Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Howden Edge (High Stones)
Height: 550m / 1804ft • Prominence: 63m / 207ft • Summit : small cairn • Trip reports (hill-bagging)

Margery Hill
Sunrise at the trig column on a bitterly cold Margery Hill on the snow-dusted Howden Moors.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak goldenhour sunrise winter gritstone gritstonetors upperderwentvalley howdenmoors margeryhill trigcolumn snow 54245553828

Margery Hill
Sunrise at the trig column on a bitterly cold Margery Hill.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak goldenhour sunrise upperderwentvalley margeryhill gritstone gritstonetor trigcolumn heather moorland snow winter 54242610655

Margery Stones
First light catching the gritstone tors of the Margery Stones on the Howden Moors.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak gritstone gritstonetors upperderwentvalley margeryhill margerystones snow winter goldenhour sunrise 54269679430

Margery Stones
Part of a group of gritstone tors on the Howden Moors. On the far horizon can be seen the northern edge of Kinder Scout.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak upperderwentvalley howdenmoors margerystones gritstone gritstonetors moorland snow winter 54242672322

Wilfrey Edge
Wilfrey Edge in the Upper Derwent Valley with part of Howden Reservoir visible in the middle distance.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak upperderwentvalley wilfreyedge gritstone gritstoneedge gritstonetors howdenreservoir kinderscout snow winter 54296477953

Wilfrey Edge
A snow-dusted Wilfrey Edge in the Upper Derwent Valley.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak upperderwentvalley wilfreyedge gritstone gritstoneedge gritstonetors snow winter moorland 54288454916
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Margery Hill
Sunrise at the trig column on a bitterly cold Margery Hill on the snow-dusted Howden Moors.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak goldenhour sunrise winter gritstone gritstonetors upperderwentvalley howdenmoors margeryhill trigcolumn snow 54245553828

Margery Hill
Sunrise at the trig column on a bitterly cold Margery Hill.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak goldenhour sunrise upperderwentvalley margeryhill gritstone gritstonetor trigcolumn heather moorland snow winter 54242610655

Margery Stones
First light catching the gritstone tors of the Margery Stones on the Howden Moors.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak gritstone gritstonetors upperderwentvalley margeryhill margerystones snow winter goldenhour sunrise 54269679430

Margery Stones
Part of a group of gritstone tors on the Howden Moors. On the far horizon can be seen the northern edge of Kinder Scout.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak upperderwentvalley howdenmoors margerystones gritstone gritstonetors moorland snow winter 54242672322

Wilfrey Edge
Wilfrey Edge in the Upper Derwent Valley with part of Howden Reservoir visible in the middle distance.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak upperderwentvalley wilfreyedge gritstone gritstoneedge gritstonetors howdenreservoir kinderscout snow winter 54296477953

Wilfrey Edge
A snow-dusted Wilfrey Edge in the Upper Derwent Valley.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak upperderwentvalley wilfreyedge gritstone gritstoneedge gritstonetors snow winter moorland 54288454916

High Stones
Sunlight catching the gritstone tors of the High Stones on Wilfrey Edge.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak upperderwentvalley wilfreyedge highstones gritstone gritstoneedge gritstonetor snow winter 54250391794

High Stones
A gritstone tor at the High Stones on Wilfrey Edge in the Upper Derwent Valley. In the middle distance can be seen part of Howden Reservoir.
landscape derbyshire peakdistrict darkpeak gritstone gritstoneedge gritstonetor snow winter upperderwentvalley wilfreyedge highstones moorland 54259391706

Videos
Today, Anita and I ventured up to Howden Edge to tag Margery Hill and High Stones. (High Stones is the highest Peak in South ...
High Stones on Howden Edge overlooking Howden Reservoir on a hike from Flouch and Langsett Reservoir.
A walk from Fairholmes @ Ladybower along Derwent Reservoir up towards Howden Edge.
In this wild camping adventure I head to Howden Edge in the stunning Peak District. A beautiful if slightly hard going 15 mile hike ...
A video of my hike on one of the best Derbyshire walks in the Peak District. On this walk, I started at Cutthroat Bridge and made my ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.