Alport Height is a hill near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. It is a popular picnic site, since it has extensive views to the South, and is the first hill over 1,000 ft (300 m) within easy reach of the Derby area. Like Shining Cliff Woods, 2 km to the east, it is in the care of the National Trust. It was one of their first acquisitions in Derbyshire, acquired in 1930.
Alport Height
The Alport Stone, just below the summit of Alport Height
There are eight radio masts and associated buildings in a compound on the summit (not on Trust land).
The hill is sometimes known as Alport Stone after the name of the conspicuous pillar of quarried gritstone, some 20 ft (6.1 m) high, near its summit. The boulder has 3 or 4 recognised climbing routes up it, one being an 8 m route of climbing-gradeE5. John Gill'sbouldering website has early photographs of pioneer climbers in action on the Stone.[1][failed verification]
^Gill, John. "A Climbing Memoir: 1953–2008". Retrieved 6 January 2017.
April 15, 2024
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