The Tower 458.2m (1503ft)
Summit Feature: Also recorded by the OS as Alport Tower (One-Inch 'Old Series' map).
Classification: Befour, Britfour, Four, Peak-district-75, P30 Tump.
OS Grid Ref: SK141914 This data is currently only accurate to a 6 figure grid reference (c.a 100m).
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UK Area: 36 - Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines (OS Maps 110)
Latitude: 53.41922, Longitude: -1.78929, Height: 458.2 metres (1503 feet)
Prominence: 38.1 metres (125 feet)
Unique Waypoint POI Name: 0460.- (DoBIH Hill ID: 16502)
External Links for The Tower:
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-Google Map link...
-Geograph link...
-The Tower on hill-bagging.co.uk...
Data courtesy of Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams
Selected mapping: Google or Bing / Ordnance Survey
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The Tower List & GPS Waypoints:
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- '0460.-' SK141914* The Tower (458m, p38.1)
Member's Comments on The Tower...
- Summiteer says...
- First climbed this in 1981, during a circular walk from Alport Bridge. The Tower forms part of the Alport Castles Landslip, which is generally regarded to be the largest landslip in the UK.
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Member's Grid References for The Tower...
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The Tower's Ten Nearest Neighbouring Hills...
Long Edge (4.6km)Bridge End Pasture (5.0km)Lose Hill (6.2km)Barker Bank (6.8km)Win Hill (7.8km)The Beet (9.7km)Bamford Moor (9.8km)Lodge Moor (9.9km)Dead Edge End (10.4km)South Head (10.6km)
The Tower's Nearby Routes...
Alport Castles, Dark Peak (Woodford Walkers) 200225 Alport Castles Circular (tomrobson) PD037 - Alport Moor (Ronnie Bowron) PD092 - The Tower (Ronnie Bowron)
The Tower has been climbed by...
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Data courtesy of Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams