Alport Height
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Dec2005.jpg/300px-AlportStone(JohnDarch)Dec2005.jpg) The Alport Stone, just below the summit of Alport Height |
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| Elevation | 314 m (1,030 ft) |
| Location | Peak District, England |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 119 |
| OS grid reference | SK305515 |
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 within easy reach of the Derby area. It is possible to see Derby city centre from the summit, as well as the Wrekin, the Long Mynd, Clee Hill & The Malvern Hills. 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.
There are a large number of radio masts and 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 high, near its summit. The boulder has 3 or 4 recognised routes up it, one being an 8 m route of climbing-grade E5. John Gill's bouldering website has early photographs of pioneer climbers in action on the Stone [1].
