- The Cheviot
Infobox Mountain
Name = The Cheviot
Photo = The Cheviot from Broadhope Hill.jpg
Caption = The Cheviot, from Broadhope Hill
Elevation = 815 m (2,674 ft)
Location =Cheviot Hills ,England
Range =
Prominence = 556 m
Parent peak =Broad Law
Coordinates =
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 74/75
Type =
Age =
Easiest route =
Grid_ref_UK = NT909205
Listing = Marilyn, Hewitt, County Top, NuttallThe Cheviot is the highest summit in the
Cheviot Hills in the far north ofEngland , only 2 km from the Scottish border. It is the last major peak on thePennine Way , when travelling from south to north, before the descent intoKirk Yetholm (and the first major peak when travelling southwards).Its summit is the highest point in
England outside the county ofCumbria .Other than the route via the Pennine Way, most routes up The Cheviot start from the Harthope Burn side to the northeast, which provides the nearest access by road. The summit is around 5 km from the road-end at Langleeford. There are routes following the ridges above either side of the valley, and a route the sticks to the valley floor, climbing up to the summit of The Cheviot from the head of the valley.
Although the Pennine Way itself does a two-mile out-and-back detour to the Cheviot, many walkers who come this way omit it, due to the stage (the last stage) being 29 miles long.
The summit of The Cheviot is very flat, covered with an extensive
peat bog up to 2 m deep; theNorthumberland National Park authority have laid down stone slabs on the main access footpath to prevent erosion damage to the peat and to make access to the summit safer for walkers.The view
The view is obscured greatly by the flatness of the summit plateau. Nevertheless, on a clear day the following peaks are visible (from west, clockwise);
Broad Law ,Moorfoot Hills ,Pentland Hills , theOchils ,Lammermuir Hills ,Lochnagar ,Ros Hill ,Long Crag ,Urra Moor ,Tosson Hill ,Burnhope Seat ,Cross Fell ,Helvellyn ,Scafell Pike ,Skiddaw ,Sighty Crag ,Peel Fell ,Queensberry .External links
*Computer generated summit panorama [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/ENG/Cheviot.gifThe Cheviot] [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas.html index]
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