Where's the highest point in Barnsley?

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  1. RichK

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    That must be a c&p. Must be.
     
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    West of Langsett , south of Woodhead pass at its highest ;)
     
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    I had never heard of it before until someone mentioned it on here.

    Did a quick Google image search and recognised it straight away. It looks like the moors in between Langsett and Derwent/Ladybower. If it is where im thinking, ive cycled up there and back up past the Strines pub loads of times! It will take you a while to get there on foot!
     
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    No. Never!

    He was up there this aft when he heard Bobby had signed.

    Was going to throw himself off ;)
     
    shenk1, Jun 24, 2013
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    Aye the top rec up Worsbrough Common is pretty high. I've spent many Sunday mornings up there freezing my gonads off watching my lad play football.
     
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    Top if the town hall can see over all of Barnsley lol been there when renovated it!! Scary times
     
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    80 points in 1996/7.....
     
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    Right then you lot see if you can find The Swamp, Grains in the Water and Slippery Stones!
     
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    That's the wrong bit of Howden Edge, which runs all around the top of the Derwent valley. The highest point on it is 545m but that's in Sheffield. From there Howden Edge continues north past Margery Hill and the Cut Gate track from Langsett and Outer Edge, then it joins the Barnsley boundary and turns west, and eventually peters out at a place called Swains Head up above the Woodhead Road. The bit just west of Outer Edge is the highest point in Barnsley at 514m.

    This is really interesting isn't it?
     
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    Slippery stpnes leads in to ladybower.

    Walked it as a nipper.
     
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    isn't the Grains in the water up on those moors aswell,i'm sure I remember that name from the hiking club days a wombwell high.
     
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    Strictly speaking its howden res ;)
     
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    Grains in the Water and The Swamp are on the south side of Bleaklow, above the Snake Pass. Great wild walking country if you like that sort of thing and don't mind getting filthy black ooze in your boots and up above your knees.

    Slippery Stones (as Shenk1 correctly says) leads into Howden Reservoir in the Derwent Valley. It's a great wild swimming place when full, with a deep pool for diving.

    Next task - Madwoman's Stones, Cakes of Bread and the Salt Cellar.
     
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    Had to use the map for Cakes of Bread and Salt Cellar but had a rough idea;) Up on Derwent Edge / Moor looking down onto Ladybower.

    Madwomans stones are what the missus:nails: throws at me :D

    Up on Kinder Scout eastern end. I knew they rang a bell as an original route for a walk a mate n me did as young uns went past that but we diverted up the Snake for some pop at the Inn. Langsett to Edale via Alport Castles and Kinder as 15 year old. Just enough money to get home by train at midnight!


    I'm proud to have been close to Ringing Roger ;)
     
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    Highest point in Derbyshire is a good one, most people have never been there and it's almost impossible to find.
     
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    Didn't go that far across (why is it called Kinder Low when it's so high???;)).

    I just remember starting up a path then following a stream up to the top then it was compass bearings all the way to Edale.

    Had to do the climb as it was to get my Cheif Scouts Award and you had to climb above 2000 feet and there's nowhere else local :D

    The badge was presented to me by a certain Andrew Rhodes :D (mi mams still got the picture as I got in the Chron (not the court report section;)):D)
     
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    It's near Kinder Low, which is 633m, but the summit of Kinder Scout is 636m and is just a rotting wooden stake in a sea of black peat. Almost impossible to find without a sat nav.

    Next target, a bit further afield, High Cup.
     
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    That's what I did up Kinder ;)

    Can't locate that one on my 1980's Sheff/Hudds Landranger ;)

    I love maps and its reminded me of some fantastic place names just on that one sheet.... **** Hill, Shatton, Rollick Stones, childish but fun :D
     
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    High Cup is one of the most spectacular places in England but miles away from here, on the Pennine Way in the North Pennines south of Cross Fell above the village of Dufton.

    I love the placenames around here too, some of my favourites are Lost Lad, Ratten Gutter, North America, Round Hole. My favourite is however The Swamp. What a tempting destination for a country walk!
     
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