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Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines Area
Place count in area: 149,  
Highest place: Kinder Scout, 636.3m
Maximum height for area: 636.3 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 496.6 metres,

Places in area Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines:
Bamford Moor 426mBarker Bank 426mBaxton Fell 469mBee Low 413mBirchenough Hill 459mBlake Moor 422mBole Hill 403mBooth Hill 407mBowland Knotts 430mBradwell Moor 471mBrown Wardle Hill 401mBurn Moor 402mCarr and Craggs Moor 441mChelmorton Low 446mChrome Hill 443mCown Edge 411mCowpe Lowe 440mCribden Hill 401mDow Low [Brier Low] 437mDurham Edge 416mEly Brow 403mFox Low 408mGautries Hill 410mGrin Low 434mGrit Fell 468mHailshowers Fell 486mHameldon 467mHawthornthwaite Fell Top 479mHen Cloud 410mHigh Edge 462mHigh Moor 415mHigh Wheeldon 422mHind Low 447mHollins Hill 450mLodge Moor 409mLose Hill 476mManshead End 417mMerryton Low 489mMount Famine 473mNab Hill 451mNether Low 414mOld Man of Mow 337mParlick 432mPule Hill 437mRamshaw Rocks 460mRevidge 401mRishworth Moor 435mShatton Edge [Burton Bole] 417mSlitherstone Hill 477mSoil Hill 403mSponds Hill 413mStoodley Pike 402mThe Tower 460mThieveley Pike 449mThirkelow Rocks 451mTop of Blaze Moss 424mUpper Edge 436mUpper Hey 446mWaggonshaw Brow 407mWharncliffe Chase 317mWhite Path Moss 457mWhitehills 477m
Cheshire & Southern Pennines:   Ashley Heath 236mBolehill 322mHigh Billinge 178.6mIdle Hill [Werneth Low] 279mOvermoor 288mRaw Head 227.1mThe Cloud 343m
Forest of Bowland:   Caton Moor 361mClougha Pike 416mEasington Fell 396mFair Snape Fell 521mLongridge Fell 350mTotridge 496mWard's Stone 563mWhins Brow 476mWhite Hill 544mWolfhole Crag 527m
Lancashire:   Billinge Hill 179mBillinge Hill 245mBlackstone Edge 474mBoulsworth Hill - Lad Law 517mBull Hill 418mCartridge Hill 402mFreeholds Top 454mGreat Hameldon 409mHail Storm Hill 476.6mHail Storm Hill (boundary) 474.5mHoof Stones Height 479mLittle Wolf Stones 443mOaken Head 163mPendle Hill 557mPinhaw Beacon 388mScholes Height & Bull Hill 415mWarton Crag 163mWay Stone Edge [Moss Moor] 482mWinter Hill 456mWinter Hill (boundary) 449mWithins Height [Round Hill] 459mWithins Height [Round Hill] (boundary) 457m
The Peak District:   Alport Moor 535mAxe Edge 549mAxe Edge Moor 551mBack Tor 538mBlack Chew Head 542mBlack Edge 507mBlack Hill 582mBleaklow Head 633mBrown Knoll 569mBurbage Edge 500mCats Tor 522mCheeks Hill 520mChinley Churn 457mChinley Churn (old GR) 451.8mCombs Head 503mCroker Hill [Sutton Common] 404mDead Edge End 499mEccles Pike 370mFeatherbed Moss 541mFeatherbed Top 544mGun 385mHigh Neb 458mHigher Shelf Stones 621mHoar Stones - Howden Edge 514mHoarstone Edge 497mHorse Stone Naze 527mHowden Edge [High Stones] 550mKinder Scout 636.3mLees Moor 304mLongstone Moor 395mLord's Seat [Rushup Edge] 550mMam Tor 517mMill Hill 544mOliver Hill 513mOuter Edge 541mShining Tor 559mShutlingsloe 506mSir William Hill 429mSouth Head 494mStanton Moor 323mThe Roaches 505mWest Nab 501mWetton Hill 371mWhaley Moor 411mWhetstone Ridge 547mWhite Low 530mWin Hill 463mWolfscote Hill 388m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
The Tower Hill

Height: 460m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 110 Grid Reference: SK14113 91449
Place visited by 3 members. Recently by: rhw, IainT, Fergalh
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Longitude: -1.789113, Latitude: 53.419672 , Easting: 414113, Northing: 391449 Prominence: 35m,  Isolation: 3.8km ,   GPS IDs, 6 char: ThTwr, 10 char: The Tower
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B16502/
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Not High and long lead in but worth the effort .. by Fergalh   (Show all for The Tower )
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain The Tower  in area Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines, Ireland
Picture: Scramble ahead on The Tower
 
Short Scramble
by Fergalh  30 Dec 2020
A straightforward scramble with some exposure near the summit. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/b16502/comment/21906/
Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average
 
Scramblers delight .. by Fergalh   (Show all for The Tower )
 
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