Lean Low

Sitting just south of the High Peak Trail near Parsley Hay, this unassuming limestone swell offers a quiet vantage point over the White Peak plateau. The terrain is typical upland pasture, leading to a summit marked by an ancient bowl barrow, characteristic of the many "Lows" found across this Derbyshire landscape.

• •The name derives from the Old English word hlāw, meaning a burial mound or hill; in the Peak District, this suffix almost always signifies the presence of a prehistoric tumulus on the summit.
• •The summit is home to a protected Bronze Age bowl barrow, a scheduled monument that confirms the hill's long-standing significance as a landmark for early inhabitants of the limestone plateau.
• •Its position provides a clear perspective of the surrounding agricultural landscape, with views extending towards the distinct limestone reef knolls of Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill to the northwest.
• •In a landscape defined by rolling plateaus, the hill qualifies as a Tump by virtue of having just thirty metres of prominence—a height difference the local livestock likely navigate without a second thought.