Cheeks Hill (boundary)
One classification here — Current County/UA Top — belongs to a list OpenFell holds only part of, so it has no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 518.9 m · 1,702 ft
- Grid reference
- SK 02610 69907
- Coordinates
- 53.22619, -1.96237
- County / area
- Derbyshire/Staffordshire
- OS Landranger
- 119
- OS Explorer
- OL24W
- Summit feature
- most northerly end of wall by sheep pen
- Key col
- SK 0261 6990 (518.9 m)
About Cheeks Hill (boundary)
Cheeks Hill stands on Axe Edge Moor in the Peak District, just south of the Cat and Fiddle Road near Buxton, and its line marks part of the Derbyshire-Staffordshire border. The highest and most northerly point in Staffordshire, at 520 metres, lies just south-west of the summit itself, which is why the hill appears as both a historic and current county top.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Cheeks Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.
Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.
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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Computed astronomically for 53.226, -1.962. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Long-distance paths past this hill
One waymarked long-distance route runs 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 | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Dane Valley Way | 78 km | over the top |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Which hill this one belongs to
Cheeks Hill (boundary) is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Shining Tor — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 519 m. That hill is outside the lists OpenFell publishes, so it has no page here.
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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kinder Scout | 636.3 m | 18.6 km |
| Higher Shelf Stones | 621.8 m | 25.6 km |
| Bleaklow Head | 633 m | 27 km |