High Moor

About High Moor

Situated above the quiet valley of Wildboarclough, this gritstone upland offers a softer perspective of the south-western Peak District. While often overlooked for the pointed profile of nearby Shutlingsloe, its broad, heather-dappled slopes provide an excellent vantage point over the Cheshire Plain and the dark evergreen canopy of Macclesfield Forest.

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• •The name is a simple Old English derivation, where 'mōr' referred to a tract of unenclosed waste land or upland; here, it distinguishes the high grazing ground from the deep, wooded cleft of Wildboarclough below.
• •The Peak District Boundary Walk, a 190-mile circular route established in 2017, traverses this moorland as it transitions from the limestone dales into the gritstone edges of the South Pennines.
• •From the summit area, the view west is dominated by the Cheshire Plain, where the distinct white bowl of the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank can often be spotted on clear days against the distant backdrop of the Welsh hills.
• •To the east, the sharp, distinctive profile of Shutlingsloe—popularly nicknamed the 'Cheshire Matterhorn'—is the most prominent landmark, separated from High Moor by the Clough Brook valley.
• •In a region famed for dramatic edges and rocky tors, High Moor is less of a peak and more of a persistent commitment to navigating damp peat and local gravity.