Black Hill (Peak District)
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| Black Hill | |
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 The Pennine Way on the summit of Black Hill |
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| Elevation | 582 m (1,909 ft) |
| Location | Peak District, England |
| Prominence | 165 m |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 110 |
| OS grid reference | SE078046 |
| Listing | Marilyn, County Top |
Black Hill is a hill in the Peak District, England lying on the border between the boroughs of Kirklees in West Yorkshire and High Peak in Derbyshire, reaching 582 metres above sea level.
The top is peaty and thus very boggy after rain. The area surrounding the summit itself has virtually no vegetation and is very dark, giving the hill its name. However, Black Hill is crossed by the Pennine Way whose paved surface allows walkers to reach the top dry-shod even in the wettest of weather.
The hill can be visited by a number of routes, including along the Pennine Way from Crowden via the Laddow Rocks cliffs; bogs permitting, a return can be made over Westend Moss (the pre-1966 route of the Pennine Way) to create a pleasant circular walk.
South of Crowden, the Pennine Way next visits Bleaklow and Kinder Scout (both of which are slightly higher, just over 2,000 ft, and so are Hewitts).
The triangulation column ("trig point") and highest point on Black Hill is on a small elevated mound, called Soldiers' Lump. According to Wainwright (A Wainwright, Pennine Way Companion) the support timbers for the Ramsden theodolite, used by the Royal Engineers in the original Ordnance Survey, were still to be found here many years later.
