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Photo: Shining Tor, a 559m hill near Buxton in the Peak District, Cheshire, north west England.

© Colin Park / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Shining Tor

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Shining Tor is a 559-metre hill in Cheshire. It counts among the 1,546 Marilyns, British hills with at least 150 m of drop on every side. It is the highest point of Cheshire East. It stands inside the Peak District National Park.

The closest station is Buxton, 6.4 km to the east. The nearest other hill is Cheeks Hill, 5 km to the south-east.

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Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

You’re inside itNational Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

Photo of Three Shires Head, a waterfall near Flash in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Three Shires Head

Waterfall near Flash

The packhorse bridge and pools where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet — once handy for prize-fighters dodging three county constabularies at once.

5.5 km S

Photo of Poole's Cavern, a cave near Buxton, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Poole's Cavern

Cave near Buxton

Two-million-year-old limestone cavern on the edge of Buxton, with a source of the River Wye and rare 'poached-egg' stalactites.

5.7 km E

Photo of White Nancy, a folly near Bollington, Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

White Nancy

Folly near Bollington

Whitewashed sugar-loaf folly on Kerridge Hill above Bollington, built to mark Waterloo, with wide views over plain, Pennines and Wales.

6.5 km NW

Photo of Buxton, a village in Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Buxton

Village

Elegant spa town of Georgian crescents and a domed Opera House, England's highest market town, built on its warm mineral spring.

6.6 km E · Derbyshire

Photo of Bugsworth Basin, a landmark near Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Bugsworth Basin

Landmark near Chapel-en-le-Frith

The largest surviving inland canal port in the country, a scheduled monument where the Peak Forest Canal met the tramway down from the limestone quarries.

8.1 km N