Shining Tor

Shining Tor
The trig point and former ladder stile at the summit of Shining Tor.
Highest point
Elevation	559 m (1,834 ft)
Prominence	236 m
Parent peak	Kinder Scout
Listing	Marilyn, County Top, Dewey
Coordinates	53°15′39″N 2°00′34″W / 53.2607°N 2.00949°W / 53.2607; -2.00949Coordinates: 53°15′39″N 2°00′34″W / 53.2607°N 2.00949°W / 53.2607; -2.00949
Geography
Shining Tor Shining Tor in Cheshire
Location	Cheshire, England
Parent range	Peak District
OS grid	SJ994737
Topo map	OS Landranger 118

Shining Tor is a hill in the Peak District of England, between the towns of Buxton and Macclesfield, lying on the border between Derbyshire and Cheshire. Its summit is the highest point in modern Cheshire, with Black Hill near Crowden being the historic county top of Cheshire. The word tor means a high rock, and is a loan word from Old Brythonic.

(There is another hill named Shining Tor, above Dovedale in Derbyshire, at grid reference SK145545.)

The hill can be climbed by many routes, perhaps most commonly from the Goyt valley by Errwood reservoir, perhaps combined with a walk along the ridge north from Shining Tor over Cats Tor. It can also be gained with less climbing from the Cat and Fiddle Inn.

As it is the highest point around (it is some 8 metres (26 ft) higher than the summit of Axe Edge Moor above Buxton), the views are pleasant, though the relatively flat uplands mean they are not extensive in all directions: the view to the southwest of the peak of Shutlingsloe above Wildboarclough is particularly notable, and in clear conditions Winter Hill near Bolton, the city of Manchester and much of the Cheshire Plain can be seen, including the radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the west. In very clear but not unusual conditions North Wales and even Snowdonia can be seen.