Black Hill

About Black Hill

Black Hill is the highest ground in West Yorkshire and, within the Peak District, is exceeded only by Kinder Scout and Bleaklow. It is Pennine moorland in classic form: a broad, very flat plateau with noticeably steeper flanks.

The top is peaty and drains badly, so it turns boggy after rain. The ground around the summit was once almost bare and very dark, which is where the name fits; restoration work has since covered much of the exposed peat. The Pennine Way crosses the hill, and its paved surface now lets walkers reach the top dry-shod even in wet weather.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Black Hill (Peak District) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Daylight

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Civil twilight ends

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Computed astronomically for 53.540, -1.883. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is no feature: 85m N of trig point at SE 07816 04687. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Record revised

21-Jul-24

Drop measured from

SE 1407 0055 · 415.9 m

Classification history: Ground at SE 07763 04611 is the historic county top for Cheshire (in the panhandle), the hill summit location was in the West Riding of Yorkshire..

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Long-distance paths past this hill

2 waymarked long-distance routes run within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

The Black Hill group

2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Black Hill as the independent hill at its head.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks