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The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It consists of the combined area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire.
The highest point in the region is Kinder Scout, in the Derbyshire Peak District, at 2,088 ft (636 m). A looser definition of the East Midlands would include Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
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The Kinder plateau seen from the south.
Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau (and mountain) in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in the United Kingdom. Part of the moor, at 636 m (2,088 ft) above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak District and the highest point in Derbyshire. It is accessible from the villages of Hayfield and Edale in the High Peak of Derbyshire.
To the North across the Snake Pass lie the high moors of Bleaklow and Black Hill, which are of similar elevation.
It is a popular hiking location and the Pennine Way crosses Kinder Scout and the moors to the North. This has resulted in the erosion of the underlying peat, prompting work by Derbyshire County Council and the Peak District National Park to repair it. The plateau was also the target of the mass trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932, which resulted in a UK-wide rethink of access to public footpaths. From the National Park's inception, a large area of the high moorland north of Edale was designated as 'Open Country'. Eventually, in 2003, the "right to roam" on uncultivated land was enshrined into law, and this area of open country has been significantly extended.
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Local media include:
- The East Midlands region of BBC Television, based in Nottingham, which produces several regional television programs, including the news program BBC East Midlands Today. This excludes most of Northamptonshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire. Most of Lincolnshire is covered by the BBC North region based in Hull. Whereas Derbyshire's High Peak is covered by BBC North West based in Manchester.
- MATV, based in Leicester, which caters to the area's large South Asian population.
- BBC Radios Derby, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Northampton, Nottingham and Sheffield. BBC Radio Leicester was the first local radio station in the United Kingdom.
- Many commercial radio stations: Leicester Sound, Trent FM (Nottingham) Ram FM (Derby and Burton-on-Trent), Peak FM (Chesterfield and North Derbyshire), Lincs FM (Lincolnshire and Newark-on-Trent), Sabras Radio and Saga 106.6FM (Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire).
- Several newspapers, the largest of which include the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derbyshire Times, Leicester Mercury, Lincolnshire Echo, Northampton Chronicle and Echo, and Nottingham Evening Post.
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