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Shining Tor is the highest hill in Cheshire, England.The summit has an elevation of 559 m (1,834 ft) above sea level. [1] It is in the Peak District, between the towns of Macclesfield in Cheshire and Buxton in Derbyshire, and is on the administrative boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire East.
High Willhays: 9 West Yorkshire: 582 165 Black Hill: 10 Cheshire: 559 236 Shining Tor: 11 South Yorkshire: 548 53 High Stones: 12 Greater Manchester: 542 34 Black Chew Head: 13 Shropshire: 540 373 Brown Clee Hill: 14 Staffordshire: 520 0 Cheeks Point on Cheeks Hill [4: 15 Somerset: 519 414 Dunkery Beacon: 16
This list shows the highest points found in the United Kingdom. Ben Nevis is the tallest peak in the island Great Britain. Tallest peaks of UK sovereign territory
A steep-sided hill with a distinctive profile, [1] sometimes described as the 'Matterhorn of Cheshire', it is the third highest peak in the historic county (Black Hill being the highest and Shining Tor second highest) with an elevation of 506 m (1,660 ft
Black Hill was the highest point (county top) of the historic county of Cheshire, lying at the tip of what was once known as the Cheshire Panhandle, a long projection of the county which lay to the north of the reservoir filled valley of Longdendale.
The Mid Cheshire Ridge is a discontinuous ridge of low hills running north–south from Beacon Hill (north of Helsby Hill) to Bickerton Hill. Most other high ground falls within the Peak District in the east of the county. Shining Tor (559 metres), on the boundary with Derbyshire, forms the county's high point.
The national park covers 555 square miles (1,440 km 2), [16] including most of the region in Derbyshire and extends into Staffordshire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and South and West Yorkshire. Its northern limit is on a track near Deer Hill in Meltham; its southernmost point is on the A52 road near Ashbourne. The boundaries were drawn to ...
Cheshire (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ər,-ɪər / CHESH-ər, -eer) [3] is a ceremonial county in North West England.It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary.