Hill Kinder Scout .
It's not the First Time The Waterfall has frozen over in this way and has become a popular attraction for daredevil ice climbers at This Time of year.
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Source of news: bbc.com
